A Resource for Educators and Others Seeking Grants and Funding
Administrators and central office personnel are not the only educators writing grants. Classroom teachers are finding that grants can provide an excellent source of funding for special classroom projects, school-wide programmes, and even personal growth opportunities. This book is designed to assist educators and others interested in grant writing in using the Internet as a resource to help locate funding sources and other sites that may prove useful when seeking funding. After reading Chapter II's preliminary information on search engines, prospective grant writers can learn about U.S. as well as state Departments of Education, foundations and educational organizations and associations, and more. The author also covers mailing lists, discussion groups, and the most efficient ways to use e-mail addresses.
Mike Stein is a Research Professor in the Social Policy Research Unit at York University, UK. He is also a qualified social worker and has worked as a probation officer, a senior child care officer and an area manager in a social services department. He has spent the last thirty years researching the problems and challenges faced by young people ......
Explore the concept of problem-based learning as a curricular framework and instructional model for the classroom. Divided into four sections, Beginnings, Understandings, Applications, and Innovations, this book helps educators build a foundation for understanding and incorporating problem-based learning strategies in the classroom.
These one hundred and forty stories dealing with conflict and conflict resolution are suitable for headteachers to use in assemblies and for teachers to use with young people to assist classroom discussion about conflict resolution (win//win outcomes). Mediator trainers will find examples to assist their training and general readers will also find the stories of interest.
977 Song Titles & Practical Tools for Choosing the Right Music Every Time
Music is a powerful classroom tool that enhances cognition, improves memory, energizes sluggish learners, and makes lessons fun for students of all ages. Inside these pages are practical tips and suggestions, scientific research that supports music's beneficial effects, and lists of songs, all personally tested by Eric Jensen during his own trainings. Choose the right music every time!
Formerly a SkyLight Publication. Explore and adopt best-practice teaching strategies to achieve professional excellence! New teachers begin their careers with great enthusiasm and purpose, but often face many challenges in their first years of teaching. A New Teacher's Guide to Best Practices supports new teachers with guidelines for applying best teaching practices to improve their professional effectiveness. Organized around the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards, this reflective workbook is full of best-practice tools and strategies. Each chapter focuses on a different teaching challenge-"practical problems" that teachers face daily-and offers research-based solutions, along with teacher tips and student perspectives from across the country. An invaluable resource for new teachers to use at their own pace, or for staff developers presenting teacher induction workshops, this richly detailed text invites new teachers to: Record their present beliefs Outline their aspirations Define their goals and objectives Set a course of action to reach those goals and objectives Enter into dialogue with colleagues and mentors for continued professional growth Through planning, self-reflection, and dialogue, new teachers can enrich their teaching experience, expand their personal and professional goals for success, and shape the way they view their practice and profession.
Formerly a SkyLight Publication Integrate curricular, instructional and assessment goals to authentically assess student learning! The focus on standards-based learning in today's schools means educators need to plan assessments that accurately measure what students are learning. Cindy Stergar's Performance Tasks, Checklists, and Rubrics gives teachers the essential tools they need to develop a complete assessment system for their classrooms. This book examines the nature of performance tasks, checklists, and rubrics and how to use them in the classroom to assess student learning. It is packed with tools and templates to help teachers implement an effective assessment system for their students, and each assessment tool is explained in-depth and samples are provided. This invaluable resource provides teacher-created performance tasks, checklists, and rubrics for a variety of K-12 subjects including science, physical education, and foreign language, with templates for customizing these tools for a teacher's own classroom.
Formerly a SkyLight publication. Reflection is an important part of the learning process for both students and teachers. New teachers need to take the time to reflect on their teaching practice. Reflections on Starting Strong: A New Teacher's Journal is the valuable resource for the beginning teacher and is the perfect companion to Starting Strong: Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher.
How can a social worker assess the risk that a sex offender poses to the community, or decide whether an older person with dementia should stay in his or her own home? How can professionals balance the rights and responsibilities of vulnerable people with those of their carers and of the rest of society? In this practical and accessible book, Mike ......
