20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit
For fans of the The Learning Challenge, this book provides everything you need to run dialogue-driven challenges so that students develop literary skills critical to ELA standards.
Implementing Core Curriculum, Individual Student Planning, and Other Tier One Activities
With case studies, examples, templates, charts, graphs, and images, you'll create and implement high-quality Tier 1 systems of support, including core curriculum classroom lessons and schoolwide activities.
Going Beyond Key Words to Make Sense of Word Problems, Grades 3-5
Mathematize It! shares a reasoning approach that takes the initial focus off specific numbers and computations and puts it on the actions and relationships expressed in the word problem.
The digital tools described in this book can be used to enrich instruction, guide decision making, streamline work, enhance communication, and promote happier students.
Just as the digital landscape is constantly evolving, the second edition of Digital Leadership moves past trends and fads to focus on the essence of leading innovative change in education now and in the future. As society and technology evolve at what seems a dizzying pace, the demands on leaders are changing as well. With a greater emphasis on leadership dispositions, this revamped edition also features: New structure and organization emphasizing the interconnectivity of the Pillars of Digital Leadership to drive sustainable change Innovative strategies and leadership practices that enhance school culture and drive learning improvement Updated vignettes from digital leaders who have successfully implemented the included strategies New online resources, informative graphics, and end of chapter guiding questions Now is the time to embrace innovation, technology, and flexibility to create a learning culture that provides students with 21st century critical competencies!
Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning
Build cohesive and sustainable STEAM infrastructures-grounded in grade-level standards and purposeful assessment-to deepen the mathematics and science learning of each and every student.
School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together
This book examines how local education governance- school boards in collaboration with district and school leadership- could, in every district, become an exemplar of highly effective decision-making, leadership and action. The authors believe that most trustees (board members) want to make a difference in the lives of students, and to improve the district and the system and as a whole. Their vision is of a governance system, school board and superintendent; working together as a cohesive, unified team with a common vision driven by a shared moral imperative. This is a dynamic, powerful role for school boards. ?Education cannot be expected to solve all of our social ills, but it is increasingly clear that it is the one social institution that has the potential to make a major difference for humanity in a troubled world. While it has often been shown that districts and boards don't have close working relationships, this book takes a different view. We go to the core, basic foundation of understanding local efficacy: the mindset of high performing trustees and superintendents carrying out the critical function of governance. We believe that school boards are vastly underutilized at precisely the time when they are most needed. We hold another fundamental premise which we will position in the course of this book: the vast majority of school board members want to improve the public education system. Finally, decisions are made within a political context. Our main goal in this book is to spell out what good governance consists of at the local district level so that well-intended politics can combine with the governance core to produce education results never before seen.
Igniting Hope in Schools Through Social and Emotional Learning
Jumpstart conscientious connections in your school community and create a foundation for trust that allows students and educators to feel appreciated, effective, and productive.
A go-to guide for leaders in teacher-support roles, this book analyzes professional learning elementally and provides the planning tools and framework for systemic shifts in instructional practice.
