Collection: Professional Development
At Hawker Brownlow Publishing, we are committed to supporting educators with high-quality, evidence-based professional development resources that make a real impact in schools. Our collection includes original titles developed by Australian educators, as well as internationally respected works designed to meet the evolving needs of teachers and leaders.
Through our partnership with Solution Tree—a global leader in educational transformation—we also offer a selection of their most influential titles, trusted by educators worldwide to build strong professional learning communities, lift student achievement and create meaningful change in teaching and learning.
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Tips and Traps for School Leaders
Regular price $49.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.95Tips and Traps for School Leaders is a practical, experience-based guide to the real challenges school leaders face every day; not theoretical ideas, but what actually works in schools. Authors Trevor Doyle and Ross McSwan have led schools... -
Finding Your Balance: Personal and Professional Wellness Strategies for Effective Educational Leadership
Regular price $38.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $38.95Explore the vital link between personal wellbeing and professional success in this guide to educational leadership. Drawing on personal experiences, author Joshua Ray offers practical strategies, relatable anecdotes and templates to help leaders thrive professionally and personally. Learn... -
The Handbook for Highly Effective Teams in a PLC at Work: Essential Actions for Tackling Critical Issues
Regular price $68.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $68.95Transform your teacher teams into the driving force of student success and collaboration with this practical, action-driven guide. A companion to Learning by Doing, this handbook delivers 15 essential actions that highly effective teams use to strengthen collaboration,... -
The PLC Dashboard: Implementing, Leading, and Sustaining Your Professional Learning Community at Work
Regular price $47.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $47.95Author Brig Leane introduces the PLC Dashboard, a tool designed to help administrators and teachers efficiently implement the PLC at Work® process. This resource utilises a seven-step learning cycle, complete with illustrative examples, concise templates and reflective exercises.... -
The Teacher Team Leader Handbook: Simple Habits to Transform Collaboration in a PLC at Work
Regular price $61.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $61.95Education expert and award-winning researcher Chad Dumas provides teacher team leaders with clarity on their role and approach, accompanied by actions that help teams get going, gain momentum, overcome obstacles and refine skills that maximize their effectiveness in... -
Cultural Caring: The Human Side of Professional Learning Communities at Work
Regular price $50.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $50.95A nurturing, caring school environment is essential for school improvement and student motivation. In this book, Douglas Reeves and Robert Eaker bring the importance of a caring environment to the forefront of school transformation efforts. They identify who... -
The Schools Our Students Deserve: A Comprehensive Framework for Shaping Exceptional School Culture
Regular price $67.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $67.95Author Mario I. Acosta emphasises the critical importance of school culture in enhancing student learning and optimising teacher efficacy. In this guide, he defines and examines the foundations of an effective school culture and how it influences the... -
Celebrate to Motivate: The Art of Inspiring Students, Staff, and the School Community
Regular price $54.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $54.95Celebrations enrich the lives of students, staff members and school communities. The authors provide powerful, compelling stories; proven strategies; and practical tools for embedding celebration into school culture. Drawing on insights from schools and districts, this book empowers... -
Beyond Conversations About Race: A Guide for Discussions With Students, Teachers, and Communities
Regular price $50.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $50.95Written by a collective of brilliant authors, this essential work provokes respectful dialogue about race that catalyses school-changing action. The book masterfully weaves together an array of scenarios and discussions, and directly addresses challenging topics such as discomfort,... -
Celebrating in a PLC at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Building Collective Efficacy and High-Performing Collaborative Teams
Regular price $50.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $50.95When leaders foster a culture of frequent, specific recognition in their school system, it allows collaborative teams to function at high levels. In this book, the authors demonstrate how celebrating the “right work” of professional learning communities stimulates... -
Supporting Beginning Teachers, Second Edition
Regular price $36.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $36.95Support and retain your best and brightest new teachers. The second edition of this acclaimed book retains much of what made the original a classic, but now offers the latest research along with new insights, strategies and best... -
MTSS for Reading Improvement
Regular price $56.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $56.95Transform your school’s reading outcomes through systematic implementation of the science of reading within a multi-tiered system of supports framework. This comprehensive guide provides over 50 practical tools that help leaders engineer robust support systems across all tiers.... -
Rehumanizing Assessment: Gathering Evidence of Student Learning Through Storytelling
Regular price $71.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $71.95Discover the transformative power of storytelling in assessment and student learning. Drawing on culturally responsive practices, this approach fosters innovation, self-reflection and student engagement. Through narrative-based strategies, educators can elevate formative and summative assessments, promoting authentic, competency-based learning;... -
The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition
Regular price $61.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $61.95In The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples and strategies for... -
Test-Specific Thinking: Teaching Students to Think the Way Tests Make Them
Regular price $49.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.95In Test-Specific Thinking, the authors provide recommended practices, methods and means for educators to implement structural schemas into teaching, helping students better prepare for tests and formulate stronger responses to certain question frames. Armed with a better understanding... -
Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner
Regular price $53.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $53.95Bringing motivation and inspiration to the classroom is not easy. With this practical resource, you’ll discover a results-driven framework—based on a six-level hierarchy of student needs and goals—that you can use to provide engaging instruction to students. The... -
Leading Educator Wellness: Six Critical Actions to Support All Staff
Regular price $50.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $50.95When leaders don’t prioritise their wellness, supporting teachers and students becomes challenging. This resource emphasises wellness as a core part of a leader’s identity, addressing low morale and exploring personal connections. It outlines six critical actions for self-care,... -
180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators
Regular price $49.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.95Rely on 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators to help you lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life inside and outside of the classroom. With author Tina H. Boogren’s guidance, you will work your way through thirty-six... -
Educator Wellness: A Guide for Sustaining Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Social Well-Being
Regular price $33.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $33.95Educator and teacher wellness is a personal journey. And like all journeys, there are starts, stops, and bumps in the road. The question becomes "How do we bring our best selves to our students and colleagues each day?"... -
180 Days of Physical Wellness for Busy Educators
Regular price $51.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $51.95Using accountability tools, reflections, and 36 weeks’ worth of invitations, Tina H. Boogren gives K–12 teachers and administrators the structure and ideas they need to improve their well-being. Boogren dives deep into the physical wellness aspect of self-care,... -
Coaching for Educator Wellness: A Guide to Supporting New and Experienced Teachers
Regular price $45.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $45.95Fully and confidently step into your role as an instructional coach with the support of Coaching for Educator Wellness. This instructional leadership guide offers evergreen strategies alongside fresh new solutions that will help you differentiate coaching practices for new... -
Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division, Second Edition
Regular price $54.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $54.95Transforming School Culture provides a school improvement plan for leaders to overcome staff division, improve relationships and build positive school cultures. Dr Anthony Muhammad contends that in order to transform school culture, we must understand why teachers continue... -
Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture
Regular price $46.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $46.95In this book, leading educator Dr Anthony Muhammad compiles prominent voices in the field, sharing their tried-and-true strategies for building a healthy school culture, beginning with teachers and their collaborative partnerships with one another, parents and the community... -
Culture Keepers: Leaders Creating a Healthy School Culture
Regular price $62.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $62.95In Culture Keepers, renowned educator and author Dr Anthony Muhammad compiles essays from leading names in education on how to build and sustain a strong school culture. Contributors provide guidance on how to transform school culture post-pandemic, how...