LibGuides: JBS Faculty/Staff Professional Development Collection: Start Here

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Welcome to the JBS Faculty/Staff Professional Development Collection!

Please explore each tab for lists of titles on each topic.

Click on the book title to visit the book's record in the Library's catalog and check availability.

All books can be found in the Stamper Family Library along the wall facing the Quad.

Know of a great book or other resource we should add? Email the title and author to Kelly Sherman (ksherman@jburroughs.org) for consideration.

2025-2026 Reading

Join us in reading 10 to 25 : the science of motivating young people : a groundbreaking approach to leading the next generation--and making your own life easier by David Yeager. Email Sorsha Maness (smaness@jburroughs.org) if you want to join the discussion at the end of the year!

10 To 25: the science of motivating young people : a groundbreaking approach to leading the next generation--and making your own life easier by David Yeager
Call Number: 153.8 YEAGE

Publication Date: 2024

Imagine a world in which Gen Xers, millennials, and boomers interact with young people in ways that leave them feeling inspired, enthusiastic, and ready to contribute--rather than disengaged, outraged, or overwhelmed. That world may be closer than you think. In this book based on cutting edge research, psychologist David Yeager explains how to stop fearing young people's brains and hormones and start harnessing them.

Over the summer, several faculty participated in the Tech Camp Book Club, where we read Teaching with AI: a practical guide to a new era of human learning by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. Previous Tech Camp Book Club selections include Vintage Innovation by John Spencer.

Teaching with AI; a practical guide to a new era of human learning by José Antonio Bowen; C. Edward Watson
Call Number: 371.33402 BOWEN

Publication Date: 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, authorship, and education. In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool.
Vintage Innovation: Leveraging Retro Tools and Classic Ideas to Create Meaningful Learning by John Spencer
Call Number: 371.334 SPENC

Publication Date: 2020

Vintage Innovation redefines innovation not as "new and flashy" but as "better and different." It isn't a rejection of new approaches or cutting-edge technology so much as an embrace of the old and the new.It's the overlap of the "tried and true" and the "never tried." It's a mash-up of low-fi tech and new tech. It's the idea of finding relevance by looking back and looking forward. It's a focus on timeless skills in new contexts. It's the idea that innovation happens when teachers take a both/and approach as they empower their students in the present to prepare them for an uncertain future.