Why are some districts and schools capable of making systemwide changes that align education to the demands of the twenty-first century, while others stay stuck in the past? Why aren’t more schools innovating and keeping pace with the rapidly changing world in which tomorrow’s adults will live and work? These are the questions to which Dr. Bill Daggett—nationally recognized education thought leader and advisor to education, government, and business leaders—has devoted his career. He learned early on that answers to these questions are not static; they must evolve as the world evolves around us. In Making Schools Work: A Vision for College and Career Ready Learning, Dr. Daggett shares his latest observations of educators taking bold steps to instruct students for this century—one shaped by technological advancements and globalization. These educators grasp that they must prepare students not just for college, but also for careers—careers that are yet to exist. Educators at today’s most rapidly improving schools understand that a future-focused vision is fundamental to making student-centered decisions systemwide. Dr. Daggett outlines the six core values that underpin the vision at these leading-edge schools, as well as frameworks to fold them into your own district, school, and classrooms. Students remain our most important focus and our greatest hope for a better future. In a changing and often confusing world, Making Schools Work shows the way forward.

Making Schools Work: Why College Ready Isn't College Ready Enough 2016

Education & Teaching

Daggett, Dr. Willard R.

Schools & Teaching

ICLE

In Moving Beyond Quadrant A, Bernadette Lambert skillfully elucidates the Rigor/Relevance Framework® and corresponding Rigor, Relevance, and Engagement Rubrics in terms you’ve likely not considered, but well know. By thinking of these cornerstones of effective instruction as familiar concepts you use regularly in your day-to-day life, you will find yourself effortlessly modeling rigor and relevance for your students. You will naturally begin to invite them to be active, engaged agents in their education. All it takes is a simple perspective shift, one that moves you beyond Quad A of the Framework and into a Quad D attitude, which Lambert guides you through with interest and ease. Moving Beyond Quadrant A is no tedious academic text. Lambert weaves in history, cultural references, academic research, and observations from her decades as a teacher and coach in the classroom. She takes care to ensure you have fun as you become a student of the Rigor/Relevance Framework and Rubrics, providing strategic instructional tactics to boot. For those seeking to gain control of their classrooms, not simply collect yet more Band-Aid techniques to cover over the same old problems, Lambert reminds you that all you have to do is get started. You will find the motivation to do just that in Lambert’s inspiring words.

Learner Engagement in Your Classroom Moving Beyond Quadrant A: Developing Rigor, Relevance, and 2016

Lambert, Bernadette

Endorsed by John Hattie: “Bold School…needs to be an essential part of every educator’s toolbox.” Technology is awesome. Teachers are better. Blending new technologies into instruction is a non-negotiable if we are to help our students gain the skills they’ll need to thrive in careers. And so too is educators’ old school wisdom in planning intentional blended learning that works. Too often, sincere enthusiasm for technologies pushes proven instructional strategies to the wayside, all but guaranteeing blended learning that is all show and no go. Bold School is a book that restores teachers to their rightful place in effective instruction. Bold School thinkers embrace Blended pedagogies and Old school wisdom. In Bold School, teachers are put back into the blended learning equation. Blended learning is demystified and distilled into the powerful, yet simple Bold School Framework for Strategic Blended Learning™—a methodology to help you meld purposeful technology use with your old school wisdom to enhance instruction and learning. After all, the goal of blended learning isn’t technology—it’s student achievement. With a Bold School mindset, every teacher is capable of finally delivering on the promise of blended learning.

Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New Technologies = Blended Learning That Works 2017

Kieschnick, Weston

Become a Learning Architect and Modernize Instructional Practice What does it take to transform into a master educator in today’s age? How does one become a true architect of deeper learning, designing a blueprint for building successful student futures? Educator, advocate, and author Lissa Pijanowski’s groundbreaking Architects of Deeper Learning shows educators how to design, implement, and assess meaningful classroom work, thereby enabling students to solve complex problems, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, and generate powerful ideas. Incorporating insights gleaned from extensive study and years of classroom experience, Pijanowski presents an innovative philosophy of teaching and leadership. Based on eight design principles to facilitate deeper learning, the Blueprint for Deeper Learning offers a clear framework for designing student learning experiences that are rigorous, relevant, and engaging. This blueprint is an anchor for all content areas across K–12 and is compatible with any set of standards. Architects of Deeper Learning equips educators with the tools they need to modernize instructional practice. Featuring a step-by-step overview of the lesson-building process—from setting learning goals to assessing student work—Pijanowski reveals how to craft lessons that best prepare students to be future-ready. Ready to redesign your instruction and turn good into great? Begin your journey to become an architect of deeper learning today.

Architects of Deeper Learning 2018

Lissa Pijanowski

How can we cultivate the rigorous and relevant instruction all students deserve? How can we help teachers grow and experience meaningful, positive change? Educators today understand that schools must evolve to prepare students for futures in a fast-paced, ever-changing career landscape. As a teacher-turned-coach to instructional coaches all over the world, Sherry St. Clair sees again and again how much support teachers need to rise to this challenge. However, too often, the traditional approach to instructional coaching falls short. In Coaching Redefined, St. Clair suggests another way. St. Clair invites all educators charged with improving student outcomes—expert and novice coaches, instructional leaders, and principals—to join the coaching redefined movement. In this new paradigm, coaches unlock a virtuous cycle of growth by leading change at both the school and individual levels. By drawing on the wisdom of business leaders and clearly laying out her tried-and-true approach to instructional improvement, St. Clair guides readers to grow into coaches redefined, leading teachers toward their own unlimited growth so that they, in turn, can do the same for students.

Coaching Redefined 2019

St Clair, Author Sherry

Teachers are striking from coast to coast – not just over money or benefits, but over the lack of resources necessary to support student mental health and social emotional development. Educators are sending a clear, urgent message to local, state, and federal governments and the public: Student learning will not be maximized until student social emotional wellness is prioritized. All students deserve our best – and especially those who experience racial inequity, toxic stressors, cultural invalidation, homelessness, and other trauma. Today’s students deserve teachers who care about their overall wellness as much or even more than their academic well-being and success. Yet inequities abound, and the most vulnerable students who most need resources are often the least likely to receive such support. So how can we ensure that all students thrive? By building and sustaining the critical wellness approach shared in All Students Must Thrive. This book brings together three theoretical frameworks relevant for equity in schools – wellness, critical pedagogy, and critical race theory – providing a structure through which to apply the authors’ strategies and approaches. Offering a multilayered approach to supporting students and their families holistically, this book helps educators of all levels nurture the social emotional wellness that is essential for all students to thrive. Are you ready to transform today’s schools into tomorrow’s hubs of learning? Whether you are an educator in a small rural, large urban, or midsize suburban district – whether the student population is largely socioeconomically disadvantaged, racially segregated, or a balanced mosaic from diverse backgrounds – this book will help you understand how to demonstrate to students that they do matter, that their wellness is essential, and that they can thrive in their quest to learn. It will not be easy work; it will not happen overnight. But you can make a difference in these student’s lives. You can disrupt teacher apathy to catalyze change. You can challenge the status quo and reimagine the outdated educational models of the past, helping to create strategic alliances and ecosystems of support that refuse to allow students to fall through the cracks. You can transform our schools and help our students reach their full potential – especially those often overlooked and underserved. So be bold. Be courageous. Be reflective and dedicate yourself to improving leadership, practice, policy and research that benefits our students. Keep fighting, protesting, praying, and working until all of our students have the education they deserve – because they are worth it.

All Students Must Thrive 2019

Howard, Tyronne

Are the kids OK? There may be no more essential question for educators today. In a moment when mental health issues are bearing down on our students, the role of educators must expand to meet not only the academic needs but also the social and emotional needs of our students. On the heels of his best-selling book, Bold School, Weston Kieschnick and co-author Molly Kieschnick offer Breaking Bold as a manifesto for all educators hungry for both permission and a path to prioritize and cultivate positive relationships with ALL students in future focused learning environments. 
Determined not to contribute confusion to the conversation around how to build relationships, Weston and Molly--educators, co-hosts of the "Teaching Keating" podcast (downloaded by more than 60k listeners every week), and spouses--seek to provide a way forward. Poring over the research from leading educators, neuroscientists, and psychologists, Weston and Molly have culled from it the twelve habits for cultivating meaningful relationships, as well as strategies, tools, and assessments teachers can use to grow masterful in each. Those who fold into their practice any or all of these twelve habits will be better equipped to break from the tyranny of trends and tests and towards what matters most to our students--reaching the whole child so that our children can learn from us, develop SEL skills, and prepare for long, happy, fruitful careers and futures.

And Live the Relationship Habits of a Master Educator Breaking Bold: Dare to Defy the Tyranny of Trends 2020

Kieschnick, Weston And Molly

48 WAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFORM FROM SCHOOL LEADER TO CHANGEMAKER Leaders are at the frontlines, working to move their school forward in an ever-shifting landscape. Today’s leaders must be passionate changemakers, always gathering knowledge and resources to foster positive change in their schools. The leader role is incredibly complex. Leaders work on many levels, from big to small, and are ultimately responsible for engaging an internal compass, improving student outcomes, growing teacher efficacy, satisfying stakeholders, ensuring school safety, setting and managing budgets, schedules, and so much more. The Instructional Change Agent offers 48 practical ways to support you in your day-to-day and empower you to lead the charge. A useful resource for all school leaders throughout your career, you’ll shape your “passion dashboard” and identify ways to influence high-impact areas, including: enhancing culture, leading instructional planning, boosting learner engagement, and building strong community partnerships.

Instructional Change Agent 2019

Drummond, Adam

Rigorous Curriculum Design (“RCD”) presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model for educators and curriculum designers. The RCD model has proven to be effective in school districts across the US, and it serves as a road map so that educators may design a progression of units of study that keep standards, instruction, and assessment tightly focused and connected. Applicable to every grade, course, and content area—and fitting in to all sets of standards, you will learn: 
<ul>
<li>What a rigorous curriculum is and how to create, sequence, and pace such a curriculum.</li>
<li>Why seeing the 'big picture' connections first is essential to beginning curriculum design.</li>
<li>How to lay the foundational steps for designing a rigorous pre-K–12 curriculum.</li>
<li>How to design a grade- or course-specific curricular unit of study, from start to finish.</li>
<li>How to use formative assessments and data analysis to guide instruction before, during, and after each unit.</li>
<li>How leaders can organize, implement, and sustain this model throughout the school and/or school system.</li>
</ul> This new edition of RCD shares updates and enhancements to the process, gained through nearly a decade of learnings from myriad schools. Updates and new additions include: Greater applicability to every state’s unique set of learning standards, through Standards examples that illustrate each step. <ul>
<li>An important new focus on relevance in the design of rigorous curricular units of study, meaning the inclusion of real-world problems that are both predictable and unpredictable, situations that afford students the opportunity to apply their learning in realistic contexts</li>
<li>Expansion of content to include “lessons learned” by school and district leaders who are in years 1, 2, and 3 of RCD implementation</li>
<li>Success stories from school systems that have implemented the RCD model and experienced improved student learning on state exams</li>
</ul>

Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum Design 2019

Ainsworth, Larry

Donovan, Kyra

A new vision for learning that prepares our students to succeed in the workflow of tomorrow. Today's students need to be equipped with the skills to be competitive in the workforce of tomorrow. How may we empower our students to be adaptable, empathetic, collaborative, and independent so they may prosper and succeed in this increasingly technological, and complex, age? In The Evolution of Education, Willard R. Daggett calls on all who care about the future of our children to renew their commitment to equity and excellence in education. Daggett provides a sustainable framework for developing the success skills that students need to grow, work, and thrive into the future. He shows leaders how schools can embrace a new vision for learning that will better prepare students for the challenges and opportunities ahead. Discover the tools necessary to support sustainable school change and help build a strong workforce and prosperous society in The Evolution of Education. Gain the knowledge you need to work toward school transformation that builds on the lessons of the past and the historical strength of the American education system. The author also shares this call-to-action in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and our country's reckoning with racial inequities. The subsequent rise in mental health issues has led many educators to realize that in our drive to increase academic performance, we've lost sight of our single most important responsibility: caring for the whole child. Further, we must be future focused as we address the whole child and as we assimilate new technology. As Daggett writes in the preface, "If we as school leaders are to participate in the evolution of education, we must push past today and look beyond tomorrow-we must embrace the future." Book jacket.

The Evolution of Education 2020

Daggett, Willard

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