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This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

On this sixth season of the show, we're focusing on how to effectively begin and sustain a transition to the science of reading at all levels of education.

And on this episode, we're focusing on change at the school level.

For expertise on this topic, I spoke with Mitchell Brookins, a former school administrator in New Orleans and with Chicago Public Schools.

Mitchell spoke in depth about his own experiences trying to radically transform schools, and he explains why he believes instructional leadership is so critical for embracing the science of reading.

Mitchell gets into the nitty-gritty of instructional monitoring and instructional coaching,

sharing best practices for classroom visits and communicating with teachers.

You're going to learn a lot from my conversation with Mitchell Brookins.

Well, welcome, Mitchell. Thank you for joining us on today's episode. a lot from my conversation with Mitchell Brookens.

Well, welcome, Mitchell. Thank you for joining us on today's episode.

Good morning. I'm so excited to be here. Totally excited.

That's great. You know, before you introduce yourself, I want to say a couple words about you,

which is you are all over social media. So I bet a lot of people,

so in the Facebook groups,

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