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Ditch the Old Assessments to Motivate Your Students & Build ConfidenceAll educators have witnessed students hang their heads after an assessment and give up because they just can't see a path forward. It's frustrating and heartbreaking for everyone.Now, there's a solution.Hacking Student Motivation taps into students' perspective and motivation, creating a classroom environment where failure is simply a part of learning, and growth is the focus for everyone in the room. Learn how to:¿ Create more meaningful assessment structures and practices¿ Redesign grade books to focus on learning, growth, and interests¿ Develop learning progressions and HyperRubrics so students take ownership¿ Establish helpful feedback systems that focus students on improvement¿ Personalize learning and success through one-on-one conferencesImplementing these hacks not only makes assessment more powerful and meaningful in the classroom but also changes your students' assessment experience. Goodbye, anxiety, fear, and doubt. Hello, self-efficacy, confidence, and hope.Read Hacking Student Motivation today for more confident, resilient, and successful students tomorrow.

Eliminate school discipline and classroom management problems with schoolwide restorative justiceWashington Post bestseller Hacking School Discipline brought restorative practice to classrooms around the world. The sequel, Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER, is helping all stakeholders--teachers, students, counselors, principals, superintendents, and parents--create a schoolwide restorative justice system that can change the culture of schools around the world.We may feel powerless to have a positive impact on our students and not trust the other adults to do the right thing, rather than confidently addressing student behaviors in ways that help them learn new skills, build better relationships, and learn to be accountable.Enter the Hacking School Discipline sequel Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER, featuring all new content from 40-year teacher, school leader, and restorative justice expert Jeffrey Benson, who provides a roadmap for schoolwide staff unity, compassion, consistency, and restorative practices that do far more than send students to detention and suspension.Hacking School Discipline TOGETHER shows you how to:Fix the chronic structural flaws in routines and practices that make it harder for students to do the right thing.Take positive actions when working with a student who is struggling to behave well.Clarify the role administrators must play in addressing significant misbehaviors.Take the critical steps for integrating a student back into the classroom.Prevent misbehaviors rather than react to them.Understand how important it is for all staff to be pulling in the same direction and how to make that happen.This book uniquely speaks to administrators guiding a school to a culture of restorative practice, to staff members longing to help all students learn from their impulsive decisions, and to teachers creating classrooms that foster responsibility, forgiveness, and accountability.

What are the keys to making teachers happy, and why does it matter?In today's educational landscape, teachers are facing unprecedented challenges. The demands of their profession continue to increase while resources continue to decrease. Exhaustion and burnout are taking a toll on teacher well-being, threatening the stability of our schools. A global pandemic has only intensified these struggles, leading many teachers to consider leaving the profession.Great principals use happiness to create a thriving cultureDrawing from years of experience as a teacher and principal, Erika Garcia-Niles understands the pressing need to reshape leadership practices to better serve our educators. In Hacking School Leadership, she presents a framework for leadership that is poised to shift how you approach school administration.Hacking School Leadership offers practical strategies, heartfelt insights, and evidence-based research to help you create a supportive, empowering, and inspiring environment for your teachers. By centering your leadership on the needs of your staff, you can reignite their passion for teaching, rebuild trust, and establish a strong sense of community within your school.Inside, you'll discover:What makes teachers happyThe importance of providing time, trust, and resources to teachersHow to listen, appreciate, and support your staff effectivelyThe value of drawing upon your experiences as a teacher to inform your leadership decisionsStrategies for building trust, empathy, and empowerment among your educatorsWays to eliminate distractions and address the challenges faced by teachers head-onThe critical role of authenticity and personalization in teacher-centered leadershipPractical hacks and actionable steps to implement the principles of teacher-centered leadership in your schoolThrough relatable anecdotes, Garcia-Niles brings her experiences as a teacher and leader to life, making this book both insightful and engaging. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the unique needs of teachers, and you'll be inspired to transform your leadership approach to serve them better.Hacking School Leadership is a call to actionIt's a call for principals and school leaders like you to champion change, create a culture of support, and prioritize the well-being of your teachers. By doing so, you'll not only retain talented educators but also improve student outcomes and foster a vibrant learning community.If you're ready to take your leadership to new heights, and if you're passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of your teachers, then Hacking School Leadership is your essential guide. Get ready to transform your school, one teacher at a time.

Father Time is running scared, because life after 50 just got hacked!After-50s life used to be overwhelming. It made people think their best years were gone, even when they felt great and had a lot more to give. Hacking Life After 50 shares 10 strategies you can use today to live a long, happy, joy-filled life and keep Father Time on the run.After-50s Club members and health and fitness practitioners Sturtevant and Barnes show you how to:Create purpose in life's Act IIBuild momentum regardless of ageMaster meal planning without sacrificing the foods you loveReclaim muscle, prevent injuries, and prolong functional movementDiscover simple acts that promote healthy, happy livingSleep better than ever, improving cellular health and longevityDabble in the exciting unknownThrive now, tomorrow, and foreverTake the first step to making life's Act II the best it can be. Read Hacking Life After 50 now.

Group work is a staple of the modern classroom, but it can be difficult to get students engaged and working together effectively. Connie Hamilton provides 11 proven strategies for designing and managing student collaborative teams, including:Design student groups so they are all engaged and contribute to the team's learning. Use a variety of grouping strategies to ensure that all students have the opportunity to participate and contribute.Accommodate lessons to help introverts be more comfortable in social learning tasks. Give introverts opportunities to contribute in ways that are comfortable for them, such as writing or presenting their work individually.Foster productive listening and questioning to elevate student talk. Teach students how to listen attentively and ask clarifying questions.Develop activities that encourage self-awareness and allow students to learn from resources and each other and depend less on you. Give students opportunities to reflect on their own learning and to learn from each other.Set up protocols that support interdependence and student ownership of their learning. Create a culture of collaboration in your classroom and teach students how to work together effectively.Accurately assess individual student's content knowledge, group communication and collaboration skills. Use a variety of assessment strategies to track student progress and to provide feedback on their group work.With these strategies, you can create a classroom where students are engaged, accountable, and cooperative.

Integrate student culture and language to create rich learning experiences for all Culturally and linguistically diverse students often lack representation and inclusion in the classroom, hindering their academic success. Yet when teachers integrate even subtle culturally sustaining practices, they help all students understand our global community and situate themselves within it. Education leader Kendra Nalubega-Booker shows step-by-step strategies and best practices that educators can integrate to support and embrace every learner. When you shine a light on the rich languages and cultures of your students, you create equitable learning for all. In Hacking Culturally Inclusive Learning, you'll discover how to: ¿ View students' languages and cultures as a learning resource¿ Shift away from only using Standard English assessments¿ Integrate culturally relevant and sustaining materials¿ Connect learning to students' lived experiences¿ Create an honest, authentic learning environment

Make distracted students a thing of the pastIf you and your students aren't approaching your class each day with excitement for the new ideas and learning surprises you're about to experience, then it's time to hack your student engagement.Four-decade classroom teacher James Sturtevant knows how to engage learners, and he's sharing his best strategies on how to make kids love learning. Sturtevant packed previous books Hacking Engagement and Hacking Engagement Again with 100 practical, right-now strategies to engage all learners, and now he's back with 50 new ways to make the classroom fun for everyone--teachers and school leaders included. Even if you've seen other books about how to teach better, Even More Hacking Engagement focuses on instructional and rapport-building hacks that make all educators better. In the book, you'll learn how to:Deputize Devil's AdvocatesGive the Gift of GIFsConduct a negative thought experiment Flip a podcastPromote brand ambassadors Amplify empathyEmbark on a formative journeyGenerate leadsManifest a visionFind the flowAnd 40 more impactful strategies to make learning fun for all studentsYou can implement these tips and tools starting tomorrow! When you apply Sturtevant's strategies, your class will become the one they don't want to miss. It's time to engage. Scroll up and buy Even More Hacking Engagement today.

Are you ready to break down conflict and build consensus on polarizing topics?Ideally, education equips students to care about the world and helps them shape their futures. In an era that has become incredibly polarized, we can help our students learn how to come together despite differences.Michelle Blanchet and Brian Deters show how all educators can equip our youth with skills to become active and engaged citizens. A one-off course on civics is not enough.Preventing Polarization offers basic strategies that every teacher can use. You will create experiences to help students break down barriers through activities and role playing. The future lies with our children. Let's show them how to make a difference, minimize conflict, and build accord. This book will:help you cultivate critical thinking in young peopleprovide information about effectively digesting information and considering source materialreveal strategies for how to teach civicshelp kids understand the impact of their actionsexplore tough conversationsshare strategies to help students speak up, step in, and get involvedprovide solutions for teaching kids about empathydemonstrate how to talk about politics in an appropriate mannerGrab Preventing Polarization today and implement 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility tomorrow.

How to Go Gradeless -- Assessment That Makes Learning Visible"What's my grade? What's it worth? Is there extra credit? Is this for a mark? " It's time to shift the conversation and make learning visible. Now, you can easily stop reducing students to a number, letter, or any label that misrepresents learning. Now, you can help children see the value in every single assignment. Today, you can make assessment a rich, ongoing conversation that inspires learning for the sake of learning, rather than as a punishment or a reward. All you have to do is go gradeless. Throw out your grade book tomorrow!In Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School, award-winning teacher and world-renowned formative assessment expert Starr Sackstein unravels one of education's oldest mysteries: how to assess learning without grades -- even in a school that uses numbers, letters, GPAs, and report cards. While many educators can only muse about the possibility of a world without grades, teachers like Sackstein are reimagining education. In this unique, eagerly-anticipated book, Sackstein shows you exactly how to create a remarkable no-grades classroom like hers, a vibrant place where students grow, share, thrive, and become independent learners who never ask, "What's this worth?"Learn what formative assessment really looks like.Summative assessment is typically an end-of-unit exam or standardized test, but what is formative assessment? Many teachers struggle with the concept. Hacking Assessment not only explains what formative assessment is, it provides blueprints for implementation and examples from educators around the world, who use this strategy successfully every day.Read It and You Can Take These Actions Immediately:Shift everyone's mindset away from gradesTrack student progress without a grade bookCommunicate learning to all stakeholders in real timeMaximize time while providing meaningful feedbackTeach students to reflect and "self-grade"Deliver feedback in a digital worldCreate cloud-based learning archivesInspire Students to share their work openlyThis is not your average assessment bookHacking Assessment won't bore you with outdated research or unrealistic strategies. In her captivating, conversational style, Sackstein provides practical ideas woven into a user-friendly success guide with actionable steps for creating an amazing conversation about learning that does not require a traditional grade. Each chapter is neatly wrapped in this simple Hack Learning Series formula:The Problem (an assessment issue that plagues education)The Hack (a ridiculously easy solution that you've likely never considered)What You Can Do Tomorrow (no waiting necessary)Blueprint for Full Implementation (a step-by-step action plan for capacity building)The Hack in Action (yes, someone has actually done this)Teachers around the world are going gradeless, and you can tooScroll up and click the Buy Now or Add to Cart button; read Hacking Assessment now, and go gradeless tomorrow.

Do your kids hate math?Many students fail to understand the value of math, and some grow to hate it. Want proof? Read genuine letters students wrote to math, compiled by the authors in this Dear Math book.Discover the root of this problem.15-year veteran math teacher, Sarah Strong, and her high school student, Gigi Butterfield, address concerns about negativity around teaching and learning math and why kids hate math (at least some of them).Digging into the feelings math evoked in hundreds of middle and high school students-that math is unnecessary, oppressive, and intimidating-the authors explore ways to spin student expressions of problem-solving unworthiness into an antidote for their disdain for math.Using "Dear Math" letters, as well as other teaching math tools in this book, you can help students build a healthy and whole relationship with their inner mathematician.Learn how to use the most important skill of all-listening-to help students and teachers discover:The empowerment of mathThe importance and usefulness of mathHow to help kids love mathThe beauty of mathematics in practiceThe journey from hatred of math, to appreciation of math and, in some cases, a lifelong relationship with mathWhat do letters to Math look like?Read Dear Math today and uncover the feelings students are typically unwilling to share with teachers. And how to turn the negative into a positive.

It's time to modernize our teaching methods for student success Modern teaching is not about your ability to deploy a flashy education app or attract TikTok followers. Instead, it's a mindset where you keep student success at the forefront of your instruction. Today's teachers have a unique opportunity to reflect on their values, rethink their lessons, and reevaluate what is essential to meet the needs of modern students. In Hacking Modern Teaching, Mike Roberts, an award-winning middle school educator and instructional coach, offers modern teaching hacks to help today's teachers: Build flexible learning supports to maximize student successOffer multiple ways for students to demonstrate authentic learningUnderstand where students are socially and emotionallyCommunicate in simple, authentic waysDeliver learning in small doses to increase engagement

Transform your classroom into a dynamic learning experience with small groups A learning centers model enhances excellent pedagogy. Learning is a dynamic experience, and students thrive when educators acknowledge individual learners' needs and interests and inspire them to engage with the content more deeply within personalized spaces. Learning centers create robust thinkers, problem-solvers, and brave leaders. As teachers and administrators, we can build learning structures that include everyone and allow students to collaborate, experiment, reflect, self-assess, and transfer the learning to their lives beyond school. Hacking Learning Centers in Grades 6-12 shares the "e;why"e; along with practical guidance to design and teach with learning centers. Authors and award-winning educators Starr Sackstein and Karen Terwilliger show how to: Design small-group instruction centers to foster active learningEmpower unexpected leadersRaise the bar on student accountabilityActivate the fun and bring learning to lifeInspire students to share ideas and make decisions

Now, you can create one flexible lesson format to use in any virtual setting, subject, or grade levelEducation and technology have merged, forever changing the way we teach and the way students learn. Teachers need guidance in this flexible world of education technology to create one lesson format that streamlines teaching, engages students, and elevates learning outcomes.In Hacking Flex Teaching, author Hollie Woodard, an award-winning public school teacher and tech coach, offers solutions and best practices that apply to all virtual classrooms, including blended, hybrid, livestream, and distance learning. Learn how to:Harness technology for digital and learning equityBuild an engaging classroom culture, regardless of environmentNavigate the gradual release of responsibility to create personalized learningStrategize planning by choosing the least amount of work, in the least amount of time, for the best possible learning outcomesChoose instructional and assessment strategies that match your teaching style and meet the needs of all studentsRead Hacking Flex Teaching today, and engage learners in every setting and grade tomorrow.

Why do even great leadership books leave out the soft skills?Probably because soft skills are not flashy. But soft skills are critical to graceful leadership, and you will find the stories and strategies to hone them, inside this book.National Distinguished Principal and leadership advisor Jessica Cabeen understands the soft skills better than most. In Lead with Grace, book 2 in the Lead Forward Series, Jessica shows you how to seamlessly integrate authenticity, empathy, integrity, and the power of vulnerability into your daily work, turning you into someone who truly leads with grace and empowers students, staff, and everyone around you to excel.Using frameworks and strategies, these soft skills can help you nurture relationships, enhance communication, manage boundaries, and provide the grace you need to effectively lean into your work, at school, home, or the office. Leaning into the soft skills of leadership will help you: Find ways to confront negative workplace behaviors. Leverage opportunities that help people interact in healthier ways. Create a workplace culture that supports risk-taking, while amplifying individual voices. Enhance social media interactions to empower all stakeholders. Implement habits that make grace an intentional practice in your personal and work life. Great leaders, teachers, parents, and are typically good at the hard skills: organization, guidelines, and management. Very few, though, are great at the soft skills. And even fewer really understand how to lead with grace. Now, you can be a great and graceful leader, who understands and leads with soft skills.Grab Lead with Grace today, and integrate authenticity, vulnerability, empathy, and integrity into your work immediately. Under your graceful leadership, staff, students, and co-workers will perform like never before.

Whether you want to make subtle changes to your instructional design or turn it on its head-Hacking Instructional Design provides a toolbox of options. Discover just-in-time tools to design, upgrade, or adapt your instructional practices. Curriculum design experts Michael and Elizabeth Fisher show you how to: Prioritize and break apart standards Set targets and demonstrations of learning Create valuable experiences for contemporary learners Organize instructional elements into action plans Maintain a thriving curriculum culture ecosystemThese strategies offer you the power and permission to be the designer, not the recipient, of a contemporary curriculum. Students and teachers will benefit for years to come when you apply these engaging tools starting tomorrow.

Excellence and Impactful Leadership don't happen accidentallyExcellence is a journey where leaders discover who they are, what they value, and the principles that drive them. True excellence and impactful leadership require intentional strategies. Pursuers of excellence are able to see barriers as obstacles that they can overcome. It is those barriers and challenges that strengthen us in our pursuit of excellence. To Be Excellent on Purpose means avoiding excuses and making a plan for life and working the plan to make it a reality. Longtime teacher, author, presenter, and Principal of the Year Sanée Bell shares personal and professional stories and strategies that will make your own leadership both intentional and impactful.In the inaugural book in the Lead Forward Series, Bell introduces teachers, principals, school district leaders, and leaders in all spaces to a simple, but powerful, system that makes you more cognizant of your own leadership style and your journey to daily excellence. Inside Be Excellent on Purpose, you'll find dozens of stories and accompanying strategies that give you a unique approach to leadership and intentional daily excellence, while answering these critical questions:How do you find your Why?How do you meet the individual needs of all stakeholders?How do you as a leader transform learning, teaching, and professional growth?How do you inspire and energize your students and staff?How do you champion equity in your space?How do you promote and support innovation? Engage with the contentThe Lead Forward Series is designed to give you grassroots stories from people who are in the field, doing the work daily, while providing a space to interact with the content. Each chapter contains a LeadForward Journal, with guiding questions and sentence stems, which you can write on and share with friends and colleagues, encouraging them to Lead Forward and to Be Excellent on Purpose.Before you return to school or work ...read Be Excellent on Purpose, and bring the power of intentional excellence and impactful leadership to all of your shareholders every day.

“Look out, Socrates! Here comes Connie Hamilton, the newest innovator of questionology! — Marcia Gutiérrez, High School EducatorA fresh perspective on the art of questioningQuestions are the driving force of learning in classrooms. Hacking Questions digs into framing, delivering, and maximizing questions in the classroom to keep students engaged in learning.Known in education circles as the "Questioning Guru," Connie Hamilton shows teachers of all subjects and grades how to:Hear the music: listen for correct answersScaffold to trigger student thinking without doing it for themKick the IDK bucket to avoid “I don’t know” as the final answerPunctuate your learning time to end with reflection questionsSpin the throttle to fuel students to ask the questionsFill your back pocket with engagement questionsMake yourself invisible by establishing student-centered protocolsBe a Pinball Wizard and turn students into facilitatorsPraise for Connie Hamilton and Hacking Questions"Connie Hamilton is known by teachers and leaders as the Questioning Guru. She offers minor tweaks and major perspective shifts. You will be a better questioner tomorrow." -Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Professional Learning Coordinator"Connie Hamilton is a world-class presenter with expertise in the art of questioning. She provides a fresh perspective and practical tips on integrating research-based strategies." -Melisa Mulder, Intervention Teacher"Connie is an incredible driver of change in our focus on classroom questioning as a best practice instructional strategy." -Troy VanderLaan, Middle School AdministratorAnswers to your questions about questionsHacking Questions provides practical solutions to the universal questioning problems that teachers face daily. Find your answers now.