Featured Products and Services

See how we've created "suites" of products and services around our work in leadership, instruction, standards, personnel evaluation, classroom observation, and school improvement.

Balanced Leadership

The Balanced Leadership program is based on McREL’s groundbreaking research on principal and superintendent behaviors and practices that lead to increased student achievement. We offer books, workshops, and consulting that help school and district leaders translate the research into results.

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Common Core

Common Core

Our new Common Core quick-start guides are just one demonstration of our in-depth knowledge of and experience in standards. We also provide support services and workshops that make the transition to the Common Core State Standards an opportunity for growth.

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Personnel Evaluation

Our personnel evaluation systems improve teacher and principal performance by focusing on what matters most in teaching and leadership practices. The evaluations include multiple indicators and Web-based tracking and reporting of results. We can also tailor either system to your school or district needs.

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Success in Sight

Success in Sight®: A Comprehensive Approach to School Improvement is a “less-is-more” approach to school improvement that helps schools raise student achievement and engage in continuous, sustainable improvement that builds on past successes.

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Classroom Instruction That Works

McREL’s Classroom Instruction That Works (CITW), one of the most widely used professional development manuals in education for more than a decade, has launched a collection of products, workshops and training, and free resources to help educators translate our research-based instructional strategies into better achievement for students.

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Early Childhood Education

McREL offers long-term programs, technical assistance, and workshops to help early childhood educators develop the literacy and self-regulation skills of their young learners so that they are prepared for academic success.

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Power Walkthrough

Our Power Walkthrough seminar, software, and video training package help turn your brief classroom observations into meaningful opportunities for coaching teachers to higher levels of performance and guiding staff development efforts. You can also become a Power Walkthrough trainer to expand your district’s staff development efforts.

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