POWER STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING IS A 2 DAY SEMINAR IN WHICH ATTENDEES LEARN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES EDUCATORS EMPLOY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AND QUICKLY RAISE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. IN COMBINATION WITH THE CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF STUDENT WORK AND FREQUENT COLLABORATION AMONG TEACHERS, WIDESPREAD IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE POWER STRATEGIES CAN DRAMATICALLY RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AT ITS HEART, POWER STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING TEACHES A PROPRIETARY SPECIFIC "UNWRAPPING" PROTOCOL THAT WHEN APPLIED TO AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WORK WILL CONNECT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO EVIDENCE FOUND IN THE WORK. THIS ULTIMATELY SYNTHESIZES AND APPLIES DECADES OF CREDIBLE AND DOCUMENTED RESEARCH. THIS PROCESS ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES BEFORE DETERMINING HOW TO APPLY EACH ONE TO THEIR UNIQUE TEACHING SITUATIONS. WE DISCUSS VARIOUS FORMS OF TEACHER COLLABORATION, INCLUDING DATA TEAMS, IN CONNECTION WITH EACH CHOSEN STRATEGIES.