In this introduction to Learning-Focused Strategies, you will learn the strategies and practices that exemplary schools use consistently and pervasively to be the highest achieving schools in the country. In Learning-Focused Strategies: The Essentials, you will learn: What are Learning-Focused Strategies? How do you focus units and lessons on learning? What learning strategies should be used at the beginning of units and lessons? What learning strategies should be used during units and lessons? What learning strategies should be used at the end of units and lessons? You may already be using, or observing your teachers using, many of the strategies. However, it is how and when exemplary schools use these strategies that makes all the difference! Discover how just a few adjustments to instruction can make a huge impact on your students.