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Over a million educators agree: This is the go-to title for PLCs
“Without a doubt, the establishment of PLCs as a district and the deepening of our collaborative culture have had the . . . greatest impact on student achievement.”
MARCUS JOHNSON, superintendent, Sanger Uni ed School District, California
“This book provides strategies and templates that impact classrooms by clearly defi ning for teachers what to teach and how to assess . . . I wouldn’t start my career without this book!”
BRAD TWORDIK, principal, George Fitton School, Manitoba
“ Learning by Doing expands the influence of the PLC process well beyond its original borders and provides a conceptual model for how the PLC process might stand.”
ROBERT
MARZANO, cofounder and CEO of Marzano Resources
“ Learning by Doing has been our road atlas and the PLC concept our GPS.”
SANDRA THORSTENSON, superintendent, Whittier Union High School District, California
“No matter your role in education, if you want to improve the learning for your students, you need this book.”
MIKE MATTOS, author, co-creator of the RTI at Work™ model
“A brilliant book that systematically takes all the excuses off the table.”
MICHAEL FULLAN, professor emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
“This book is a comprehensive guide to adults becoming learners and doing the right work in service of Canadian students. All does indeed mean all.”
KATIE WHITE, author and educational presenter, Saskatchewan
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$47.95 USD | $62.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-14-5
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, Teams
Free reproducibles available
Learning by Doing NEW A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work®
By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, Mike Mattos, and Anthony Muhammad
Fourth Edition Twenty- ve years on, the PLC at Work® process continues to produce results across the United States and around the world. In this fourth edition of the best-selling Learning by Doing, the authors use updated research and time-tested knowledge to address current education challenges, from learning gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic to the need to drive a highly effective multitiered system of supports.
• Build shared knowledge of both critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying the key PLC terms.
• Make frank and honest assessments of your school by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.
• Take immediate and speci c steps to close the knowing-doing gap and implement PLC concepts in your own school and district.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-89-8
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, School Improvement
Free reproducibles available
Free study guide available
The Way Forward NEW
PLC at Work® and the Bright Future of Education
By Anthony Muhammad Foreword
by Robert
Eaker
Teachers today have a window of opportunity to shape education in a way that will impact the profession for generations. In this compelling and comprehensive book, educator and best-selling author Anthony Muhammad explores the educational hurdles of the past in the context of present-day concerns and envisions an education system where all schools energetically embrace the PLC at Work® process.
• Re ect on the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on student learning and educator approaches.
• Gain insight on what professional learning communities are.
• Differentiate between PLC Right and PLC Lite, and understand the role of commitment in an effective PLC.
The 15-Day Challenge NEW
Simplify and Energize Your PLC at Work® Process
By Maria Nielsen
Foreword by Heather Friziellie
Get to the heart of essential PLC work when you implement the 15-day challenge for unit planning and design. This book offers a step-by-step process for collaborative teams that builds on the three big ideas and four critical questions of a PLC at Work®. In each chapter, you’ll nd practical actions for how to support all students in mastering essential learning standards.
• Establish essential learning standards and design common assessments with easy-touse templates.
• Re ect with colleagues at each step of the process by assessing strengths and weaknesses in crucial PLC skills.
Beyond PLC Lite NEW
Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning in a Professional Learning Community at Work®
By Anthony R. Reibel, Troy Gobble, Mark Onuscheck, and Eric Twadell
Becoming a PLC is no small feat—it requires years of collaboration and commitment. In this powerful guide, discover ten evidence-based actions to help move your school teams beyond “PLC Lite,” and center student agency and ef cacy in curriculum, assessment, instruction, and intervention practices. Access sample rubrics, protocols, and templates designed to build a culture of continuous improvement.
• Learn the 10 essential actions to elevate your PLC to the next level.
• Encourage meaningful student participation through the gradual release of responsibility model.
• Understand how to evaluate diverse student feedback.
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$35.95 USD | $47.00 CAD
ISBN 978-1-951075-33-0
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, Instruction, Teams
Free reproducibles available
Free videos available
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$43.95 USD | $57.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-949539-13-4
PLC at Work, Instruction, Professional Learning Communities, Teacher Ef cacy
Free reproducibles available
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$45.95 USD | $60.00 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-43-0
RTI at Work; Response to Intervention; PLC at Work; Professional Learning Communities
Free reproducibles available
Taking Action NEW A Handbook for RTI at Work™
By Mike Mattos, Austin Buffum, Janet Malone, Luis F. Cruz, Nicole Dimich, and Sarah Schuhl
Second Edition The second edition of the bestseller Taking Action delves deeper into the essential actions needed to create a highly effective multitiered system of supports. New recommendations and tools are included to better target assessments, engage students, and proactively address resistance.
• Close the achievement gaps exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Leverage proven Tier 1 instructional practices to provide rst-best teaching and engage students in learning.
• Understand the critical roles and responsibilities of the guiding coalition, teacher teams, and site intervention team.
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$43.95 USD | $57.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-35-5
RTI at Work; Response to Intervention; Professional Learning Communities; PLC at Work
Free reproducibles available
The Big Book of Tools for RTI at Work™ NEW
By William M. Ferriter, Mike Mattos, and Rob J. Meyer
Discover a robust set of tools for teachers and leaders to employ on their journey to implementing effective additional support for struggling students. Practical and full of resources, this book supplies educators with the means to transform their school response to intervention process.
• Use this book to support implementation of the intervention process outlined in the second edition of Taking Action: A Handbook for RTI at Work™
• Create a guiding coalition, discover how to build a culture of collective teacher ef cacy, and intentionally and carefully design effective Tier 1 instruction.
• Gain access to templates, surveys, checklists, re ection prompts, and other resources.
Brick by Brick NEW
Setting the Foundation for a Stable and Joyful
Classroom
By Kjell Fenn
Using research-supported strategies, author Kjell Fenn guides new teachers through four pillars of successful teaching: planning, structure, engagement, and con dence. Learn how to design assessments, craft lesson plans, and nd the structure for students and teachers to experience joy in the classroom.
• Explore the dynamics of student engagement with 16 strategies to promote interest.
• Bolster con dence through structured classroom routines.
• Create lessons that engage students while satisfying standards and objectives.
The Teacher Team Leader Handbook NEW
Simple Habits to Transform Collaboration in a PLC at Work®
By Chad M. V. Dumas
Foreword
by
Kenneth C. Williams
Education expert and award-winning researcher Chad M. V. Dumas provides teacher team leaders with clarity on their role and approach, accompanied by actions that help teams get going, gain momentum, overcome obstacles, and re ne skills that maximize their effectiveness in professional learning communities.
• Understand the three key responsibilities of the team leader in a PLC.
• Cultivate assumptions and mindsets for successful team collaboration.
• Utilize tools to implement simple actions that transform team functioning.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-962188-06-7
Classroom Management & Behavior, Student Engagement, Teacher Ef cacy
Free reproducibles available
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-98-5
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, Leadership
Free reproducibles available
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-92-3
PLC at Work, Response to Intervention, Assessment, Professional Learning Communities
Free reproducibles available
Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work® NEW
Actionable Assessment, Defensible Evidence, and Equitable Grading
By
Karin K. Hess, Brian M. Stack, and Jonathan G. Vander Els Foreword by Virgel Hammonds
Using the IMPACT framework—illumination, multiple sources and opportunities, pedagogies that are learnercentered, assessment practices, collective actions, and transparency—K–12 leaders and teachers can forge a defensible body of evidence for learning that is central to competency-based systems.
• Learn how IMPACT can help build a rock-solid body of evidence, ensuring schools meet all accountability measures.
• Discover how PLCs can support evidence collection and guide data-driven decision making.
• Design assessments that illuminate deep learning and empower learners, resulting in highquality work.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-02-2
Leadership, Instruction, School Improvement
Free reproducibles available
Competency-Based Education Ignited NEW A Transformational Systemwide Approach for Leaders
By Richard A. DeLorenzo and Roxanne L. Mourant Foreword by Robert J. Marzano
Evidence shows competency-based education (CBE) develops empowered learners who succeed, but effective implementation requires a systemwide, coordinated approach. This book offers leaders a map for successfully transitioning to CBE that involves actionable stages and a plan for creating a studentcentered learning environment.
• Understand student and teacher perspectives in a successful competency-based learning system.
• Take advantage of CBE implementation knowledge rooted in decades of experience.
• Examine essential questions to guide understanding in each chapter.
The Digital Projects Playbook NEW
A Step-by-Step Guide to Empowering Students as Creators, Grades 3–12
By John Arthur
Students in today’s classrooms live in a digital world. Tap into the unique opportunities this offers with author John Arthur’s collection of resource-packed projects designed to leverage students’ digital skills and support their academic, cognitive, and creative development.
• Encourage students’ creativity and natural skill sets.
• Access rubrics, templates, checklists, and tips for each digital project.
• Understand the importance of media literacy and arti cial intelligence.
Powerful Inquiry NEW
Leading With Questions to Build Leadership Capacity in Your School and District
By Donna J. Micheaux and Jennifer L. Parvin
Leaders, develop your capacity for social-emotional intelligence using Powerful Inquiry. The authors provide tools and resources that encourage principals and team leaders to challenge the traditional leadership model, welcome all voices, and establish an evolving learning organization that bene ts everyone.
• Develop a learning organization using inquirybased strategies, tools, and frameworks.
• Establish a growth mindset within principals and their colleagues.
• Acknowledge bias and address any resistance getting in the way of change.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-18-3
Technology, Student Engagement, Instruction
Free reproducibles available
24BCTG-S8A–BKG091
$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-954631-51-9
Leadership, Teams, Teacher Ef cacy
Free reproducibles available
24BCTG-S8A–BKG143
$35.95 USD | $47.00 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-57-7
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, School Improvement
Free reproducibles available
Mindset for Success NEW
The Powerful Partnership of Problem-Based Learning and PLC at Work®
By Terry Goodin and Heather K. Dillard
When educators believe that they are capable of overcoming challenges and that their work matters, they make a lasting impact on students’ academic success. In Mindset for Success: The Powerful Partnership of Problem-Based Learning and PLC at Work®, the authors help teachers adopt a growth mindset with their problem-based learning approach.
• Apply the eight modules of the problem-based learning method to the PLC process.
• Adopt a growth mindset with tips on making each thinking shift.
• Utilize the Think This, Do This approach to ease the transition to a collaborative PLC.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-954631-97-7
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, School Improvement, Leadership
Free reproducibles available
The Foundation for Change NEW Focusing
on the Four Pillars of a PLC at Work®
By Jonathan G. Vander Els and Joshua Ray Foreword by Luis F. Cruz
In their haste to help students, many schools often gloss over the foundational work of professional learning communities. In The Foundation for Change, educators learn how to transform and develop their school’s mission, vision, values, and goals to frame the mindsets and actions in a PLC that lead to school improvement and high levels of learning for all.
• Follow the journey of one school as it moves through the steps of the PLC at Work® process.
• Understand how educators can contribute to developing and integrating the four pillars into classroom practice.
• Clarify the role of the guiding coalition in implementing the four pillars as the foundation for changing school culture.
Simplifying the Journey NEW
Six Steps to Schoolwide Collaboration, Consistency, and Clarity in a PLC at Work®
By Bob Sonju, Maren Powers, and Sheline Miller Foreword by Mike Mattos
Smart educators know simplicity is key to mitigating overwhelm and ensuring success. This book will help. Access the proven PLC at Work® process in a straightforward, easy-to-implement guide. Designated actions and essential steps for teachers, school leaders, and coaches focus on answering each of the four critical questions of a professional learning community so you can be con dent you are doing the right work.
• Learn the six actions that help answer each of the four critical questions of a PLC.
• Create a shared vision among teacher and leadership teams and gain clarity on student mastery of essential standards.
• Employ meaningful feedback to encourage student self-assessment and ownership of learning.
Through New Eyes NEW Examining the Culture of Your School
By Richard DuFour and Eric Twadell
Second Edition This second edition of a classic bestseller comes in a new digital format, no DVD player required. All-new streaming video, a facilitator’s guide, PowerPoint slides, and reproducibles that include engagement and re ection activities allow you to facilitate a powerful staff workshop that illustrates the differing experiences a struggling student may have in a traditional school culture versus a PLC culture.
• Recognize the difference between school structure and school culture.
• Ponder how a student who is struggling might experience a traditional school environment compared to the focus on student learning found in a PLC school.
• Re ect on your own school’s culture and norms.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-958590-07-2
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, Leadership
Free reproducibles available
24BCTG-S8A–DIG119
$95.95 USD | $125.00 CAD
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities
Includes Facilitator’s Guide
Free reproducibles available
Teach targeted life skills to every student
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-08-4
Response to Intervention, Social-Emotional Learning, RTI at Work, Classroom Management & Behavior, PLC at Work
Jessica and John have created step-by-step plans to teach and practice 64 essential life skills that will be a game-changer for improving behaviors at your school.”
—Benjamin Kitslaar, principal, West Side Elementary School, Wisconsin
With student behavioral problems and teacher turnover at all-time highs, educators need behavioral interventions that work. With its practical behavior intervention method, this book replaces problematic behaviors with essential life skills for school and beyond. Educators can implement effective targeted interventions in 25 minutes or less using eight prede ned behavior academies and a process to create their own.
Bene ts
• Address your own beliefs about students’ challenging behavior.
• Learn the eight behavior academies and their corresponding life skills.
• Identify the core components of an academy’s initial, ongoing, and exit sessions.
• Build your own behavior academy with a clearly outlined process.
• Use behavior rehearsal cards for an academy’s ongoing sessions.
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Featuring Jessica Djabrayan Hannigan and John Hannigan
What inspires or drives your work?
Our work is driven to provide practical, proven solutions to common challenges educators are facing. We wrote this book with students in mind rst and foremost. We wanted to create a resource where educators have the tools needed to help students learn and develop productive life skills. Based on the most common behavior challenges we hear from educators, we
created eight behavior academies to address these challenges—Hands-Off Academy, Check-In Check-Out Academy, Civility Academy, Organizational Skills Academy, Social Skills Academy, Upstander Academy, Motivation Academy, and Emotional Regulation Academy—to help educators implement and ultimately, provide students with the tools they need to succeed.
What challenges will Behavior Academies help educators overcome?
With student behavior challenges rising and frustrated educators leaving the profession, educators need targeted behavior interventions that work! Yet, despite the abundance of ready-made packaged behavior programs and curricula available, schools still struggle to nd success in supporting student behavior needs. The
reason is that the response is not targeted enough. This book was written to simplify the complex, challenge- xed mindsets about student behavior, and remove any excuses for overcoming barriers to implementation. Any educator, and even parents/guardians, will nd the thinking and resources behind Behavior Academies valuable.
What should educators remember most from this book?
Educators will nd value in the practicality of a behavior academy, which provides ongoing teaching and/or reteaching support and rehearsal opportunities for targeted life skills that students can develop into productive habits. Additionally, educators will nd value in the 128 replacement behaviors provided in this book. Each
behavior academy includes eight targeted life skills, and each life skill offers two replacement behaviors based on the science of mental imagery and establishing new habits. Educators commonly tell us they love using these strategies with their children at home!
What professional development, if any, do you offer to support this book?
We provide behavior academy training for all educators, designed to explain the why, what, and how of behavior academies.
We also provide ongoing coaching and implementation support.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-951075-61-3
Social-Emotional Learning
Free reproducibles available
The Recipe for Student Well-Being NEW
Five Key Ingredients for Social, Behavioral, and Academic Success
By Brian H. Smith, Clayton R. Cook, and Aria E. Fiat
What are the ve essential ingredients for ensuring all students succeed academically, socially, and behaviorally? This practical guide details each ingredient, why it matters, and how to implement it. The Recipe for Student Well-Being goes beyond the idea of a purchased curriculum to cover how different factors integrate to comprehensively meet students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs as enablers to academic success.
• Learn the what, why, and how of the key ingredients for student well-being.
• Foster a school culture and climate that promotes student growth and academic success.
• Understand why and how to focus on educator well-being rst in order to yield positive student outcomes.
Positive Behaviors Start With Positive Mindsets NEW Twenty-Eight Actions to Motivate Students and Boost Achievement
By Tom Hierck and Chris Weber
Explore the research-based measures that help in uence students’ mindsets and inform behaviors, motivation, and engagement. Using 28 action items, teachers can proactively plan, introduce new ideas, and strengthen existing practices to ensure that all students develop positive mindsets and productive behaviors. Learn why fostering four positive mindsets is critical to student success in school and life.
• Understand what the four foundational positive mindsets look like in a student and how to nurture each.
• Determine whether classroom and school policies, procedures, and practices match the desired outcomes.
• Receive surveys that help gauge student mindsets.
Little Learners, Big Hearts NEW
A Teacher’s Guide to Nurturing Empathy and Equity in Early Childhood
By Christine Mason, Randy Ross, Orinthia Harris, and Jillayne Flanders
Foreword by Afrika Afeni Mills
Discover the transformative power of early conversations on racial equity and cultural awareness with Little Learners, Big Hearts. This heartwarming teacher’s guide fosters empathy and equity in young minds. Grounded in heart-centered learning, it seamlessly weaves principles of hope, self-education, acknowledgment, resolution, and responsive teaching to create an empowering antiracist foundation. Start shaping compassionate futures today.
• Promote empathy for and understanding of backgrounds, cultures, and identities that are different from what students may be used to.
• Use mindfulness and re ection to move past discomfort and engage in challenging conversations.
• Engage in an ongoing process of acknowledging and confronting biases.
Building Bonds With Learners NEW
The Teacher-Student Relationship Model
By Patricia Erbe
Positive relationships between teachers and students can make all the difference in promoting academic, social, and emotional success. The author presents K–12 teachers with a practical teacher-student relationship methodology for purposefully forming these vital connections. Educators can learn to harness the power of relationships and foster a sense of belonging, leading to fewer academic and behavioral challenges and equity gaps.
• Realize student perspectives and how they affect teacher-student relationships.
• Create more meaningful teaching experiences and more powerful professional habits.
• See how positive teacher-student relationships foster academic success.
Triage Your School offers school leaders insight into why current attempts to resolve educator burnout often fail and presents meaningful solutions. Explore operational changes from leading healthcare settings that scale well to schools and can prevent teachers from leaving the profession. When educators triage daily tasks, share work ow across teams, and cultivate other essential skills, the demands of the job will no longer exceed their capacity.
• Focus on ve action items that mitigate the driving forces behind most cases of teacher burnout.
• Reconnect with your passion as educators while creating appropriate boundaries and acknowledging limits.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG150
$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-71-3
Leadership, Violence & Crisis Prevention, Family & Community
Free reproducibles available
Navigating the Unexpected NEW A School Leader’s Guide for TraumaResponse Teams
By Geri Parscale and Darcy Kraus Foreword by Heather Friziellie
Nearly two-thirds of students show symptoms of traumatic stress. It’s imperative that every school is equipped to thoughtfully respond to trauma and highstress events. This book serves as a quick-reference guide for school and district leaders in designing their own Dynamic Problem-Solving Team (DPST).Throughout the book, readers will nd identi ed systems that allow the DPST to navigate traumatic situations with structured exibility.
• Assess the ef cacy of current systems and protocols in response to a traumatic or unexpected event.
• Develop a Dynamic Problem-Solving Team equipped to navigate traumatic situations with structured exibility.
• Establish a system of communication to inform and empower students, staff, and the community at large.
Implement With IMPACT NEW
A Strategic Framework for Leading School and District Initiatives
By Jenice Pizzuto and Steven Carney
Learn how to build an implementation team that will bridge the implementation gap and prevent the adoptand-abandon cycle that often comes with change. Implement With IMPACT provides a framework with distinct stages and human- and learning-centered design elements to help you achieve quick wins and sustainable, scalable results, whether you’re adopting a new curriculum, building a professional learning community, or embarking on any change initiative.
• Learn the IMPACT framework and the implementation science behind successfully integrating initiatives.
• Explore the elements of deliberately developmental implementation, as well as other theories and frameworks.
• Utilize road maps, activities, and strategies to select, build, and empower implementation teams through human-centered design.
Groups at Work NEW Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning
By Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman
Become more cooperative, coordinated, and skillful in your groups. The authors provide leaders with the tools to design and prepare productive and ef cient group meetings and interactions. The 78 strategies in the book are organized into six functions re ecting the major activities that engage productive groups and lead to purposeful process design. Learn about strategies for structuring group work and for forming groups.
• Receive clear directions for strategy application, including necessary materials, time frames, and group sizes.
• Experiment with strategies and design elements in low-risk situations to re ne your practice.
• Reduce preparation time by accessing ready-made recording sheet masters and PowerPoint slides.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-954631-57-1
School Improvement, Leadership
Free reproducibles available
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$30.95 USD | $40.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-962188-39-5
Leadership, Teams
Free reproducibles available
A lifeline for teachers
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$35.95 USD | $47.00 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-55-3
Teacher Ef cacy, Instruction, Classroom Management & Behavior
Free reproducibles available
NEW
This is your guide to navigate the seemingly endless swirl of questions facing new and veteran teachers. Trusted education experts Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani draw from experience to offer research-backed tools and strategies that teachers can use immediately.
Bene ts
• Build healthy relationships with students and caregivers.
• Create a classroom where everyone feels safe and seen.
• Plan engaging lessons that inspire students to learn.
• Identify ways to stay mentally, emotionally, and physically healthy.
• Adapt practical strategies you can implement immediately.
Hierck and Kajitani’s book is like having a veteran teacher at your side to start the year.”
—Linsey Hope, director of education at Tłıchǫ Community Services Agency
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Featuring Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani
What excites you most about the content of this book?
What excites us most about You’re a Teacher Now! What’s Next? is how it serves a real, urgent need. We’re at a crossroads in education. Many of our teachers are burned out and leaving the profession. We’re hiring new teachers (many coming to teaching through alternative
certi cation programs) who are being dropped into the classroom with very little experience. They need real strategies now, and this book gives them the critical tools to be effective using a fun, conversational format that feels like a chat over coffee with a trusted friend.
Can you elaborate on the aspects of teaching that you mention often go unacknowledged, and why it’s crucial for educators to address them?
Perhaps the single most important aspect of being an effective, ful lled teacher is the relationships we build with our students and colleagues. This is largely overlooked, as new teachers are often advised to focus on
curriculum and classroom management. Building relationships with students is the key to successful teaching. It’s also what makes this work most rewarding and memorable.
Why did you choose to start with the topic of setting up a safe, clean environment? How does this foundation contribute to overall teaching success?
Our classrooms are much more than rooms in a building. They’re where we do our best and most challenging work. For our students, our classrooms are where they come to feel safe, feel seen, and grow. From how we arrange our desks
to what we put on the walls, everything matters. The opening chapter shows teachers exactly how they can set up their rooms so students are walking into a comfortable, well organized, and inviting place each day!
In Chapter 4, you address promoting student behaviors that contribute to learning. Can you highlight some effective methods for encouraging positive behaviors and discouraging unwanted ones?
There’s a striking reality that hits every new teacher in the rst few weeks of school: every student is different. Thus, every student acts differently. Chapter 4 gives teachers immediately implementable strategies to promote appropriate behaviors, such as setting clear expectations and speaking to students in encouraging and positive
ways. We also show teachers exactly what to do when students exhibit negative behaviors, including how to quickly nd the reason behind the behavior and how to redirect students before things escalate. It’s always good to remember that the student who challenges you the most is also the student who needs you the most!
How did the collaborative process between the two of you enhance the content of your book? Was there a speci c event, experience, or idea that prompted the collaboration?
Over the past few years, both of us have spent considerable time in classrooms across the United States and Canada working with new teachers. Whenever we connected to talk about our experiences, the conversation points were eerily
similar. We’re seeing rsthand the challenges new teachers are facing on a daily basis in these times, and we both feel a deep obligation to help. This isn’t just a book we wanted to write—it’s a book we had to write!
Quality questions, directed inquiry, and authentic literacy are important tools that enhance students’ comprehension, knowledge, and application of what is taught. Learn how to phrase and pose good questions that will ignite inquiring minds and enrich student learning. Author Erik M. Francis shares a framework for engaging students’ interest and then guiding students down four pathways of inquiry and questioning that make learning stick.
• Understand what it means to teach and learn with an inquiring mind.
• Learn the elements of the Inquiring Minds Framework and why the framework is important.
• Re ect on how you can engage in effective inquiry and questioning with end-ofchapter applications.
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$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-958590-95-9
Instruction, BrainCompatible Learning
Free reproducibles available
The Scienti c Principles of Teaching NEW
Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research
By Nathaniel Hansford
Discover the pedagogies with the greatest impact on student achievement. Using meta-analyses of education research, teachers can identify high-yield teaching methods, leverage evidence-based best practices across subjects, and grasp the core principles of the science of reading, mathematics, and learning. This easy-toread guide helps educators critically evaluate teaching methods and enhance their self-ef cacy and agency.
• Gain necessary guidance for reading and understanding education research.
• Learn about research practices for critically evaluating teaching methods and strategies.
• Learn about exceptional and unique education systems from around the world.
THINQ, Grades 1–3 NEW
Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom
By Jill Colyer, Teresa Cariglia-Bull, Liz Davis, Shannon Simpson, and Marie Swift
Edited by Jill Colyer and Jennifer Watt
Many educators understand that inquiry-based learning holds great potential but still need guidance to implement inquiry in their daily instructional practice. In this book, the authors provide a clear and concise approach to making inquiry-based learning a reality for any classroom. Discover why and how elementary teachers should adopt inquiry-based assessment and instructional practices to bene t their rst- to thirdgrade learners.
• Recognize how you can realistically and gradually integrate inquiry-based learning into classrooms.
• Answer questions individually or with colleagues to re ect on the journey into inquirybased learning.
• Read real-life accounts of inquiry in action across grade levels.
Heroes Within NEW
A Framework for Empowering Students to Own Their Learning Journeys
By Aaron Hansen
Too often, students sit complacently in class and aren’t engaged in the learning. Acclaimed speaker and author Aaron Hansen uses compelling stories and a step-by-step framework to help educators become hero makers. These important classroom mentors empower students to break free of their self-limiting stories and xed mindsets and experience a new story of hope, self-ef cacy, and ownership as heroes of their learning journeys.
• Access templates and tools to guide metacognitive re ection and assist in students’ self-assessment.
• Be reinspired and rejuvenated in your calling as teachers by true stories of transformation that every educator can relate to.
• Select relevant content with real-world applications that boost student engagement.
Instruction, 21st Century Skills, Student Engagement, Teacher Ef cacy
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Rigor Rede ned NEW
Ten Teaching Habits for Surface, Deep, and Transfer Learning
By Michael McDowell Foreword by John Hattie
High-quality teaching balances knowing, connecting, and applying core knowledge. This enables students to take ownership of their learning process. Using 10 research-supported learning habits paired with practical tools and relevant templates, teachers can implement rigorous instruction in small and doable ways that drive student learning and create a lasting impact. Discover how to connect the dots between surface learning, deep learning, and transfer learning.
• Create a schedule for habits to ensure routines are employed often and at optimal times.
• Understand the connections among surface learning, deep learning, and transfer learning with elementary and secondary examples.
• Learn various routines for each of the ten habits—the four learner quality habits and the six learning process habits.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG158
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ISBN 978-1-958590-87-4
Literacy, Instruction
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Solving the Literacy Puzzle NEW
Practical Strategies for Integrating the Science of Reading Into Classroom Instruction
By Norene A. Bunt
While there is growing awareness of the ef cacy of the science of reading, teachers may feel overwhelmed by the volume of research on literacy. Using graphic organizers, assessments, and re ection questions, unpack ve core components of literacy instruction within the science of reading framework. This comprehensive guide prepares teachers to con dently implement effective literacy instruction in their classrooms.
• Understand the roles of whole-group, smallgroup, and independent work.
• Learn ve core literacy components within the science of reading framework.
• Consider the history of reading instruction and the research behind the science of reading approach.
The Metacognitive Preschooler NEW
How to Teach Academic, Social, and Emotional Intelligence to Your Youngest Students
By Richard K. Cohen, Michele A. Herold, Emily R. Peluso, Katie Upshaw, and Kelsee G. Young
Foreword by Martin Blank
Learn a practical, effective, and brain-based approach to teaching the whole child. Preschool teachers and leaders can easily embed a single metacognitive strategy, called structured SELf-questioning, into their existing curricula and routines to teach emotional recognition and regulation and social con ict resolution skills. With this strategy, all students can learn social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies and academic problem-solving skills that promote success in school and life.
• Understand how the metacognitive strategy of structured SELf-questioning teaches all preschoolers SEL competencies as well as academic problem-solving skills.
• Learn how you can embed structured SELfquestioning into any preschool curriculum or classroom management system.
• Consider diverse classroom scenarios that exemplify what effective instruction using structured SELf-questioning looks and sounds like.
Coaching for Multilingual Student Success NEW
Intentional Practices to Accelerate Learning and Close Achievement Gaps
By Karen Johannesen Brock
With Margarita Espino Calderón
It’s estimated that more than 50% of teachers feel inadequately prepared to academically support multilingual student growth. Instructional coaches can equip teachers within months to successfully implement high-impact strategies that engage not just English learners but everyone in the classroom. Gain tools and practices to design professional learning plans that incorporate targeted strategies with the support of an instructional coaching program.
• Understand multilingual learners’ unique needs.
• Maximize growth opportunities for multilingual learners throughout your day—not just in specialized small-group time.
• Learn how to design a professional learning plan tailored to your context.
Take teaching and learning beyond the classroom walls
24BCTG-S8A–BKG106
$43.95 USD | $57.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-954631-81-6
Instruction, Diversity & Equity
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Place-Based Learning is a magni cent exploration of the way we think about educating our youth through lessons that are familiar and relevant.”
—Kealoha Wong, rst poet laureate emeritus of Hawai‘i
NEW
Understand the impact a sense of place has on education, culture, and community. The authors share seven place-based learning design principles and how to smoothly implement place-based learning projects using their project-planning tool, community asset map, and other resources.
Bene ts
• Learn the seven place-based learning design principles and apply them.
• Understand what role maps and countermapping have in establishing a sense of place and how to map a community’s assets.
• Build meaningful community partnerships with students using collaborative projects.
• Empower students to confront inequitable societal structures.
• Re ect on key takeaways and consider chapter-ending questions to further their placebased learning practice.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG185
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ISBN 978-1-960574-46-6
Social-Emotional Learning, Diversity & Equity, School Improvement
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Blueprint for Belonging NEW
Building a Positive School Culture From the Ground Up
By Morgane Michael
Fostering a sense of belonging in schools creates a positive effect, boosting student success, teacher morale, and overall well-being. Using this researchbased guide, educators can address challenging (but rewarding) social-emotional dynamics to help their school or district thrive. Packed with proven, practical strategies and actionable steps, this book sets the foundation for an inclusive, positive, and restorative school community.
• Learn the impact a feeling of belonging has on teachers and students.
• Promote a culture of positivity with supportive daily practices.
• Recognize and address bias to foster an inclusive school environment.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG188
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ISBN 978-1-960574-52-7
Leadership, School Improvement
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Six Steps to a Strong School Culture NEW
A Leadership Cycle for Educational Success
By Samuel Nix
Uncover award-winning educator Samuel Nix’s eldtested leadership cycle in six steps, designed with practical strategies and abundant insight from years of extensive work in educational administration. School leaders and principals can use this resource to become leaders of learning and establish a school culture of accountability and student improvement. Learn how each step applies to every strategic-planning and decision-making scenario.
• Learn the six steps of the leadership cycle and how to apply them.
• Understand the role of reward and recognition in staff loyalty and retention.
• Welcome feedback and create open dialogue about your goals for the school.
The ADMIRE Framework for Inclusion NEW
Positive Strategies That Pave the Way for Students of All Abilities
By Toby J. Karten
Create effective and successful inclusion classrooms with a framework that strengthens self-ef cacy and equips teachers to be their best in accommodating students with diverse abilities and cultivating supportive relationships among teachers, students, and their families. In this comprehensive guide for preservice and current inclusion professionals, author Toby J. Karten offers evidence-based practices and strategies that inclusion teachers use to nurture all learners.
• Understand how a positive attitude fosters successful inclusion classrooms.
• Gain strategies and tools to accommodate students’ diverse needs.
• Learn how to cultivate supportive relationships with students and their families.
Their Stories, Their Voices NEW Using Personal Narrative to Empower Student Writers, Grades 6–12
By Kourtney Hake and Paige Timmerman
Though personal narrative writing has taken a backseat to other forms of writing in the classroom, this format enables students to send a message, answer questions, ght for change, and re ect on experiences. Kourtney Hake and Paige Timmerman share a step-by-step, build-your-own framework that helps students excel in writing, showing how personal narrative harnesses students’ natural urge to tell stories.
• Approach writing instruction in a scienti c way.
• Learn how to hold a workshop, allowing student writers to explore and receive feedback.
• Take advantage of three-, four-, and ve-week unit plans by trying them in your own classrooms.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG174
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ISBN 978-1-960574-24-4
Special Needs, Instruction, Differentiated Instruction
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24BCTG-S8A–BKG173
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ISBN 978-1-960574-22-0
Literacy, Instruction
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Develop meaningful, motivating assessments
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ISBN 978-1-960574-10-7 Assessment
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In this second edition of Design in Five, Nicole Dimich reaf rms her status as a trailblazer in the realm of assessment.”
—Anisa Baker-Busby, elementary practitioner, education expert and coach, and speaker
NEW
This second edition of the bestselling Design in Five is the book you need to design and use assessment well. It offers new and targeted information for reimagining assessment practices, as well as re ned processes and protocols to fully engage learners.
Bene ts
• Re ect on current assessment practices to determine their effectiveness.
• Learn and implement a vephase process to design meaningful, relevant assessments that lead to high levels of learning for all.
• Align and design items and tasks to learning goals.
• Design assessments that help students invest in their learning and take action to improve.
• Access numerous reproducible surveys, charts, and sample assessments.
Grading Reform That Lasts NEW
Eight Steps to Transform Your School’s Assessment Culture
By Tom Schimmer, Megan Knight, and Matt Townsley
Grading and assessment can be emotionally charged topics, making large-scale reform to existing practices challenging. This book offers leaders a tried-and-true process to ensure a smooth transition. Grounded in eight steps for leading change, Grading Reform That Lasts offers a solid plan for administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders to engineer a permanent, positive shift in the culture of grading.
• Contextualize the eight steps for leading change in a school setting with personal stories and applications.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Avoid common pitfalls when instituting grade reform schoolwide.
The SNAP Solution NEW An Innovative Math Assessment Tool for Grades K–8
By Kirk Savage, Jonathan Ferris, and Tom Hierck
Changing students’ attitudes about math and assessing number sense begins with shifting the teacher’s attitude and approach. Learn how the authors dispel the common myth that student apathy in mathematics class is inevitable. Math teachers can use the student numeracy assessment and practice (SNAP) approach to address the ve strands of mathematical pro ciency, promote thinking, and ignite a sense of wonder in their students.
• Use the SNAP approach to help students learn number sense.
• Address each SNAP skill from kindergarten, primary, and intermediate teachers’ perspectives.
• Apply the SNAP method within the response to intervention model.
PLC at Work, Professional Learning Communities, Leadership, Teacher Ef cacy
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Training Teacher Leaders in a PLC at Work® NEW A
Guide to Cultivating Shared Leadership
By Jasmine K. Kullar
Teacher leaders play an integral role in the success of the professional learning community process, which cannot be executed successfully without leadership skills. Learn ten key leadership skills to help develop teacher leaders, enabling them to impart PLC knowledge in a way that in uences their collaborative teams to advance student achievement and contribute to lifelong learning.
• Learn ten essential teacher leadership skills and how to develop them.
• Use case scenarios and other activities to develop and strengthen leadership skills.
• Understand shared or collaborative leadership and its importance to a successful PLC.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG057
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ISBN 978-1-954631-17-5
Leadership, Teacher Ef cacy
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The Emerging Teacher Leader NEW
Six Dynamic Practices to Nurture Professional Growth
By Margaret Coughlan and Kathy Perez
Develop your skill set as a teacher and unlock your hidden leadership potential. Packed with insights from veteran teacher leaders, this book equips educators with six dynamic practices to improve their leadership skills, build expertise, and inspire their peers. Discover how, even without of cial titles, teachers can amplify success in the classroom, develop a growth mindset, and become an agent for change and school improvement.
• Realize that teacher leadership is inherent in the practice of teaching.
• Learn how to become change agents in your schools.
• Build relationships with other educators in order to sustain personal and professional growth.
Emerge NEW
The Five Most Common Challenges Faced by Middle Leaders and How to Overcome Them
By Gavin Grift
Author Gavin Grift proposes that leadership is, at its core, a deeply personal endeavor built on selfawareness. This book equips teacher leaders with the knowledge and insight they need to meet the leader within themselves. With newfound leadership thinking, educators can remove mental barriers, become empowered to tackle the daily challenges ahead, and begin the journey to leading schools and teams successfully.
• Discover antidotes to persistent pain points in the work of a teacher and leader.
• Develop self-knowledge to address beliefs, values, motivations, the perceptions of others, and more.
• Learn how to use the unconscious and conscious responses of others to gain insight about leadership identities.
Co-Creating the Future NEW A Leadership Simulation to Catalyze School Change
By Richard Bernato
Experiment with change in your school or district through an interactive leadership strategy. Richard Bernato empowers leaders with a seven-phase leadership simulation that creates a safe space for leaders to craft and modify future strategies. Casting school leaders in roles inside and outside of school, this book allows educators to address real-world futures-based concerns like demographics, economics, academics, and politics.
• Understand the importance of safe experimentation in leading effectively.
• Facilitate a simulation of key areas of concern in your profession.
• Learn the seven phases of a simulation and how to handle team dynamics.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG257
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ISBN 978-1-962188-93-7
Leadership
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ISBN 978-1-958590-81-2
Leadership, 21st Century Skills, School Improvement
Common Denominators NEW Cultivating Engagement and Belonging in Secondary Mathematics
By Jennifer A. Lenhardt
Edited by Cathy L. Seeley and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Engage students in learning mathematics while cultivating a sense of belonging. This helpful guide for secondary mathematics teachers shows you how to shape equitable classrooms by evaluating beliefs and practices that keep students and teachers stuck. Research-backed strategies and personal stories illustrate effective ways to resolve unproductive power dynamics, promote emotional literacy, and create a classroom environment conducive to optimal learning.
• Develop strategies to discern the reasons students are struggling with mathematics.
• Learn sustainable methods for perceiving unasked questions and target solutions focused on underlying needs.
• Navigate challenging classroom behavior.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG187
$40.95 USD | $53.50 CAD
ISBN 978-1-960574-50-3
Mathematics, Instruction
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See It, Say It, Symbolize It NEW Teaching the Big Ideas in Elementary Mathematics
By Patrick L. Sullivan
Edited by Cathy L. Seeley and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Reimagining elementary mathematics pedagogy using a three-step process—See It, Say It, Symbolize It—author Patrick L. Sullivan provides a guide for developing a dynamic and exible understanding of numbers and operations. By helping students develop a language that is consistent across concepts and connecting it to what is seen and symbolized, teachers empower their students to engage in reasoning they will utilize throughout their lives.
• Apply the See It, Say It, Symbolize It framework to foundational mathematical concepts and operations.
• Reframe common mathematical language to increase students’ conceptual understanding and make connections between ideas that are often seen as disconnected.
• Compare the traditional process of communicating foundational mathematical ideas to the See It, Say It, Symbolize It process, with descriptive examples.
Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2
NEW
By Chepina Rumsey and Jody Guarino
Edited by Cathy L. Seeley and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Building students’ con dence and conceptual understanding early sets a solid foundation for reasoning and exploration. This book offers educational tools and strategies teachers can use to integrate mathematical argumentation in early elementary classrooms, allowing space for students’ natural wonder and curiosity to shine while providing opportunities for students to see mathematics content in a new light.
• Discover ways to explore early mathematical concepts.
• Integrate classroom community building, teacher tools, and instructional strategies to nurture an environment of playful exploration.
• Read real examples from teachers who have implemented argumentation in their classrooms.
Celebrating Mathematical Mistakes NEW
How to Use Students’ Thinking to Unlock Understanding
By Nicole M. Wessman-Enzinger and Natasha E. Gerstenschlager
Edited by Cathy L. Seeley and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
In this practical guide, Wessman-Enzinger and Gerstenschlager provide a foundation for celebrating mathematical mistakes, offering strategies and task structures that encourage creative mathematical reasoning. This book moves beyond the correct–incorrect paradigm by acknowledging the beauty, power, and ubiquity of mistakes.
• Learn three types of mistakes and their roles in mathematical reasoning.
• Understand how mathematical errors encourage creativity.
• Support students’ invented notation and language as demonstrations of their learning.
24BCTG-S8A–BKG180
$43.95 USD | $57.50 CAD ISBN 978-1-960574-36-7
Mathematics, Instruction, Student Engagement
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24BCTG-S8A–BKG178
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ISBN 978-1-960574-32-9
Mathematics, Instruction
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Teach students to think, read, and write like mathematicians
24BCTG-S8A–BKF906
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ISBN 978-1-945349-75-1
Literacy, Instruction, Professional Learning Communities, PLC at Work
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Building collaboration among middle and high school mathematics teachers and literacy experts is an impactful catalyst for supporting student growth.”
—Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Mathematics Classroom in a PLC at Work®
NEW
This book emphasizes the importance that the PLC at Work® process has in supporting learners who struggle with literacy. Grades 6–12 teachers will strengthen reading capabilities with practical reading and writing strategies speci cally designed for mathematics instruction.
Bene ts
• Learn how to incorporate writing instruction into mathematics curriculum and why it’s important.
• Collaborate with your colleagues using end-of-chapter prompts that encourage PLC cooperation.
• Implement immediate intervention strategies for struggling students to shorten learning gaps.
• Strategize your mathematics instruction to effectively address both struggling students and those at pro cient levels.
• Implement formative and summative assessments and look at feedback.
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