Discover the key strategies to empowering African American students with exceptionalities! Central to the teaching and learning of African American students is an understanding of their cultures, background experiences, and perspectives, while applying this understanding to the design, implementation, and assessment of educational programs. ......
Simplified Grantwriting is a brief, easily accessible, time saving guide for teachers and administrators. It is dedicated to providing school staff with effective strategies for writing grants that will leverage resources for diverse stakeholder groups. This step-by-step guidebook will give educators at all levels the practical tools they need to ......
Positive Ways to Link Tests to Learning, Standards, and Curriculum Improvement
"Just the kind of bridge we need to span the ideological wars and make schools work for teachers and their students." Ann Lieberman Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Visiting Professor, Stanford University "In her supremely well-written and useful book, Dr. Solomon has woven together historical ......
Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do
Kate Thomsen has written a practical, easy-to-read book full of activities, concrete applications, and real-life examples that teach resiliency and how it can be applied in creating resilient students. Resiliency is the process of identifying strengths instead of deficits in students and then building on these strengths. Simply put, resiliency is ......
Being Mentored: A Guide for Proteges is written for both potential teachers and mentors. It is a reference guide containing thought-provoking activities and opportunities for applying its principles to the reader's needs. The book offers suggestions for action and includes multiple resources of special interest to new teachers. Author Hal Portner, ......
An A-Z Handbook for Successful Teaching in Middle Schools and High Schools
Leon Spreyer draws upon his 27 years of teaching experience to provide student teachers and new teachers with practical information that isn't always taught in teacher education courses. He includes games, book recommendations, specific lesson plans and straightforward, humorous advice on all aspects of teaching. The book covers 82 essential ......
Formerly a SkyLight publication This updated edition of Mentoring Guidebook Level 1: Starting the Journey defines the mentor's role and provides tools for building trust and effective communication. New selections include information on successful observation and multiple intelligences. This guidebook covers the basic principles of mentoring and important teaching practices shared by mentors, including: Teaching with the multiple intelligences Assessing student work Managing an interactive classroom Handling disruptive students Selections from experts in the field make this an invaluable resource for beginning the mentoring process.
"Dryfoos and Maguire's book moves the concept of a full-service community school from the fringes of public education into the mainstream. It inspires the belief that the best schools are full-service community schools and motivates the reader to seek them out." Lisa Villarreal, Director California Center for Community-School Partnerships ......
Being Mentored: A Guide for Proteges is written for both potential teachers and mentors. It is a reference guide containing thought-provoking activities and opportunities for applying its principles to the reader's needs. The book offers suggestions for action and includes multiple resources of special interest to new teachers. Author Hal Portner, ......
