Bücher veröffentlicht von Mimi and Todd Press

Leading Impact Teams: Building a Culture of Efficacy and Agency offers a dynamic school transformation framework for instilling a culture where collective efforts drive remarkable outcomes. The Impact Team Model (ITM) reimagines traditional PLCs into asset-based agents of change. Readers will explore efficacy's pivotal role-a belief in one's ability to reach goals-in propelling teams toward continuous improvement by advancing system-wide learner agency. Reimagine PLCs by anchoring collaborative inquiry with design thinking.Shape self-empowered learners who are intellectually adept and socially conscious. Enhance collaboration and communication by harmoniously leveraging diverse skills and perspectives.Advance formative assessment through an asset-based, cultural lens. Recognize and value learners' cultural strengths as indispensable sources of knowledge.Transcend conventional, deficit-minded teaching methods in exchange for asset-based pedagogies. Strengthen learners' capacity to purposefully and constructively direct their social, emotional, and academic growth.This easy-to-read, practical book includes case studies, videos, and tools that help PLCs build upon stakeholders' assets. Create conditions where innovation, creativity, and empathy thrive-and where students believe in their capacity to learn.

Learner Agency: A Field Guide for Taking Flight is a boots-on-the-ground resource for those who wish to foster greater agency for students and adults alike within their classroom, school, or school system. Written by practitioners who have experienced the triumphs and struggles first-hand, the book offers a framework for moving from building knowledge to making meaning and applying the understanding of practices and systems that support agency. As a result, readers can determine a starting point and use the book as a guide to their unique journey through the highlighted enabling conditions and evergreen practices essential to success. This book includes stories from the field, authors' tips and suggestions, and additional online resources provided along the way. Learner Agency is a practical book that reads like a field guide, and educators can immediately implement the strategies and valuable tools in the classroom. It is the hope of the authors that it propels all readers to take flight!