This book will benefit those responsible for creating an effective coaching program within their school system. They will learn the essential elements of coaching and what should be incorporated into a successful program.
Make Creativity The Core Of The Curriculum! Ignoring creativity is a crisis-in-waiting. But in today's economy, the ability to think independently and innovatively is no longer a "nice extra"-it's a survival skill. This book addresses the difficulties of integrating real creativity into the curriculum, and delivers surefire strategies for equipping learners across all grades and subjects with the motivation and critical thinking skills to thrive in a high-tech future. Content includes: Why "one right answer" instruction paradigms discourage critical thinking and risk-taking Why using the latest technology does not equate to teaching creatively Projects and Prompts that ask "So what does this mean in the classroom today?" Don't wait another day to begin teaching your students this valuable skill. With this book, you'll turn your classroom into a hotbed of creativity populated by tomorrow's innovators.
This book is the complete guide to implementing the SE2R (Summarize, Explain, Redirect, Resubmit) formula for feedback, to be used in place of traditional grades.
15 Must-Have Skills Every Student Needs to Achieve
Turn today's youth into innovative, ambitious thinkers with fifteen critical reading, writing, and thinking processes. Jim and Barry distill each process into a potent concision that spans subject areas.
Your user's guide to the mathematics standards In the 12 short months since the ELA versions of The Common Core Companions, Grades K-2 and 3-5, burst on the scene, they've already assisted tens of thousands of teachers with the day-to-day "what you do." Teachers' one big criticism: what about mathematics? Luckily NCTM past-president Linda Gojak and mathematics coach Ruth Harbin Miles stepped up to the task. The result? That version of the mathematics standards you wish you had. Page by page, The Common Core Mathematics Companions clearly lay out: The mathematics embedded in each standard for a deeper understanding of the content Examples of what effective teaching and learning look like in the classroom Connected standards within each domain so teachers can better appreciate how they relate Priorities within clusters so teachers know where to focus their time The three components of rigor: conceptual understanding, procedural skills, and applications Vocabulary and suggested materials for each grade-level band with explicit connections to the standards Common student misconceptions around key mathematical ideas with ways to address them Don't spend another minute poring over the mathematics standards. Gojak and Miles have already done the heavy-lifting for you. Focus instead on how to teach them, using The Common Core Mathematics Companion as your one-stop guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful mathematics curriculum.
Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School
This must-have guide gives you the nuts and bolts on setting up a cutting-edge Makerspace on any school budget. Incorporate STEM, Common Core and more!
Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Written in a teacher-friendly manner, this resource builds teacher capacity for addressing the needs of underserved students by presenting high-leverage instructional strategies that are informed by the latest findings in neuroscience and cognition, as well as culturally-responsive instruction.
Drawing on her experience as an instructional technology specialist and as a woman of color, Davis offers her insight into how technology can be used in schools to break barriers and help students of diverse voices learn better. Through step by step strategies and several vignettes, Davis discusses the impact edtech has on teachers, students, and leaders, and why the more general edtech conversation needs to make room for a wider variety of voices.
