How can you support both colleagues and families as they enhance their knowledge, develop new skills, and promote health development of young children? Coaching is the key - and the new edition of this bestselling guide is packed with even more practical tools to help early childhood professionals conduct skillful coaching.
Being new to the teaching profession can be overwhelming. Taking charge of a classroom for the first time, building new relationships and planning for lessons are some of the challenges you'll encounter. But never fear! This new LGT will support you as you take the first steps in your career. This book will give teachers useful strategies and ideas that they can use, not just survive in their first few years as a teacher, but THRIVE. The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher. * Authored by experts in the field * Easy to dip in-and-out of * Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own * Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it! Find out more at www.sagepub.co.uk/littleguides
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How to Activate and Accelerate Student Learning Have you ever given instructions to your students, only to receive blank stares or confusion? Clarity is an essential part of teaching and learning, and every interaction we have with students is the foundation for moving learning forward-we must make every interaction count. Backed by the latest ......
This practical resource draws on the best of neuroscience to inform decision-making about digital learning. We live in unprecedented times that have pushed schools to make many decisions that have been postponed for years. For the first time since the inception of public education, teachers have been invited to redesign the learning landscape by ......
This book's unique and compelling framework empowers you to practice self-care through thoughts and actions that are within your control, enhancing your well-being without taking on extraneous responsibilities.
When we implement a grading system that prioritizes completion and compliance and penalizes students who take risks, we disrupt the learning journey-not further it. Its time to align how we grade with what we know from research works best and help move learning forward for all students.
Pulled from the pages of the bestselling book The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning, this colorful and practical 5-pack of posters is ready to brighten your classroom walls and highlight five important signature practices of Visible Learning: classroom and school climate, teacher clarity, teaching students to drive their learning, practice and ......
An exploration of teacher education programs around the world finds common focus in the use of core practices to better prepare teachers for the classroom. In Core Practices in Teacher Education, Pam Grossman and Urban Fraefel bring together international voices in a global showcase of practice-based approaches to teacher education. This generous ......
The first book to focus specifically on practical gerontology field experiences This innovative text guides gerontology students step by step through the process of searching for, securing, and completing an aging-based internship, practicum, or field placement. It underscores the value of hands-on, community-based learning and provides a ......