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The following tools are used by Turning Points schools and coaches to helps teachers look closely at their practice and work to improve it. We encourage teachers and coaches working in Turning Points schools to submit other tools that they would like to include on the site.

Zin Obelisk
Charrette Protocol
Collaborative Assessment Conference
Compass Points
Consultancy Protocol
Critical Incident Protocol
Final Word Protocol
Meeting Notes Template
One Hundred Pennies
Peer Observation
Postcards from the Edge
Setting Norms
Socratic Seminar in a Turning Points School
Text Based Seminar
The Dyad
Tuning Protocol
Assessing Teamwork
Three-column Agenda (from Middleweb)
Literacy tools (includes the ABC's for Teaching Adolescent Literacy)