Breakthrough (Multimedia Kit): A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development

Give educators the keys to a transformative instructional approach that raises and sustains schoolwide achievement! Designed to complement Breakthrough, the bestseller by Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, and Carmel Crévola, this comprehensive multimedia presentation offers staff developers the necessary materials to help administrators create expert instructional systems that can dramatically improve performance for both students and teachers. Facilitators will be able to demonstrate the authors′ powerful Triple P Breakthrough Model: Personalization—student-centered classroom interactions; Precision—monitoring student progress using formative assessments; and Professional Learning—daily, ongoing learning for all educators. Discussion topics include: - Smart application of data-driven instruction to reach all learners - Contextual learning opportunities related to teachers′ specific situations - Commitment to excellence in classroom instruction based on a clear moral purpose - Breakthrough leadership that generates future leaders and communicates across school, district, and state levels Featuring classroom practices that promote individualized and focused instruction, Breakthrough: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development provides: - The companion book, Breakthrough, an educator′s guide for transforming daily instruction - A 42-minute, content-rich DVD—with a navigation menu for easy stop-and-search control of video content—that features discussions with Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, and Carmel Crévola and presents the Triple P Breakthrough Model in action - A step-by-step facilitator′s guide connecting the book′s core content to the DVD and including segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, key points, and discussion questions - A CD-ROM that contains the entire facilitator guide including printable outlines, handouts, agendas, an evaluation form, and other materials for easy reproduction This all-in-one package is indispensable for helping educators reform current instructional systems to advance authentic learner independence and realize long-term performance results for their schools and districts.

Table of Contents:
About the Authors Introduction How to Use the Guide How to Use the DVD Additional Resources for Facilitators Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide Preface Discussion Questions Workshop Activity 1. The New Mission for School Systems Discussion Questions Workshop Activities Application 2. Breakthrough Components Discussion Questions Workshop Activities Application 3. Transforming Classroom Instruction Discussion Questions Workshop Activities Application 4. Creating Expert Instructional Systems Discussion Questions Workshop Activity Application 5. Building a Critical Learning Instructional Path Discussion Questions Workshop Activities Application 6. Breakthrough Leadership: A Way Forward Discussion Questions Workshop Activities Application Handouts Sample Workshop Agendas Half-Day Workshop Agenda One-Day Workshop Agenda Two-Day Workshop Agenda Workshop Evaluation Form References

About the Author :
Michael Fullan, Order of Canada, is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. He is co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative. Michael served as Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. He received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012 and holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world. His ‘interim autobiography,’ Surreal Change, covers his pre-Covid-19 era to 2018. Michael and his colleagues are now working diligently on field-based comprehensive system change in several countries. Under the umbrella of what they call the ‘humanity paradigm’ —equitable-equal deep change that integrates local (school and community), middle (district/regional), and centre (policy) entities. Michael’s latest books are: Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (with Mark Edwards, 2022), The Principal 2.0 (2023), The Drivers (with Joanne Quinn, 2023), and The New Meaning of Educational Change, 6th Edition (2025). For more information on books, articles, videos, podcasts please go to: www.michaelfullan.ca Peter Hill retired as secretary general of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) on December 14, 2007. He has held numerous senior positions in school administration and educational research in Australia and the USA, including as head of the school system in the State of Victoria, Australia, and as professor of leadership and management in the faculty of education of The University of Melbourne. More recently he was director of research and development at the National Center on Education and the Economy in the USA. Over the past decade he has directed and assisted in a number of large-scale, comprehensive school improvement projects. His research interests are in the fields of assessment, school effectiveness and improvement, and instructional leadership. Carmel Crévola is currently an independent international literacy consultant, author, and researcher who works extensively in Australia, Canada, UK, and the US. Her focus is on assisting systems to align their assessment processes, instructional practices, and instructional leadership. Crévola has pioneered new approaches to data-driven literacy instruction and has led several large-scale school reform initiatives in both Australia and the USA. Formerly a school principal in Victoria, Australia, she has 22 years of K–9 classroom teaching experience.