Celebrating 2024 and looking ahead to 2025

The end of the year often ushers in a daunting to-do list and a warp-speed pace of life. But as we find ourselves in the final days of the calendar year, we hope you have a holiday break filled with rest, rejuvenation, and time with family and loved ones.

In the next few weeks, you may also find time for a bit of professional celebration and reflection. This marks the mid-point of the current school year for the U.S. and Pacific region, and our partners in Australia, New Zealand, and other locations across the Southern Hemisphere are enjoying the end of their academic year. Congratulations! To support year-end reflections and perhaps help jumpstart new year’s resolutions, here’s a short list of some of our most popular resources for educators in 2024:

• The New Classroom Instruction That Works companion pieces: Reader’s Guide & A Quick Reference Guide
• White papers: Unleashing the Power of Best First Instruction & Designing Better Professional Learning with the Brain in Mind
• Instructional reflection resources: Breakthrough Teaching: Assessing for Learning, Breakthrough Teaching: Planning for Learning, Shifting Learning Objectives into Personalized Student Goals, and Shifting from Planning for Teaching to Planning for Learning

On behalf of everyone here at McREL, we wish you a peaceful end of the year and a joyful 2025.

This post originally appeared in our October 2024 McREL Monthly newsletter. Click here to sign up to receive McREL’s free monthly newsletter.