Book Lists
Following are two lists of books - one for teachers and one for school leaders -suitable for use in professional development. Note that this is just a fraction of the books available.
Other lists of books specifically aimed at teacher professional development are:
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/professional-development
http://www.educationworld.com/a_bestbooks/archives/teachers.shtml
http://www.buzzfeed.com/antwaunsargent/books-that-will-make-you-a-better-teacher#.jo2K4Rp9G
http://busyteacherscafe.com/books/index.html (K-6)
| Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind | Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire | December 29, 2015 | |
| Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education | Ken Robinson | May 7, 2015 | |
| Educating the More Able Student: What Works and Why | Martin Stephen and Ian Warwick | April 25, 2015 | |
| Mindful Learning: Reduce Stress and Improve Brain Performance for Effective Learning | Dr. Craig Hassed and Dr. Richard Chambers | April 25, 2015 | |
| Raising Kids Who Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do | Daniel T. Willingham | April 1, 2015 | reading, literacy |
| What Connected Educators Do Differently | Todd Whitaker and Jeffrey Zoul | March 30, 2015 | |
| Building a Community of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies to Help Students Thrive in School and Beyond | Larry Ferlazzo | March 21, 2015 | |
| College Disrupted: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education | Ryan Craig | March 10, 2015 | |
| Making Classrooms Better: 50 Practical Applications of Mind, Brain, and Education Science | Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa | March 5, 2015 | |
| The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere | Kevin Carey | March 3, 2015 | college |
| Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World | Tony Wagner | February 10, 2015 | |
| School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It | Steve Gruenert, Todd Whitaker | January 15, 2015 | |
| The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardised Testing–But You Don't Have to Be | Anya Kamenetz | January 6, 2015 | testing |
| The Tech-Savvy Administrator: How do I use technology to be a better school leader? | Steven W. Anderson | December 10, 2014 | |
| Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools | Michael B. Horn, Heather Staker | October 15, 2014 | |
| The Relevant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning | Thomas (Tom) D. Whitby, Steven W. Anderson | August 21, 2014 | |
| Flipping Leadership Doesn't Mean Reinventing the Wheel | Peter M. DeWitt | August 21, 2014 | |
| Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level | Don Wettrick | August 16, 2014 | |
| The Way of Mindful Education: Cultivating Well-Being in Teachers and Students | Daniel Rechtschaffen | June 8, 2014 | |
| Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever | Vicki Davis | June 7, 2014 | |
| Make It Stick | Peter C. Brown | April 14, 2014 | |
| Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning | Peter C. Brown | March 31, 2014 | |
| The Principal: 3 Keys to Maximizing Impact | Michael Fullan | February 3, 2014 | administration; principals |
| The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact | Michael Fullan | February 3, 2014 | |
| Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times | Eric C. Sheninger | January 14, 2014 | http://ericsheninger.com/esheninger |
| Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times | Eric C. Sheninger | January 14, 2014 | |
| The Thinking Teacher | Oliver Quinlan | January 9, 2014 | |
| The Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently | Sunni Brown | January 9, 2014 | visual notetaking guide |
| Play at Work: How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking | Adam L. Penenberg | October 3, 2013 | focus is work, not school |
| The Way They Learn | Cynthia Ulrich Tobias | August 3, 2013 | |
| How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character | Paul Tough | July 2, 2013 | |
| Rethinking pedagogy for a digtal age | Beetham.H. and R. Sharpe | June 1, 2013 | |
| Teacher Proof: Why research in education doesn't always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it | Tom Bennett | May 31, 2013 | education research |
| Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work | Richard Dufour, Michael Fullan | May 24, 2013 | |
| Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom | Gary S. Stager, Sylvia Martinez | May 7, 2013 | maker |
| Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom | Sylvia Libow Martinez, Gary S. Stager | May 7, 2013 | http://www.inventtolearn.com/ |
| Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding | Jay McTighe, Grant Wiggins | April 9, 2013 | |
| The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools | Liz Wiseman | March 21, 2013 | |
| Upgrade Your Curriculum: Practical Ways To Transform Units And Engage Students | Janet A. Hale, Michael Fisher | March 13, 2013 | |
| Thinking Through Project-Based Learning Guiding Deeper Inquiry | Jane Krauss, Suzie Boss | March 13, 2013 | PBL |
| Educating for Creativity & Innovation: A Comprehensive Guide for Research-Based Practice | Donald J. Treffinger, Patricia F. Schoonover, and Edwin C. Selby | March 1, 2013 | creativity |
| Every Child, Every Day: A Digital Conversion Model for Student Achievement | Mark A. Edwards | February 19, 2013 | |
| Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy | Emily Bazelon | February 19, 2013 | Character |
| Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom | Mark Barnes | February 15, 2013 | |
| Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media | Mizuko (Mimi) Ito | January 13, 2013 | |
| Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator | Dave Burgess | December 18, 2012 | |
| The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking | Mike Rohde | December 13, 2012 | visual notetaking guide |
| Teach Like a PIRATE: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator | Dave Burgess | September 18, 2012 | |
| Oops!: Helping Children Learn Accidentally | Hywel Roberts | September 11, 2012 | |
| How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character | Paul Tough | September 4, 2012 | |
| Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century | Cathy Davidson | July 31, 2012 | brain |
| Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day | Jonathan Bergmann, Aaron Sams | July 15, 2012 | |
| Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools | Paul Bambrick-Santoyo | June 26, 2012 | |
| Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day | Jonathan Bergmann, Aaron Sams | June 12, 2012 | |
| Networked: The New Social Operating System | Lee Rainie, Barry Wellman | April 27, 2012 | |
| Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World | Tony Wagner | April 17, 2012 | creativity |
| Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning | Renee Hobbs | March 15, 2012 | copyright |
| Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School | Andy Hargreaves, Michael Fullan | March 9, 2012 | |
| Thinking at Every Desk: Four Simple Skills to Transform Your Classroom | Derek Cabrera and Laura Colosi | March 1, 2012 | |
| Effective Questioning Strategies in the Classroom: A Step-by-Step Approach to Engaged Thinking and Learning, K-8 | Esther Fusco | March 1, 2012 | pedagogy |
| Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication: Strategies to Increase Students' Skills | Melissa Goodwin and Catherine Sommervold | March 1, 2012 | pedagogy |
| Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning | John Hattie | February 11, 2012 | Research-based |
| 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times | Trilling and Fadel | February 7, 2012 | |
| Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools | Chen | January 24, 2012 | |
| Opening Minds; Using Language to Change Lives | Peter H. Johnston | January 9, 2012 | Choice Words. similar by the same author |
| Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room | David Weinberger | January 3, 2012 | |
| Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning | John Hattie | December 13, 2011 | |
| Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World | Jane McGonigal | December 11, 2011 | games |
| Design For How People Learn (Voices That Matter | Julie Dirksen | November 17, 2011 | |
| What Great Principals Do Differently: Eighteen Things That Matter Most | Todd Whitaker | November 1, 2011 | |
| What Great Teachers Do Differently, 2nd Ed: 17 Things That Matter Most | Todd Whitaker | November 1, 2011 | |
| Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools | Roger Schank | October 28, 2011 | brain |
| What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media | Scott McLeod | October 11, 2011 | technology |
| The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age | Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Lani Ritter Hall | October 10, 2011 | technology |
| Getting Smart: How Digital Learning Will Reverse the Dumbing of America | Vander Ark | October 8, 2011 | |
| Where Good Ideas Come From The Natural History of Innovation | Steven Johnson | October 4, 2011 | creativity |
| Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings | Jeff Zwiers, Marie Crawford | September 28, 2011 | pedagogy |
| Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions | Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana | September 20, 2011 | pedagogy |
| Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century | Cathy N. Davidson | August 18, 2011 | |
| Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age | Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes, Andrew Churches | August 16, 2011 | 21st century |
| Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner | Persida Himmele, William Himmele | July 14, 2011 | |
| Wikis for School Leaders: Using Technology to Improve Communication and Collaboration | Stephanie D. Sandifer | May 31, 2011 | |
| Embedded Formative Assessment | Dylan Wiliam | May 25, 2011 | Assessment |
| Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education | Will Richardson, Rob Mancabelli | May 25, 2011 | PD |
| Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners | Ron Ritchhart | May 3, 2011 | |
| Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners | Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, Karin Morrison | May 3, 2011 | |
| Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us | Daniel H. Pink | April 5, 2011 | |
| Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us | Daniel Pink | April 5, 2011 | research |
| Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains | LouAnne Johnson | March 22, 2011 | pedagogy |
| The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High-Quality Units | Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe | March 15, 2011 | |
| FEEL-BAD EDUCATION: ...And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling | Alfie Kohn | March 1, 2011 | |
| Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative | Sir Ken Robinson | March 1, 2011 | |
| Learning in the Cloud: How (and Why) to Transform Schools with Digital Media | Mark Warschauer | March 1, 2011 | technology |
| A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change | Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown | January 4, 2011 | |
| Enhancing Practice Through Classroom Research: A Teacher's Guide to Professional Development | Caitriona McDonagh, Mary Roche, Bernie Sullivan, Mairin Glen | January 3, 2011 | |
| Web 2.0 How-To for Educators | Gwen Solomon, Lynne Schrum | October 15, 2010 | technology; ebook |
| Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything | Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams | September 28, 2010 | |
| Digital Community, Digital Citizen | Ohler | August 31, 2010 | technology |
| Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers | Dave Gray | July 30, 2010 | |
| Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Culture of Success and Student Achievement in Schools | Mary Cay Ricci | July 1, 2010 | |
| Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything | Laura Grace Weldon | June 1, 2010 | homeschooling |
| The Falconer: What We Wish We Had Learned in School | Grant Lichtman | May 24, 2010 | |
| How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching | Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman, Richard E. Mayer | May 17, 2010 | |
| 21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn | James Bellanca, Ron Brandt | April 22, 2010 | 21st century |
| The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--and What We Can Do About It | Tony Wagner | April 6, 2010 | |
| DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education | Kamenetz | April 1, 2010 | |
| The Race between Education and Technology | Claudia Goldin | March 30, 2010 | technology |
| Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom | Daniel T. Willingham | March 15, 2010 | |
| Teaching with the Tools Kids Really Use: Learning With Web and Mobile Technologies | Brooks-Young | February 10, 2010 | |
| Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World | Hayes Jacobs | January 5, 2010 | 21st century |
| Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms | Will Richardson | January 1, 2010 | technology |
| Empowering Students With Technology | Alan C. November | November 24, 2009 | |
| Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America | Allan Collins, Richard Halverson | September 1, 2009 | technology |
| Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America | Alan Collins, Richard Halverson | September 1, 2009 | |
| Leading 21st-Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement | Lynne M. Schrum and Barbara B. Levin | August 3, 2009 | technology |
| Shaping School Culture: Pitfalls, Paradoxes, and Promises | Terrence E. Deal, Kent D. Peterson | March 3, 2009 | |
| The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything | Ken Robinson | March 1, 2009 | |
| Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations | Clay Shirky | February 3, 2009 | |
| Never Work Harder Than Your Students And Other Principles Of Great Teaching | Robyn R. Jackson | January 30, 2009 | |
| Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement | John Hattie | December 26, 2008 | research; pedagogy |
| Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns | Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis Johnson | May 1, 2008 | |
| Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder | David Weinberger | April 29, 2008 | |
| How Computer Games Help Children Learn | David Williamson Shaffer | January 2, 2008 | games; technology |
| What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy | James Paul Gee | December 26, 2007 | games, technology |
| Mindset: The New Psychology of Success | Carol Dweck | December 7, 2007 | |
| The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child | Richard Lavoie | October 2, 2007 | |
| Digital Game-Based Learning | Marc Prensky | March 1, 2007 | games; technology |
| Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching | Charlotte Danielson | January 1, 2007 | |
| THE HOMEWORK MYTH: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing | Alfie Kohn | March 1, 2006 | homework |
| Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! | Marc Prensky | February 4, 2006 | |
| Walking on Water: Reading, Writing and Revolution | Derrick Jensen | April 30, 2005 | |
| Supporting and Sustaining Teachers' Professional Development: A Principal's Guide | Marilyn Tallerico | January 3, 2005 | PD |
| The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology | Oppenheimer | December 7, 2004 | |
| What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most | Todd Whitaker | October 10, 2003 | |
| The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil | James Davison Hunter | May 18, 2001 | character |
| The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life | Parker J. Palmer | April 1, 1998 | |
| 100 ways to enhance self-concept in the classroom: A handbook for teachers and parents | Canfield, J. & Wells, H. C. | January 1, 1976 | |
| Passionate Learners: Giving Our Classrooms Back to Our Students | Pernille Ripp | ||
| Program or Be Programmed | Rushkoff, Douglas | ||
| Teaching in High Gear: My Shift Toward a Student-Driven, Inquiry-Based Science Classroom | Marsha Ratzel | ||
| The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them | Hirsch Jr., E.D. | ||
| Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom | Willingham, Daniel T. | brain | |
| The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way | Ripley, Amanda |
| Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder | Arianna Huffington | March 17, 2015 | |
| The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be | Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer | January 17, 2015 | |
| The Triple Focus: A New Approach to Education | Daniel Goleman | July 31, 2014 | |
| The Principal: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact | Michael Fullan | February 3, 2014 | |
| Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times | Eric C. Sheninger | January 14, 2014 | |
| Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead | Sheryl Sandberg | March 11, 2013 | |
| Nine Things Successful People Do Differently | Heidi Grant Halvorson | December 4, 2012 | |
| Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter | Howard Gardner | November 6, 2012 | Character |
| World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students | Yong Zhao | September 27, 2012 | |
| Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World | Tony Wagner | April 17, 2012 | |
| Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action | Simon Sinek | December 27, 2011 | |
| Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us | Daniel H. Pink | April 5, 2011 | |
| Spark!: How exercise will improve the performance of your brain | Eric Hagerman, Dr John J. Ratey | January 7, 2010 | |
| The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. | Daniel Coyle | April 28, 2009 | |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | April 6, 2006 | |
| Leadership Wisdom from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari | Robin S. Sharma | May 15, 2005 |
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NEXT STEPS
- Start building your PD library. Look at the lists herein and choose some books to start with then ask your librarian to get them, and to start to fill the shelves with appropriate books
- Tell you teachers that you are starting this new section in the library. Invite them to borrow the books, and also to suggest additional ones.