So, below is an email I received from my editor at Taylor and Francis Press from Routledge.
A minor change in the title, “Let’s Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning: A Practical Guide.” (Changed the “quit” since we didn’t really want to give the wrong impressions when readers searched for book on Amazon.”)
Looking forward to sharing it with all of you. I’ll be back up with regular blogs soon!
From the Editor:
Hi Jason,
Great questions! The next step is that we’ll send the manuscript to our Production team early next week. Production takes about six months and includes copyediting, typesetting, and printing plus ebook creation. You’ll be kept in the loop along the way to answer copyeditor queries and to review the full proofs before publication. Someone from our Production team will be in touch to introduce themselves and send you a complete schedule once they begin the process, but I’d estimate we’ll have a published book in April 2023. (Spring is great timing as schools plan for summer PD sessions!)
In a couple weeks, I’ll send you some cover designs (based on your ideas) and we can finalize one and then start using it for pre-marketing before the release. The pub date will likely be April but the book will likely be available for pre-order starting in mid-November, so that’s exciting! 
Two questions for you:
- What do you think about putting the resources from Ch. 8 on our website so educators can download/print them for their own use? We often do that. The material would stay in the book but also be available in a printable version online. We’d call it “Support Material.”
- We drafted a book description for the back cover and website. Could you please let me know if it’s approved or if you have any changes? Note that the bio has to be short on the back cover, but we’ll have the full one inside the book.
Book Description
How can you shift from a focus on content to the creation of active learning experiences? In this practical resource, author Jason Kennedy provides a blueprint to help you stop “teaching” and start designing learning, so you can improve students’ critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and collaboration with others, preparing them for their futures beyond school doors. The framework for learning design covers components of planning (learning targets), of instruction (the opening, learning task, skills, tools, and success criteria), and of the work session (choices, pathways, feedback, and assessment). Appropriate for teachers of any subject area, the book also offers wide variety of tools to help you implement the ideas in your own setting.
Jason Kennedy is a veteran educator, instructional coach and school administrator who has over 22 years of experience at all levels of education.
Thanks so much,
