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This volume offers an impressive collection of ideas to enhance education submitted by the heads of some of America's leading schools. The broad range of concepts will be of interest to any teacher who is committed to creating an outstanding school.

This book argues that if schools are to be successful learning places, the needs of teachers must be placed on a par with those of the students. The authors show how Total Quality Education schools address this problem, making learning an ongoing experience for both teachers and students.

The authors of this book confront barriers of discrimination that must be overcome to ensure an equitable education for all students. Specific activities and approaches are included to broaden awareness, understanding and communication. The volume provides practical examples that can be used to incorporate the philosophy of TQE with multicultural teaching in positive and supporting ways.

Current cultural and economic conditions can present a range of challenges to teachers, particularly when faced with the complex problems and needs of some students. Within this context, teachers must be able to meet students' educational and emotional needs, while ensuring their own personal survival. This guide uses research findings on teacher stress and `burnout' to provide support and encouragement to teachers. Suggestions offered include...

Formerly published by Zephyr Press This step-by-step guide to brain-based teaching presents innovative learning approaches that optimize learning, tap into students' creativity, boost teachers' instructional effectiveness, and raise student achievement. The authors provide user-friendly, field-tested learning strategies that include more than 120 process and reflection activities for use with individuals, small groups, or an entire class.

This practical volume offers administrators and teacher leaders advice on how to maximize the benefit of staff development programmes. The authors address three challenges: How and what trainers should observe in a classroom, how they should analyze these observations, and how they can translate observations into feedback which will encourage teachers to enhance their professional effectiveness.

This effective guide has been used to train not only aides and volunteers but also teachers and administrators throughout the world. Madeline Hunter describes a number of staff meeting plans for using the principles of learning in daily classroom planning and teaching.

This practical guide will help avert obstacles and clear the way for a healthy and productive working relationship that will benefit the individuals who are at the center of the enterprise - the children!' - Lawrence Balter, Professor, New York University Most teaching programs do not cover how to handle difficult parents, especially parents of special needs children. This book fills that gap, focusing both on dealing with specific problems a...

The focus of this helpful book is on using the community as a classroom for students to gain `real-world' experience. Neal A Glasgow offers examples of activities that utilize community resources, provides clear instruction for recruiting and using community mentors, and addresses insurance and liability issues for students who are involved in learning activities away from school. He also describes the project portfolio that students will pres...

The crucial role assessments play in education is addressed in this book. The authors describe the purposes and types of assessment and discuss how assessment can best be implemented to address the concerns of parents, teachers, school administrators and the public. Detailed descriptions of norm-referenced tests, criterion-referenced tests and alternative assessment strategies are provided together with advice on their application. Issues in r...

Among the greatest challenges faced by teachers and administrators are how to communicate effectively with students and how to resolve conflicts between them. Face to Face discusses the communication skills and conflict resolution principles necessary for the smooth functioning of schools and the effective teaching of students. The authors present a number of methods for improving teacher-student communication including: the use of reflective...

This is a clear, useful guide for teachers, administrators and student teachers in which Madeline Hunter offers ten step-by-step plans for staff development meetings. Each plan focuses on: one area of meeting, topics for staff discussion, long-range objectives, and follow-up activities.

This volume addresses the need for schools to recognize technology as the dominant factor in the new global economy. It argues that in order to be competitive within that economy, educators must incorporate technology into the learning experience. The author offers many examples of instructional uses of technology and details the various hardware and software processes that can be implemented. Finally, practical scenarios demonstrate the uses ...

The elements which influence a student's rate and degree of learning are outlined in this volume. Madeline Hunter demonstrates a diversity of practical teaching techniques, including how to design practice so that it does `make perfect' and how to avoid the `black holes' in any sequence of learning.

Madeline Hunter's bestselling book details the essentials of effective instruction for elementary, secondary and university students. Techniques and examples are incorporated in full detail.

Formerly published by Peytral PublicationsThis resource for teachers and parents presents a comprehensive overview of dyslexia and its effect on concentration, organization, memory, motivation, and confidence.Offering an abundance of practical strategies for successful learning, the book covers issuesásuch asáreading comprehension, spatial awareness and math, written language, visual tracking, and awareness of sounds in speech and spelling.

A model for the provision of pre and in-service training which promotes professional growth and competency