The Leaders Guide to Exemplary Lessons

For school and district leaders, the first step is to understand how best to implement The Learning-Focused Instructional Framework. Exemplary schools require exemplary leaders. Implement the practices that focus on immediate results, with meaningful and lasting improvement that has a ripple effect on every student’s success.

School achievement rarely occurs if not carefully planned. Ensure that your teachers are transferring the skills and knowledge they gain in professional development into professional practice. The School Leaders Guide to Exemplary Learning-Focused Lessons provides practical tools and processes for getting started the right way and for effectively leading the Learning-Focused Instructional Framework initiative.

This guide will assist you with the process of successfully implementing The High Performance Learning-Focused Lesson school-wide. There are many schools and districts that have made tremendous inroads to reducing achievement gaps, increasing proficiency, and building achievement growth for all students. How they have been accomplishing those goals has been a focus for research-based and evidence-based models for at least two decades. Continuous improvement can and does take place every school day, week, month, and year to successfully reduce the achievement gap and build achievement growth. However, what we have learned is that there is no one program. The common pattern found in these success stories is strong leadership for learning – knowing how to structure school-wide learning for continuous improvement!