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As the Chief Schools Officer for Uncommon Schools and the Founder and Dean of the Leverage Leadership Institute, bestselling author Paul Bambrick-Santoyo creates proofpoints of excellence in urban schools worldwide. Author of multiple books, including Leverage Leadership 2.0, Get Better Faster, Love & Literacy, Driven by Data 2.0, and Great Habits, Great Readers, Paul has trained over 30,000 school leaders worldwide in instructional leadership, including multiple schools that have gone on to become the highest-gaining or highest-achieving schools in their districts, states and/or countries.

A full list of Paul Bambrick-Santoyo's available titles at Wiley can be found below.

Love & Literacy: A Practical Guide to Finding the Magic in Literature (Grades 5-12)

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Stephen Chiger
May 2021, Paperback

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Love and Literacy steps into the classrooms of extraordinary teachers who have led students to the highest levels of reading ability, guiding you to create environments where students can build the will and wherewithal to truly fall in love with literacy.

Driven by Data 2.0: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
April 2019, Paperback

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How do you know whether students are learning? And when they are not, what do you do about it? Driven by Data 2.0 is a practical guide that answers these questions to empower schools to achieve significant gains in student achievement.

Leverage Leadership 2.0: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Doug Lemov
August 2018, Paperback

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Leverage Leadership 2.0 answers the basic question: what do great school leaders do that separates them from the rest? Rooted in the observation and training of over 20,000 school leaders worldwide, Leverage Leadership 2.0 offers a practical, updated and easier-to-use follow-up to the original, with field-tested techniques and actionable advice.

A Principal Manager's Guide to Leverage Leadership 2.0: How to Build Exceptional Schools Across Your District

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
August 2018, Paperback

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A Principal Manager's Guide to Leverage Leadership 2.0 introduces a new unifying approach that is also highlighted in Leverage Leadership 2.0: See It, Name It, Do It. It gives you the tools to See it (see models of effective practice and identify gaps), Name it (name concrete actions for improvement) and Do it (provide means to practice these action steps until a principal masters them).

Get Better Faster: A 90-Day Plan for Coaching New Teachers

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Jon Saphier
July 2016, Paperback

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In Get Better Faster: A 90-Day Plan for Coaching New Teachers, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo shares instructive tools school leaders use to effectively guide new teachers to success. Designed for coaches as well as beginning teachers, Get Better Faster is an integral coaching tool for any school leader eager to help their teachers succeed.

Great Habits, Great Readers: A Practical Guide for K - 4 Reading in the Light of Common Core

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Aja Settles, Juliana Worrell, Norman Atkins
June 2013, Paperback

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Great Habits, Great Readers includes the strategies, systems, and lessons from the top classrooms that bring the habits of reading to life, creating countless quality opportunities for students to take one of the most complex skills we as people can know and to perform it fluently and easily.

Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools

by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo, Doug Lemov, Brett Peiser
June 2012, Paperback

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Aimed at all levels of school leadership, Leverage Leadership is for any principal, superintendent, or educator who wants to be a transformational leader. The book includes 30 video clips of top-tier leaders in action; these videos bring great schools to you, and support a deeper understanding of both the components of success and how it looks as a whole. The book and companion site also provide many helpful rubrics, extensive professional development tools, calendars, and templates.