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Find out from Jim Burke, author of The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded (Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12), how you can use the standards, whether Common Core or state-specific, promote best ELA practices.

Hear firsthand from Trish Hatch, PhD, nationally renowned school counseling expert and author of multiple bestselling texts, including: The Use of Data in School Counseling; Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling; Hatching Results for Secondary School Counseling; and Hatching Tier Two and Three Interventions in Your Elementary School Counseling Program; all which describe the school counselor's role in a multi-tiered system of supports aligned with the ASCA National Model.

Explore a collection of coaching practices from Diane Sweeney, author of Student-Centered Coaching and Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves, that put student learning front-and-center. 

Gain practical strategies from Rick Stiggins, author of Balanced Assessment Systems and Revolutionize Assessment, on how to design a plan that balances formative and summative assessments. 

Gain insight from Michael Fullan, author of Motion Leadership and Motion Leadership in Action, on how motion leadership can push individuals, organizations, and whole systems forward.

Gain insight and strategies from Brad Gustafson, author of Renegade Leadership, and Bill Ziegler, author of Future Focused Leaders, on how to overcome some of the most pressing issues school leaders face today.

Go the distance with Gravity Goldberg and Renee Houser, authors of What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? Fiction and Nonfiction, Grades 3-8, and learn how to build comprehension and stong, independent readers.

Discover from Jenni Donohoo, author of The Transformative Power of Collaborative Inquiry and Collaborative Inquiry for Educators, how collaborative inquiry provides a structure for meaningful learning to happen within a professional learning community.

Explore with Peter DeWitt, bestselling author of Flipping Leadership Doesn’t Mean Reinventing the Wheel and Collaborative Leadership, how leaders can flip their faculty meetings and parent communications to build a more engaging school climate. 

Learn from Kitty Boles and Vivian Troen, authors of The Power of Teacher Rounds and The Power of Teacher Teams, how schools can transform their teams into more effective learning communities that foster teacher leadership. 

Learn the strategies that build conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas and problem solving to help students demonstrate more than a year's worth of growth for every year spent in school. John Almarode and Kateri Thunder, authors of Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-2 and Grades 3-5, help participants learn how. By using the right approach at the right time you can design classroom experiences that maximize mathematics learning.

We know that writing skills reinforce reading skills, but what’s the best way to capitalize on this beneficial relationship? By flipping the traditional “reading lesson first, writing lesson second” sequence, Colleen Cruz, author of Writers Read Better: Narrative and Nonfiction, ingeniously helps you make the most of the writing-to-reading connection with carefully matched, conceptually connected lesson pairs. Attend this webinar to discover how you can do the same and establish a healthy reciprocity that effectively and efficiently develops students’ literacy skills.