{"product_id":"pkp-connect-alignment-lori-ellen-pisani-9798903452996","title":"PKP Connect - Alignment: Systems That Protect Good Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSystems do not improve teaching by adding more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e They improve it by protecting what already works.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlignment: Systems That Protect Good Teaching\u003c\/em\u003e is the third volume in \u003cem\u003eThe Alignment Series: How Human Systems Learn\u003c\/em\u003e, and it shifts the focus from classroom practice to the systems that surround it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many efforts in education focus on improving individual teaching skill, this book examines a deeper and often overlooked reality: even strong instructional practice cannot sustain itself inside misaligned systems. Leadership decisions, professional development structures, policy pressures, and accountability demands all shape what is possible inside classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work explores how systems either protect or distort teaching over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering programs or implementation models, \u003cem\u003eAlignment\u003c\/em\u003e presents a clear framework for understanding how instructional ecosystems function, and why good teaching often erodes under pressure despite best intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in the Pisani-Kershaw Program (PKP), this book examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow leadership posture functions as instruction at scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy initiative overload fractures instructional coherence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow professional development can support thinking instead of compliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy guardrails protect practice better than mandates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow measurement systems often distort social-emotional learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of coaching as a bridge between classroom and system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow accountability pressure reshapes instruction if left unmanaged\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy alignment must be actively protected, not assumed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about controlling systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is a book about understanding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt reframes alignment not as uniformity, but as coherence between values, decisions, and conditions. It challenges leaders to move beyond surface-level alignment efforts and instead examine how systems behave when teaching becomes complex, slow, or difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of a three-book architecture: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGroundwork\u003c\/em\u003e defines the conditions required for learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cem\u003ePractice\u003c\/em\u003e examines instruction as it unfolds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cem\u003eAlignment\u003c\/em\u003e explores how systems sustain or disrupt teaching at scale \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for school leaders, instructional coaches, educators, and system-level thinkers, this book offers a disciplined lens for protecting instructional integrity without reducing teaching to compliance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause effective systems are not defined by what they demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They are defined by what they protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lori-Ellen Pisani,Aaron B. Kershaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798903452996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Buildingblocs Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d","brand":"Lori-Ellen Pisani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997587190015,"sku":"9798903452996","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pkp-connect-alignment-lori-ellen-pisani-9798903452996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}