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02/09/2025

TIME FOR A REFRESH!
Second Edition of “Learning-Focused Supervision: Developing Professional Expertise in Standards-Driven Systems”

For thousands of supervisors, lead teachers, and coaches, the first edition of “Learning-Focused Supervision: Developing Professional Expertise in Standards-Driven Systems” has significantly impacted the supervisory process, from fulfilling contractual obligations to promoting growth opportunities. Teacher effectiveness links directly to student learning and skillful supervision links directly to teacher effectiveness.
As a long-time user of the LFS model or a relative newcomer, and you already have the Second Edition, 2022, you appreciate the extended content, including a new chapter, “Data as a Tool for Growth.” Additionally, the latest edition includes tables that provide supervisor strategies, their intentions, and examples of what it might look/sound like.
If your first edition is threadbare from use, you will greatly appreciate the 2nd edition. Order now at the link below, and consider scheduling a refresher seminar for long-time users and/or those who haven’t participated previously.

Learning-focused Supervision, 2nd Edition This comprehensive second edition of our best-selling book presents practical resources and thoughtful approaches for structuring growth-promoting supervisory interactions with teachers. This learning guide presents time efficient templates and tools for bot...

10/22/2024

Welcome! What a pleasure it is to welcome each of you to the 2024 EARCOS Leadership Conference. Thank you for carving out time from your always busy schedules to join together for what promises to be…

10/22/2024

Teacher supervision is a mandated process. However, both the teacher and administrator often feel that it falls short of the intended outcomes: to support teachers’ continuous professional growth, and to provide data and feedback that enables the teacher to self-monitor, self-manage, and self-modify.
In this short session, learn what makes supervision a truly collaborative partnership between the supervisor and the teacher. From “Learning-Focused Supervision: Developing Professional Expertise in Standards-Driven Systems,” by Lipton and Wellman

Welcome! What a pleasure it is to welcome each of you to the 2024 EARCOS Leadership Conference. Thank you for carving out time from your always busy schedules to join together for what promises to be…

07/15/2024

Virtual Learning-Focused Relationships: Promoting Growth and Developing Professional Excellence – Part One, August 12 and 14, 2024. Hurry to register now! Register for Part One and Two--get a discount!
https://bit.ly/4f02r0e

02/20/2023

During the current demanding time facing schools, here is how one school lifted demands and built teacher agency while concentrating on a few strategic goals.

To lift demands, build teacher agency while concentrating on a few strategic goals.

02/02/2023

Have you ever attended a PD session without knowing WHY you were invited/suggested/mandated to attend? Important step for leaders: making the WHY clear to participants.

It’s hard to develop a shared commitment when you don’t even know why you’re in the room.

06/19/2022

A timely article in Edutopia on mentoring:

https://www.edutopia.org/article/supporting-new-teachers-through-holistic-mentorship?utm_content=linkpos10&utm_source=edu-legacy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-2022-06-15

05/29/2022

The staffing crisis requires immediate action and fresh thinking. The numbers on teacher retention are in and they don't make for easy reading.

The numbers on teacher retention are in and they don't make for easy reading. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked its havoc, researchers estimated that 44 percent of teachers would leave the profession within their first five years. In January 2022, a National Education Association survey of m

05/15/2022

Hiring teachers is proving to be one of the most challenging issues in schools, sometimes causing organizations to put off hiring mentors/coaches. The coaches are a key factor in retaining the new-hires.

During this time of teacher shortages, it is tempting to leave instructional coaching vacancies unfilled in favor of placing—or keeping—those promising

05/15/2022

Unlock your leadership superpower! Asking the "right" questions the "right" way takes thoughtful planning and yields powerful results.

Six ways to elevate your listening skills and your effectiveness as a leader.

04/27/2022

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2022/03/17/its-past-time-to-redesign-the-teaching-profession/
Traditional recruitment practices for educators are no longer working. How can we attract and keep the best and brightest now that teachers are leaving the profession in droves?

Katie Kimbrell explores how to address the reality of a rapidly declining and unsatisfied teaching workforce.

04/01/2022

Schools implement coaching projects with the intent that they are scalable and sustainable, lasting through leadership or organization changes that sometimes derail valuable practices. Read about three elements that support that intention.

How to ensure high-quality instructional coaching at scale.

Three practical innovations can help district leaders ensure their coaching programs are implemented in the way they are intended.