Authors

This book is for teacher-facilitators who want to learn, grow, and make a difference in their profession. The authors each bring decades of practice facilitating groups and teaching others to confidently facilitate meetings. Their personal and collective experiences inform the resources and approaches in this handbook.

Rely on I’m Listening to help you drive deeper, more meaningful learning by integrating relationship building into lesson design. Increase student engagement with social-emotional learning to create a positive learning environment.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

Inside this all-inclusive guide, you will find best practices, advice, strategies, and tips for making the most of every student’s kindergarten experience. This resource will help instructors provide effective teaching to young learners in every kindergarten classroom.

Explore the launching and consolidating elements of the Unstoppable Learning model. Cultivate meaningful student engagement by understanding the theories and teaching strategies of learner autonomy, motivation, self-determination, and participation in the classroom.

Whether you are a brand-new principal or an experienced leader in a new job, Lead From the Start will help you succeed in your role. Use this resource to overcome the biggest leadership challenges principals face, and gain firsthand knowledge from educators like you to form best management practices at your school.

Treat yourself to daily moments of reflection with inspirational quotes collected from a decade of work by renowned PLC experts.

Featuring research-backed exercises, routines, resources, and instructional tips, this book provides a five-unit leadership framework for academic curriculum. Students and educators build motivation, perseverance, communication, and collaboration skills through reflection, goal setting, experimentation, feedback, and advocacy.

Discover seven core leadership competencies for systemic change in schools, districts, and state education systems.

Explore the Hierarchy of Instructional Excellence and schoolwide support systems to help education leaders guarantee ultimate teacher success.