
[Webinar] Staying on Track: How Leaders Can Support Grade-Level Learning
This recorded webinar explores how school and district leaders can help set teachers and students up for success with grade-level content.
With student proficiency scores across the country lagging behind pre-pandemic levels, teachers are facing increased pressure to accelerate teaching and learning—that is, to keep pace with grade-level curriculum materials while addressing unfinished learning from prior grades.
This webinar presents leadership strategies for supporting accelerated learning, including:
- identifying the priority content within each grade level;
- creating realistic pacing guidance that includes built-in time for addressing unfinished learning; and
- putting in place ongoing professional learning opportunities that support a nuanced understanding of the prerequisite skills and knowledge students need to access grade-level content.
These strategies can empower teachers to deliver grade-level instruction without sacrificing rigor or leaving out important content—ensuring that students have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in future grades.
Watch the recording and access free resources to support this work below.

Here are the materials that Malika, Melissa, and Christina discussed during the webinar:
- Resource: Addressing Unfinished Learning Toolkit
- Resource: Professional Learning Conditions and Practices
- Resource: Early Literacy Playbook
- Blog post: It’s time to give teachers realistic pacing guidance
- Blog post: 7 conditions for effective professional learning
- Research brief: Building Better PL: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning (RPPL)
- Resource: Priority Instructional Content in ELA and Math (Student Achievement Partners)