Habits for Resilient Learners offers practical strategies that educators can immediately apply to help students build agency, perseverance, and confidence. The authors combine research, real stories, and classroomready tools to make resilience both teachable and attainable. This book is a valuable resource for anyone committed to preparing learners for success in school and in life.
Peter DeWitt
Ed.D., Instructional Leadership Collective, author
Habits for Resilient Learners is a must-read for every educator committed to preparing students for success in and out of school. In times of constant change and unforeseen challenges, resilience is no longer optional; it is a fundamental skill. Each chapter provides opportunities for reflection, allowing educators to pause, examine their own practices, and consider how to best support the growth of resilience in their students. Habits of Resilient Learners is grounded in evidence-based research and provides powerful insights for fostering perseverance, building confidence, and cultivating resilience in all learners.
Joy Casey
Habits for Resilient Learners illuminates a powerful blend of lived classroom stories, clear research, and ready-to-use strategies that teachers can immediately integrate into practice. The learning from this book becomes the thread that weaves together how educators can support students in mastering content while building resilience.
Michael Nelson
Students need tools to help them succeed and teachers need practical strategies to help their students thrive. This dynamic team of experienced educators offers us an innovative approach to doing both. Not only do the authors share specific ways we can support students’ academic success, they include strategies for promoting well-being too. A must-read for busy teachers who are ready to motivate their students to embrace their own learning journeys.
Carol Pelletier Radford
Habits for Resilient Learners by Prendergast, Lee, & Brueggeman delivers practical classroom strategies that support the development of resilient learning habits that lie within each of our students. Supported by research, the authors provide easy-to-implement tools and use relatable classroom experiences that teach how resilience is about moving beyond our struggles. When these 10 habits are modeled, reinforced, and prioritized by educators, they have the capability to impact learners well into their adult lives.
Sarah Moore
This book is a powerful resource for educators, offering research-based routines and habits that are easy to implement in everyday teaching. I feel confident that the student learning and student engagement in the classroom will be improved when these habits and tools are applied in practice. I especially appreciate the focus on healthy digital boundaries and fostering resilience in both educators and students -- timely and transformative guidance!
Lindsay Deacon
Habits for Resilient Learners by Prendergast, Lee, and Brueggeman invites educators to view resilience not as a fixed trait, but as a skill that can be developed. In today’s turbulent times, this perspective feels especially urgent. Each chapter highlights a specific habit, blending research with practical strategies that teachers can use right away. I value how the book grounds resilience in both evidence and classroom application, making it a resource that any teacher can lean on to build stronger connections with students and help them thrive as learners over the long term.
Diane Sweeney
From the very start of Habits for Resilient Learners, I could tell I would be shifting my personal and professional mindset. As a mother and educator, I learned ways to promote my own children and students to not just learn, but own their learning. Each new habit helped me to better understand and put into practice learning opportunities to build resilient learners to be successful in the school setting and beyond. The text offers practical and useful ways for any area or level of educator to take back. What a gift!
