Solution Tree

Develop the know-how to work as a collaborative team to overcome barriers and challenges in priority schools. This comprehensive anthology offers clear steps you can take to significantly improve underperforming schools.

How did one of the lowest-performing and most dysfunctional school districts in California become a top turnaround district? It all came down to one thing: building collective team efficacy. Through the support and guidance of this resource, you will reflect, find parallels to your own story, and apply the real-world lessons learned at Sanger Unified to the school community you serve.

Explore six key arguments for why educators must approach schooling differently and learn how schools are tackling each argument head-on.

Discover how to develop and strengthen the four essential skills of effective educational leaders. Inspire a shared vision of strategic change and overcome resistance through strong communication, trust building, empowerment of those you lead, and a focus on results.

Read, reflect, and act with educator and best-selling author Anthony Muhammad as he dives into the educational hurdles of the past, pairing them with tips to face the current challenges in education and ways to build a better tomorrow—all through the PLC at Work® process, a powerful disrupter in the world of education.

Author Christopher Jenson writes, “Often we’re lulled into believing we’ve fixed a deep-seated issue when all we did was resolve surface-level issues.” This book is your guide for going deep, with five action items to navigate your work demands, next steps for implementation, and tools for classrooms.

Richard Bernato empowers district and school leaders to apply futuring, design thinking, collaborative leadership skills, and systems practices using simulation. Discover a seven-phase process that leaders can use to model the impacts and outcomes of changes that affect long-term needs, school culture, and academic success.

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.

With reproducibles, guiding reflections on strategic management, and tools to assess status and progress toward improvement, author Perry Soldwedel offers readers an effective, achievable means of uniting and building leadership teams. This enables them to plan, initiate, and reinforce changes that will revolutionize their day-to-day practices.

Use this resource to reflect on your professional journey and discover how to foster productive, heart-centered classrooms and schools.