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Breakthrough

Item # 120

By Michael Fullan, Peter Hill & Carmel Crevola

Redesign classroom instruction to transform learning for both students and teachers!

Breakthrough presents a revolutionary new approach to educational reform, breaking away from the conventional paradigm to help educators create focused instruction, transform the classroom experience, and dramatically raise-and sustain-performance levels for students and teachers alike. This book provides the breakthrough concepts needed for developing precise, validated, data-driven instruction personalized to each and every student.

Synthesizing the best of current instructional models, this framework focuses on the Triple P Core Breakthrough Components: Personalization-meaningful, student-centered classroom interactions; Precision-using formative assessments to monitor individual student progress; and Professional Learning-daily, ongoing learning for all educators.

Helping educators create expert instructional systems, while breaking through the 'prescription trap,' the authors introduce unique elements of the Breakthrough model, including:

Improvement by design
Assessment for learning
Critical learning instructional paths
Mapping instructional paths
Smart use of data to drive instruction
Locking in ongoing improvement
Breakthrough establishes the tipping point for moving toward personalized, high-quality instruction and learning in the classroom to ensure continuous improvement and ongoing academic success.

(Corwin Press, NSDC & OPC, 2006)