Tammy Heflebower

Explore research-based steps and strategies you can use to increase the effectiveness of collaborative teams and enhance professional learning communities.

Written for classroom instructors, Becoming a Reflective Teacher introduces 280 research-based strategies that are expanded on in its companion book Coaching Classroom Instruction, written for leaders and coaches. This two-book set is designed to allow classroom teachers and building- and district-level administrators to work together to gain a united, big-picture view of how to implement strategies for school improvement.

Designed specifically for K–12 teachers, this guide provides a sequential approach to implementing standards-based education in the classroom. Transition to more effective instructional strategies and use standards-based grading and assessment methods to better measure student learning.

Dramatically improve your school by merging the High Reliability Schools (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Ensure continuous quality improvement through strong leadership and culture building.

Building and district leaders must be well versed in standards-referenced grading and all that it entails. This is no small change. It is a lot like parenting—exciting, challenging, trying, rewarding, frustrating, and extremely gratifying. It is the most transformational change upon which leaders may ever embark. This webinar discusses what leaders need to consider to lead the myriad of calculated processes and products that serve as the foundation for solid execution.

Shifting to standards-based learning is a big change. Rely on Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. This can’t-miss guide delivers straightforward, practical tools and detailed instructions for everything from lesson planning to proficiency scales to parent communication.

Designed by High Reliability Schools (HRS) experts, this curated package of self-guided professional development resources and Robert J. Marzano’s strategies will help you reach the highest levels of school effectiveness.

Just as successful athletes must identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Learn how to combine a model of effective instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations to improve your instructional practices. Included are 280 strategies related to the 41 elements of effective teaching shown to enhance student achievement.

Coaches and teachers will learn how to improve their craft using research-based strategies proven to heighten their classroom performance and boost student achievement.

Key research and practical strategies enable all teachers to create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception.