Coming Up in EL in Summer 2021 (Online-Only): Innovative Lesson Planning
Prepare to plan your most powerful lessons ever! EL's digital-only Summer 2021 issue on Innovative Lesson Planning will be available in late June. Articles—which will all be open-access—will share insights on how to plan innovative lessons that boost student learning—by voices including Jay McTighe, Sue Brookhart, Monica Burns, and Lee Ann Jung. The issue will tackle what's new, what's working, and what's not when it comes to lesson planning, particularly how to adapt lesson development and delivery in light of the pandemic and switch to remote learning.
ASCD Board of Directors Election Now Open
Your voice matters! Use it to shape the future of ASCD. You have until May 15, 2021, to cast your ballot. Winning candidates will take office on July 1, 2021, and serve for four years. A proposed Constitution and Bylaw change is also on the ballot. Visit www.ascd.org/vote to meet the candidates and make your selections.
New Resources for Principals
The Instructional Playbook: The Missing Link for Translating Research into Practice by Jim Knight, Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris, & Sharon Thomas. (ASCD, 2020). Stock no. 122020.
Coaches have enormous potential to help teachers learn and implement new teaching practices, but coaches will be effective only if they deeplyunderstand the strategies they describe and their explanations are clear. Jim Knight addresses both issues head on and offers a simple and clear explanation of how to create a playbook uniquely designed to meet teachers' instructional needs.
The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results, 2ndEd. by Douglas B. Reeves. (ASCD, 2020). Stock no. 118003.
School improvement can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be. Douglas Reeves helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalize on their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, and reset their mindset and priorities to achieve unprecedented success.
ASCD Virtual Events
ASCD 2021 National Conference: Empowered and Connected June 23–25
Experience our biggest event of the year and learn best practices, strategies, and skills that will inspire you and spark your summer learning plans.
Did You Know?
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