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Acknowledgments

This book would not have been written without the wonderful opportunity, encouragement, and examples from the Anne Arundel County School teachers and administrators in Maryland—Bobbi Pedrick, Martha Lehman, Pam Courson, Maureen Gerrity, Erin Belcher, Dina Miller, Marty McConnell, Sue Wilson, Beth Harpel, and Jessica Haynie, and all the amazing SERTs. We have been working with the K–12 teachers to incorporate the instructional cha-chas since 2009. The results are astounding. Thank you to all the other schools that have taken the instructional cha-chas challenge to close their gaps. Thank you for dancing with us, trying the strategies, and sharing your success stories and frustrations on this amazing journey that leads to powerful learning. We aren’t finished yet; the song is still playing.

Thank you to Douglas Rife and Claudia Wheatley for inspiring us to write this book. Thank you to our amazing editors, Amy Rubenstein and Tonya Cupp. You are absolutely gifted with the big picture, organization, word choice, idea meshing, details, and how to handle two traveling authors and presenters! Thank you also to Ashante K. Thomas and Evie Madsen, as well as the rest of the Solution Tree staff who made this book outstanding. Behind a great book are many authors and contributors!

Thank you to the following coaches, educators, and friends who have formed what we know and how we teach, coach, and live life: Eric Jensen, Rick Wormeli, Diane Heacox, Richard Cash, Katie McKnight, Ron Coniglio, Betty Hollas, Jim Grant (we miss you), Lynne Ecenberger, Kim Geddie, Linda Allen, Cheryl Dick, Bryan Harris, Shauna King, Jenny Severson, Tracie Steel, Eric Larison, Jim Ewing, Laura Smith, Sharon McClelland, Melinda Donnellan (and the Conroe Independent School District literacy coaches), Kathy Clark, Melodye Pinson, Mary Donohoe, and Pam Guthrie. Many thanks to the team of people at Staff Development for Educators (SDE), who got us started on our presenting journey. A special thank-you goes to Dr. Bryan Harris for assisting with the research. A special thank-you goes to Dr. Eric Jensen, who gave me the opportunity to write and learn with him for the past twenty years. Invaluable!

Other districts we want to thank for being on the instructional cha-chas journey long term include Lansing, Michigan, schools, Lorris Elementary (Myrtle Beach), Maryvale Public Schools (New York), Olathe Public Schools (Kansas), Pittsfield Public Schools (Massachusetts), Riverton and Green River schools (Wyoming), Westlawn Elementary School and Theron Jones Elementary School (Texarkana), Vero Beach Elementary (Florida), Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School (Los Angeles), Reo and Cavanaugh Elementary (Lansing, Michigan), Phoenix Academy (Annapolis, MD) and many more.

—LeAnn and Melissa