Teaching in the Post-Covid Classroom

by Grace Stevens

Teaching in the Post-Covid Classroom can help educators feel more prepared to meet the challenges of teaching after the pandemic. Based on research in positive psychology, curriculum design, student success factors, and 18 years of classroom experience, the suggested mindsets and practical strategies can help teachers:

• Cultivate class community (on campus and online)
  
• Design effective distance learning plans
  
• Reduce busy work and prioritize curriculum that engages students
  
• Positively manage behavior 
  
• Manage teacher workloads and mindsets to eliminate overwhelm
  

Reclaim Your Challenging Classroom

by Alene H. Harris & Justin D. Garwood

Reclaim Your Challenging Classroom guides new and veteran teachers alike in developing effective classroom management techniques with a particular focus on students with emotional or behavioral disorders. This step-by-step guide empowers teachers to create positive and effective learning environments grounded in the student-teacher relationship. Each chapter includes: real-life classroom stories, techniques for addressing common problems, self-assessment inventories, and a "What Research Tells Us" feature that relates current research findings to the effective management of inclusive classrooms.

Listen Wise

by Monica Brady-Myerov

In Listen Wise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners, Monica Brady-Myerov delivers a concise and thoughtful treatment of how to build powerful listening skills in K-12 students. You’ll discover real-world examples and modern, research-based advice about helping young people improve their listening abilities and their overall academic performance. With personal anecdotes and accessible excerpts from the latest neuroscience of listening and auditory learning, this critical resource will explain why listening is the missing piece of the literacy puzzle.

Flourishing Together

by Lynn E. Swaner & Andy Wolfe

An ideal resource for professional development and strategic planning, Flourishing Together adheres to the principle that “anything that is worth building cannot be built alone.” Thus, the vision for flourishing is one in which the school community is understood as an interconnected ecosystem where “each one’s flourishing is dependent on their flourishing together.” Accordingly, teachers and administrators will be inspired and equipped to reshape their schools as places where they—alongside their students—can flourish together in a community of abundant life.