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 $51.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $51.95Tips 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... -
You’re a Principal Now! What’s Next?
Regular price $45.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $45.95A principal’s guide to confident leadership Becoming a school principal is challenging, but you don’t have to do it alone. Written by experienced leaders, this book provides new and seasoned principals with practical, on-the-spot advice. Learn to establish... -
The Promise of Collective Leadership
Regular price $47.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $47.95A framework to reflect, elevate, and value leadership In an age of burnout, school leaders must share power. Authors Stacey Schultz and Patrice E. Fenton offer a practical guide to collective leadership, showing how to include teachers, students,... -
The Four Cornerstones of Effective Schools
Regular price $36.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $36.95Strengthen mindset, school culture, instructional capacity, and collaboration. Educator and author Darin A. Thompson shows principals, coaches, and other school leaders how to drive and sustain successful school improvement with greater impact and without burnout. Targeting the four... -
The Eight Dimensions of Strategic School Management
Regular price $62.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $62.95Achieving school transformation through strategic leadership Author Perry Soldwedel delves into the core tenets of strategic management and strategic thinking and planning as crucial for building successful school systems. He demonstrates how school leadership can effectively implement robust... -
Tough But Worth It
Regular price $47.80Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $47.80Strategies to build stronger teacher-student relationships The most powerful classroom tool isn’t a program; it’s educators like you. Authors Christopher L. Van Loan and Justin D. Garwood show teachers how to shift from managing behavior to transforming and... -
The Scientific Principles of Reading and Writing Instruction
Regular price $72.75Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $72.75Evidence-based strategies for reading and writing instruction Literacy instruction is a vast and ever-changing field. Distilling decades of research on reading and writing into an expedient and practical guide, educator and author Nathaniel Hansford provides an indispensable resource... -
The Data Book for Educators Who Don't Like Data (and Those Who Want to Use Data Better)
Regular price $53.00Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $53.00A practical guide to data-driven decisions Data is one of the most powerful guides to instructional efficacy, revealing insights about the students you serve. Author Michael Roberts challenges educators to move past correlative data to active, data-driven decision... -
Multi-School Collaborative Teams: Building Districtwide Partnerships in a PLC at Work
Regular price $58.20Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $58.20In this book, Jen Minor and Amy Moore offer a blueprint for building a school culture that embraces and supports the important work of multi-school collaborative teams. They provide clear strategies to unite leaders and teams around shared... -
Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: Strategies for Healing the Root Causes of Inequity in Education
Regular price $51.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $51.95Gain practical strategies to help educators identify, manage and counteract biases in their schools. ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart delves into the tendencies that can restrict educators’ potential, such as resistance to the unknown and the inclination to favour information... -
Mathematics Teaching Reimagined: Seven Competencies to Foster Robust Student Learning and Engagement
Regular price $68.60Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $68.60Transform mathematics instruction with the comprehensive mathematical competencies (CMC) framework—a research-based model that integrates seven essential competencies: conceptual and procedural integration, problem solving, logical reasoning, communication, tool use, pattern recognition and student engagement. Through practical classroom strategies and... -
Flip the Script: Breaking Down Barriers, Building Relationships, and Engaging Secondary Students
Regular price $80.05Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $80.05In Flip the Script, the authors propose that to build relationships with and engage students, educators must examine core beliefs and assumptions that create unintentional barriers to supporting students. Through self-exploration, empathy building and real-life examples from five... -
Honoring Each Learner: How to Develop Individualized Learning Plans for All Students
Regular price $58.20Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $58.20Author Keely Keller presents a five-step process inspired by high-impact special education practices to empower teachers to individualise learning for every student. By assessing strengths, addressing challenges and creating unique learning plans, educators can take actionable steps to... -
Guide on the Side: Sequencing Instruction for Self-Regulated Learners
Regular price $55.10Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $55.10Through research-backed strategies and practical applications, author Julia A. Simms explores self-regulated learning, instructional sequences and brain-based learning. She examines the development of cognitive and metacognitive skills, working memory and effective explicit instruction, offering step-by-step guidance for teachers... -
Marzano Mastery Approaches: A Decision-Making Process for Competency-Based Schools
Regular price $56.15Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $56.15This book argues that competency-based practices are the key to creating school systems that meet students’ academic needs and prepare students to effectively communicate, collaborate and self-regulate. With comprehensive coverage of competency-based practices and recommended steps to explore... -
Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: Proven Insights for Sustained, Substantive School Improvement, Second Edition
Regular price $90.45Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $90.45This new edition of a classic work is written for educators invested in the moral imperative to do what’s right for all students. The authors work from the mindset that PLC at Work® is a continuous process of... -
The School Leader's Game Plan: Strategies for Maximizing Your Capacity to Tackle Daily Challenges
Regular price $59.25Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $59.25Effective school leadership requires resilience during high demands to deliver results. Scott A. Laliberte provides educational leaders with strategies and resources to build mental, physical and emotional strength, using a balanced leadership philosophy inspired by athletic training. Through... -
The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community
Regular price $71.75Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $71.75In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator's role is more important than ever. How do you maintain the right balance of loose and tight leadership? How do you establish profound, lasting trust? What principles strengthen principal leadership?... -
Women Who Lead: Insights, Inspiration, and Guidance to Grow as an Educator
Regular price $67.55Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $67.55Get motivated by this collection of voices from women in leadership and their allies. Janel Keating and Jasmine K. Kullar gather a wide variety of educational leaders to focus on effective leadership practices as they relate to women,... -
Cultivating Exceptional Principals: A Guide for Principal Supervisors to Hire, Develop, and Retain School Leaders
Regular price $57.15Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $57.15This practical guide helps principal supervisors develop effective strategies to hire, support and retain strong school leaders. The authors provide intentional strategies for building collaborative teams, offering professional development and providing ongoing feedback to ensure principals thrive and... -
Finding Your Balance: Personal and Professional Wellness Strategies for Effective Educational Leadership
Regular price $40.55Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $40.55Explore 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 $71.75Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $71.75Transform 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 $49.90Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.90Author 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 $64.45Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $64.45Education 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...