This book provides an actionable framework for leaders looking to implement a long-term professional learning plan that extends professional development beyond a handful of days each year to create a
The aim of the Learning Power Approach (LPA) is to develop all students as confident and capable learners, ready, willing and able to choose, design, research, pursue, trouble-shoot and evaluate learn
What if each page of a picture book was guaranteed to enhance a child’s reading and writing tenfold? Would you ramp up your read alouds? In this remarkable resource, Maria Walther shares two-page read
Lessons should be memorable and engaging. When they are, student achievement increases, behavior problems decrease, and teaching and learning are fun! In 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable T
Keep your school on track with this powerful research-based behavior management tool! Maintaining well-disciplined schools is becoming more difficult in today's educational system, and problem behavio
Empower tomorrow’s tech innovatorsOur students are avid users and consumers of technology. Isn’t it time that they see themselves as the next technological innovators, too? Computational Thinkin
Students deserve a safe, welcoming, and tolerant learning environment in which high expectations for academic and social/emotional learning will flourish. To achieve this, schools must implement consi
Socrates believed in the power of questions rather than lecturing his students. But how did we get so far away from his method of inquiry? Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year, will show
This book identifies the mindset, processes, and behaviors that contribute to successful reform efforts and provide school leaders with concrete tools enabling them to be more effective.
Jump start your roles as “learning leader” and “lead learner!” Designed for leaders to learn and lead within the “middle space” between the seemingly opposing
Start with the heart to build a school climate in which achievement will flourish.In this easy-to-read, inspiring book, educational consultant and former high school principal Michelle Trujillo shows
Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. However, when school leaders capitalize on the positive aspects of reforms they can strategize to ensure the
Take word learning to the next level in your classroomHungry for lively and engaging ways to augment word study? This hands-on guide to word study instruction connects research with experience to make
“As educators, we are challenged to prepare our students for college and career readiness as they go into the real world. Developing Expert Learners addresses the intentional moves of the teache
“When students know how to learn, they are able to become their own teachers.”—Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and John HattieImagine students who describe their learning in these terms: