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The Rock 'n' Roll Classroom
Using Music to Manage Mood, Energy, and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Pump up the volume to increase student learning!
Drawing on educational and neuroscientific research, the authors unlock the mystery of managing mood, energy, and learning with music in this one-of-a-kind handbook. No matter what subject or grade you teach, ***The Rock 'n' Roll Classroom ***provides...
Afterschool Matters
Creative Programs That Connect Youth Development and Student Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2007
This book addresses the challenges of designing effective afterschool activities, provides quality program models from experts in the field, and aligns learning standards with youth development principles.
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders
The Empirical, Moral, and Experiential Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Unpack the standards and build a plan for leading learning
Evidence increasingly points to a direct link between the curriculum leadership provided by educational leaders and the overall effectiveness of schools. Professional Standards for Educational Leaders introduces the foundations of...
Formative Assessment for Literacy, Grades K-6
Building Reading and Academic Language Skills Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Grounded in research and practice, this resource shows elementary teachers how to use formative assessment to build students' language and literacy skills across the curriculum.
by Carolyn M. Chapman, Rita S. King
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Create a positive testing environment and prepare students to do their best with these useful strategies based on the way each student learns, retains, and transfers information to tests.
Don't Teach the Canaries Not to Sing
Creating a School Culture That Boosts Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
This how-to handbook defines what school culture is, how it works, and why it is critically important, and helps you assess how your school measures up.
by Viviane M J Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
This book identifies the mindset, processes, and behaviors that contribute to successful reform efforts and provide school leaders with concrete tools enabling them to be more effective.
Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies
What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
This collection of outstanding, teacher-tested methods for K–12 social studies instruction for diverse classrooms offers fresh ideas and strategies covering citizenship, diversity, community, and more.
Text Structures From the Masters
50 Lessons and Nonfiction Mentor Texts to Help Students Write Their Way In and Read Their Way Out of Every Single Imaginable Genre, Grades 6-10
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Text Structures from the Masters provides 50 short texts written by famous Americans driven by what Peter Elbow described as “an itch” to say something. By examining the structure of these mentor texts, students see that they too have an “itch” and learn how to use the text structure of each...
How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member
Lessons for School Administrators and Board Members
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Build a successful board by knowing where the land mines are
Veteran school board member, Richard E. Mayer, takes a humorous approach to the serious relationship between school administrators and board members. While the overwhelming majority of school board members have good motives, even...
by Rene S. Townsend, James R. Brown, Walter L. Buster
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Now superintendents can turn board meetings into productive, results-getting events that help them focus on teaching and learning to achieve district goals.
Promoting Your School
Going Beyond PR
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
To help schools develop community support, this third edition offers practical communication strategies to strengthen the partnership between schools, parents, businesses, and the community.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
The author offers exercises, examples, handouts, and basic tips to help both learners and educators find and evaluate information on the Web for quality and validity.
Facilitator's Guide to What Successful Teachers Do
101 Research-Based Classroom Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Help teachers improve instruction and student achievement with research-based methods for organizing curricular goals, designing lessons, integrating assessment with instruction, developing a culturally sensitive environment, and more.