Solution Tree

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.

This book provides a five-phase process for implementing evidence-based grading, offering practical guidance for teachers and a clear road map for school leaders to improve student assessment, grading, and reporting. The five-phase process helps schools address some of the challenges they encounter with standards-based and competency-based grading models, providing structured steps and solutions. K–12 administrators can use this book to evaluate their system’s effectiveness, reflect on successes and challenges, and continuously refine evidence-based grading practices to enhance student learning outcomes.

Designed to be extremely practical for K–12 administrators, teachers, and students, the book equips educators with the knowledge and skills needed to implement responsive circles effectively. It explores how student behavior serves as communication, how traditional discipline fails to address underlying issues, and the next steps educators can take.

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 is for educational leaders and supervisors seeking to enhance teacher effectiveness through learning-focused supervision. It offers a continuum of strategies, data-driven conversations, and a comprehensive tool kit for teacher planning and problem solving, promoting professional development aligned with standards-based practices.

Equip secondary students with age-appropriate strategies to conquer complex informational texts. Gain specific techniques to boost student confidence and facilitate engaging discussions, ultimately fostering deep comprehension and enhancing literacy skills for adolescent readers.

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.

This book provides a step-by-step process for English educators to design future-ready literacy experiences in secondary English classrooms. Grades 6–12 teachers will find practical steps and resources, including reflection questions and tools, to aid curriculum development and reflection.

Build a framework for data-driven dialogue in school-improvement efforts. This book articulates the elements of high-performing teams with an inquiry-driven model for structuring dialogue. Explore tools and strategies for effective data-based planning, problem solving, and organizational capacity building.

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.