Books published by Edumatch

2020 has been an unprecedented year, but EduMatch(R) is back for our fifth annual Snapshot in Education. Dive in as a wide variety of educators share a snapshot of what they learned, what they did, and how they grew in 2020. Topics include identity, instructional topics, self-care, and more! Let's continue to learn and grow together.

In this book, you will read true stories from the author''s own experiences as a teacher and as a student, as well as stories from many educators about "That One Kid" who made an impact on them. Some share the times they learned a good lesson, experienced a loss, and questioned or reaffirmed their calling as an educator. Others recall interactions that led to a really good laugh or an experience that took them down a different path entirely. Each story in this book will push you to reflect on your own practice and teach some truly valuable and heartfelt lessons.THRIVE:TenacityHonestyRelatabilityIntegrityVulnerabilityEmpathy

Aubrey Bright in Stories That Connect Us is a heart-warming tale of intergenerational connection and the first book in a new series focusing on how relationships are strengthened through storytelling and the power technology has to connect us.Aubrey, a young precocious girl, has a strong relationship with her Gramma which is anchored in a love of storytelling. When her Gramma gets sick, Aubrey shows her that technology can be a powerful tool for modern storytelling and connection. We are thrilled to feature the artwork of a talented student, whose beautiful illustrations inspired the character, and whose voice helped us craft our narrative.Aubrey Bright is sure to engage K-8 teachers and students in conversations around digital citizenship and the positive uses of technology in our daily lives.

Despite the fact that unicorns are not real, you undoubtedly know what a unicorn is. Despite the fact that narwhals ARE real, you may not know what a narwhal is. In schools, we think that engagement at the highest level like it''s a unicorn-something we''ve heard of, but know isn''t real. We should be thinking of engagement in schools as a narwhal-something that we may not know much about, but is absolutely real and can be found right in your own school!In this book, Heather Lyon creates a common understanding of what engagement looks and sounds like so that anyone can design and gauge instruction using this understanding. More importantly, with this knowledge educators can make changes to instruction to truly increase student engagement.

Data has become synonymous with other four-letter words, as a source of profanity not to be uttered in schools, yet being assessment literate is actually a key component in generating highly effective learning environments.In this book, Dr. Schmittou takes the often dreaded conversation about assessment and data and makes it manageable, useful, and relevant. This is not a book about scale scores, Rausch Units, or standard deviations. This is a book designed to help classroom teachers get to know their students better by creating and using assessment in a systemic and systematic way that actually makes sense.If you are an educator who loves students, loves your content, and loves teaching, but you hate the high stakes environment that schools have become because of the misunderstandings surrounding numbers, labels, and data, then this is the book for you. Jump in and learn practical tips for understanding how to reach EACH child in your quest to teach EVERY child. Knowing the difference between EACH and EVERY is THE difference.

In REAL LOVE: Strategies for Reaching Students Who See No Way Out, Alexes uses her personal stories and professional experiences to empower and equip educators with strategies that can be implemented, immediately, to support students with diverse needs. Rooted in the theories of Culturally Responsive and Reality pedagogy, Alexes challenges educators to reconsider outdated and inequitable educational practices and pushes them to create learning environments, experiences, and opportunities that will meet the social, emotional, cultural, and academic needs of all students. To Alexes, REAL LOVE is not a mere acronym. Instead, it is her call to action for all educators to take a new approach to the way teaching and learning happens in our schools and classrooms. She believes that a radical transformation to our pedagogical practices will result in the elimination of educational achievement and opportunity gaps and an increase in the college and career readiness and completion rate of some of our most vulnerable student populations.

Maybe you're the teacher who loves their job but would do anything to help your burnt out colleague.Maybe you're the teacher that thinks back fondly to the days when you loved your job. Now, you spend more time looking to go elsewhere than engaging with education. Maybe you're the administrator who is struggling with the climate and culture of your school but cannot put your finger on what's really happening.Maybe you're the dissatisfied administrator.The purpose of this book isn't to judge any educator based on where they are on the continuum of engagement. The purpose is to provide the words that people need to describe their feelings so they can move toward healing. Reignite the Flames, the follow-up book to The Fire Within, expands on the concepts of:Educator engagement and disengagementThe connection between disengagement and mental health issues like burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and demoralizationThe impact of stress and trauma on our brains and bodiesAnd strategies for self-care and re-engagementThere is no denying the challenge of being an educator, but there are opportunities to re-engage and be happy. Reignite the Flames provides the vocabulary and the roadmap to help.

Barbara Bray wrote Define Your WHY from the process she went through to figure out her WHY and through coaching others who did not feel valued, appreciated, or why they needed to live on purpose. Barbara tells her story with stories from 26 inspirational thought leaders along with quotes, resources, questions, and activities to help you on your journey to define your WHY so you own your story.

Bondad ... para algunos, es muy fácil practicarla en su vida diaria, pero para otros, puede ser una lucha constante. Cada persona tiene su historia, y conociéndola es como a menudo podemos encontrar la respuesta a esto. Conoce a Gus, un niño huérfano que pasa por la vida pensando que las palabras y acciones hirientes son la única forma de comportarse y comunicarse con los demás. Curiosamente, Gus vive en una ciudad que guarda un misterioso secreto que finalmente se sale a la luz cuando se descubre algo que estaba oculto. ¡Conoce este secreto y únete al efecto de la bondad que Gus, junto con su escuela y su ciudad, están experimentando con el resto del mundo! Este libro, junto con cada uno de ustedes lectores, sin duda cambiará nuestro mundo tal como lo conocemos. A final de cuentas, solo se necesita una gota de bondad para llenar de amor un corazón.