How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and Learning
From the Foreword of the First Edition: `A treasure trove of knowledge about instructional leadership. Rich descriptions bring to life such concepts as inquiry, reflection, collaboration, empowerment, and learning community. The authors enable the reader to encounter the spirit of schools where these ideas have become a reality' - From the ......
"We must improve schools from within, utilizing our expertise as teaching professionals and placing ourselves at the center of the education reform movement. As Adrienne Mack-Kirschner informs us all in this important book, 'These stories represent what is happening in tens of thousands of classrooms. They hold within them the power of what could ......
The holistic guide to understanding how the brain acquires, processes, and interprets information. This concise look at how the brain learns, remembers, and creates meaning will allow every teacher to prepare more effective lesson plans and to create reflective learning opportunities for students. Topics include: The cognitive system: mind, ......
The essential guide to lesson planning in the standards-based classroom! Use this clear-sighted guide to keep your focus on what your students need to know and be able to do. Based on state-of-the-art research, this guide will take you from pre-planning through reflection, evidence of learning, and teaching for transfer to real-life situations. ......
A guide to teaching tools and instructional strategies for classroom teachers that covers beginning activities; teaching declarative information (vocabulary, facts, data); teaching procedural knowledge; brainstorming; using graphic organizers, and more.
The powerfully effective method for facilitating positive behavior in the classroom! Brain research and good planning can be combined to prevent and/or minimize discipline problems and off-task behavior in the classroom. Chapters cover: Moving from old-fashioned obedience models to effective student self-management skills Working with ......
The state-of-the-art guide to research-based student assessment How do teachers know that students know? Donna Tileston's innovative guide to building brain-compatible assessments can help every teacher identify and enhance student understanding. Topics covered: Building and aligning standards-based assessment Test anxiety and the brain ......
The concise guide to differentiating instruction for special learners Teaching and learning strategies have a profound effect on students with disabilities as well as on gifted and talented students. This resource for the classroom teacher covers: Special education categories Special education regulations, laws, programs, and ......
