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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Welcome to the modern school library and librarianWhether students are using books, audiobooks, ebooks, or Chromebooks, school libraries are more relevant than ever. They are places for research, refuge, and reflection--where students create, collaborate, communicate, and develop skills in critical thinking and compassion.Learn 10 ways to create the library learning environment that every child deserves.In Hacking School Libraries, 2015 School Librarian of the Year, Kristina A. Holzweiss, and 2017 Sensational Student Voice Award finalist, Stony Evans, bring you 10 practical hacks that will help you create a welcoming and exciting school library program. They show you how to rethink your library to become the hub of the school community, whether you are a veteran librarian or just beginning your career. Hacking School Libraries isn't just for librarians. It's for any educator who wants to learn how totransform the spaceestablish meaningful housekeeping proceduresprovide hands-on learning opportunitiesempower your studentsbring curriculum to lifedifferentiate instructionfundraiseadvocate the importance of school librariesestablish global connectionscelebrate readingWhat the experts say:"When I learned that Kristina and Stony were writing a book to fit into one of my favorite series, I was so excited and couldn’t think of a better duo to do so! School librarians will find Hacking School Libraries such an amazing read and resource in so many ways. The hacks found in this book are terrific for any grade level and will help guide librarians to make a difference in their library, school, and community!" -Shannon McClintock Miller, Teacher Librarian and Iowa Future Ready Librarian Spokesperson"Authors Kristina Holzweiss and Stony Evans are two of the most respected thought leaders and practitioners in the school library field. Their book, Hacking School Libraries, is an essential resource for any modern-day library media specialist. It is filled with actionable tips and strategies that anyone can easily implement tomorrow." -Laura Fleming, Library Media Specialist, bestselling author of Worlds of Making and The Kickstart Guide to Making Great Makerspaces Grab Hacking School Libraries today, and incorporate library media centers into your learning community tomorrow.

50 Student Engagement Hacks just weren't enough33-year veteran classroom teacher, James Alan Sturtevant, wowed teachers with the original Hacking Engagement, which contained 50 Tips and Tools to Engage Teachers and Learners Daily. Those educators and students got better, but they craved more. So, 33-year veteran classroom teacher and wildly popular student engager Sturtevant is Hacking Engagement Again!Fifty Teacher Tips that make students love your classThe first step to real academic achievement is inspiring a love of learning, and the best way to accomplish this is to get students to love your class and your teaching. But rolling out worksheets and multiple-choice quizzes is a recipe for failure, so how do you engage students without these traditional tools? The answer is surprisingly simple: Dig into Hacking Engagement Again and grab 50 tools and strategies, good for any class on any day, and watch your students' light up.Hacks that make students love your class: Feng Shui Your Students Fascinate with the First Five Give Students Virtually No Instructions Apply the You Y'all We Template Dangle a Dilemma Inspire 100% Participation in Your Next Class Discussion Shove Your Next Class Discussion On to the Twittersphere Pull Up a Philosophical Chair Morph Student Identities Detonate the Boring Guest Speaker Template Teleport Your Students Back to the 1970s Transform Tedious Test Review Tease Out a Taskmaster with Google Calendar Encourage Students to Sneak Out of Your Room Find the Elusive Spark Issue the 1,000 Pushup Challenge Reboot with Kahoot Navigate the Rolling Seas of Controversial Topics Rebel Against the Bell ... and 31 more teacher tips and strategies that will engage your students like never before and make them love you and your classExperts rave about Hacking Engagement Again"Hacking Engagement Again provides readers with a ton of ideas, strategies, and resources that move students from on-task to engaged. Looking to tap into student's use of smartphones in a classroom activity? This book is for you. Do you want to leverage the power of Twitter and Socratic Seminar to move conversations from good to great? This book is for you. James Alan Sturtevant provides a well thought out game plan for highly engaging learning experiences in both the physical and virtual worlds."-Brad Currie, 2017 NASSP National Assistant Principal of the YearAre you ready every student to love your class?Start Hacking Engagement Again, now!

Are you ready to engage learners like never before?Student engagement is the key to success for every teacher, and this is your engagement strategy blueprint.Boring lessons and assignments will disappear forever when you learn to build student avatars, banish blandness, ride the podcast tide, and become a total engagement guru.Many students are bored and disengaged Teachers are handcuffed by outdated textbooks, standardized curriculum, and disinterested students. What if you could solve these problems immediately and excite even your most reluctant learner daily? Read it Today and Engage tomorrow! 33-year veteran teacher, author, presenter, and engagement guru James Alan Sturtevant makes it easy, with incredible teacher tips and tools for both the veteran and student teacher--50 engagement tools that you can begin using right now, with no special training or boring professional development.Easily rebrand your class and connect with all studentsAre you the teacher students "hate"? Do kids groan when they walk into your classroom? Engaging learners is all about connecting and making education fun. With Sturtevant''s education tips and creative teaching tools, students will rebrand you and your class as their favorites. Best of all, they''ll engage with every lesson you teach, every single day!50 Tips and Tools Unlike other education books that weigh you down with archaic research and impossible-to-implement strategies, Hacking Engagement, the 7th book in the popular Hack Learning Series, provides 50 unique, exciting, and actionable tips and tools that you can apply right now. And there''s something here for every teacher--no matter what grade or subject you teach. Try one of these amazing engagement strategies tomorrow:Engage the EnragedCreate Celebrity Couple NicknamesHash out a HashtagEmpower Students to Help You Uncover Your BiasesAvoid the Great War on Yoga PantsLet Your Freak Flag FlyBecome a Proponent of the ExponentTrade Blah, Blah, Blah for ZenTransform Your Class into a Focus GroupCommit to Engagement Try at least one tip or tool now and witness an amazing transformation in your classroom and school.Are you ready to engage?Scroll up and grab your copy of Hacking Engagement now.

Want to solve your biggest problems tomorrow?You have problems, but you don't have time for a 5-year plan. You're tired of philosophy, research and piles of data. You want practical solutions that you can implement immediately. You don't need a committee or another meeting. You need Hackers-experienced educators who understand your school's problems and see quick fixes that may be so simple that they've been overlooked. Hacking Education is the book that every teacher, principal, parent, and education stakeholder has been waiting for--the one that actually solves problems.Read it today-fix it tomorrow!In Hacking Education, Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez employ decades of teaching experience and hundreds of discussions with education thought leaders, to show you how to find and hone the quick fixes that every school and classroom need. Using a Hacker's mentality, they provide one Aha moment after another with 10 Quick Fixes for Every School--solutions to everyday problems that any teacher or administrator can implement immediately.Imagine being able to walk into school tomorrow and eliminate:Hours of wasted meeting timeClassroom management issuesInterruptions in planning timeThe need for more booksNegative attitudesTechnology issuesIf you want to improve teaching and learning at your school now, learn how to develop a Hacker's mentality.Discover How to Solve Problems withPineapple ChartsThe 360 SpreadsheetGlass ClassroomsTrack RecordsMarigold CommitteesThe TQZMore Impactful HacksNot Your Average Education BookHacking Education won't weigh you down with outdated research or complicated strategies. Barnes and Gonzalez provide brilliant ideas woven into a user-friendly success guide that you'll want to keep nearby throughout the school year. Each chapter is neatly wrapped in this simple formula:The ProblemThe 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)Are you ready to fix your school and your classroom?Get Hacking Education now, and solve your biggest problems tomorrow.