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Grades K–8 teachers, curriculum specialists, literacy coaches, reading interventionists, and administrators gain research-based strategies for small-group reading instruction tailored to five developmental phases. This book equips you with practical templates and reading strategies for effective small-group instruction, catering to each developmental phase.

Explore strategies for fostering a healthy school culture compiled by prominent voices and leading author Anthony Muhammad. K–12 teachers can gain practical guidance on addressing resistance to change, implementing project-based learning, navigating bias, building partnerships, and creating a motivating classroom environment.

Exploring strategies for addressing implicit bias, tackling chronic absenteeism, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, author Anthony Muhammad and other expert educators provide strategies to inspire teachers, empower English learners, and navigate resistance to change.

Engage your students in monitoring, understanding, and improving their behavior using the Tools Not Rules® (TNR) approach. By limiting isolation, shame, and judgment from the choices students make, this approach allows students to honestly assess and effectively regulate their behaviors. With helpful strategies and thoughtful language, teachers using TNR can create a welcoming and encouraging environment for students to learn, improve, and excel.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

Explore the four key sources of collective teacher efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, persuasion, and positive emotions. Understand how to tap into these sources to overcome the barriers that impede the development of collective teacher efficacy. With a focus on sustained improvement, this guide provides practical steps to achieve lasting impact.

This book promotes small-group reading as a key tool for K–5 teachers, offering frameworks, videos, and text strategies. Teachers can differentiate instruction with evidence-based routines, creating a dynamic learning environment that nurtures readers and aligns whole-class instruction with small-group lessons.

Effective assessment leadership on the part of teachers is crucial for student success. This book helps teachers develop skills in formative assessment, data analysis, and evidence-based decision making. It emphasizes strategies for fostering a growth mindset, promoting self-regulation and aligning assessments with learning goals to accelerate learning and improve student achievement.

Streamline your PLC process with the PLC Dashboard. Brig Leane guides teams through a seven-step learning cycle to set targets, establish goals, assess results, support struggling students, reflect on progress, and track growth collaboratively. Implement simple templates and reflective exercises to create lasting change for both teams and singletons.

Address stress, time management, and burnout in school leadership by developing a balanced approach that supports long-term resilience. Through practical guidance, leaders can optimize motivation, manage stress, and create sustainable daily practices for effective, committed educational leadership.