Stop spinning your wheels and hoping you're creating good lessons! Instead, save time and have confidence that you are delivering content using research-based strategies the right way and that you can engage students!
 
Are you a teacher or coach seeking to:
Learn and implement research-backed strategies for improved student learning?
Increase student engagement and get out of your teaching rut?
Cater to diverse learners with a variety of effective instructional practices?
Gain confidence in your lesson design with expert coaching guidance?
 
This comprehensive resource equips you with a research-driven library of teaching strategies and a set of robust coaching guides to support successful implementation and reflection.
 
What's Included?
 
This resource is divided into two main sections:
 
Teacher-Facing Docs: Use the these pages as a starting point for discussions with teachers. This section provides practical, one-page summaries of each strategy. Print the one-page summaries to share with teachers as an easy reference.
 
Coaching Docs: These sections provide coaches (or teachers coaching themselves!) with additional resources to support their work, including:
Research Base: References that support the effectiveness of the strategy.
When to Use: Specific situations where the strategy is most effective.
Observation Checklist: Prompts to ask yourself during an observation or guide post-observation reflection meeting with the teacher about the strategy’s implementation.
Professional Development Ideas: Ways you might introduce or support teachers in designing or implementing the strategy.
Teacher Feedback Tools: Suggestions for how to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy.
Common Mistakes to Avoid: List of common mistakes to think through with teachers before implementation in order to set them up for success.
Pairing with Other Strategies: Additional strategies that pair well with the strategy.
 
 
Multiple Formats for Easy Access
This resource can be used in different ways to suit your needs:
 
Printed Book: Print the entire book and keep it in a binder or notebook for quick reference.
Digital Resource: Keep the digital version of the book on your computer or tablet for easy access.
Individual Doc Printables: Print specific strategy summaries and resources as needed for lesson planning.