Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
American educator and author known for work on data-driven instruction and school leadership; a longtime leader at Uncommon Schools and founding dean of the Relay Graduate School of Education's National Principals Academy Fellowship; author of Leverage Leadership, Driven by Data, and Get Better Faster.
Books
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1. Leverage Leadership
A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools
An actionable guide for school leaders that translates high-impact practices into daily and weekly routines to accelerate teaching and learning. It emphasizes data-driven instruction, frequent classroom observations with precise, bite-sized feedback, rigorous lesson and assessment planning, targeted professional development, and the creation of a strong, consistent school culture. Through concrete tools, sample schedules, case studies, and rubrics, it shows how to build systems for coaching, data meetings, and leadership team management that focus adult work on student results and make improvement measurable and sustainable.
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2. Great Habits, Great Readers
A practical, classroom-tested guide to K–4 literacy instruction, this work lays out clear routines, lesson structures, and rubrics that build strong reading habits every day. It integrates phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension through shared, guided, and independent reading, and shows how to use data to drive small-group instruction and targeted interventions. With planning tools, exemplar lessons, and coaching moves, it helps educators create a joyful, disciplined reading culture where all students—including struggling readers and English learners—make measurable growth.