@TeacherToolkit Books
Ross's knowledge and range is encyclopedic...
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Mark.Plan.Teach. is a book that all teachers deserve to read!
The book has become my little bible...
Ross Morrison McGill
Author Impact
The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Feedback
Transform Classroom Feedback.
The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Feedback delves into three essential types of feedback and formative assessment: verbal, non-verbal, and written. Supported by up-to-date research and diverse case studies, it simplifies theories and introduces unique strategies proven to impact classrooms positively. Discover invaluable tools to enrich teaching practices, increase student engagement and deepen understanding. Published, 26th September 2024.
The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Questioning
Turning theory into practice.
Discover the research behind how effective questioning can help students to recall information! The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Questioning provides evidence-based strategies for improving questioning and recall in the classroom. With infographics, charts and diagrams, you'll receive a wealth of original ideas for incorporating this theory into your day-to-day classroom teaching. Written by @TeacherToolkit (Ross Morrison McGill). Released 14th September 2023.
The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory
Turning theory into practice.
Discover the research behind how learners retain and recall information. The Teacher Toolkit Guide to Memory provides evidence-based strategies for improving memory in the classroom. With infographics, charts and diagrams, you'll receive a wealth of original ideas for incorporating this theory into day-to-day classroom practice. Written by @TeacherToolkit (Ross Morrison McGill). You can receive a signed copy direct from Ross McGill at a superb price. Released 9th June 2022.
The Revision Revolution
How to build a culture of effective study in your school.
Unsure why your students are avoiding revision? Are they struggling to revise? Maybe they're lacking the skills to revise successfully? The Revision Revolution 'How to build a culture of effective study in your school' book is for you. Written by @TeacherToolkit (Ross Morrison McGill) and Helen Howell. Take this opportunity to receive a signed copy from Ross McGill at an unbeatable price. Released 21st Jan 2022.
Mark. Plan. Teach. 2.0
Psychologically and evidence based.
With over 25,000 copies sold, Mark. Plan. Teach. continues to resonate with teachers across the world, reaching number 64 on Amazon! This revised 2.0 edition is an updated version of the bestseller by @TeacherToolkit including an illustrated visual booklet. This book is full of provocative questions, classroom ideas and leadership strategies to demonstrate why teachers should do less, not more, to become truly effective.
60-Second CPD
This book is a compendium of 239 easily accessible ideas and theories
It's a book that every teacher and leader, in every primary and secondary school, can return to again and again as the year moves on and their career progresses; a book with 'a million and one ideas out there' into one practical, concise and inspiration-packed book designed to build knowledge, provide opportunities for deep thought and reflection. The book reached number 69 on Amazon's book charts!
Sara Berry
I am deputy head at a large secondary school in Bristol and we have these books on our CPD recommended reading list for staff. We are always hearing from staff how accessible they are and how they have made them stop and think about their own teaching. So thank you!
Just Great Teaching
Top ten issues facing U.K. schools
We often talk about the challenges of teacher recruitment and retention, about new initiatives and political landscapes, but day in, day out, teachers and schools deliver exceptional teaching and most of it is invisible. Ross uncovers, celebrates, analyses and disseminates best practice in teaching. Reaching the top 135 books listed on Amazon, Just Great Teaching Ross' experiences of working with schools at a system-level ...
Toxic Schools
How to avoid them and how to leave
This book shares five case studies from teachers who have identified toxic situations in the workplace and how day-to-day work environments impact on an individual's mental health and the pupils around them. Toxic Schools shines a light on school issues we would rather push under the carpet.
Hairdresser or Footballer: Bridging the gender gap in schools
How and why gender is an issue
This is a book for parents, teachers and leaders who wish to re-shape the gender narrative and rethink the strategies and ideas schools, organisations and the general public can offer to boys and girls. Challenging stereotypes and bias, ‘Hairdresser or Footballer?’ suggests we can start to do.
Teacher Toolkit: Helping You Survive Your First Five Years
Mastering the basics for new teachers
Written to support teachers who are new to the teaching profession, Teacher Toolkit helps teachers get off to a good start with pragmatic and research-informed advice to help individuals thrive in a challenging role.
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Lessons
100 pocket-sized Ideas for teachers
Ross’ first book sold over 20,000 copies and reached the top-13 of all books listed on Amazon in 2013! The 100 ideas book offers a range of ‘plug and play’ strategies for the busy classroom teacher.
Ross is due to publish his tweltfth book in September 2024. He has written over 3,000 blog posts (2 million words) across this site, and published for Schools Week, The Guardian and The Telegraph newspaper; view all his citation and publications in the press. Visit Amazon to see Ross' other books.
Having blogged on this website since 2008, Bloomsbury asked Ross Morrison McGill to write his first book, 100 Ideas – Outstanding Lessons (2013), selling 25,000+ copies as well as reaching the top-13 of all books on Amazon 3 months after publication. Ross' second book, Teacher Toolkit: helping you survive your first 5 years (2015) is popular with new teachers and was Ross's first bespoke volume of work with artists Jean Jullien and influencer, Polly Nor.
Ross' third book reached international success, and pre-printed copies sold out before the publication date! Today, Mark Plan Teach (2017) has also sold over 25,000 copies globally and has made Ross, Bloomsbury’s most successful education author, ever! His fourth book, Just Great Teaching, is a 'slow burner' slowly revolutionising how school leaders think and work. Ross's updated copy of Mark Plan Teach 2.o, published in January 2021 shares his experiences of sharing MPT 1.0 with 30,000 teachers worldwide.
Ross's sixth book title, Guide To Memory was published in June 2022. He claims it is his best work to date, and if he had learned more about neuroeducation while training to be a teacher, his classroom experiences would have been very different!
In 2023, he published his seventh book with Bloomsbury, Guide To Questioning and is ready to publish book number eight, Guide To Feedback, in September 2024.
Ross has published 12 book titles with two publishers, accumulating almost 100,000 book sales to date ...