Books

Young people face ever-increasing challenges and demands as they grow into adulthood. There is a vital need to equip them with the skills and strategies that will help them to flourish and thrive despite these challenges. The Wired for wellbeing program aims to introduce young people to skills and strategies from the fields of positive psychology and neuroscience to empower them to become active participants in understanding, creating and maintaining their wellbeing and resilience. In doing so, it aims to help young people to reach their potential, to flourish and to become thriving citizens.

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.

Whether a student’s post-secondary plan is further education or direct workforce placement, all secondary learners must develop specific competencies to succeed in the global workplace. In Ready for the workforce, Christi McBride and Brenda Duncan-Davis provide educators with empowering cooperative activities they can embed in their established curriculum to help nurture essential skills for career preparedness.

Bridges out of poverty champions alliances of support and helps individuals and communities that are ready to break free of poverty. Rather than create reliance, Bridges out of poverty communities create new understanding, skills, resources and motivation.

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.

Your students learn analytic thinking skills and communication skills as they play these energising games. Same-different is guaranteed to be a favourite in your class.

Can little ones really do cooperative learning? You bet! Take it from Melissa Wincel, a Kagan trainer, who has taught early primary for more than a decade. By implementing Kagan structures in her classroom, she witnessed the miracle of active engagement.

Develop your students’ social and emotional skills with these 38 cooperative and engaging activities. Each activity is based on a Kagan structure to develop social skills, character and emotional intelligence.

Never before has there been a more practical and powerful step-by-step approach to discipline. Win-win discipline provides proven strategies and structures to prevent disruptions for the moment-of-disruption and follow-ups.

Promote proper behaviour in your classroom and throughout school with these thirty-seven cooperative and engaging activities. By participating in these fun and interactive activities, your students learn how to behave appropriately inside and outside your classroom.

Create a fun and friendly classroom environment through positive classmate interactions. The activities are a great way to energise students, have fun and get acquainted with their classmates.

Personalized deeper learning articulates how all teachers can simultaneously teach assessed academic content and promote crucial deeper learning skills. Bellanca offers blueprints for teachers and students, clear tools with which teachers can become effective guides in the process of student-directed discovery, regardless of grade level or style.