Mapping Professional Practice

School improvement often stalls because expectations aren't specific enough to act on. Phrases like "implement with fidelity" and "increase rigor" don't tell a teacher what to do differently tomorrow.

Mapping Professional Practice gives leaders a process for writing instructional frameworks: detailed descriptions of skilled practice in one area, including what it feels like to do it well. Each framework has three to five key components and four levels of fluency, from Beginning to Exemplary. Teachers use it as a growth pathway.

Five frameworks from real schools

• A kindergarten explorations block
• Elementary guided mathematics
• Middle school science labs
• Behaviour support for paraprofessionals
• Zones of Regulation

Build one with Heather

Heather works with school teams to write their first framework. Her clients can also use the Framework Builder, an online tool built on the book's process.