Resources

Tools to help teachers, and those who support teachers, build understanding and experience with Common Core State Standards-aligned instruction.

These guides translate the standards for reading, writing, speaking and listening, language, and foundational skills of the Common Core into the day-to-day of what you do.

This book by Douglas B. Reeves discusses how to focus school improvement for better results.

Learn more about what we're doing to make leadership more sustainable in the long run from Freddy Gonzalez, KIPP's Chief Learning Officer.

This document explains four behaviors that are vital to increasing leader success and sustainability. KIPP's work around these Vital Behaviors was developed in partnership with Vital Smarts.

This tool provides a clear template to outline your main goals or "Big Rocks" using the SMART Goals system (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound).

This document describes the eight actions highly effective school leaders take, and outlines how we believe principals should be spending their time in order to better drive student outcomes.

A tool for school leaders to compare how they spend their time against the Leading for Learning 8 Actions of Highly Effective School Leaders.

This is a great visual which allows you to see the progression of how to implement the suggested steps and strategies before, during, and after a crucial conversation.

After an eight-month KIPP Leadership Design Fellowship, two participants reflect on their biggest takeaways and look forward to future opportunities for collaboration.