The School Leader's Guide to Activating Achievement

Sabrina Hope King is an educational leader committed to cultivating excellent, culturally responsive, rigorous and engaging learning experiences for all students. She has contributed significantly to the field of urban education as a practitioner, scholar and expert strategist. She heads ATAPE Group, LLC, a boutique education firm that partners with educators, school districts and organizations focused on strengthening leadership practice, teaching practice and organizational strategy in the service of improved education outcomes and educational equity. Prior to incorporating ATAPE Group, LLC in 2012, Dr. King held numerous posts which have positioned her to provide empowering and targeted strategic planning engagements and coaching, curriculum and professional learning programs. Early in her career, as a teacher of adults who had not completed school and incarcerated children, she learned that all students must experience a meaningful education connected to their lives. She held a professorship in curriculum and teaching at the University of Illinois in Chicago and was granted tenure from Hofstra University. Her subsequent executive-level positions in the public and foundation sectors led to her appointment as Chief Academic Officer at the New York City Department of Education where she impacted the work of over 1600 schools. She has trained, mentored and inspired countless students, educators and leaders. Dr. King serves as Education Chair of the Mid Manhattan NAACP, The Board of Trustees of The Rensselaerville Institute and a Trustee of the South Bronx Early College Academy.

Chapter 1: Define the Possible Chapter 2: Empowering3 Terms 1. Achievement 2. Rigor 3. Cultural Responsiveness Chapter 3: The Empowering3 Leadership Approach 1. Vision 2. Professional Learning 3. Community Mobilization and Communication Chapter 4: Empowering3 Learning Catalysts 1. Build Confidence and Strategic Effort, 2. Prioritize Literacy-Reading Books and Reading the World, 3. Integrate Real-Life Learning Daily Chapter 5: Portraits of the Possible Thurgood Marshall Lower School Academy Spokane Leadership Academy Manhattan Country School Brotherhood Sister Sol Chapter 6: Everyone is Needed Foreword

Define the Possible is a potent call to action and a reminder that if we are to make greater progress in serving the educational needs of all students, educators, particularly those who lead, must be clear about the work required to achieve results. Sabrina Hope King shows us how we can get on the same page and muster the will to do this critical work. This book is a guide for action that educators will find invaluable. -- Pedro Noguera