Research Guides: Professional Development: Resources

July New Books

Working with Difficult People by Amy Cooper Hakim; Muriel Solomon
ISBN: 9780143111870
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
Develop Your Presentation Skills by Theo Theobald
ISBN: 9780749486358
Publication Date: 2019-07-28
ISBN: 9781846045813
Coherence by Michael Fullan; Joanne Quinn
ISBN: 9781483364957
Publication Date: 2015-08-24
Classroom Behaviour by Bill Rogers
ISBN: 9781446295335
Publication Date: 2015-04-14
Math Through the Ages by William P. Berlinghoff; Fernando Q. Gouvea
ISBN: 9780486832845
Publication Date: 2019-03-20
The Truth about Teaching by Greg Ashman
ISBN: 9781526420879
Publication Date: 2018-12-27
Clarity by Lyn D. Sharratt
ISBN: 9781506358727
Publication Date: 2018-11-05
The art of teaching science: A comprehensive guide to the teaching of secondary school science by Vaille Dawson
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 507 ART
ISBN: 9781760528362
Publication Date: 2019
The Art of Teaching Science has proven itself to be one of the most popular introductory texts for Australian pre-service and in-service teachers, providing guidance on engaging students and helping develop scientifically literate citizens.
The New Manhood: Love, Freedom, Spirit and the New Masculinity by Steve Biddulph
Call Number: 305.32 BID
ISBN: 9781760851149
Publication Date: 2019
This book explores every aspect of a man's life in an honest and uplifting way: love, friendship, sex, marriage, raising children, spirituality and finding your true work-all in plain language and illuminated with powerful, real-life stories.

June New Teacher Reference Books

The Learning Rainforest by Tom Sherrington
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.102 SHE
Publication Date: 2017-10-23
The Learning Rainforest captures different elements of our understanding and experience of the art and science of teaching. It is a celebration of great teaching and the intellectual and personal rewards that it brings. It's aimed at all teachers; busy people working in complex environments with little time to spare.
Raising Readers: How to nurture a child's love of books. by Megan Daley
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 649.5 DAL
Publication Date: 2019
Some kids refuse to read, others won't stop - not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child's literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child?How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years?
Dare to lead: Brave work. Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole hearts. by Brene Brown
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 158 BRO
Publication Date: 2018
How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?
Dr Brene Brown presents a powerful guide to leadership for anyone who wants to step up, be brave and lead.
Mark. Plan. Teach by Ross Morrison McGill; Alison Peacock (Foreword by)
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.102 MCG
Publication Date: 2018
There are three things that every teacher must do: mark work, plan lessons and teach students well. This brand new book by Ross Morrison McGill, aka @TeacherToolkit, is packed full of practical ideas that will help teachers refine these key elements of their profession.
Embedding Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam; Siobhan Leahy
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.26 WIL
Publication Date: 2015
Embeded minte-by-minute, day-by-day classroom formative assessment.
Dark Emu in the classroom: Teacher resources for high school geography by Simon Barlow & Ashlee Horyniak
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 305.8991 BAR
Publication Date: 2019
Biomes and food security, environmental change and management. Based on Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Memory Craft by Lynne Kelly
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.30281 KEL
Publication Date: 2019
Memory Craft introduces the best memory techniques humans have ever devised, from ancient times and the Middle Ages to methods used by today's athletes. Lynne Kelly has tested all these methods in experiments that demonstrate the extraordinary capacity of our brains at any age.

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ATOM Study Guides
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) are the producers of in-depth study guides and educational articles for feature films, documentaries, and television programmes. With a team of curriculum experts, ATOM’s teacher resources:

Link the video content to the Australian Curriculum and recommend year levels and subject areas
Include activities and teaching ideas that educators can select from to support students’ viewing and close analysis of the video content
Are written for educators and already widely used at primary, secondary schools and tertiary institutions

More Resources

Teacher: One woman's struggle to keep the heart in teaching by Gabbie Stroud
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.10092 STR
Publication Date: 2018
This powerful memoir explores what it means to be a teacher: what makes a great teacher, and what our children need from their teachers. It tells the story of Gabbie's clear gift for teaching and what it was that finally broke her.
Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12 by Douglas B. Fisher; Nancy Frey; John A. (Allan) Hattie
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 418.0071 FIS
Publication Date: 2016
Acclaimed educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie wrote Visible Learning for Literacy to show you the literacy practices that ensure students demonstrate more than a year's worth of learning for a year spent in school.
Energising Teaching by Frank Crowther
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.144099 CRO
Publication Date: 2016
Through case studies, personal stories, exercises and strategies, Energising Teaching gives you the tools you need to inform your personal reason for teaching, your preferred teaching style and your love of the craft, and to direct your unique gift towards effective, transformative teaching.
Good Morning, Mr Sarra by Chris Sarra
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.829 SAR
Publication Date: 2013
One man's fight to turn the tide of low expectations.
When Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School in 1998, it was a time of high hopes but low expectations in Indigenous education. Over the next six years, he transformed the school into a national success story, but not without controversy along the way.
The Official Guide to the Pearson Test of English Academic New Edition Pack by Carolyn Barraclough
Call Number: 428.34 PTE
ISBN: 9781447928911
Publication Date: 2012
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English Academic) is a computer-based English language test developed by Pearson that accurately measures your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. You can use your test score to support your application to study at an institution where English is the main language of instruction.
The Rock 'n' Roll Classroom by W. W. Wood; Richard (Rich) Allen
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.33 ALL
Publication Date: 2012
Using music to manage, mood, energy and learning.

August New Books

How We Teach Science - What′s Changed, and Why It Matters by John L. Rudolph
Call Number: 507.1 RUD
ISBN: 9780674919341
Publication Date: 2019-06-01

September New Books

Inclusive Education for Autistic Children by Rebecca Wood; Wenn B. Lawson (Foreword by); Sonny Hallett (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781785923210
Publication Date: 2019-08-01
New Media and Digital Pedagogy by Carpenter S. HAARSTAD
ISBN: 9781498548533
Publication Date: 2019-05-31
One Teenager at a Time by Kari O'Driscoll
ISBN: 9781475851465
Publication Date: 2019-08-01

October New Books

Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools by Jane A. G. Kise
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 371.2 KIS
ISBN: 9781945349935
Publication Date: 2019-05-24
Through the Twelve Lenses of Leadership, K-12 leaders and administrators will discover core leadership competencies to overcome ongoing challenges, navigate competing priorities, and unite their entire school community around one common purpose: supporting whole-child learning.
Special: Antidotes to the obsessions that come with a child's disability by Melanie Dimmitt
Call Number: TEACHER REFERENCE 649.15 DIM
ISBN: 9781925384680
Publication Date: 2019
Special is an uplifting, candid companion for those in the early stages of navigating a child's disability, offering honest, reassuring and relatable insight into a largely unknown part of our world.

November New Teacher Reference Books

Storycraft by Martin Griffin; Jon Mayhew
ISBN: 9781785834028
Publication Date: 2019-12-22
Written by two fiction writers and English teachers with over forty years' combined experience in education, Storycraft packs in expert guidance relating to idea generation and the nature of story and provides off-the-peg writing prompts that teachers can immediately adopt and adapt in the classroom.

April 2020

Born to Be Wild by Jess Shatkin
Call Number: 616.89 SHA Teacher Reference
ISBN: 9780143129790
Publication Date: 2017-10-03