February 2025 Newsletter

UnboundEd Planning Process™ Lesson Makeover Series: Planning with Scaffolds 

“How can I transform lesson plans to better support student engagement with grade-level content?” Join us for a no-cost, three-part professional learning series, during which we’ll explore strategies for adapting lessons and tasks to meet the needs of every learner. We'll provide hands-on experience by using participant-submitted lesson plans for live makeovers!

Six Conditions for Success in High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Implementation

While research confirms that implementation of HQIM aligned to rigorous standards leads to notable learning gains for students, only 40% of teachers report that they are using curricula that are “high-quality” and well-aligned to learning standards. Many districts have responded to these statistics by prioritizing the adoption of high-quality curriculum. Identifying and selecting high-quality curriculum is the first step, but implementing it well is just as important.

Implementation of new instructional materials requires change at all levels of the system. UnboundEd utilizes a set of conditions that districts should focus on developing for successful HQIM implementation.

Scaffolding Complex Text: Features of Text Structure

Understanding complex texts is a key challenge for many learners, but they can engage more deeply and confidently with the right scaffolds. Our Scaffolding Complex Text: Features of Text Structure tool provides educators with practical strategies to help students analyze and make meaning of intricate text structures.

Our Speaker Series Continues!

Join us for the second part of our two-part webinar series, Unlocking Your Team’s Potential: The 3 T’s for Impactful Leadership, where we’ll guide leaders in aligning their priorities and tackling their most pressing challenges through the lens of coherence. Coherence refers to the alignment and integration of goals, strategies, actions, and communication. It ensures that everyone is working toward the same objectives, with a shared understanding of priorities and purpose.

📆 Join us on Thursday, February 20 | 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST for session two.

If you missed session one, catch up by viewing the on-demand recording here.

Empowering Science Leaders Through Community Roundtables

Join our third Science Leadership and Coaching Roundtable to actively problem-solve, exchange resources, and learn alongside a community of leaders dedicated to supporting science teachers. During our no-cost virtual sessions, leaders will collaborate and use real-world case studies to effectively support the implementation of grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM^® — science instruction.

In this next roundtable, we will focus on, "How do I coach teachers to create scaffolds so that students can access grade-level science learning?"

There’s Still Time to Join Us for Leadership Institute

Create the conditions for effective instruction to finally meet the needs of each and every student. Leaders and teams will leave Leadership Institute with:

• An action plan and vision for grounding classrooms in effective instruction.
• The skills necessary to lead, support, and sustain effective instruction across every classroom.
• A national community of justice-seeking leaders committed to every student’s success.
• A partner equipped to help you see your plan through, no matter what’s next.
  

 Don’t wait — start your GLEAM instructional leadership journey today!