Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

by Howard Hendricks

One of the most effective and influential Christian teachers of this century reveals how all teachers — from parents to Sunday school leaders, from pastors to professors — can make the most of their priceless opportunity to inspire, to instruct, and to permanently impact lives for the kingdom of God. Based on seven proven, easy-to-grasp laws any teacher can apply, Howard Hendricks’s classic teaching manual is a must-read for anyone who wants to teach with power and passion, excitement and excellence.

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Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning

by John Lamer, John R. Mergendoller, Suzie Boss

Project based learning (PBL) is gaining renewed attention with the current focus on college and career readiness and the performance-based emphases of Common Core State Standards, but only high-quality versions can deliver the beneficial outcomes that schools want for their students. It’s not enough to just do projects. Today’s projects need to be rigorous, engaging, and in-depth, and they need to have student voice and choice built in. Such projects require careful planning and pedagogical skill. The authors leaders at the respected Buck Institute for Education take readers through the step-by-step process of how to create, implement, and assess PBL using a classroom-tested framework.

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LAUNCH: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student

by John Spencer, A.J. Juliani

Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills-problem-solving, critical thinking, and imagination-that will help them shape the world’s future … our future.

If that’s true, why isn’t creativity a priority in more schools today?

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All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimaging School

by Suzie Boss

Education is evolving rapidly. To sustain change, school communities need broad support for shifts in teaching and learning that promise better outcomes for learners. This requires collaborative inquiry and hard conversations involving everyone with a stake in student success. Designed to promote and provoke conversations inside and outside schools, All Together Now will inspire educators and fellow stakeholders to embark on the challenging work ahead.

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