Resources

Hawker Brownlow provides a wide range of options for Professional Development and in-services. Build your professional development library with books and videos on the following topics.

Site-based Training Packages
Site-based training packages contain all the elements needed to create a 30-hour on-site training program for your school or district staff. Complement your training with videos demonstrating our research-based practices in action.

Professional Development Libraries
An essential ingredient of increased student achievement is a teacher’s ability to be a lifelong learner and transfer experiences and knowledge to students. These powerful and gripping professional development books help you plan for your own professional growth. Plus, you get dynamite ideas for implementing action-research projects, professional portfolios and other development activities.

Recommended Resources
In a Nutshell series
Occasional Papers series
Professional's Guide Series

Systemic Change
Looking for a fresh approach to foster systemic change in your school? Look no further! These books empower you to renew the spirit of your school, foster change and create a community of support that focuses on student achievement.

Video Learning Packages
Every once in a while, a rare opportunity comes along to peek inside someone else’s classroom, someone who’s found a way to develop active, engaged, successful learners. Here’s your chance to seize that opportunity with these practical new video course packages. You can use the packages to introduce current research and instructional strategies to parents and community leaders, or you can utilise the course for school staff.

Recommended Resources
Blueprints
Six thinking Hats
Maps, Mindscapes and More

ICT for the Terrified Teacher
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in teachers’ efforts to improve current educational practices. Computers, CD-ROMs, networks, modems, the Internet, televisions and DVDs are integral parts of these efforts. This dizzying array of advanced technology can leave teachers bewildered both about how this ‘stuff’ can be used to enhance traditional educational practices and how it can contribute to the development of new practices. The Terrified Teachers series addresses these concerns in ways which require the minimum of educational jargon, theory and technical expertise and cover the following areas:

Assessment
Revolutionary assessment methods are making their way into more and more schools. Why? Because they work. Authentic assessment provides you with innovating and practical ways to assess student growth and development. The assessment models boost student motivation, increase self-esteem, and help you work toward meeting the goals and standards of your school or district. Browse our Assessment resources.