Matt Renwick
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Matt Renwick is an elementary principal who writes at Read by Example and tweets @ReadByExample. He is a veteran public educator, working first as a classroom teacher and now serving as the school leader at Mineral Point Elementary School (Mineral Point, Wisconsin). Matt’s educational writing and consultant work focus primarily on literacy instruction, school leadership, and technology integration. He has spoken at national conferences, including ASCD, ISTE, NAESP, NCTE, as well as facilitated workshops and professional learning experiences.
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How to Build Your System for Knowing, Thinking, and Writing
Your notes deserve better than to be forgotten. Matt Renwick shares a system that supports what you know, think, and write and helps ensure your ideas have a home beyond a disorganized binder.
Teachers as Leaders: Five Ways to Create the Conditions for Change (Part 2)
In this second installment, Matt Renwick clarifies a pathway school leaders can take as they seek more equitable outcomes for all students. School improvement is complex, adaptive work. The five Vs framework acknowledges this reality and provides structure without imposing rigidity.
Teachers as Leaders: Five Ways to Create the Conditions for Change (Part 1)
Matt Renwick shares a model to lean on as teachers and coaches navigate the unpredictable terrain of school-wide change. This is the first installment of a two-part series.
The Difference Between Change and Transition
Matt Renwick teases out the differences between change and transition. Transitions have a longer timeline than change. Leaders can accelerate this process by building trust, providing clarity, and understanding the process that comes with renewal.
The Coach’s Notebook: How to Capture and Organize Your Notes to Support Your Practice
Matt Renwick opens his own coaching notebook and teaches school leaders ways to support teaching and learning through structured note-taking. The coach’s notebook is not art; it is a tool that supports your practice.
Navigating Bias and Assumptions in Literacy Coaching
Matt Renwick helps literacy coaches and leaders recognize and navigate their assumptions and biases when working with teachers. He provides a helpful checklist as a practical place to begin.
The Confident Coach: Seven Competencies to Empower Your Practice
Matt Renwick shares the qualities of a confident coach. Take a coaching competencies assessment to find out where your strengths lie.
Book Rationales for Building Trust and Guiding Decision-Making
Matt Renwick shares a wise and helpful response when a teacher is looking for support for using a text with mature content in her classroom. Learn about book rationales, how to find them, and how to create one of your own with ChatGPT. More importantly, consider how to engage in conversations rather than offer blanket mandates about whether a book is allowed in classrooms.
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