Professional+Growth

Books
 * //When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing// by Daniel Pink
 * //Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn From Educational Change in Finland?// by Pasi Sahlberg
 * //FinnishED Leadership: Four Big, Inexpensive Ideas to Transform Education// by Pasi Sahlberg
 * //Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization// by Yong Zhao
 * //What Great Teachers Do Differently// by Todd Whitaker
 * //Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day. . . No Matter What// by Angela Watson
 * //The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How they Work, and When To Use Them// by Daniel Schwartz, Jessica Tsang, & Kristen Blair
 * //The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence// by Baruti Kafele
 * //Thrive: 5 Things to Reinvigorate Your Teaching// by Meenoo Rami
 * //The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything// by Sir Ken Robinson & Lou Aronica
 * //Teaching Kids to Thrive: Essential Skills for Success// by Debbie Thompson Silver and Dedra Stafford
 * //​Creating Innovators//​ by Tony Wagner
 * //Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools// by Ron Ritchhart
 * //Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods & Madness Inside Room 56// by Rafe Esquith
 * //Real Talk For Real Teachers: Advice For Teachers From Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!"// by Rafe Esquith
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//It Won't Be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching// by Tom Rademacher
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">//17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong: Strategies That Engage Students, Promote Active Learning, & Boost Achievement// by John Antonetti & James Garver
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life// by Parker J. Palmer
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Originals: How Nonconformists Move the World// by Adam Grant
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Awakened: Change Your Mindset to Transform Your Teaching// by Angela Watson
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Never Work Harder Than Your Students// by Robyn Jackson
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Professional Learning in the Digital Age: The Educator's Guide to User-Generated Learning// by Kristen Swanson
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Making Learning Whole: How 7 Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education// by David Perkins
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning// by Peter Johnston
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Minds// by Peter Johnston
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//The Power of Our Words// by Paula Denton
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids to Succeed// by Debbie Silver
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions// by Dan Rothstein & Luz Santana
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Teaching With Your Mouth Shut// by Donald Finkel
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Better Learning for Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility// by Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Why School?// by Will Richardson
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning// by Michael Schmoker
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools & Rediscover Education// by Clark Aldrich
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//ROLE Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom// by Mark Barnes
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success// by Harvey Alvy & Pam Robbins
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject// by Rick Wormeli
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//The Passionate Teacher// by Richard Fried
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching & Learning// by Angela Maiers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">P//assionate Learners: How to Engage and Empower Your Students// by Pernille Ripp
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Classroom Habitudes: Teaching Habits & Attitudes for 21st Century Learning// by Angela Maiers
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//​Creating the Opportunity to Learn: Moving From Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">by Wade Boykin & Pedro Noguera
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education// by Will Richardson & Rob Mancabelli
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Teaching the Best Practice Way// ​by Harvey Daniels & Marilyn Bizar
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//​The Art & Science of Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction// by Robert Marzano
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, & Transform Your Life as an Educator// by Dave Burgess
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Dimensions of Engaged Teaching: A Practical Guide for Educators //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">by Laura Weaver and Mark Wilding
 * //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning & Standing Up to Old School Culture // <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">by Kirsten Olson, Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, & Parker Palmer
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, & Rebecca DuFour
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?// by Seth Godin
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//The Five Dysfunctions of a Team// by Patrick Lencioni
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard// by Dan & Chip Heath
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Schools Cannot Do It Alone: Building Public Support for America’s Public Schools// by Jamie Vollmer
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Shifting the Monkey: The Art of Protecting Good People from Liars, Criers, & Other Slackers// by Todd Whitaker
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Taming of the Team: How Great Teams Work Together// by Jack Berckemeyer
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction//​ by Michael Fullan
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Educational Courage: Resisting the Ambush of Public Education// by Mara Sapon-Shevin & Nancy Shniedewind
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Hacking Leadership: 10 Great Ways Leaders Can Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love// by Joe Sanfelippo & Tony Sinanis

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Articles & Blog Posts
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Does Teaching Experience Increase Teacher Effectiveness? (report by Tara Kini & Anne Podolsky)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How Clear Expectations Can Inhibit Genuine Thinking in Students (article by Ron Ritchhart)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">'Lesson Study' Technique: What Teachers Can Learn From One Another (article by Emily Hanford)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Danger of Teacher Nostalgia (blog post by Jennifer Gonzalez)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Schools Must Help Educators Transform "PD" Into Personal Discovery (article by Rob Mancabelli)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Professional Development: Whose Job Is It? (blog post by Peter DeWitt)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Why Test Scores Should Never Drive Professional Development (blog post by Joe Bower)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">More Like Music (post on the blog //Grasping at Sporks//)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Does Good Teaching Always Lead to Good Test Scores? (blog post by Ariel Sacks)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Redefining Best Practices (blog post by John Spencer)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here's What Learning Looks Like (blog post by Pernille Ripp)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teachers Owning Their Learning... (blog post by Edna Sackson)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Video Camera in Every Classroom (blog post by Sarah Brown Wessling)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Hypocrisy in the Profession of Education (blog post by Tom Whitby)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teachers Peer Review Would Strengthen the Profession (article by Eric Nadelstern)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Videotaping Teachers the Right Way (Not the Gates Way) (article by Larry Ferlazzo)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Keeping the "Professionalism" in the Profession (blog post by Dean Shareski)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Just the Facts: Personal Learning Networks (blog post by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are You a Teacher-Leader? (blog post by Susan Lucille Davis)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Change By Decree (article by Alfie Kohn)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Boost Teacher Learning With Video Clubs (blog post by Michelle Repass)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">User-Generated Learning: A Must-Do For School Leaders Today (blog post by Lyn Hilt)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know (article by Barak Rosenshine)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The 9 Things Every Teacher Should Know (article by Dylan William)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rethinking Teacher Professional Development (post by Bill Ferriter)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Is a 21st Century Teacher? (post by Josh Stumpenhorst)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Essence of Teaching (blog post by Nancy Flanagan)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are You Really Open? (blog post by Tom Schimmer)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bad Teaching Practice #1: I Am Only Going to Teach Those Who Are Ready to Learn (blog post by Anthony Cody)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Do You Teach? (Twitter Pic by Stephen Ransom)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are You "All In" for Innovation? (blog post by Cale Birk)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Leadership That Our Schools Need (article by Eric Sheninger)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dancing Guy Doesn't Teach Good Leadership Lessons (blog post by Larry Ferlazzo)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Teach What's Really Important (blog post by Terie Englebrecht)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Is Your Lever of Influence (blog post by David Culberhouse)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How to Honor the Art (& Science) of Teaching (blog post by Sam Chaltain)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Building Within the Box (blog post by Josh Stumpenhorst)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Professional Make Time for Learning (blog post by Nicholas Provenzano)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How Goals & Good Intentions Can Hold Us Back (article by Christian Jarrett)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">8 Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, & Do (article by Larry Ferlazzo)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Time on Task (article by Ellie Martinez & Stephen Brock)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Challenge Me (blog post by Chris Wejr)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How Tough Kids Can Make Us Better Teachers (article by Allen Mendler)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Superb Teachers: What Makes You Tick? (blog post by Michelle Barnes)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Building a Better Teacher (article by Elizabeth Green)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Great Teachers Do Differently (blog post by Justin Tarte)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Makes a Teacher Great - From the Perspective of a 10th Grader (blog post by Noa Gutow-Ellis)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">12 Things Teachers Must Know About Learning (article by Bill Page)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Full-Contact Teaching: Connecting With Hearts & Minds (blog post by Ben Johnson)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are YOUR Learning Teams Playing Together? (blog post by Bill Ferriter)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How To Be a Teacher Team Player (blog post on Teach Hub)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">21st Century PLNs for School Leaders (blog post by George Couros)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Crawling Out of the Box: 5 New Skills for 21st Century School Leaders (blog post by J. Robinson)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Pedagogy Whiplash: When 'Best Practices' Conflict (blog post by Shara Peters & Jodi Passanisi)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Two Teachers in a Room (a blog about co-teaching by Elizabeth Stein & Laurie Wasserman)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">DIY Professional Development: Resource Roundup (Edutopia staff)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">If You Love TED Talks, You'll Also Love BamRadioNetwork Podcasts (blog post by Erin Klein)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What Makes EdCamp Popular With Teachers? (blog post by Tom Whitby)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Are EDU Conferences Meeting Our Needs? (blog post by Tom Whitby)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Flipped Faculty Meeting (blog posts by Bill Ferriter)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">What If You Flipped Your Faculty Meetings?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">More Ideas for Flipped Faculty Meetings
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Still MORE on Flipping the Faculty Meeting

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Unconference
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">How to Run an Unconference (article by Ellen de Vries)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Create Your Own Unconference (post by Jennifer Demski)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Demystifying the 'Unconference' (blog post by Liana Heitin)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Videos

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