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With student behavioral problems and teacher turnover at all-time highs, educators need behavioral interventions that work. With its practical behavior intervention method, this book replaces problematic behaviors with essential life skills for school and beyond. Educators can implement effective targeted interventions in twenty-five minutes or less using eight predefined behavior academies and a process to create their own. This book will help K-12 educators: Address their own beliefs about students' challenging behavior Learn the eight behavior academies and their corresponding life skills Identify the core components of an academy's initial, ongoing, and exit sessions Build their own behavior academy with a clearly outlined process Use behavior rehearsal cards for an academy's ongoing sessions Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Behavior Mindset Chapter 2: Behavior Academy Chapter 3: Behavior Academy Structure Chapter 4: Behavior Academy Rehearsal Cards Chapter 5: Build Your Own Behavior Academy Chapter 6: Frequently Asked Questions and Additional Tools

"Teachers often believe in students' potential well before they can see it themselves-and many times, their concern is academic achievement. But what if, instead of focusing on standardized test scores, the key to students' lasting success is a steadfast hope for their futures? In Heroes Within: A Framework for Empowering Students to Own Their Learning Journeys, presenter, author, and coach Aaron Hansen explains his Hero Maker Framework that has helped students embrace challenges and failures by believing in themselves and charting a meaningful future beyond their academic and career aspirations. With his progress tracking tool and other strategies, teachers can guide students on becoming active participants in their own learning journeys"--

"We live in an epidemic of student trauma. Symptoms of traumatic stress are present in nearly two-thirds of students. Given this reality, it's imperative that every school is equipped to thoughtfully respond to trauma and high-stress events. Navigating the Unexpected: A School Leader's Guide for Trauma-Response Teams by Geri Parscale and Darcy Kraus guides school leaders and administrators in designing their own Dynamic Problem-Solving Team so they can adequately prepare their staff to handle crises and trauma in all their manifestations. With clearly defined action steps, templates, reflection questions, and other resources in each chapter, leaders will build a community that delivers meaningful support to their most vulnerable students"--

"After twenty-five years, the professional learning community (PLC) process continues to produce results across the United States and around the world. In this fourth edition of the best-selling Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Workª, the authors use updated research and time-tested knowledge to address current challenges in education, from the learning gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic to the need to drive a highly effective multitiered system of supports. When collaboration and continuous improvement are embedded in the fabric of the school, schools can weather these challenges and those yet to arise as they strive for student and adult learning"--

"In this expanded second edition of Design in Five: Essential Phases to Create Engaging Assessment Practice, Nicole Dimich empowers teachers to create and use effective assessments to fully engage learners. Introducing a five-phase assessment-design protocol, she explores the importance and types of assessment, the traits of quality assessment, and the ways both individuals and collaborative teams can use the stages of the Design in Five process to create innovative and engaging assessments"--

"Have you ever used a new teaching strategy or adopted a new process, only to be discouraged by the results? This likely led to frustration, lost time, and even giving it up altogether. In Implement With IMPACT: A Strategic Framework for Leading School and District Initiatives, Jenice Pizzuto and Steven Carney present their IMPACT Implementation Framework to help teachers avoid the adopt and abandon cycle. With their distinct stages and human- and learning-design elements, teachers will learn to incorporate initiatives that produce quick and tangible results. Whether it's a new curriculum, a behavior program, or the PLC process, Implement with IMPACT has the tools teachers need to for effective and seamless school design"--

"As a mathematics teacher, you know engaging students can be a challenge. Students struggling with mathematics may feel under supported in the classroom and easily frustrated, undermining their academic progress. But what if there is a way to keep students engaged in learning mathematics while fostering a sense of belonging? In Common Denominators: Cultivating Engagement and Belonging in Secondary Mathematics, Jennifer A. Lenhardt guides teachers on shaping equitable mathematics classrooms by evaluating the beliefs and practices that result in frustration. With her 33 research-backed strategies and personal stories, teachers can resolve unproductive power dynamics, promote emotional literacy, and create a classroom environment conducive to optimal learning"--

"Quality questions, directed inquiry, and authentic literacy are important tools that enhance your students' comprehension, knowledge, and application of what you teach. In Inquiring Minds Want to Learn: Posing Good Questions to Promote Student Inquiry, Aaron Hansen introduces the Inquiring Minds Framework that has deepened his students' understanding and enriched his classroom environment. With personal anecdotes and end-of-chapter activities to encourage critical thought and reflection, he demonstrates how to frame your questions to foster curiosity, intellectual rigor, and proficiency in your classroom"--

"Educators are worn out. Many have turned to self-care practices, but is this enough to counteract the stresses of the job? Schools need to make operational changes to adequately address the educator burnout crisis. In Triage Your School: A Physician's Guide to Preventing Teacher Burnout, Christopher Jensen demonstrates why previous attempts to resolve educator burnout have failed and how teachers can utilize strategies used in healthcare settings. By rationing energy, negotiating work demands, creating emotional boundaries, and cultivating other essential skills, the demands of the job will no longer exceed their capacity. With five action items, next steps for implementation, and tools for the classroom, Triage Your School encourages teachers and school administrators both to reconnect with their purpose in education while striving for more balance"--

"It is never too early to start talking about racial equity with young children. In Little Learners, Big Hearts: A Teacher's Guide to Nurturing Empathy and Equity in Early Childhood, the authors, informed by the Heart Centered Learning approach, use the principles of HEART+-hope, self-education, acknowledgment, resolution, teaching, and local needs-as a guiding framework to facilitate antiracist education in early childhood. When those whose mission it is to teach, empower, and care for our youngest learners have the tools they need to reflect on and learn about racism, our youngest learners benefit and real, lasting change is possible"--

"Multilingual learners have unique learning needs that must be addressed if they are to thrive. The good news is creating a successful learning environment for multilingual learners is in every teacher's reach! In Coaching for Multilingual Student Success: Intentional Practices to Accelerate Learning and Close Achievement Gaps, author Karen Johannesen Brock illustrates how working with instructional coaches equips teachers to successfully implement high-impact strategies that multilingual learners need. Readers gain tools and practices to design professional learning plans that implement targeted strategies in every classroom with the support of instructional coaches"--

"Education is constantly improving and evolving. With new programs, initiatives, and research emerging each year, teachers feel overwhelmed by high pressure and increasing responsibility. What if the solution isn't to add more but to simplify the process? And what if this could be done collaboratively, so all students receive comparable instruction? In Simplifying the Journey: Six Steps to Schoolwide Collaboration, Consistency, and Clarity in a PLC, Bob Sonju, Maren Powers, and Sheline Miller present the PLC at Work framework in a guide that is straightforward and easy to implement for busy educators. With designated actions and not-to-miss steps for the teacher, school leader, and coach for each of the Critical Questions of a PLC, education professionals can be confident they will achieve results in their work to create equity for all students"--

"When employed effectively, social-emotional learning (SEL) shapes students to perform academically and enables them to mature into competent, conscientious, and socially attuned adults. With the SEL approach, K-12 leaders can foster a school climate that sets the foundation for nourishing relationships and productive learning. In The Recipe for Student Well-Being: Five Key Ingredients for Social, Behavioral, and Academic Success, Brian H. Smith, Clayton R. Cook, and Aria E. Fiat detail the five ingredients of an impactful SEL program-what each element is, why it matters, and how to implement it. The Recipe for Student Well-Being goes beyond SEL standardization by covering the myriad social, relational, and data-driven variables that form an effective SEL program-with the tools and guidance leaders need to make it a success"--

This inspiring book presents the concept of a heartprint -- the distinctive impression that an educator's heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career. For teachers, understand how teacher motivation, teacher-student relationships, and collaborative teaching all affect your self-efficacy, career, and professional development. For school leaders and administrators, discover your impact on staff, students, and school culture as you progress in your career and gain perspective on creating sustainable change. Examine the 5 HEART aspects of your professional life: Happiness: a passion for teaching, a purpose, and a desire to positively impact education Engagement: teacher motivation, energy, and effort necessary to impact student learning Alliances: relationships, collaborative teaching, and teacher support Risk: vision-focused risk taking to create sustainable change in schools Thought: the knowledge and professional development integral to advancing your career Discover Your Answer to the Question "Why Teach" and Advance Your Career in Education: Reflect on your journey and the personal and professional qualities of the teacher or leader you want to be. Discover your distinctive heartprint on your students and colleagues, and decide what the qualities of a good teacher are for you. Gain personal development plan ideas and inspirational insights from Dr. Kanold as well as dozens of thought leaders and researchers. Connect your professional life to each chapter and reconnect to the emotion, passion, energy, growth, and collaborative intimacy expected when joining the teaching profession. Build collective teacher efficacy and academic optimism by using the resource as a book study for professional development. Contents: Part 1: H Is for Happiness Chapter 1: The Happiness Dilemma Chapter 2: The Happiness-Passion Connection Chapter 3: What's Love Got to Do With It? Chapter 4: Got Compassion? Check! Chapter 5: Wanted--Persons of Positive Character and Hope Chapter 6: The Joy-Gratitude-Stability Connection Chapter 7: Why Should We Weep? Final Thoughts: The World Happiness Report Part 2: E Is for Engagement Chapter 8: Gallup Says--Full Engagement Not Ahead Chapter 9: Getting Engaged! Chapter 10: It's Energy, Not Time Chapter 11: Name That Energy Quadrant Chapter 12: Avoid the Quadrant III Drift Chapter 13: Quadrant II Time Required Chapter 14: Grit--Deliberate Daily Practice Final Thoughts: The MTXE Perspective Part 3: A Is for Alliances Chapter 15: The Primary Purposes of Collaboration Chapter 16: PLCs--Serving the Greater Good Chapter 17: Oh, the Inequity Places We'll Go! Chapter 18: Reduce Our Professional Noise Chapter 19: Relational Intelligence Required Chapter 20: What Are Those Black Boxes? Chapter 21: Celebration--Making Above and Beyond the Norm the Norm Final Thoughts: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success Part 4: R Is for Risk Chapter 22: What's in a Goal? Chapter 23: Shared Purpose--Each and Every Child Can Learn Chapter 24: Results or Persons? Chapter 25: The Risk-Vision Dependency Chapter 26: Build Trust the Millennial Way Chapter 27: Fixed or Growth Mindset? Chapter 28: Warning--Entropy Ahead! Final Thoughts: A Sense of Urgency Part 5: T Is for Thought Chapter 29: Your Great Adventure! Chapter 30: Your Voice of Wisdom Chapter 31: Clean Up the Climate Chapter 32: Become a Feedback Fanatic Chapter 33: Yours, Mine, and Ours Final Thoughts: Hold the Mayo!

"Many teachers' journeys begin differently, but there is almost always a moment of wondering, "What have I gotten myself into?" In You're a Teacher Now! What's Next?, authors Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani take an easily referenced FAQ approach to the seemingly endless swirl of questions facing teachers. With research-backed tools and strategies, the authors address the aspects of teaching that often go unacknowledged. Reading this book will make educators better equipped for the upcoming school year"--

"Successful teaching requires not only pedagogical training but the ability to decipher empirical research and determine an effective course of action. With bountiful research to support different methodologies, how can teachers decide what is best? In Teach Brilliantly: Small Shifts That Lead to Big Gains in Student Learning, James A. Nottingham removes the guesswork by going in depth on five important topics in education: (1) engagement, (2) challenge, (3) feedback, (4) expectation, and (5) equity. His thorough explanations and robust analysis will help educators understand each topic's purpose, learn what to notice, and be mindful about timing in each of these core areas. Abundant with strategies and teeming with insight and practical tools, Teach Brilliantly equips educators to make informed decisions in their teaching to inspire high achievement"--

"Substitute teaching is an opportunity to interact with and positively impact children's education without the responsibility of full-time teaching. Far from classroom supervisors, substitute teachers can have solid command over a class while still forming connections with students and advancing classroom content. Kim Bailey and Kristen Nelson's practical guide The Successful Substitute: How to Prepare, Grow, and Flourish as a Guest Teacher prepares substitute teachers for the task, from submitting the initial paperwork to completing a school day from start to finish, with strategies and ideas to ensure the day is both enjoyable and productive. Packed with classroom activities, actionable steps, and insight from current and former substitutes, this guide will position you to tackle the myriad aspects of the role with confidence and ease"--

"Students' primary caregivers hold an important role in their education, so it is essential for educators to establish a sense of community and foundation of trust among parents and guardians. In On the Same Team: Bringing Educators and Underrepresented Families Together, Ari Gerzon-Kessler explains how the Families and Educators Together (FET) approach creates strong family-school partnerships, fosters a culture of recognition and support for underrepresented groups, and establishes an equitable and inclusive community. Informed by current research and the author's experience designing and facilitating over 400 FET meetings, On the Same Team is a useful resource to district leaders aiming to implement the FET framework or to educators hoping to make an impact on underrepresented and underserved families"--

"Teachers are critical to student success, but the profession of teaching is in crisis. In Ensuring Teachers Matter: Where to Focus First So Students Matter Most, Shelly Wilfong and Ryan Donlan remind us that supporting students does not mean we cannot support teachers, and they argue that a sense of mattering, or feeling meaningfully significant, is the key to this support. Drawing from original research, the authors introduce eight essential elements that schools need to have for teachers to feel that they matter"--

Create a positive school culture with this video workshop that includes the second edition of Anthony Muhammad's best-selling book Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division. This educational leadership video workshop and facilitator's guide details a proven process for addressing diverse issues of staff resistance to build a productive, positive school culture. Participants follow one district's teachers and educational leadership through their journey as they explore how they implemented Anthony Muhammad's framework to become an award-winning district. This comprehensive video workshop on positive school culture provides K-12 educational leaders with: A copy of Transforming School Culture, 2nd edition, for in-depth referencing of workshop material A facilitator's guide, in print and on CD, with activities to better interact with and understand the content High-quality footage of teachers, administrators, and educational leadership in real-life school settings Guidance for identifying and achieving dynamic changes through trust, collaboration, and process with an emphasis on student learning A school improvement plan framework for educational leadership to understand how to move a school culture forward Contents: One DVD One paperback copy of Transforming School Culture, 2nd Edition One CD with PDF of facilitator's guide One physical facilitator's guide

"In an increasingly charged political and social climate, educators may feel ill equipped to address students' varying needs and perspectives in a meaningful way. By intentionally incorporating practices that facilitate honest dialogue and cultivate inclusion, educators can instill a sense of emotional safety in students and positively affirm them in the ways they need it most. In Compassion as Our Compass: 20+ Professional Learning Activities to Nurture Educator Empathy, Gloria L. Canada provides teachers with field-tested activities, strategies to address potential roadblocks, and opportunities for self-reflection. Complete with personal stories and lessons the author has learned in her career, Compassion as Your Compass is an invaluable resource for any educator invested in creating a compassionate, inclusive, and intentional school culture"--

"It's no secret that technology has been increasingly replacing books in many K-12 students' lives. But how can educators and school leaders successfully encourage their students to read when devices vie for so much of their attention? In Leading a Culture of Reading: How to Ignite and Sustain a Love of Literacy in Your School, Lorraine M. Radice demonstrates how educators can promote a love of reading by using technology and social platforms to their advantage. She shares the literacy campaign she designed to address reading proficiency in her district and guides educators in implementing their own program. Grounded in current research and considerate of the many variables affecting student literacy, Leading a Culture of Reading provides practical resources, tools, and strategies that will be invaluable to any educator hoping to improve literacy in their schools and inspire a love of reading in their students"--

The Big Five of Literacy -- The Neuroscience of Reading -- Reading and Response to Intervention -- Everybody is a Reading Teacher: Reading Instruction Across Content Areas -- When Students are Off Track -- Strategic Teaching and Learning -- Conclusion.

"Maintaining student engagement in the classroom is a challenge all teachers face-but the effects of boredom and disengagement in school aren't confined to the classroom. Students learn skills like perseverance and accountability in school, which later shape their personal relationships, professions, and society at large. In Power Engage: Seven Power Moves for Building a Culture of Engagement and Equity, classroom coach Carlos Johnson shares his seven strategies to ensure teachers are reaching all their students in meaningful ways. By building what he calls Performance-Based Relationships (PBRs), teachers can learn to sustain their students' attention and deepen the impact of their instruction, and in turn inspire the curiosity and responsibility upon which successful and equitable societies are built. Johnson's "power moves" are informed by current research on the variables affecting students' capacity to engage in school and will be useful to educators no matter where they are on their professional journey"--

"Exceptionally busy educators may struggle to keep up with the latest ideas and research while trying to manage their increasing responsibilities and decreasing time for professional development. Choose Your Own Master Class: Urgent Ideas to Invigorate Your Professional Learning by Beth Pandolpho and Katie Cubano is designed to fit into educators' busy lives. The book features stand-alone chapters, each focused on a concept, perspective, or field of research valuable to the work educators do every day. Readers can draw from these chapters to suit their needs, interests, and schedules, allowing them to explore exciting new ideas that span a wide range of disciplines outside education and learn how to engage these ideas in their classrooms"--

"In The Antiracist School Leader: What to Know, Say, and Do, education leaders will learn how to plan, test, and execute a comprehensive antiracist vision to transform the culture, curriculum, and conscience of their school administration"--

"Inclusivity in schools happens by design, not by chance. In Meant for More: Real Talk About Classrooms Built on Dignity, Authenticity, and Connection, author Angie Freese equips teachers with realistic means to allow students to find relevance and meaning in the content and delivery of teaching. She showcases how teams of educators can reshape classrooms so that they recognize students' and staff's unique perspectives, experiences, assets, and needs and capitalize on them. Through this book's collection of practical processes, strategies, and tools, readers can promote engagement and achievement for all students, as well as sustainable, transformational change. Mindfully reshaping classrooms in this Meant for More way will create inclusive learning environments that close opportunity gaps and ensure the skills and dispositions necessary for future success"--