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Alisa Simeral, a nationally acclaimed presenter, author, and veteran educator, has guided school-based reform efforts as a teacher, principal, and instructional coach. Her emphasis is on improving the adult-input factors that contribute to the betterment of the student-output results. She partnered with Pete Hall to write Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders (ASCD, 2008) and Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom (ASCD, 2015). She is co-author of the ASCD book, The Principal Influence: A Framework for Developing Leadership Capacity in Principals (2016). Passionate about providing support where it's needed most - at the classroom level - her mantra is "When our teacher succeed, our students succeed."