Authors

Steve Boyle is a training associate with Hawker Brownlow Education. He works with leadership teams, whole-school communities and individual professional learning teams. Steve comes from a strong background in educational leadership at both an individual school and a systems level.

Educating students to traditional literacy standards is no longer enough. If students are to thrive in their academic and 21st-century careers, then independent and creative thinking hold the highest currency. The authors explain in detail how to add these new components of literacy: Solution Fluency, Information Fluency, Creativity Fluency, Collaboration Fluency. Students must master a completely different set of skills to succeed in a culture of technology-driven automation, abundance, and access to global labor markets. The authors present an effective framework for integrating comprehensive literacy or fluency into the traditional curriculum.

Influencing others, advocating for change and supporting colleagues through change are three of the biggest challenges school leaders face. This direct impact session shows Learning Leaders why and explores how five critical mindsets can help them overcome these obstacles. Gavin engages participants in the theory, thinking and practice essential for Learning Leaders to truly transform the way they see their own leadership and help others do the same.

Given that dialogue is a curriculum requirement and research indicates its effectiveness for learning, why does teacher talk still dominate the classroom? The reality is that implementing a dialogue-centred approach that ensures all students are fully engaged in deeper levels of thinking, exchanging ideas and meaning making is much simpler in theory than it is in practice. This direct impact session addresses these issues with practical strategies for teaching thinking skills, designing group activities and promoting a collaborative classroom environment that can be used across learning areas and year levels.

Differentiation is not a set of strategies. Rather, it is a way of thinking about teaching and learning. It is a developmental process that unfolds, with practice and reflection, over time. Students in our classrooms come with a broad range of academic readiness, interests and approaches to learning.

In this session, teachers will consider the types of data that they have available and discover how they can use historical standardised and in-school data to plan targeted activities to maximise student learning. This session is best suited to teachers looking for ways to make the most of the data they have and further enhance their knowledge of student skill and understanding to inform their practice.

Effectively supporting beginning teachers is crucial for both retention and developing expertise in relation to student achievement. During this interactive direct impact session, Dr Tina H Boogren will guide leaders, coaches and mentors in supporting beginning teachers by exploring and discussing research-based mentoring strategies that can be incorporated immediately.

A long-awaited companion to the wildly popular HEART!, SOUL! empowers educators to take another giant leap toward fulfilling their professional promise. This self-reflection resource offers professional wellness tips and strategies that foster a collaborative, positive school culture, leading to increased teacher efficacy.

This series of 8 books, A to H, expands on the standards-based strategies taught in our CAMS and STAMS Series. Students use independent practice with graphic organisers and writing prompts to apply their understanding of the strategy. Extension activities are given in every lesson. Teacher-directed introduction and scaffolded models focus students' attention on mastery of the targeted strategy. Each student book contains 12 ten-page strategy lessons, 12 one-page practice lessons and a final review assesses all 12 maths strategies.

The autism lens helps teachers connect to students with autism and support them confidently within inclusive classrooms. Exploring communication difficulties that affect socialisation and learning, this book removes the guesswork by offering practical solutions.

How many times have you been stumped by a student’s failure to learn? You tried everything in your toolkit, but nothing worked. Now what if there were a process that would help you pinpoint the student’s specific needs and design an action plan to swiftly remedy the problem? In Solving academic and behavior problems, Margaret Searle and Marilyn Swartz offer just that. This process, based on the positive psychology of appreciative inquiry, builds on what is working with students to address what is not working. It’s a system of support that helps general education teachers partner with specialists and parents to learn new ways to enrich academic, social-emotional and behavioural growth through structured conversations and a series of productive meetings of thirty minutes or less.

In this three-part webinar series, author and educator Timothy D Kanold will guide you in developing a fulfilling and well-balanced professional life. Heart & Soul will reaffirm or revive your passion for your profession and help you to become a more effective educator.