What the experts say about how the Balanced Curriculum process can tip the scales in favor of your students! "The work that Dr. Squires has done in moving the curriculum development process onto the Web has removed some of the tedium involved in crafting curriculum, making it 'user friendly' and open to the kinds of ongoing changes that make the ......
The Superintendent as CEO is unique; it is both the core, how-to professional book for superintendents and it supports the very popular movement of training superintendents to have an executive / CEO mentality that complements their educational background. It has a strong research base and it accommodates the ELCC standards required for ......
New and Smarter Compensation Strategies to Improve Schools
Praise for the First Edition: `It was refreshing to read a thorough exploration of such a complex issue. The ideas which are proposed are of interest ot policy makers, trade union negotiators adn headteachers' - Management in Education The demand for more innovative, more competitive, and more motivating compensation plans for teachers is growing every day . . . and now Allan Odden and Carolyn Kelley have updated their classic book on teacher compensation to give school administrators all the new information and insight they need to start moving in the right direction. The Second Edition of Paying Teachers for What They Know and Do describes various pay and compensation initiatives currently in use across the country, including signing bonuses, upgrades in teacher pensions, higher salaries to those who are willing to work in more challenging schools, and other approaches. It also explores the different types of compensation plans used in the private sector as well as systems based on the continued acquisition of skills, knowledge, and experience
Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers
Ways to Think About Mathematics will fill the gap between what the math teachers learned in college and what they are required to teach in today's classrooms. The book will be divided into five modules that focus on algebraic, geometric and statistical ideas. The book uses immersion in content to help secondary mathematics teachers improve their ......
The Learning Communities Guide To Improving Reading Instruction, book, with its rich collection of tools to assess and improve practice, identify and apply new approaches, improve and add to the instructional repertoire, will measurably help both teachers and instructional leaders and ultimately benefit students. The authors bring deep background ......
Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers
Ways to Think About Mathematics will fill the gap between what the math teachers learned in college and what they are required to teach in today's classrooms. The book will be divided into five modules that focus on algebraic, geometric and statistical ideas. The book uses immersion in content to help secondary mathematics teachers improve their ......
Both research and common sense verify that teachers make a difference not only in what students learn about content but in what students learn about life. Grounded in theory and research on adolescent growth and development and teacher-student interactions, this important new book gives classroom teachers guidelines, strategies, and real-life examples of how to build and enrich close and trusting teacher-student relationships based on dignity and respect. Key topics include setting high expectations for students, conveying confidence in student capabilities, creating classroom rituals and traditions, networking with family and community, developing strong interpersonal skills, identifying relational resources, and communicating appropriate caring and respect in the classroom in ways that elicit positive student response. Features teacher quotes, conversations, profiles, resources, and an inventory for assessing teacher-student relationships
Collaborative Peer Coaching introduces the 2+2 performance appraisal method, which has demonstrated great success in: reducing teachers' levels of anxiety and self-doubt; increasing teacher job-satisfaction; increasing meaningful contact and collaboration between teachers; allowing for administrator participation in a less threatening context than the traditional performance appraisal
How Teachers (and Students) Can Find Their Way & Keep From Getting Lost
A Compass for the Classroom provides guidance, support, and inspiration. The book presents a new model of reflection using the metaphor of a compass, with directional points of humility, honesty, love, and faith. It is a guide to finding one's way in life by always considering the four points in our decisions and views. The book provides teachers with something to feed the spirit to succeed in the somewhat selfless struggle that educators take on to help students learn and thrive. It includes examples of the compass points in action in classrooms, as well as assessment checklists for teachers and students.
