This exciting book explores how leaders have implemented, sustained, and pushed innovative, deeper learning opportunities in their school settings. Across the United States and around the world, the concept of a school is growing more action-oriented, performance-focused, digitally relevant, and democratically infused. In this book, you'll hear from real schools and leaders about practices that are changing schools and leading to deeper learning experiences across seven categories of innovative practice-including vision, agency in learning, trust in teachers, openness to new ideas, over-communicating change, equity mindedness, and courage to live outside norms. Leadership for Deeper Learning looks at how school leaders change the status quo and create different learning environments for students and teachers. Rich in stories and strategies, this book will provide you with the ideas and tools to rethink and reignite learning for the future.

This exciting book explores how leaders have implemented, sustained, and pushed innovative, deeper learning opportunities in their school settings.

Across the United States and around the world, the concept of a school is growing more action-oriented, performance-focused, digitally relevant, and democratically infused. In this book, you’ll hear from real schools and leaders about practices that are changing schools and leading to deeper learning experiences across seven categories of innovative practice—including vision, agency in learning, trust in teachers, openness to new ideas, over-communicating change, equity mindedness, and courage to live outside norms.

Leadership for Deeper Learning looks at how school leaders change the status quo and create different learning environments for students and teachers. Rich in stories and strategies, this book will provide you with the ideas and tools to rethink and reignite learning for the future.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Establishing and Conveying the Vision 3. Facilitating High-Quality Learning Experiences for Students 4. Building Professional Capacity 5. Creating a Supportive Organization for Learning 6. Connecting with External Partners 7. Closing Thoughts

Reshape educational technology integration in classrooms to build truly transformative learning spaces. This concise, reader-friendly guide outlines a clear approach for properly and skillfully using digital learning tools to promote deeper, personalized learning across subjects and grade levels. The authors impart tips and strategies for avoiding common missteps, overcoming implementation challenges, and redesigning instruction that is both meaningful and engaging. This quick guide will help you integrate educational technology in the classroom and create digital learning spaces: Consider the challenge educators face when integrating technology in the classroom and current technology-integration frameworks, such as SAMR, RAT, and TPACK. Discover how to create a successful digital learning space or environment that encourages academic growth. Explore the authors' 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly trudacot), which focuses on the four big shifts that schools are making toward (1) deeper thinking and learning, (2) authentic work, (3) student agency and personalized learning, and (4) technology infusion. Learn how the 4 Shifts Protocol can help teachers adjust and improve their current lessons and activities. Study specific scenarios on how to utilize the 4 Shifts Protocol across multiple subjects and grade levels. Contents: About the Authors Foreword Introduction: Framing the Challenge Chapter 1: Seeking a New Approach Chapter 2: Introducing the 4 Shifts Protocol Chapter 3: Redesigning Elementary School Lessons and Units Chapter 4: Redesigning Secondary Lessons and Units Chapter 5: Designing From Standards Chapter 6: Implementing the Protocol -- Tips, Strategies, and Other Suggestions Epilogue: Staying in Touch References and Resources Books in the Solutions for Creating the Learning Spaces Students Deserve series: Embracing a Culture of Joy Creating a Culture of Feedback Reimagining Literacy Through Global Collaboration Making Learning Flow Different Schools for a Different World Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning

Equipping you with the knowledge and tools to become an effective case manager for your child, this book provides straightforward, practical instructions to create a comprehensive guide to your child's unique ASD profile. The individualized guide will: - Provide information about your child's unique profile for anyone who needs it - Serve as a toolbox and teaching template for your child's teachers and support team, with effective strategies to use with him or her - Be an instruction booklet for your child, helping him or her to thrive at home, school and in the community - Act as a case management road map to help you support your child and collaborate with teachers and service providers. The book includes checklists and worksheets, which can also be accessed online, so that you can easily create a personalized guide for your child with autism aged 5-14.