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Introducing the Poverty Toolkit to Your Teachers - One School's Approach

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In this 4-minute video, Jennifer Ishee, shares how a school in rural Mississippi used the Supporting Students in Poverty with High-Impact Instructional Strategies Toolkit to strengthen instructional support for students.

Using Strategy 4, Cultivating a Nurturing Learning Environment, as their launchpad, you will learn how one veteran teacher used Toolkit practices to amplify student voice and thereby develop a deeper understanding of her students' academic and social needs.  

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Supporting Students in Poverty with High-Impact Instructional Strategies Toolkit

The Supporting Students in Poverty with High-Impact Instructional Strategies Toolkit provides teachers, principals, district staff, and state agencies with evidence-based, high-impact strategies and supportive actions that have the potential to decrease the negative impacts of poverty on student achievement. The toolkit identifies five high-impact instructional strategies that teachers can implement with the support of their principals.