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Makes a strong contribution to the field, illuminating many issues and significant concerns.' - Mary Carlson, Special Education Teacher, Park Hill K-8 School, Denver, CO 'A unique, timeless collection that raises interesting questions about disability classification internationally.' - Wendy Dallman, Special Education Teacher, New London High School, WI Promote equal educational opportunity through improved classification practices! The ide...

Join Randi Stone as she visits the classrooms of award-winning teachers to observe their tried-and-true best practices for teaching social studies to elementary, middle school, and high school learners. Explore inquiry-based strategies for building student confidence and achievement as teachers demonstrate how students do oral histories, design individualized research projects, learn about geography and cultural diversity, become pro-active ci...

Join Randi Stone as she visits the classrooms of award-winning teachers to observe their tried-and-true best practices for teaching social studies to elementary, middle school, and high school learners. Explore inquiry-based strategies for building student confidence and achievement as teachers demonstrate how students do oral histories, design individualized research projects, learn about geography and cultural diversity, become pro-active ci...

Practical advice from the teacher's perspective! Learn what effective principals do to influence, motivate, and empower teachers. Based on an in-depth study in which teachers detail the strategies extraordinary principals used to help them become more effective in the classroom, this third edition incorporates the most up-to-date literature and includes easy-to-follow guidelines in each chapter. An ideal resource for experienced or aspiring ...

This updated edition of More Than 100 Tools for Developing Literacy offers K-12 teachers a collection of ready-to-use activities to improve students' reading comprehension, notetaking skills, vocabulary, and research skills. These activities are adaptable for any curriculum and can also be used to improve content area reading. The second edition includes: An expanded discussion of assessment A format for locating appropriate activities for b...

A blueprint for science lessons that develop students' higher-level thinking skills! This second edition of Catch Them Thinking in Science offers easy-to-use strategies to help students gather, process, analyze, and apply information throughout the science curriculum. The author presents units of study that align with national science standards and offers strategies for cooperative learning groups to increase student comprehension in science. ...

The Personnel Evaluation Standards, Second Edition describes 27 standard statements that together constitute the American National Standard (ANSI/JCSEE 1-2008) issued by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. This book guides sound evaluations of educators across all levels, from Pre-K through graduate schools. Categorized by four attributes of evaluation propriety, utility, feasibility, and accuracy these standard statem...

How to Stop Bullying and Social Aggression is a research-based resource for K6 classrooms offering fun, interactive lessons and activities that simplify the instruction of skills critical to students' safety and well-being, promote healthy social-emotional development, and improve academic achievement. In clear, jargon-free language, the authors provide teachers, administrators, and counselors with strategies for engaging bullies, victims, and...

How to Stop Bullying and Social Aggression is a research-based resource for K6 classrooms offering fun, interactive lessons and activities that simplify the instruction of skills critical to students' safety and well-being, promote healthy social-emotional development, and improve academic achievement. In clear, jargon-free language, the authors provide teachers, administrators, and counselors with strategies for engaging bullies, victims, and...

This user-friendly guide, designed around the author's seven-book collection on leadership, provides educational leaders, staff developers, and professors with a comprehensive staff development or principal training curriculum.

Discover how to transform intermittent teacher mentoring into effective, systematic coaching! This book shows school and district leaders how to develop a collaborative mentoring program that will help retain new teachers, improve student achievement, and boost school performance. The authors present a practical, field-tested model that clearly defines roles, expectations, and experiences for new teachers, mentors, and school leaders, and buil...

Discover how to transform intermittent teacher mentoring into effective, systematic coaching! This book shows school and district leaders how to develop a collaborative mentoring program that will help retain new teachers, improve student achievement, and boost school performance. The authors present a practical, field-tested model that clearly defines roles, expectations, and experiences for new teachers, mentors, and school leaders, and buil...

Great leaders are made, not born. Written by the authors of From Good Schools to Great Schools, this sequel shows how great school leaders can be developed and how leaders can acquire the powerful personal leadership characteristics that the best administrators use to lead their schools to greatness. Based on sound strategies and the work of Jim Collins, Gray and Streshly tackle how to build relationships, communicate effectively, exercise yo...

Robert Sylwester, author of more than 20 books on cognitive science, has written this latest book to help parents and educators understand children's cognitive development and provide suggestions on how to nurture children to their full potential. A companion to The Adolescent Brain, this rich resource: - Examines the neurobiology of childhood, explaining the body/brain systems that develop during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood - Explores...

Written by an award winning superintendent and a successful educator and business person, this book is about courage, heart, brains and homeùfour assets that are essential to effective education. Educational leaders must have the courage to do the right thing, open their hearts to care for others, use their brains to continuously improve, and promote caring and nurturing homes.A School DistrictÆs Journey to Excellence shows educators how to be...

My shelves are overflowing with books about leadership and education. This one I will keep close by. Any time I begin to doubt the difference schools and leaders can make, I will pick it up, turn to a story and remind myself of why I became an educator." -From the Foreword by Terrence E. Deal A collection of influential and insightful articles on educational leadership! In this resource, retiring executive director of the American Associati...

My shelves are overflowing with books about leadership and education. This one I will keep close by. Any time I begin to doubt the difference schools and leaders can make, I will pick it up, turn to a story and remind myself of why I became an educator." -From the Foreword by Terrence E. Deal A collection of influential and insightful articles on educational leadership! In this resource, retiring executive director of the American Associati...

Help teachers discover how to use a simplified four-step model to differentiate instruction, accommodate children's developmental learning stages, and correlate instruction with NCTM standards and curriculum focal points.

Best practices to help you start the school year in a powerful way! This updated edition of the bestseller, Keys to the Classroom, provides new teachers with strategies for establishing clear classroom procedures and building a foundation for a successful first year. Readers will find a practical, easy-to-use guidebook that includes lesson plans, tips for organizing the first day, and sample parent letters in English and Spanish. The third e...

Best practices to help you start the school year in a powerful way! This updated edition of the bestseller, Keys to the Classroom, provides new teachers with strategies for establishing clear classroom procedures and building a foundation for a successful first year. Readers will find a practical, easy-to-use guidebook that includes lesson plans, tips for organizing the first day, and sample parent letters in English and Spanish. The third e...