Resources
Free tools for school leaders
Tools, guides and webinars from PIVOT to help you plan, reflect and lead improvement in your school.
For district leaders
District Leadership Systems Diagnostic
Discover your district’s strengths, identify areas for growth, and drive meaningful school improvement with our Systems Diagnostic tool.
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Rubric
AI-Ready School Leader Rubric
Assess your current use of AI and discover practical next steps to save time, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and create more space for instruction, relationships, and school culture.
Tool
Growing Mid-Level Leaders Tool
Grow leaders through the work you’re already doing. This tool helps principals intentionally use the systems already built into their week—such as admin meetings, one-on-ones, ILT meetings, and informal conversations—to create meaningful leadership development opportunities.
Tool
Team Culture Tool
Use this tool to examine, reflect, and plan for building a strong team culture. This tool includes a team culture diagnostic, space for leader reflection, and a guide for strengthening your team’s adult culture plan.
Template
Schoolwide Data Tracker
Use this template to track progress towards established goals. Whether the goals are federal, state, district, or school level goals, having an at-a-glance data tracking system helps keep leaders grounded in the most up-to-date snapshot of their progress to goals.
Guide
Student Culture Reset Guide
Transform your school environment with our dynamic professional development resource, designed specifically for principals and culture leaders committed to fostering a positive student culture.
Guide
Strategic Improvement Guide
Use this guide if you are a principal or assistant principal trying to improve a function in your school to the larger end goal of improving student learning. It can be applied to any key performance indicators or work streams in a school.
Tool
RTI Design Tool for School Leaders
Use this tool to guide reflection, planning, and problem-solving as you build or refine your RTI system. The tool includes key questions and decision points under each of the six enabling conditions.
Diagnostic
School Attendance Systems Diagnostic Tool
Assess the systems, routines, and practices that support consistent student attendance. Identify what’s working, uncover gaps, and prioritize actionable next steps to strengthen attendance systems and reduce chronic absenteeism.
Webinar · February 2026
Using AI Tools to Support Principals
Practical use cases for AI, specifically for school principals. Coach Jeremy Jones provides practical tools, guardrails, and time-saving moves that could open up 3-4 hours in a principal’s week.
Webinar · June 2025
Leading RTI Well in Middle School: Creating the Conditions for Student Success
Amy Galloway is joined by Dr. Deborah Reed (University of Tennessee) and Dr. Rachel Evans (Vine Middle School) to explore how school leaders can design and implement effective RTI systems in middle schools.
Webinar · April 2025
Leadership as a Lever for Improvement: Investing in Development
Catch our discussion with district leaders about the importance of investing in school leadership and its impacts on student outcomes and overall school improvement.
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