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Bloomington, Indiana
Joined October 2009
MTSS isn’t another initiative — it’s how reading improvement happens. ⏳ Final fall workshops approaching 📘 2-day, in-person sessions 🔗 Register today: solutiontree.com/events/work…
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📊 Data should do more than measure reading progress—it should help shape what comes next. Data-Driven Literacy helps educators translate assessment results into targeted, evidence-based instruction. solutiontree.com/DataDrivenL… #LiteracyInstruction #DataDrivenInstruction #Teachers
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🚀 Research is powerful. Classroom impact is the goal. See how Ottumwa educators are putting the science of reading into practice through professional learning. 📖 Read more: solutiontree.com/blog/emergi… #ScienceOfReading #TeacherLearning #Literacy
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The data reveals what’s possible when schools implement PLC at Work® with high fidelity. 📊✨ The 2026 National Study of Professional Learning Communities at Work found statistically significant gains in student achievement, including the equivalent of 3.4 additional months of learning in math and 2.9 additional months in reading across the schools studied. Behind those numbers is a powerful idea: when educators collaborate around student learning, measurable growth can follow. 🔎 Discover the research behind the results: mkt.solutiontree.com/nationa… Source: National Study of Professional Learning Communities at Work, Socially Responsible Evaluation in Education (SREED), University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2026. #PLCatWork #ProfessionalLearningCommunities #StudentAchievement #StudentGrowth #SchoolImprovement #EducationResearch #SolutionTree
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There’s something powerful about a room full of educators united by one goal: helping every student experience success. 💙 Today in Irving, Texas, Julie Schmidt welcomed 41 educators from five states for two days of collaboration, learning, and meaningful conversations about improving special education outcomes. From Illinois to New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and across Texas, educators are bringing their experiences, questions, and passion to the table. #SpecialEducation #EducatorsTogether #StudentSuccess
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⭐ Great school culture is built in the way people are treated every day. Five Stars gives educators ideas for strengthening trust, relationships, service, and shared values across the school community. solutiontree.com/fivestars #SchoolCulture #EducationLeadership #Teachers
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Students don’t need more worksheets. They need tasks worth thinking about. Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work®, Second Edition gives preK–12 teams a practical process for identifying essential standards, balancing rigor, and designing lessons that strengthen conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Build student engagement, confidence, and perseverance through purposeful mathematics instruction—one task at a time. Explore the book today: solutiontree.com/mathematics…
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Your students don’t need “more.” They need what matters. 📘 Building Possibilities helps educators strengthen student voice, classroom support, routines, and meaningful assessment for learners with complex needs. solutiontree.com/BuildingPos… #SpecialEducation #InclusiveLearning #Educators
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Day 2 at #TRLConf2026 is full of opportunities to learn with Solution Tree authors and literacy experts. 📚🎤 On Thursday, October 1, add these author sessions to your conference schedule: 10:30–11:30 A.M. CT Dr. Molly Ness & Dr. Katie Pace Miles — Making Words Stick: The What, Why, and How of Orthographic Mapping Dr. Daryl Michel — From Strategy to System: Transforming Schools Through Collective Instructional Leadership and Coaching Dr. Sarah Brown, Dr. Stephanie Stollar, Beth Madden & Dr. Kelly Powell-Smith — Teaching for Results: Using High-Impact Instructional Routines for Early Reading Success 2:45–3:45 P.M. CT MaryKate DeSantis — Engaging Families (Realistically!) to Boost Reading Outcomes And between sessions, stop by Solution Tree Booth #309 to connect with our team and explore more literacy resources. #TRLConf2026 #TheReadingLeague #ScienceOfReading #Literacy #ReadingInstruction #LiteracyLeadership #SolutionTree
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Day 2 at #TRLConf2026 is full of opportunities to learn with Solution Tree authors and literacy experts. 📚🎤 On Thursday, October 1, add these author sessions to your conference schedule: 10:30–11:30 A.M. CT Dr. Molly Ness & Dr. Katie Pace Miles — Making Words Stick: The What, Why, and How of Orthographic Mapping Dr. Daryl Michel — From Strategy to System: Transforming Schools Through Collective Instructional Leadership and Coaching Dr. Sarah Brown, Dr. Stephanie Stollar, Beth Madden & Dr. Kelly Powell-Smith — Teaching for Results: Using High-Impact Instructional Routines for Early Reading Success 2:45–3:45 P.M. CT MaryKate DeSantis — Engaging Families (Realistically!) to Boost Reading Outcomes And between sessions, stop by Solution Tree Booth #309 to connect with our team and explore more literacy resources. #TRLConf2026 #TheReadingLeague #ScienceOfReading #Literacy #ReadingInstruction #LiteracyLeadership #SolutionTree
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