John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley's brilliant manifesto is a revolution in how schools treat their staff. They argue that by putting staff first schools are providing for students the one thing which will help them make good progress in their learning: truly great teaching.
Building Culture navigates the complex educational landscape and provides a look at school culture, highlighting key aspects of cultivating culture that leads to great pupil outcomes.
researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. In the latest book in this accessible and punchy series, James Murphy examines the latest evidence surrounding student literacy.
Over the past two decades, school trusts have assumed an increasingly significant role as education providers. This book is about leadership, written from the perspective of the founding chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, which advocates for, connects and supports trusts in the English education sector. In his foreword to ......
What are we Teaching? moves ideas beyond the traditional vs progressive debates that have dominated education discourse. Teachers are burdened by the overarching emphasis on exam performance at the expense of the broader benefits of teaching their subject, expressed here as capabilities.
Enhance your assessment practices and deepen collaboration Join bestselling authors Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld on an engaging journey to showcase collaborative assessment within assets-driven instructional practices. Integrating instructional and assessment cycles, explore how multilingual learners can interact with each other and their teachers to form lasting partnerships. Using evidence-based, research-informed strategies, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld invite educators to form partnerships to fortify linguistically and culturally sustainable assessment within their classroom routines. Throughout the learning journey, Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers offers: Practical tips and adaptable templates to reinforce assessment during instruction Vignettes that bring practical application of key concepts to life Protocols and tools for teachers and multilingual learners to engage in reflective conversations about their learning Recurring colorful icons that capture the travel theme and much more... Collaborative assessment approaches AS, FOR, and OF learning encourages relationship building to foster multilingual learners' academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development. This practical guide supports educators in enacting collaborative assessment and welcomes multilingual learners to be partners in the process.
Strategies for Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Across Disciplines
Be the instructional coach multilingual students and their teachers need. As the population of multilingual learners (MLs) in K-12 schools continues to grow, instructional coaches must support content teachers to recognize these students' assets and address their linguistic, cultural, academic, and social-emotional needs. Leveraging her decades of facilitating and coaching experience in the fields of language, literacy, and professional learning, Margarita Calderon meets this urgent need with practical, evidence-based strategies to leverage the power of coaching in support of ML excellence. Through the individual chapters dedicated to academic language, reading, and writing instruction and strategies to promote student discourse and social-emotional learning embedded throughout, this book will give coaches what they need to guide all teachers toward ML excellence. Additional features include A step-by-step framework designed to help coaches promote teacher efficacy with MLs regardless of program setting or instructional approach Clear guidance for how to structure coaching sessions with teachers, driven by research-based approaches and observation and feedback protocols for accelerating student comprehension Myth-busting facts about the do's and don'ts of effective coaching for ML success Spotlights on the experiences of veteran coaches focusing on successes, challenges, and tips to remain resilient Individual and group reflection questions and tools at the close of each chapter Offering solutions to the challenges faced by MLs that content area teachers must be prepared to address, this book is a powerful tool coaches can use to move multilingual instruction beyond compliance to excellence.
Discover models, strategies, and real-life stories to strengthen your collaborative practices. Cooperation, coordination of services, and impactful collaboration are critical to the success of multilingual learners with exceptional needs. Written by experts in the fields of language and literacy development, equity, and special education, this ......
Strategies to Build Culturally Competent and Affirming Schools
A framework for the courageous school leadership our students deserve. From the foreword by Gholdy Muhammad... "In Leading With C.A.R.E., Dr. Allen provides a way to disrupt the harms that systems, teachers, and leaders may inflict on children. He uses the richness of his personal and professional experiences to speak to the true purpose and power of schools, which is to disrupt disparities and affirm students' cultural identities and brilliance. In doing so, Dr. Allen reminds educators that we must examine the structures of education historically and in the present so that we can dismantle harmful practices. The framework of C.A.R.E. presented here guides educators to lead with Culturally Responsiveness in teaching and learning, while Affirming children's identities, and building positive Relationships with youth. Dr. Allen posits that this leads to spaces of Empowerment. This book provides the what, the why and importantly, the how. The C.A.R.E. framework helps leaders center the genius and joy of youth and teachers, while recognizing the social times we live in and elevating the education of children, especially those who have been historically excluded in schooling and in society. The framework provides a way forward for leaders to lead differently-with care, belonging, and excellence; providing every child with what they deeply deserve." With learning goals, summaries, and reflection questions included in each chapter, this guide offers actionable strategies educators can use to establish a culture that prioritizes students' experiences and affirms their identities.
