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Let's make the "next normal" a "better normal"
If there ever was a time for our heroic school leadership to persevere, it's now. Because now, well over one year since the pandemic stretched the resilience and reserves of our school systems, it's time to "rebound." It's time to leverage this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot teaching and learning as we know it so that we magnify the effective practices from the past while leveraging the so many recent lessons learned.
This is where Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith, and John Hattie, coauthors of The Distance Learning Playbook series, are ideally equipped to serve as your collaborators.
Inside Leading the Rebound: 20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning you'll find immediate actions, mindsets, and approaches to take if we're to reimagine and improve our schools and school systems. Step by step, you'll discover explicit guidance on how to:
1. Take care of yourself
2. Take stock and find the path
3. Rebuild teacher agency
4. Rebuild collective teacher efficacy
5. Foreground social and emotional learning
6. Change the learning loss narrative
7. Guide teacher clarity
8. Ensure instructional excellence
9. Use assessments for a range of purposes
10. Design and implement interventions
11. Win back parent-teacher relationships
12. Establish restorative practices
13. Avoid stealing the conflict
14. Enhance teacher-student and student-student interactions
15. Develop early warning systems for attendance, behavior, and course completion
16. Confront cognitive challenges to learning
17. Ensure equitable and restorative grading
18. Enhance PLCs
19. Provide empathetic feedback
20. Host honest performance conversations
21. Maintain your social presence
22. Future-proof teachers and students
What's more Leading the Rebound is backed up with all kinds of resources--including VISIBLE LEARNING® research, sample planning tools, and other essential tips and strategies--to provide you with a start-to-finish roadmap for navigating this absolutely critical next leg in our journey toward a "better normal."
Contents
Introduction
Must-Do #1: Take Care of Yourself
Must-Do #2: Take Stock and Find the Path
Must-Do #3: Rebuild Teacher Agency
Must-Do #4: Rebuild Collective Teacher Efficacy
Must-Do #5: Foreground Social and Emotional Learning
Must-Do #6: Change the Learning Loss Narrative
Must-Do #7: Guide Teacher Clarity
Must-Do #8: Ensure Instructional Excellence
Must-Do #9: Use Assessments for a Range of Purposes
Must-Do #10: Design and Implement Interventions
Must-Do #11: Win Back Parent-Teacher Relationships
Must-Do #12: Establish Restorative Practices
Must-Do #13: Avoid Stealing the Conflict
Must-Do #14: Enhance Teacher-Student and Student-Student Interactions
Must-Do #15: Develop Early Warning Systems for Attendance, Behavior, and Course Completion
Must-Do #16: Confront Cognitive Challenges to Learning
Must-Do #17: Ensure Equitable and Restorative Grading
Must-Do #18: Enhance Professional Learning Communities
Must-Do #19: Provide Empathetic Feedback
Must-Do #20: Host Honest Performance Conversations
Must-Do #21: Maintain Your Social Presence
Must-Do #22: Future-Proof Teachers and Students
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