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View book details for The School Law Handbook
What Every Leader Needs to Know
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A parent objects to a curriculum that includes a unit on Greek gods, arguing that it violates the separation of church and state. As a teacher or administrator, how should you respond? This type of issue is one most educators …
View book details for The Essentials of Science, Grades K-6
Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities in Practice)
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How can elementary school teachersthe proverbial jacks-of-all-tradesfeel more confident in their knowledge of science and teach science more effectively? The Essentials of Science, K-6 aims to unleash every elementary educator's inner science teacher. Through a plethora of classroom examples, interviews …
View book details for Common Core Standards for Middle School Mathematics
A Quick-Start Guide
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Smart implementation of the Common Core State Standards requires both an overall understanding of the standards and a grasp of their implications for planning, teaching, and learning. This Quick-Start Guide provides a succinct, all-in-one look at* The structure, terminology, and …
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Learning to inquire together, to generate knowledge and action simultaneously-that's action research. This book provides practical guidance for conducting schoolwide action research to improve student learning. Emily Calhoun, a co-author of the ASCD book, The Self-Renewing School provides detailed instructions …
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Join Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham Eidson in their continuing exploration of how real teachers incorporate differentiation principles and strategies throughout an entire instructional unit. Focusing on the elementary grades, but applicable at all levels, Differentiation in Practice, Grades …
View book details for The Principal 50
Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence
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"Why do I lead?" With this deceptively simple question, best-selling author Baruti K. Kafele begins a powerful examination of what it takes to make a school community achieve the greatest success in the classroom and beyond. In The Principal 50: …
View book details for The Classroom Behavior Manual
How to Build Relationships with Students, Share Control, and Teach Positive Behaviors
Positive student behaviors are desired outcomes, but this manual concentrates on inputs. How do you respond to difficult behavior in the moment when you know that punitive, compliance-based behavior management is so often ineffectual? What's the best way to prevent …
View book details for Promises Kept
Sustaining School and District Leadership in a Turbulent Era
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* What happens when a powerful school leader leaves?* What do innovating schools do to keep their learning agendas alive?* How can schools regroup when upheavals at the district, state, or federal level threaten to cripple their programs?In Sustaining Reform: …
View book details for Discipline with Dignity
How to Build Responsibility, Relationships, and Respect in Your Classroom
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In this revised and updated 4th edition, Discipline with Dignity provides in-depth guidance for implementing a proven approach to classroom management that can help students make better choices and teachers be more effective. Emphasizing the importance of mutual respect and …
View book details for Training Design, Delivery, and Diplomacy
An Educators Guide
Veteran instructional coaches A. Keith Young and Tamarra Osborne provide practical advice for trainers seeking high-leverage strategies for successful professional trainings.How do you see yourself as a trainer? Are you occasionally extraordinary, or do you flail about a bit? Are …
View book details for The Assistant Principal Identity
Protecting Your Leadership Mindset, Fervor, and Authenticity
Baruti K. Kafele, a champion for assistant principals, offers stories from his own leadership practice and thought-provoking advice for being effective in the role.The job of a school leader is more challengingand importantthan ever. To be effective, administrators need to …
View book details for The Instructional Playbook
The Missing Link for Translating Research into Practice
In schools, every day is "game day." Every day, teachers need the best resources and forms of support because students deserve the best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to serve as that kind of support: a …
View book details for Assessing with Respect
Everyday Practices That Meet Students' Social and Emotional Needs
In this timely and thoughtful call to action, author and educator Starr Sackstein examines the critical intersection between assessment and social and emotional learning (SEL), particularly as it affects students of color and other marginalized groups. The book addresses the …
View book details for Teacher Evaluation That Makes a Difference
A New Model for Teacher Growth and Student Achievement
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In this essential new book, best-selling author and researcher Robert J. Marzano and teacher-effectiveness expert Michael D. Toth lay out a framework for the "next generation" of teacher evaluation: a model focused primarily on helping educators develop and improve their …
View book details for Why Are We Still Doing That?
Positive Alternatives to Problematic Teaching Practices
Old habits die hard, particularly when they are part of the unexamined norms of schooling. In Why Are We Still Doing That?, the best-selling authors of Total Participation Techniques lead a teacher-positive, empathetic inquiry into 16 common educational practices that …
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How can educators work together more effectively to improve professional practice in a way that enhances student performance? The answer, says author Pam Robbins, involves combining collaborative activities and peer coachingteachers supporting teachers. This book describes how any school can …
View book details for What Makes a Star Teacher
7 Dispositions That Support Student Learning
How do some teachers manage to expertly engage students in deep learning, harmonize mandated standards with individual student needs, and create trusting relationships in the classroom? What typically sets these "star teachers" apart from other teachers? In What Makes a …
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This e-book, a collection of articles from Educational Leadership and other ASCD publications explores what it means to support the whole child. In these articles, authors ponder the various meanings of support in the classroom, school, and community. This third …
View book details for The Art and Science of Teaching
A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction
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Though classroom instructional strategies should clearly be based on sound science and research, knowing when to use them and with whom is more of an art. In The Art and Science of Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction, author …
View book details for Culture, Class, and Race
Constructive Conversations That Unite and Energize Your School and Community
Advancing equity in our schools and society requires deep thought and honest conversations about tough topics. These conversations about emotionally charged subjects, including race, class, and culture, can be daunting. Authors Brenda CampbellJones, Shannon Keeny, and Franklin CampbellJones, experts in …
View book details for Capturing the Wisdom of Practice
Professional Portfolios for Educators
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What do professional portfolios consist of? Who are their audiences? Why should teachers and administrators use them? How are they structured? In Capturing the Wisdom of Practice, Giselle Martin-Kniep answers these and other questions, drawing on her work with more …
View book details for The Artisan Teaching Model for Instructional Leadership
Working Together to Transform Your School
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The Artisan Teaching Model merges the idea of teamwork with the concept of an artisan-apprentice relationship. As in any apprenticeship, newer members of the profession work alongside experts ("artisans"). As apprentices become more skilled, they take on larger and more …
View book details for Principals and Student Achievement
What the Research Says
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What are the direct and indirect influences of principals on student achievement? How do successful principals motivate others? What kinds of relationships do they have with parents, students, and staff? Principals and Student Achievement identifies 26 essential traits and behaviors …
View book details for Building on the Strengths of Students with Special Needs
How to Move Beyond Disability Labels in the Classroom
ASCD
As a must-have reference for busy teachers with little special education training, this book supplies classroom-tested instructional strategies that address the characteristics of and challenges faced by students with special needs. Dozens of differentiated strategies target teachers anxieties and provide …
View book details for Engaging the Whole Child: Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership
Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership
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This e-book collection of articles from Educational Leadership provides a compelling look at what it means to truly open students to learning--heart, mind, body, and soul. The articles describe how to impart relevance, respect, and reward while also teaching traditional …
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