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What's New?
New Book Releases
Educational Eye Exam
by Alicia Ray
Teach Better
by Tiffany Ott, Rae Hughart, Jeff Gargas, Chad Ostrowski
More Exciting Book News!
Relentless Audiobook is Available NOW!
The Tattooed Skateboarding Principal, Hamish Brewer, broke DBC Inc. records with the release of Relentless: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm this past Spring…and now you can hear and feel all of his passion (and that New Zealand accent!) in the audiobook version read by Hamish, himself!
Read all about it in Dave's blog HERE. Also, click the button below to order your Relentless audiobook today!
Ready-Made Printable PD
Do you ever send emails of newsletters with incredible, innovative strategies and the staff just doesn't have time to read them?
We get it. Educators are BUSY! However, there is one place they all go and stop for a few moments. Yes. You got it!
What if you printed those newsletters and placed them on the backs of the stalls in the staff restroom? Tara Martin calls it building leadership capacity #PottyPD style!
Wish you had a Printable PD monthly to use as #PottyPD?
You're in luck!
Matt Miller has the hookup! Click HERE to download your Printable PD. Then, PRINT a copy and attach one to the backs of each stall in the staff restroom!
It’s #PottyPD ready-made for YOU! You might be surprised by the innovation that comes from your “captive” audience.
*Like this idea? Subscribe to Matt’s blog HERE and never miss another Printable PD.
Click the image below for a Printable PD PDF.
Featured Books of the Month
In Play Like a Pirate, Quinn Rollins offers practical, engaging strategies and resources that make it easy to integrate fun into your curriculum. Regardless of grade level, serious learning can be seriously fun with inspirational ideas that engage students in unforgettable ways.
In The Revolution, Middle School Principals Darren Ellwein and Derek McCoy call out the stagnant practices and irrelevant mindsets that prevent our learners from thriving in the modern world. More importantly, they lead the charge for change by identifying ways that passionate, forward-thinking educators can inspire globally connected cultures of innovation and creativity.
Author and educator Aaron Hogan helps shatter the idyllic “perfect teacher” myth, which erodes self-confidence with unrealistic expectations and sets teachers up for failure. His book equips educators with strategies that help them shift out of survival mode and THRIVE.
DBC Happenings
- Connect with Jennifer Burdis, author of EduNinja Mindset! The time is now to join us for this year’s #eduninja30 #trainedinchaos fitness challenge for every level & every person. You don’t want to miss out. It’s going to be epic. Sign up at http://EduNinja.net & FB: eduninja30. Follow for details.
- Katie Powell, author of Boredom Busters is hosting a Twitter Book Study beginning on 9.30.19. It will be a casual slow chat format. Jump in when you can to connect and grow as a community of educators. Just follow #BoredomBusters on Twitter to participate!
- A book study of Kasey Bell’s Shake Up Learning is starting September 26th (Multiple weeks…join anytime!!) Learn more HERE!
- George Couros is offering a thank you for the incredible support of his new and powerful book “Innovate Inside the Box” If you have purchased his book, you can enter to win a T-Shirt Five winners will be chosen at random. To enter, fill out the link below with proof of purchase (picture of you with the book or a receipt) of “Innovate Inside the Box”. If you haven’t purchased the book, you can purchase directly from Amazon here.
- 10+ FREE EduProtocol templates + ideas for using them with Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo featured on Matt Miller’s blog right HERE! We love the support of our DBC, Inc. Family!
- Need something to read? Adam Welcome just released an awesome 7-minute video review of 5 DBC books. Check it out HERE! We love seeing authors support authors. We are DBC FAMILY! One Little Side Note: Angelia and Nate are a "mother and son" duo.
September Contest Results
In September we launched a "Design Our Conference T-Shirt" Contest on social media. All of the entries were incredible! Thank you ALL for your support! We are proud to announce the winners!
To all of our runners up, we can't wait to hear what you think of your new books! The 15 books below are PIRATE-packed and shipped!
*If you'd like to check out any of the winning selections, simply click the book image and scroll down to the Free Preview. You can read the first few chapters of each book for FREE!
More DBC EDU-Awesomeness
- You don’t want to miss the Marco Learning interview with our incredible author of All 4s and 5s, Andrew Sharos! Click HERE to begin watching!
- Listen in on the latest episode of Lasting Learning as Quinn Rollins, author of Play Like a Pirate, talks about teaching, play, mental health, and his dog Lucky. Click HERE.
- TnT Episode 17 interviews Tisha Richmond, our very own Author of Make Learning Magical. He calls her the Joy Specialist! We couldn't agree more. Check it out HERE to give it a listen!
- George Couros was recently able to join the "Award Winning Culture" podcast. He said this podcast was really special to him because it was led by students. They asked him some great questions, but he made sure to ask them some questions, as well. Here is the whole episode: Award-Winning Culture podcast with George Couros.
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