What Award-Winning Elementary and Middle School Principals Do
This volume offers an impressive collection of ideas to enhance education submitted by the heads of some of America's leading schools. The broad range of concepts will be of interest to any teacher who is committed to creating an outstanding school.
Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors is designed for secondary school counsellors faced with moving their current programmes from service-centered to programme-centered focus. The new school environment of standards-based and data-based practices is leading counselling programmes to establish student competencies and implement a process of continuous evaluation and improvement, and the authors provide the necessary tools for this transition following the ASCA Standards. Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors identifies five core strategies that impact and improve the effectiveness of secondary school counselors, by focusing on continuous improvement, advisement, career education, transition, and communication.
`Learn expert teachers' secrets to success and bolster your classroom mastery!" - thus the headline of the blurb of this book, itself sub-titled "What award-winning secondary teachers do". It pulls no punches for that is exactly what the book aims at - giving details of how and in what ways various US high school teachers have developed success-making skills in their profession. Each account is short (I nearly said mercifully short) and most come with a number of supportive tips and links to teaching standards (national curriculum) as well as the meat. The many little stories come in nine different categories, mainly subject-specific, and of those mainly science, maths and technology. There are some delightful tales here, but it is not easy to imagine teachers and trainee teachers being able to find the half dozen tips in the whole book they might benefit from' - British Journal Educational Technology `This book will be very helpful to new teachers and may motivate experienced teachers to expand their craft. It would be a useful addition to any secondary school professional collection, as it offers practical, down-to-earth advice, while highlighting innovative and exciting teaching methods. The state standards correlation sections are particularly beneficial' - Letitia Abram, Media Specialist Canal Winchester High School, Canal Winchester, Ohio In this book, the author has provided an instant network of outstanding educators who are willing to share their expertise. Designed to be an inspiring resource for practicing as well as future teachers, this unique guide details dozens of exemplary teaching practices. Administrators interested in discovering what outstanding educators are doing across the country will benefit from this volume as well. The chapters are divided by subject area, so readers can go directly to a specific subject, or browse through the book for a glimpse into new areas. These diverse messages from teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools are a motivational and thought-provoking source of information. Classroom management, working with parents, innovative lesson plans and more are all discussed.
What Award-Winning Teachers Do for Their Professional Learning Communities
Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections: "Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting." -Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004 "A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators." -Danny McPherson, Principal West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC "Just what the teacher ordered." -CHOICE, November 2002 "Offers practical, down-to-earth advice." -Letitia Abram, Media Specialist Canal Winchester High School, OH Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities! Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods. Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
What Award-Winning Teachers Do for Their Professional Learning Communities
Praise for Randi Stone's Best Practice collections: "Will live up to its title and become a favored reference for any teacher, whether in a primary or public, rural or urban, or preschool through high school setting." -Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2004 "A priceless tool not only for teachers but also for mentors and administrators." -Danny McPherson, Principal West Columbus High School, Cerra Gordo, NC "Just what the teacher ordered." -CHOICE, November 2002 "Offers practical, down-to-earth advice." -Letitia Abram, Media Specialist Canal Winchester High School, OH Join award-winning teacher leaders as they discuss their best ideas for today's professional learning communities! Best Practices for Teacher Leadership chronicles the many and varied ways in which award-winning teachers create professional learning communities through collaborations with colleagues, mentees, faculty groups, learners, families, and neighborhoods. Join them as they share their best ideas for achieving excellence in education through staff development, hands-on learning, new technologies, mentoring, parent involvement, and more.
From human number lines to sweet solutions, these strategies will enliven your math instruction! In this new volume from Randi Stone, award-winning teachers model mathematics lessons that work and demonstrate innovative methods that have been field-tested in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. An ideal resource for new and veteran teachers and linked with companion volumes featuring strategies for teaching writing and science, this resource offers: Strategies for motivating students with animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, sweet solutions, and much more Techniques for engaging students before and after state tests A special lesson study chapter focused on win-win professional practice for teachers This concise text will become one of your most-used guides for clarifying math concepts, increasing math vocabulary, strengthening problem-solving skills, and inspiring students' excitement about math in the real world!
From human number lines to sweet solutions, these strategies will enliven your math instruction! In this new volume from Randi Stone, award-winning teachers model mathematics lessons that work and demonstrate innovative methods that have been field-tested in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. An ideal resource for new and veteran teachers and linked with companion volumes featuring strategies for teaching writing and science, this resource offers: Strategies for motivating students with animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, sweet solutions, and much more Techniques for engaging students before and after state tests A special lesson study chapter focused on win-win professional practice for teachers This concise text will become one of your most-used guides for clarifying math concepts, increasing math vocabulary, strengthening problem-solving skills, and inspiring students' excitement about math in the real world!
"Very logical and easy to follow. Teachers can easily incorporate these ideas in their teaching." -Susan Bailey, Middle School Reading Specialist Mequon-Thiensville School District, WI Enrich your reading instruction with classroom-proven strategies from the nation's best teachers! Following the successful format of the companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, Best Practices for Teaching Reading presents firsthand accounts of teachers' most successful instructional strategies and lessons for teaching reading. Randi Stone brings readers into the classrooms of award-winning teachers who share their outstanding strategies for reaching elementary, middle, and high school learners with diverse learning styles and abilities. With 40 classroom-tested strategies, the book provides practical guidance for building students' decoding and vocabulary skills while developing their comprehension and motivation for reading. This collection of best practices presents ways to help students: Get excited about reading Make connections to different texts Become effective writers as well as readers Use literacy skills across the curriculum Veteran and new teachers alike will find an abundance of fresh ideas to teach reading while helping students build confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills.
Connect your students to science projects that are intriguing and fun! Let Randi Stone and her award-winning teachers demonstrate tried-and-tested best practices for teaching science in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Linked to companion volumes for teaching writing and mathematics, this resource for new and veteran educators helps build student confidence and success through innovative approaches for raising student achievement in science, such as: Expeditionary learning, technology and music, and independent research study Model lessons in environmental studies and real-world science Inquiry-based strategies using robotics, rockets, straw-bale greenhouses, "Project Dracula," "Making Microbes Fun," and more! With engaging activities weaving through science fact and fiction to lead learners on intriguing journeys of discovery, this guide is sure to fascinate and inspire both you and your students!
