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Future Focused Learning

10 Essential Shifts of Everyday Practice

Ten ways to enhance teaching and learning. Ten ways to make the great work you do as a teacher and make it exceptional. Ten ways to transform yourself and your learners.

Look to The Future of Learning

Future Focused Learning is a special book that will change the way you think about teaching and learning. The “future focus” comes from an exploration of ten specific shifts designed to transform your practice.

The ten shifts will develop your learners’ fundamental skills in areas such as critical thinking, problem-solving, effective collaboration, creativity, information literacy, and much more. The shifts are then demonstrated on a practical level through a series of suggested strategies and activities called “microshifts”.

Additionally, the book explores topics in learner-centered learning competencies such as project-based learning, essential questions, STEM education, and digital skills.

Finally, you’ll also be treated to an exclusive online bonus chapter that examines the value of Solution Fluency, a fully structured workable process for solving any problem imaginable, across a range of applications.

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From the Book

“A common issue I encounter when consulting with schools is change fatigue … This is a valid concern and significantly impacts teacher buy-in to any process. I’ve managed to overcome this with many schools by focusing on the ten shifts of practice I present in this book … they don’t reset your practice but rather support it. 

“This book presents ten core shifts of practice you can use with your students immediately, regardless of your core curriculum or instructional pedagogy. Each chapter presents a future-focused shift, explains what it is, and shows how it benefits learning.” 

—Future Focused Learning

Praise for Future Focused Learning

  • "Future-Focused Learning provides a clear guide for building teacher capacity. By implementing Lee Crockett's highly effective coaching processes, I have seen professional transformation take place in the form of renewed teacher practice and increased student engagement."

    Kathleen Baker Brown, assistant principal, Parap Primary School, Australia

  • “Teachers at any stage in their career can benefit from Future-Focused Learning. I can open to any chapter and find a valuable instructional shift and the reasoning behind it. Each strategy works with any content, grade level, or curriculum and results in increased agency for my students and more fun teaching for me!”

    Lisa Bejarano, National Board-Certified Teacher, 2015 Colorado Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

  • “Lee has found a way to do what all the gurus from the era of Bloom’s taxonomy haven’t achieved—alter teaching practice to reach the upper layers of the taxonomy. For teachers looking for one read on how to alter practice without changing pedagogy, while still maintaining a strong moral compass, this book will guide them on their journey.”

    John Fischetti, head of school and dean of education, the University of Newcastle, Australia

  • “Future-Focused Learning has a gentle approach to challenging thinking while providing easy-to-implement suggestions that have great potential to impact student learning and increase success. The book provides guidance to understand and accept new practices, then includes classroom activities that will make them effective.”

    Eileen Depka, author, Raising the Rigor

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