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Meet Tom Schimmer

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Internationally renowned speaker and educator Tom Schimmer is ready to help your team raise the bar on student learning. As an educator with over 20 years in the field, Tom has seen the power of effective professional learning and is eager to bring his expertise in assessment, grading, leadership, and behavioral support directly to your school or district.

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Your road map to a successful year

You’re a Teacher Now! What’s Next?

Introducing your guide to navigating the seemingly endless swirl of questions facing new and veteran teachers. Trusted education experts Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani address the aspects of teaching that are often unacknowledged to help educators be better equipped for the year ahead.

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Find inspiration, motivation, and practical tools on our blog

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Don’t miss out on the wealth of knowledge to be found on the Solution Tree blog. With posts on the topics that matter most to educators today, this collaborative resource offers practical guidance and inspiring stories from authors and expert practitioners who have done the work.

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Resources

Achieve and sustain literacy improvement

Take an active role in achieving and sustaining literacy improvement in your PLC. An essential leadership resource in the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this valuable guide outlines how to drive literacy instruction in a secondary setting.

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Discover our new releases
  1. Where Learning Happens: Leveraging Working Memory and Attention in the Classroom by Julia A. Simms, featuring an orange and teal brain inside a clear light bulb.
    Where Learning Happens

    By: Julia A. Simms

  2. Humanized Education
    Humanized Education

    By: Mike Ruyle, Jason D. Cummins (Awachíikaate), Libby Child, Donyall D. Dickey

    Contributors: Nancy Weinstein, Hawar Khalandi

  3. THINQ, Grades 1–3: Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom by Jill Colyer; Teresa Cariglia-Bull; Liz Davis; Shannon Simpson; Marie Swift. Six silhouetted heads with different symbols inside.
    THINQ, Grades 1–3

    By: Jill Colyer, Teresa Cariglia-Bull, Liz Davis, Shannon Simpson, Marie Swift

  4. Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They're Learning? by Marcia L. Tate featuring diverse classroom settings and teachers interacting with students to enhance student learning.
    Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom

    By: Marcia L. Tate

  5. The SNAP Solution: An Innovative Math Assessment Tool for Grades K–8 By Kirk Savage; Jonathan Ferris; Tom Hierck Black cover with a title written in blue, pink, green, and orange. Assorted school supplies are arranged behind a SNAP Number Sense chart.
    The SNAP Solution

    By: Kirk Savage, Jonathan Ferris, Tom Hierck

  6. The ADMIRE Framework for Inclusion: Positive Strategies That Pave the Way for Students of All Abilities By Toby J. Karten The book cover features a design with bright colors of orange, pink, green, and blue.
    The ADMIRE Framework for Inclusion

    By: Toby J. Karten

  7. Six Steps to a Strong School Culture: A Leadership Cycle for Educational Success By Samuel Nix, featuring a person standing at the top of a staircase staring at a yellow flag below.
    Six Steps to a Strong School Culture

    By: Samuel Nix

  8. Co-Creating the Future: A Leadership Simulation to Catalyze School Change By Richard Bernato featuring an illustration of people rowing a blue paper boat, holding a green flag.
    Co-Creating the Future

    By: Richard Bernato

  9. Front cover of “Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning,” by Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman, a book for educators featuring circles of varying colors and sizes grouped and connected, like collaborative teams in a PLC.
    Groups at Work

    By: Laura Lipton, Bruce Wellman

  10. The Emerging Teacher Leader: Six Dynamic Practices to Nurture Professional Growth By Margaret Coughlan and Kathy Perez The book cover features a hand at its center, palm facing up, with a monarch butterfly perched upon the hand.
    The Emerging Teacher Leader

    By: Margaret Coughlan, Kathy Perez

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Success for learners

For nearly 20 years, we've empowered K–12 educators to raise student achievement through a comprehensive range of services and products including events, district solutions for long-term professional development, books, videos, online courses, and more. No matter where you are on your journey, we 'll help move you toward your goals.

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5%

increase in grade 6
language arts scores
on PAT

Closing the achievement gap at Esther Starkman

Through the PLC at Work® process, Esther Starkman School in Edmonton met the diverse needs of its students in grades K–9 by taking collective responsibility for the success of each learner. See how its PLC collaborated to improve instructional practices and close the achievement gap.

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22%

increase in primary students
meeting or exceeding
grade-level
expectations

Six straight years of academic improvement

See how St. Andrews School in Winnipeg used the PLC at Work® process to provide staff with more time to collaborate, improve data collection practices, and increase student reading scores year over year.

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Motivating Students Who Don't Care
In the second edition of this valuable resource, Allen Mendler offers both time-tested and newly developed strategies for how to reignite enthusiasm in even the most unmotivated students.

Wellness
Educator and teacher self-care can be challenging, but embracing a holistic health and wellness plan can improve your physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being both inside and outside of school.

Time for Change
Discover how to develop and strengthen the four essential skills of effective educational leaders.

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