Kevin Perks is director of school and district services in WestEd's quality schools and districts team.

• Contents (Tentative)ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Introduction—Turnaround Leadership1.   Leading with Empathy: Leveraging an Essential Leadership TraitMichael P. Nagler2.   Culturally Responsive Schools Start with Culturally Responsive LeadersSaroja R. Warner3.   Is an Equity Audit in Your Future?Shandy Hauk and Joyce Kaser4.   Planning and Implementing a Special Education Program ReviewNancy Hurley, Kristin Reedy, and Dona MeindersPart II: Talent Development5.   Supporting Educator Wellbeing: Strategies for Self-CareChristina Pate6.   Strengthening Staff Motivation and MoraleMichael Middleton and Kevin Perks7.   Achieving the Promise of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)Kevin PerksPart III: Instructional Transformation8.   Understanding How Social–Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education and Critical Race Theory IntersectAndrea Browning and Saroja R. Warner9.   Conducting a Targeted Curriculum ReviewRobert Rosenfeld10.   Leading Formative Assessment to Improve Student AgencyNancy GerzonPart IV: Culture Shift11.   School Climate Essentials: A Call to ActionShazia Hashmi, Rebeca Cerna, and Alexis Stern12.   Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice in EducationChristina Pate, Nakanya Magby, and Jenny Betz13.   Building on Family and Community StrengthsMaria Paredes14.   Deepening Understanding to Support Transgender YouthDeborah A. Bradley and Stephen C. HamiltonAfterwordIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

Kevin Perks is director of school and district services in WestEd's quality schools and districts team.

• Contents (Tentative)ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Introduction—Turnaround Leadership1.   Leading with Empathy: Leveraging an Essential Leadership TraitMichael P. Nagler2.   Culturally Responsive Schools Start with Culturally Responsive LeadersSaroja R. Warner3.   Is an Equity Audit in Your Future?Shandy Hauk and Joyce Kaser4.   Planning and Implementing a Special Education Program ReviewNancy Hurley, Kristin Reedy, and Dona MeindersPart II: Talent Development5.   Supporting Educator Wellbeing: Strategies for Self-CareChristina Pate6.   Strengthening Staff Motivation and MoraleMichael Middleton and Kevin Perks7.   Achieving the Promise of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)Kevin PerksPart III: Instructional Transformation8.   Understanding How Social–Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education and Critical Race Theory IntersectAndrea Browning and Saroja R. Warner9.   Conducting a Targeted Curriculum ReviewRobert Rosenfeld10.   Leading Formative Assessment to Improve Student AgencyNancy GerzonPart IV: Culture Shift11.   School Climate Essentials: A Call to ActionShazia Hashmi, Rebeca Cerna, and Alexis Stern12.   Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice in EducationChristina Pate, Nakanya Magby, and Jenny Betz13.   Building on Family and Community StrengthsMaria Paredes14.   Deepening Understanding to Support Transgender YouthDeborah A. Bradley and Stephen C. HamiltonAfterwordIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

Kevin Perks is director of school and district services in WestEd's quality schools and districts team.

• Contents (Tentative)ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Introduction—Turnaround Leadership1.   Leading with Empathy: Leveraging an Essential Leadership TraitMichael P. Nagler2.   Culturally Responsive Schools Start with Culturally Responsive LeadersSaroja R. Warner3.   Is an Equity Audit in Your Future?Shandy Hauk and Joyce Kaser4.   Planning and Implementing a Special Education Program ReviewNancy Hurley, Kristin Reedy, and Dona MeindersPart II: Talent Development5.   Supporting Educator Wellbeing: Strategies for Self-CareChristina Pate6.   Strengthening Staff Motivation and MoraleMichael Middleton and Kevin Perks7.   Achieving the Promise of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)Kevin PerksPart III: Instructional Transformation8.   Understanding How Social–Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education and Critical Race Theory IntersectAndrea Browning and Saroja R. Warner9.   Conducting a Targeted Curriculum ReviewRobert Rosenfeld10.   Leading Formative Assessment to Improve Student AgencyNancy GerzonPart IV: Culture Shift11.   School Climate Essentials: A Call to ActionShazia Hashmi, Rebeca Cerna, and Alexis Stern12.   Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practice in EducationChristina Pate, Nakanya Magby, and Jenny Betz13.   Building on Family and Community StrengthsMaria Paredes14.   Deepening Understanding to Support Transgender YouthDeborah A. Bradley and Stephen C. HamiltonAfterwordIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors