Out of Curiosity and Curiosity Works - Print Book Bundle

Out of Curiosity and Curiosity Works - Print Book Bundle

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Curiousity Works Curiosity Works

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“Better” is no longer good enough. In today’s landscape of mandates and accountability, schools are under pressure to perform like never before. Improvement, while never easy, is generally achievable. But when the improvement plateaus and the pressure picks up again—what then?

Curiosity Works: Moving Your School from Improvement to Innovation dives into McREL International’s new Curiosity Works® approach for school improvement and innovation. It’s for K-12 educators and school leadership teams who are ready to drive what goes on in their building rather than be buffeted by the latest trends. It’s about harnessing the power of curiosity to advance student learning and teacher effectiveness.

Curiosity Works incorporates key elements of McREL’s What Matters Most® framework and Balanced Leadership® program that tens of thousands of teachers and leaders globally are already using to gain actionable insight into their profession, and layers on improvement pathways and phases of development to guide you and your team. Using the ideas, tips, and 17 practical tools in Curiosity Works, you’ll discover how to achieve unity of purpose with your faculty and community, rely on colleagues for in-house professional development, and guide change in a way that’s inspiring rather than nerve-wracking.

No two schools are alike and no two situations are alike, and in recognition of this Curiosity Works isn’t a lockstep, prescribed program. What you will find is a customizable approach that relies on, and leverages, your school’s own bright spots and collegial expertise, and appeals to our professional curiosity about what we can do to improve and innovate our teaching, leading, and learning
Out of Curiosity

Join Bryan Goodwin, a former business writer and high school teacher who now heads one of America’s leading education research and consulting firms, as he explores this uniquely human yet easily overlooked characteristic. Curiosity is the key to everything we treasure, and the best thing of all is that we’re all born with it—it just needs a little stirring up sometimes.

Learn how curiosity can be intentionally cultivated to:

  • Avert calamitous boardroom decisions.
  • Inspire innovative teaching and student learning.
  • Spark more meaningful conversations and relationships.
  • Generate higher levels of happiness.
  • Regain civility in our civic and political worlds.

If you’ve ever wondered . . . anything, really . . . just out of curiosity . . . then you’ve got what it takes to lead in your profession, in your community, and in your life. Because you are definitely not out of curiosity.

This price includes a 25% discount for ordering the print versions of Out of Curiosity and Curiosity Works together.

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Education: M.A. Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia; B.A. Professional Writing and Environmental Studies, Baylor University		 Bryan Goodwin

Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. For 21 years at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators everywhere adapt them to address their own challenges. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of Out of Curiosity: Restoring the Power of Hungry Minds for Better Workplaces, Schools, and Lives and Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success, as well as co-author of Curiosity Works: A Guidebook for Moving Your School from Improvement to Innovation, Unstuck: How Curiosity, Peer Coaching, and Teaming Can Change Your School, Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning: Tools for Achieving Success in Your School, and The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching: A Checklist for Staying Focused Every Day. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist.

 Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning, Curiosity Works, Instructional Models, Out of Curiosity, Simply Better, The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching, Unstuck, Pursuing Greatness, Tools for Igniting Curiosity, Building a Curious School, Learning That Sticks, Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick, Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work (Quick Reference Guide), The New Classroom Instruction That Works
Dale Lewis

Dale Lewis is senior director of research, evaluation, and technical assistance at McREL International, and is the deputy director of the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Pacific Region. Before joining McREL, Dale was a certified educational diagnostician, a special education teacher, a principal consultant for the American Institutes for Research, and director of the Texas Comprehensive Center. Dale has extensive experience using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model to support implementation of new education programs and initiatives.

 Curiosity Works, Unstuck
Kristin Rouleau

Kristin Rouleau is senior director of learning services and innovation at McREL International, working with schools, districts, and state departments of education as they navigate change and implement practices to increase student achievement. Kristin earned her administrative credentials from the University of Washington, her master’s in curriculum and teaching from Michigan State University, and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Western Michigan University. As of this writing, she is a doctoral student in leadership for educational equity at the University of Colorado–Denver.

 Curiosity Works, Unstuck, Learning That Sticks, Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work (Quick Reference Guide), The New Classroom Instruction That Works