When ordering your textbook, please check the title, version, and ISBN to be sure you have the correct text, as we often use books that have had multiple editions. You can purchase new, used, or E-books for the online courses. 

Our textbooks are available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online booksellers. 

 

Accelerated Learning

Accelerating Learning for All, PreK-8 Equity in Action by Rebecca McKinney and Colleen Urlik

ISBN: 978-1071888988

Achieving Parental Support

Parents and Teachers Working Together by Brett J. Novick

ISBN: 978-1475828887

Adolescent Literacy Strategies

Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies at Work, 5th Edition, by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

ISBN: 978-0135180877

Brain-Based Teaching for the Adolescent Learner

Teaching for Deeper Learning by Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver

ISBN: 978-1416628620

Bringing Excitement to the Science Classroom

Formative Assessment for 3D Science Learning: Supporting Ambitious and Equitable Instruction. by Erin Marie Furtak

ISBN: 978-0-8077-6858-7 (paperback)

978-0-8077-8148-5 (ebook)

Bully Prevention

The Bully, The Bullied, and The Not-So-Innocent Bystander by Barbara Coloroso

ISBN: 978-0062572165

Character Education in the Classroom

Culturize by Jimmy Casas

ISBN: 978-1-946444-46-2

Classroom Technologies

Edtech for the K-12 Classroom: ISTE Readings on How, When and Why to Use Technology

ISBN: 978-1564846938

Collaborative Classroom

Co-Teaching that Works: Structures and Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning, 2nd Edition, by Anne M. Beninghof

ISBN: ‎978-1119653325

Combating the Effects of Poverty in the Classroom

Poor Students, Rich Teaching by Eric Jensen

ISBN: 978-1947604636

Combating Problem Behaviors

From Behaving to Belonging; The Inclusive Art of Supporting Students Who Challenge Us by Julie Causton & Kate Macleod.

ISBN: 978-1-4166-2929-0

Creating Safer Schools

Can We Ensure Safe Schools? A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety edited by Fern Aefsky

ISBN: 978-147584519

Cyberbullying

Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying, 3rd Edition, by Sameer Hinduja & Justin W. Patchin

ISBN: 978-1071916568

Developing Capable Visible Learners

Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners Grades K-12 by Nancy Frey, John Hattie, and Douglas Fisher.

ISBN: 978-1506389981

Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom

Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach & Teach All Learners, Updated Anniversary Edition, by Diane Heacox

ISBN: 978-1575-42416-3

Beginning in September the new textbook will be Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom, 2^nd Edition, written by Caol Ann Tomlinson and Marcia B. Imbeau.  ISBN: 9781416631774

Disciplinary Literacy Grades 5-12

Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher’s Guide for Grades 5-12 by Thomas DeVere Wolsey and Diane Lapp

ISBN: 978-1-462527-92-2

Discipline with Dignity

Discipline with Dignity: How to Build Responsibility, Relationships, and Respect in Your Classroom, 4th Edition, by Curwin, Mendler, Mendler

ISBN: 978-1416625810

Dropout Prevention

The Dropout Prevention Specialist Workbook: A How-To Guide for Building the Skills and Competencies for Addressing the School Dropout Crisis (SSWAA Workshop Series) by Blonsky, Howard M. 

ISBN: 978-0190090845

Educating Special Needs Students

Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs, 8th Edition, by Peter Westwood

ISBN: 978-0367625757

Effective Classroom Management

The First Days of School, 5th Edition, by Harry Wong

ISBN: 978-0976423386

Emotional Security in Schools

The Emotionally Connected Classroom: Wellness and the Learning Experience by Bill Adair

ISBN: 978-1-5443-5636-5

English for Speakers of Other Languages

Making Content Comprehensible For English Learners by Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah J. Short

ISBN: 978-0-13-404523-8

Getting to the Core

Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement by Lucy Calkins

ISBN: 978-0-325-04355-5

Getting & Keeping Parent Support

Parents on Your Side: A Teachers Guide to Creating Positive Relationships with Parents, 2nd Edition, by Lee Canter

ISBN: 978-1-934009-76-5

Health and Wellness

Ready, Set, Go!: The Kinesthetic Classroom 2.0 by Michael S. Kuczala and Traci Lengel

ISBN: 978-150636583

Inclusion

Your Students, My Students, Our Students, Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms by Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, Julie Kroener

ISBN: 978-1-4166-2809-5

Innovative Testing Tools

The New Art and Science of Classroom Assessment by Robert J. Marzano, Jennifer S. Norford and Mike Ruyle

ISBN: 978-1945349157

Integrated Co-Teaching

The required text for this course is Co-Teaching that Works: Structures and Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning, 2nd Edition, by Anne M. Beninghof

ISBN: ‎978-1119653325

Integrated Curriculum for K-12 Instruction

Rigorous Curriculum Design: How to Create Curricular Units of Study That Align Standards, Instruction, and Assessment by Larry Ainsworth and Kyra Donovan

ISBN: 978-1328027078.

Linguistically Diverse Students & Literacy

Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning- Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom, 2nd Edition, by Pauline Gibbons

Managing the Post Pandemic Classroom

Reconnect: Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging by Doug Lemov, Hilary Lewis, Darryl Williams, and Denarius Frazier

ISBN: 978-1119739975

 

Mindset Matters

Mindset: Changing The Way You Think To Fulfill Your Potential by Carol Dweck

ISBN-10: 147213995X

Multicultural Education

Crossing Cultures in the Language Classroom, 2nd Edition, by Andrea DeCapua, Ed.D and Ann C. Wintergerst, Ed.D

ISBN: 978-0-472036417

New Faces

Belonging: How Social Connection Can Heal, Empower, and Educate Kids, 1st Edition, by Dustin Bindreiff

ISBN: 978-1071876190

Problem Based Learning

Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences by Suzie Boss with John Larmer

ISBN: 978-1416626732

Peer Mentoring & Coaching

Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing and Reflecting with Novice Teachers by Carol Pelletier Radford

ISBN: 978-1506345116

Professional Learning Communities

Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work, 3rd Edition, by Richard DuFour, et al.

ISBN: 978-1943874378

Reaching Out to Our Gay & Transgender Students

The Educator's Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion by Kryss Shane

ISBN: 978-1787751088

Reaching & Teaching Students with ADD/ADHD

Managing ADHD in School; The Best Evidence-Based Methods for Teachers by Russell Barkley

ISBN: 978-1559570435

Response to Instruction/Intervention

Integrated Multi-Tiered System of Support: Blending RTI and PBIS by Kent McIntosh and Steve Goodman

ISBN: 978-1-4625-2474-7

Self-Esteem for Educators

The textbook for this class is embedded within the course.

Service Learning

Service Learning: A Guide to Planning, Implementing and Assessing Service Projects, 2nd Edition, by Sally Berman

ISBN: 978-1632205704

Social Justice in the Classroom

From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation by Amy Aldridge Sanford

ISBN: 978-1516543380

Strategic Lesson Planning

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, 1st Edition, by Pooja K. Agarwal and Patrice M. Bain 

ISBN: 978-1119521846

Strategies for Teaching Equity and Social Comprehension

Being the Change; Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed

ISBN: 978-0325099705

Strategies to Teach Critical Vocabulary

Bringing Words to Life; Robust Vocabulary Instruction by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown and Linda Kucan

ISBN: 978-1462508167

Beginning with August 2024 classes the required text is The Vocabulary Playbook
Learning Words That Matter, K-12 by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

ISBN: 978-1071894309

Strategies for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Decoding Autism and Learning the Way to Successful Inclusion by Barbara Boroson

ISBN: 978-1416629191

Stress Management for Teachers

The textbook for this course is available digitally within the course.

Study Strategies for School Success

Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, 2nd Edition, by Ceri B. Dean, et al.

ISBN: 978-1416613626

Teachers & Parents

Strengthening the Parent Teacher Partnership by Jane Cofie

ISBN: 978-1950317172

Teachers & the Law

Education Law: The Law of Schools, Students and Teachers, 7th Edition, by Kern Alexander and M. David Alexander.

ISBN: 9781636593005

Teaching Creativity Creatively

Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire

ISBN: 978-0399175664

Teaching English to ESOL Learners

Unlocking English Learners′ Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible, 1st Edition, by Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Cail Snyder

ISBN: 978-1506352770

Teaching Gifted & Talented Students

The Teacher’s Guide to Gifted and Talented Education, 1st Edition, by Kate Lafferty

ISBN: 978-1032213514

Teaching & Learning with Documents

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 12th Edition, by Neil Browne

ISBN: 978-0134425610

Teaching & Learning with Groups

Cooperative Learning: An Effective Teaching Manual by June Belcher-Veasley

ISBN: 978-1-7325767-8-0

Teaching Reading Strategies

Teaching Reading in the Content Area: If Not Me, Then Who?, 3rd Edition, by Vicki Urquhart and Dana Frazee

ISBN: 978-1416614210

Beginning in August 2024 the new textbook will be Clearing the Path for Developing Learners: Essential Literacy Skills to Support Achievement in Every Content Area by Peg Grafwallner

ISBN: 978-1954631793

Teaching Social and Emotional Learning

All Learning Is Social and Emotional by Nancy Frey 

ISBN: 978-1416627074

The Digital Classroom

The Google Infused Classroom: A Guidebook to Making Thinking Visible and Amplifying Student Voice by Holly Clark

ISBN: 978-1733646802

The Professional Teacher; Strategies for the New-ish Teacher

Smart from the Start: 100 Tools for Teaching with Confidence by James H. Stronge, Jessica M. Straessle, and Xianxuan Xu.

ISBN: 978-1416631941

Trends and Issues in Reading Instruction

Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading by Chase Young, David Paige, and Timothy V. Rasinski

ISBN: 978-1032080864

Whole Brain Learning

Brain-Based Learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn, 3rd Edition, by Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie

ISBN: 978-1-5443-6454-4

Writing Across the Curriculum

Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision by Ruth Culham

ISBN: 978-1625311177