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Welcome to the July 2021 edition of Learning and Leading.
This month's theme is collaborative leadership. Whether you are a district leader, school administrator, or have a leadership role within your school, you will find resources in this month's edition to complement your professional growth.
We also want to remind you of the upcoming Achieve Virtual Institute, August 16–18. Join your colleagues and our experts from the Solution Tree Assessment Center for this premier event focusing on assessment and grading practices…just in time for the new school year!
We wish you a happy and healthy summer!
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| New and Best-selling Books |
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| A Leader’s Guide to Reading and Writing in a PLC at Work®, Elementary
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| Aligned to the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this guide outlines how to take urgent action to increase literacy rates in your PLC. |
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| Beyond Conversations About Race
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| Written by a collective of brilliant authors, this essential work provokes respectful dialogue about race that catalyzes school-changing action. |
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| Leading PLCs at Work® Districtwide
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| With this resource as a guide, you will learn how to align the work of every PLC team within your district. |
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| Responding to Resistance
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| Acquire a set of wide-ranging strategies to decisively and efficiently address conflict with staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders. |
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| Connecting Through Leadership
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| Strengthen your communication skills to inspire, motivate, and connect with every member of your school community, from teachers to students to parents. |
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| Leading With Intention
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| Designed as a guide and reflective tool, Leading With Intention will help focus your invaluable everyday work as a school leader. |
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| Time for Change
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| Discover how to develop and strengthen the four essential skills of exceptional leaders through the guidance found in Time for Change. |
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On-site and Online
Professional Development |
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Leadership Professional Learning will help you build strong leadership skills across your school or district and ensure the success of both staff and students. When you’re ready to request professional learning from a Solution Tree expert, we’ll help you find the right fit for your schedule and budget. Learn more »
Global PD Teams is an award-winning online learning platform for educators. Provide sustainable, job-embedded PD with videos, book chapters, and downloadable resources, enhance the professional growth of your team with self-paced Mini-Courses, and receive live online coaching from certified experts. Learn more » |
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| Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is a much sought-after educational speaker and presenter. A practitioner for nearly 20 years, he has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, and principal, and as a high school principal. |
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Achieve Virtual Institute
Virtual Event | August 16–18, 2021
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| The last year has challenged our schools and disrupted teaching and learning as we moved between in-person and remote instruction. It's time to capitalize on the moment and transform assessment practices to foster hope, efficacy, and achievement. Join us for a variety of practical sessions that support the whole child and the whole educator. |
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The Summit on K–12 Leadership
Atlanta, Georgia | March 14–16, 2022
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| This event offers the unique opportunity for new and veteran leaders to learn from and interact with some of the most influential educational thinkers in North America. With their expert guidance, you'll get top-to-bottom training on everything from the key elements of effective leadership to techniques for adopting the sound instructional strategies necessary for transforming student learning.
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| Complimentary Chapter |
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| Access a sample chapter from A Leader's Guide to Reading and Writing in a PLC at Work®, Elementary to learn how you as a leader can ensure a sound and effective curriculum design. |
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| Reproducible |
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| Rely on this figure from A Leader's Guide to Reading and Writing in a PLC at Work®, Elementary as you work to build shared leadership across your school community. |
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Strengthen Your Skills in Literacy Leadership
By Karen Power and Kathy Tuchman Glass |
| Striking the balance of a focus on management and leadership is a daily dilemma for school and district leaders. Never has this been more critical or obvious than with the 2020–2021 school year. Leading through a global pandemic has required leaders at all levels… |
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| Videos to watch and share |
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| In this one-hour webinar, Building the Bench: Creating Shared Leadership in your School, Karen Power discusses the important components of building a leadership team and establishing direction for the 2021–22 school year. |
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| In this short video, authors Luis F. Cruz and Anthony Muhammad share how their book Time for Change helps leaders overcome challenges and successfully lead change initiatives in their school or district. |
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| Additional Reading & Listening |
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Featured Blog
School Improvement…A Step at a Time |
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| In her blog, education expert Karen Power shares lessons about the challenging, rewarding, and inspiring work that occurs in schools when educators create change, bringing about amazing and sometimes life-changing opportunities for the students they serve. |
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Featured Podcast
Supporting the Well-Being of Educational Leaders: A Conversation with Cameron Hauseman |
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| Join researcher and academic Jen Watt in this episode of her podcast, Schools of Well-Being. She sits down with Dr. Cameron Hauseman, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, and Psychology at the University of Manitoba, to discuss sustaining well-being for educational leaders. |
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| Are you an avid reader of professional books for K–12 educators? We are looking for reviewers to provide feedback on new books in development. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, please let us know by emailing [email protected] |
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