What Do We Know and What Do We Do For...?

District and School Leadership:

  1. Because we know that leadership knowledge and accountability is critical to school success...
    • we offer leadership institutes to provide an overview of exemplary practices in leadership, achievement, and accountability.
  2. Because we know that monitoring and supervising for learning provides the accountability for continuous school improvement...
    • we offer school-based leadership Monitoring for Achievement (walkthrough) training.
    • we offer school-based leadership coaching for increasing achievement.
  3. Because we know that the monitoring an supervising role is critically dependent on instructional leadership...
    • we offer leadership workshops and technical assistance to provide a broad understanding of exemplary instructional practices.
  4. Because we know that a focused, prioritized local curriculum is essential to school success...
    • we offer curriculum technical assistance in prioritizing, mapping, and aligning a state curriculum to assessments.
  5. Because we know that school improvement requires continuous benchmark assessments to monitor student progress...
    • we offer exemplary models for developing an scheduling key point assessments for benchmarking student performance.
  6. Because we know that exemplary schools organize for learning rather than administrative or teacher convenience...
    • we offer strategic planning and scheduling models developed from the exemplary practices data.

Teachers and Teacher Leaders:

  1. Because we know that students bring highly diverse abilities and skills to a classroom...
    • we offer professional development and resources for teachers to provide a planning and instructional model based on exemplary practices and the most recent instructional research.
    • we offer professional development in acceleration strategies focusing on students who need extra help.
    • we offer professional development and resources for differentiating assignments.
  2. Because we know that literacy, reading comprehension, and fluency are critical to the learning process...
    • we offer professional development and resources as part of an exemplary model of reading comprehension applicable in all courses and subjects.
    • we offer an exemplary practice based model of balanced literacy applicable in all grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
  3. Because we know that writing is evidence of learning and that the one factor every exemplary school holds in common is student writing to inform...
    • we offer a writing model with professional development and resources that includes benchmarked K-12 assignments and corresponding benchmarked quarterly assessments.
  4. Because we know that mathematical literacy is critical to students' successful learning...
    • we offer professional development and resources for an exemplary practice based model of math strategies and learning activities. We believe in and support the idea that exemplary, successful schools strive for continuous improvement of learning. Therefore, our greatest impact has been with our clients who have engaged in a comprehensive relationship with Learning-Focused that includes ongoing professional development for teachers and school leaders, extensive follow-up coaching, and exemplary practice-based resources.