Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey 
Leading the Rebound 
20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning

Let’s make the ‘next normal’ a ‘better normal’


If there ever was a time for our heroic school leadership to persevere, it’s now. Because now, well over one year since the pandemic stretched the resilience and reserves of our school systems, it’s time to ‘rebound.’ It’s time to leverage this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot teaching and learning as we know it so that we magnify the effective practices from the past while leveraging the so many recent lessons learned.



This is where Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith, and John Hattie, coauthors of
The Distance Learning Playbook series, are ideally equipped to serve as your collaborators.



Inside
Leading the Rebound: 20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning you’ll find immediate actions, mindsets, and approaches to take if we’re to reimagine and improve our schools and school systems. Step by step, you’ll discover explicit guidance on how to:  

 

1. Take care of yourself

2. Take stock and find the path

3. Rebuild teacher agency

4. Rebuild collective teacher efficacy

5. Foreground social and emotional learning

6. Change the learning loss narrative

7. Guide teacher clarity

8. Ensure instructional excellence

9. Use assessments for a range of purposes

10. Design and implement interventions

11. Win back parent-teacher relationships

12. Establish restorative practices

13. Avoid stealing the conflict

14. Enhance teacher-student and student-student interactions

15. Develop early warning systems for attendance, behavior, and course completion

16. Confront cognitive challenges to learning

17. Ensure equitable and restorative grading

18. Enhance PLCs

19. Provide empathetic feedback

20. Host honest performance conversations

21. Maintain your social presence

22. Future-proof teachers and students 



What’s more
Leading the Rebound is backed up with all kinds of resources–including VISIBLE LEARNING® research, sample planning tools, and other essential tips and strategies–to provide you with a start-to-finish roadmap for navigating this absolutely critical next leg in our journey toward a ‘better normal.’ 

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Introduction

Must-Do #1: Take Care of Yourself

Must-Do #2: Take Stock and Find the Path

Must-Do #3: Rebuild Teacher Agency

Must-Do #4: Rebuild Collective Teacher Efficacy

Must-Do #5: Foreground Social and Emotional Learning

Must-Do #6: Change the Learning Loss Narrative

Must-Do #7: Guide Teacher Clarity

Must-Do #8: Ensure Instructional Excellence

Must-Do #9: Use Assessments for a Range of Purposes

Must-Do #10: Design and Implement Interventions

Must-Do #11: Win Back Parent-Teacher Relationships

Must-Do #12: Establish Restorative Practices

Must-Do #13: Avoid Stealing the Conflict

Must-Do #14: Enhance Teacher-Student and Student-Student Interactions

Must-Do #15: Develop Early Warning Systems for Attendance, Behavior, and Course Completion

Must-Do #16: Confront Cognitive Challenges to Learning

Must-Do #17: Ensure Equitable and Restorative Grading

Must-Do #18: Enhance Professional Learning Communities

Must-Do #19: Provide Empathetic Feedback

Must-Do #20: Host Honest Performance Conversations

Must-Do #21: Maintain Your Social Presence

Must-Do #22: Future-Proof Teachers and Students

References

Over de auteur

John Hattie, Ph D, is an award-winning education researcher and best-selling author with nearly thirty years of experience examining what works best in student learning and achievement. His research,  better known as Visible Learning, is a culmination of nearly thirty years synthesizing more than 2, 100 meta-analyses comprising more than one hundred thousand studies involving over 300 million students around the world. He has presented and keynoted in over three hundred international conferences and has received numerous recognitions for his contributions to education. His notable publications include Visible Learning, Visible Learning for Teachers, Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn; Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12; and 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning.