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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The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level
Regular price $47.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $47.95School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and... -
Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders
Regular price $45.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $45.95Transformational leaders have four distinctive skills: strong communication, the ability to build trust, the ability to increase the skills of those they lead, and a results orientation. Time for Change offers powerful guidance for those seeking to develop and strengthen... -
Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change
Regular price $49.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.95Ensure learning equality in every classroom. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on... -
The Way Forward: PLC at Work® and the Bright Future of Education
Regular price $54.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $54.95Teachers today have a window of opportunity to shape education in a way that will impact the profession for generations. In this compelling and comprehensive book, educator and best-selling author Anthony Muhammad explores the educational hurdles of the... -
Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators
Regular price $45.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $45.95The key to thriving, as both a human and an educator, rests in mindfulness, reflection, and daily self-care activities. With Take Time for You, you will discover a clear path to well-being by working through Maslow's hierarchy of... -
Redesigning Small-Group Reading Instruction: Structured Literacy Practices for Differentiation, Acceleration, and Intervention
Regular price $76.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $76.95Discover the value of small-group reading instruction that accommodates students’ individual literacy needs. Author Julie A. Taylor provides lesson plan templates to incorporate small groups into any learning structure. Teachers will design laser-targeted skills and strategy lessons to... -
The Green Literacy Handbook: Inspire Environmental Stewardship Through Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, Grades K–5
Regular price $65.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $65.95Introducing Green Literacy, a way of teaching that cultivates critical thinking, reading, and writing about environmentalism through children’s books and digital media. Students analyse multiple perspectives, engage in hands-on activities, and come to a deeper understanding of environmental... -
Revolving Literacy: How to Connect Relevance and Future-Ready Skills to Secondary English Instruction
Regular price $69.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $69.95Drawing on author Lorraine M. Radice’s literacy teaching and leadership experience, this book provides practical resources to design future-ready reading, writing, and research curriculum and instruction, including unit planners, lesson plans, reflection prompts, discussion questions and organising strategies.... -
Who Says I Can’t? A Four-Year Plan to Erase the Reading Gap and Achieve Proficiency by Fourth Grade
Regular price $67.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $67.95Drawing on author Lorraine M. Radice’s literacy teaching and leadership experience, this book provides practical resources to design future-ready reading, writing, and research curriculum and instruction, including unit planners, lesson plans, reflection prompts, discussion questions and organising strategies.... -
Small Groups for Big Readers: Ten Questions Answered About Core Reading Instruction in the K–5 Classroom
Regular price $68.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $68.95In Small Groups for Big Readers, the authors advocate for small-group reading instruction as an effective way for teachers to help all students grow as skilled, developing readers. Through small-group instruction, K–5 teachers can differentiate instruction by using... -
Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work, Fourth Edition
Regular price $82.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $82.95Even after 25 years, the PLC at Work® process continues to guide schools worldwide. This fourth edition, written by Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, Mike Mattos, and Anthony Muhammad, offers new insights into school... -
Pathways to Proficiency: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading, Second Edition
Regular price $64.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $64.95Transform your school’s grading practices with this updated second edition on evidence-based grading. The book provides a five-phase process for moving beyond standards-based and competency-based grading models. Administrators and teachers will gain understanding of the core principles of... -
Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They’re Learning?
Regular price $52.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $52.95Students learn in diverse ways, and their grades may not always accurately reflect their true understanding. Marcia L. Tate explores the what, why and how of assessment to help educators know whether their students are truly learning. Dive... -
It’s Possible! A Leadership Plan for Implementing Quality Reading Instruction and Ensuring Literacy for All
Regular price $76.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $76.95Drawing on the science of reading – and research on high-performing schools and effective leadership – authors Pati Montgomery and Angela Hanlin provide school and district leaders with the tools to systematically implement and create the necessary systems... -
Vocabulary Games for the Classroom
Regular price $69.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $69.95Make direct vocabulary instruction fun and successful with this simple, straightforward and easy-to-use book. Hundreds of critical vocabulary terms, handpicked by Dr. Marzano, cover four content areas and all year levels. Each game identifies the appropriate year level... -
Untangling Data-Based Decision Making: A Problem-Solving Model to Enhance MTSS
Regular price $67.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $67.95A practical tool to help you make sense of student data for effective use in MTSS! This book offers knowledge, strategies and tools that will help you use data effectively. Applicable to any content area, the four simple... -
Who Owns the Learning? Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age
Regular price $27.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $27.95Learn how to harness students' natural curiosity to develop them into self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful to them... -
A Teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning
Regular price $49.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $49.95An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Curriculum, Grading and Feedback. When teachers adopt standards-based learning, students take ownership of their education and achievement soars. Written specifically for K–12 teachers, this resource details a sequential approach for connecting curriculum,... -
A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading
Regular price $36.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $36.95Accurately report students' academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading. Rather than using traditional systems that incorporate nonacademic factors such as attendance and behaviour, learn to assess and report student performance based on prioritised standards. You will discover... -
Formative Assessment & Standards-Based Grading
Regular price $51.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $51.95Learn everything you need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading. The author details the specific benefits of formative assessment and explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, how... -
Coaching Classroom Instruction
Regular price $68.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $68.95A must-have resource for coaches, leaders and teams, this book covers approaches for boosting professional growth and macrostrategies that are responsive to student needs. Learn how to offer targeted feedback to teachers, empowering them to identify how they... -
Becoming a Reflective Teacher
Regular price $65.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $65.95Just as successful athletes must identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Learn how to combine a model of effective instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused... -
The Marzano Synthesis: A Collected Guide to What Works in K–12 Education
Regular price $57.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $57.95A structured exploration of education research to inform your teaching practice. This book offers K–12 educators a comprehensive framework connecting myriad professional learning topics in one cohesive, easy-to-follow guide. Organised into three parts that focus on students, teachers... -
The SWIRL Method: Supporting Multilingual Learners as They Speak, Write, Interact, Read, and Listen
Regular price $66.95Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $66.95Use the SWIRL method to enhance teaching language skills to multilingual learners With the SWIRL method, K–12 teachers can give multilingual learners opportunities to engage in the five elements of speaking, writing, interacting, reading and listening to English...