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The second edition of the bestseller Taking Action offers a step-by-step guide that defines—tier by tier—the essential actions of the guiding coalition, teacher teams, and intervention team. Educators will delve deeper into how to leverage the PLC at Work® process to create a highly effective multitiered system of supports.

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Aligned with The Handbook for Highly Effective Teams in a PLC at Work®, this AI Book Assistant provides educators with practical strategies, instant guidance, and real-time answers to enhance team collaboration, clarify goals, and improve student learning outcomes.

This book provides a clear, practical roadmap for teams to enhance their impact by building a strong foundation for collaboration, gaining clarity on essential student learning, leveraging assessments as learning tools, and ensuring every student receives the time and support needed to achieve high levels.

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Make assessment meaningful, doable, and intentional. This practical companion handbook to the Design in Five, Second Edition, gives teachers simple assessment protocols, editable templates, and artificial intelligence support to drive the Design in Five process. Revolutionize assessment from standards to grading reform and student reflection.

The promise of collective leadership is within reach. This book provides a clear, practical process to activate teachers, students, and families as vital leaders. Build a vibrant culture of belonging, increase teacher retention, and achieve sustained school outcomes.

Armed with Blake Clark’s reflective exercises for identifying, honing, and applying one’s unique leadership skills, readers of this book will redefine their leadership practices, tools, and goals to foster new concepts of leadership and bolster professional community among fellow teachers and administrators.

Multilingual learners need reading instruction across all content areas. This book provides core content teachers with evidence-based strategies, bridging the research on reading with second language learning. Implement a whole-school approach to building vocabulary, reading comprehension, and academic discourse.

Designed for secondary educators, this book bridges literacy research and classroom practice. Featuring expert voices on MTSS, coaching, leadership, and evidence-based reading and writing instruction, it equips schools to build systems that improve literacy development, reading comprehension, and more.

Lead school improvement with greater impact and without burnout through a proven, systems-oriented approach. Author Darin A. Thompson shows how intentional leadership, a thriving school culture, and empowered staff create the conditions for meaningful, high-quality instruction and lasting change.

Middle school is a pivotal stage for students and educators. Chris Bennett shares strategies grounded in real experiences. He supports principals in the daily realities of leading a middle school and creating a school culture that strengthens their PLC, collaboration, tiered instruction, student engagement, and consistent growth.