Books

In Mapping professional practice: How to develop instructional frameworks to support teacher growth, authors Heather Bell-Williams and Justin Baeder dive into the complexities and payoffs of implementing solid frameworks that establish shared expectations and capture the complex work of teaching.

Authors Matt Navo and Jared J Savage have experienced firsthand the effectiveness of the professional learning community (PLC) process and collective efficacy in district improvement. In Collective efficacy in a PLC at Work®: Lessons, paradoxes, and research from a turnaround district, they explore how their school district, Sanger Unified, transformed from one of the state of California’s lowest-performing districts to one of its top-performing districts through building schoolwide and districtwide PLCs and fostering collective teacher efficacy. By reviewing the expert research, in-depth insights and valuable lessons in this book, F–12 coaches, leaders and administrators will gain the practices and tools necessary to lead PLC implementation and effective change in their own schools and districts.

In You can learn! Building student ownership, motivation, and efficacy with the PLC at Work® process, authors Tim Brown and William M Ferriter offer strategies and protocols designed to foster self-efficacy in students. Drawing on research from experts and their own experiences, the authors detail the significant impact self-efficacy has on student learning, wellbeing and achievement.

Educational technology and online instruction experts Stephanie Smith Budhai and Laura McLaughlin offer advice on how best to keep students engaged, participating and learning in a digital or hybrid space. Whether the instruction is synchronous, asynchronous or dual audience, Increasing engagement in online learning will help F–12 teachers create a better experience for learners and teachers alike.

Merging research and practice, this second edition of Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®: Proven insights for sustained, substantive school improvement offers F–12 leaders and educators specific, practical recommendations for transforming their schools into Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) so students learn at higher levels.

Students impacted by trauma face behavioural and mental health challenges, which, if not addressed, can have long-lasting effects. In Trauma-sensitive leadership: Creating a safe and predictable school environment, authors John F Eller and Tom Hierck emphasise leaders’ unique role in working with teachers, staff, families and the community to create schools where students build resilience to cope with traumatic experiences.

Designed specifically for leaders, the Leading PLCs at Work® districtwide plan book offers tools and best practices for effective planning in a professional learning community (PLC), guiding leaders in identifying major tasks and completion dates to reach goals and optimise time and productivity.

Educator and teacher self-care can be challenging, but embracing a holistic health and wellness plan can improve your physical, mental, emotional and social well-being both inside and outside of school. This reflective journal provides the ideas and guidance you need to support you on your wellness journey.

Planning and teaching in the standards-based classroom provides an overview of standards-based learning along with detailed instructions for everything, from planning lessons to using proficiency scales to communicating with parents.

Best practices at Tier 2: Supplemental interventions for additional student support, elementary offers Years F–5 teachers proven response to intervention (RTI) strategies for responding to students who need additional support after core instruction.

Parent engagement with schools is known to be key to student achievement, but building such involvement can be a challenge, especially in economically disadvantaged schools that need it the most. Community connections and your PLC at Work® guides readers to build this vital engagement by broadening a school’s professional learning community so it includes parents, families and other community members in a productive collaboration toward success for all students.

Mathematics unit planning in a PLC at Work® provides a seven-step framework for collectively planning units of study, helping teams identify what students need to know by the end of each unit and how teachers can build student self-efficacy.