In Teachers as Architects of Learning: Twelve Constructs to Design and Configure Successful Learning Experiences, authors Gavin Grift and Clare Major explain that effective student learning requires K-12 teachers to have a deep and reflective understanding of the learning process. With a goal of supporting teachers in professional growth that shifts the focus from teaching to learning, Grift and Major outline twelve learning constructs that will assist teachers in designing and configuring learning experiences to maximize student success. The authors draw on ample research and professional experience to demonstrate how readers can mindfully adopt classroom strategies for planning and implementing learning that students find engaging. Readers will: Gain a deeper understanding of the learning process through an extensive overview of key learning theories and their practical applications, Discover how a focus on learning rather than teaching benefits students and study practical methods for enacting this focus in the classroom, Explore twelve learning constructs and ways of incorporating them into the classroom, Develop more mindful instructional approaches in both individual and collaborative contexts, Examine the importance of students' investment in their own learning and create environment in which students find more motivation and agency in their learning.