CIRCLE+ pedagogy: everyone is welcome, and there is always room for one more. The circle has no head of the table. Everyone in it can see everyone else. The gap is a seat for the next person who arrives, and the plus is the power the circle shares. CIRCLE+ began as the format of the Educating for Tomorrow conferences and is now the way the CARE + POWER books and courses are taught.
Three books, one practice: for instructors, for students, and for the colleagues who learn to teach this way together. These are First Editions. Every reviewer’s comment goes into the next edition.
The books
Each book has its own shop page: the Inclusive Teaching Handbook, the Student Edition, and the faculty development course. All three are coming soon; for now, request a review copy.
Inclusive Teaching Handbook: Nineteen Practices, and the Reasons Behind Them
A CIRCLE+ Book · Dr. Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov · 422 pages
Nineteen teaching practices, each in plain words with the research behind it, where it applies, what to do when something goes wrong, and further reading. Chapter 20 names the ideals the author is still growing into.
- TEACH+: Transparent, Equitable, Accessible, Cohort-based, Healing, and + Power shared
- The CARE + POWER model every course in the series follows
- River Street: Every Learner Has a Door, thirty-five composite learners across the 126 dimensions of Social G*R*A*C*E*S*
- The A+ Check: thirty questions to ask of any course
- A faculty development guide, worksheets and templates
First Edition, 2026. Request a review copy: sasha@drokacademy.ca
Life Happens. Learning Continues. What to Expect in a CIRCLE+ Classroom
The Student Edition · A CIRCLE+ Book · 41 pages
A short, plain-language guide for students: what to expect in a CIRCLE+ classroom, and where each promise is true.
- The Circle in six promises
- Your first week, with a checklist
- Twenty things to expect, one page each
- River Street: find your own door
- A toolkit for when something goes wrong
First Edition, 2026. Request a review copy: sasha@drokacademy.ca
CARE + POWER = CIRCLE+: A Faculty Development Course in Twelve Chapters
A CIRCLE+ Course · 26 pages
Twelve chapters, each on one key component of teaching and the practices that support students in it. Twelve one-hour sessions, six two-hour sessions, or one weekend.
- A revised syllabus
- A portfolio of twelve changes
- Your own River Street
- A circle of colleagues
First Edition, 2026. Request a review copy: sasha@drokacademy.ca
Free tools for teachers
Free to download, copy and adapt for your own course, with credit.
For facilitators
Made to be read by everyone
- Every book comes as an accessible PDF, tagged for screen readers, with a clickable contents list.
- All pages are portrait. Body text is 12-point Palatino. Every image has a text description.
- Free for the author’s students, and for anyone who supports the Armed Forces of Ukraine or cannot afford a copy right now.
- Every book ends with Add Your Voice: what readers send shapes the next edition.
AI support in preparing these books was substantial and is appreciated. The author reads and proofreads every book himself.
Request a review copy, or send a comment for the next edition: sasha@drokacademy.ca
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