Weaving Science Inquiry & Continuous Assessment explores the nature of continuous assessment in the context of science inquiry, and contains specific tools and techniques, along with stories and strategies in teachers' own words. Chapters cover the following subjects that reflect the latest information and most current teaching environment: - the ......
This book transcends all mathematical content areas with a variety of activities for teachers that include Solving and discussing high-level mathematical tasks Analyzing narrative cases that make the relationship between teaching and learning salient Examining and interpreting student work Modifying curriculum materials and evaluating learning environments to better support students to reason-and-prove
Educators as Allies in the Battle for Social Justice
It takes more than good intentions to make meaningful change The "spirit slashing" of injustice: that's what Veronica McDermott calls the psychic toll that marginalized students face every day. Students can be marginalized because of race, economic status, language, sexual orientation, ability, or other factors. So how can you make a difference? McDermott, a longtime educator, gives you the tools to become a powerful ally. You'll learn how to: Better understand the depth and breadth of injustice so you can pierce the fog of privilege and embrace ally-hood Fill the gap between your desire to eliminate injustice and the attitudes and skills required to be effective Leverage your natural strengths, including your disposition, educational training, and professional position Challenge the structural barriers, practices and beliefs that diminish opportunities for many students Working for social justice is a journey, and it's one that you-and your students- can take together. "Educators will find in this book a heart-felt, honest, uncompromising tour de force." -Yvette Jackson, Senior Scholar National Urban Alliance for Effective Education "This book illuminates a clear pathway for transforming our consciousness and our practice in the service of equity and social justice." -Gary Howard, Author of We Can't Lead Where We Won't Go
This powerful professional development program features a leader's guide to re-engaging educators in the real work of improving their schools, particularly in those settings with a high percentage of our nation's most marginalized students, along with an original video series hosted by master educator and best-selling author Gary Howard. Implemented in hundreds of districts, this proven approach to cultural competence and culturally responsive teaching supports school leaders and their faculties in an examination of their actual practices.
"Teachers know how to teach, but they want to connect with their kids to make that teaching effective. This book empowers teachers to complete what is missing in their work." -Jude A. Huntz, Adult Education Coordinator St. Michael the Archangel Parish and School, Leawood, KS "Wayside teaching is not taught as an educational strategy, yet its impact is undeniable. The book defines the concept and demonstrates how teachers can implement this tangential form of learning on a regular basis." -Marilyn Steneken, Science Teacher Sparta Middle School, NJ Wayside teaching-nurturing connections in and out of the classroom to facilitate learning! Wayside teaching is about intentionally practicing what educators do every day in perhaps unintentional ways: relate to students. This practical, research-based guide illustrates how wayside teaching-the informal curriculum, implicit instruction, and mentoring that happens in sometimes unintentional ways-can be intentionally practiced across grade levels to enhance learning and boost student outcomes. Through a framework focused on attitudes, approaches, and actions, and using vignettes that illuminate wayside teaching in action, Sara Davis Powell demonstrates how reaching out to students in formal and informal situations helps create a culture of belonging and safety that strengthens a student's self-concept, confidence, resiliency, and cognitive processes. The book provides: Wayside teaching strategies for use inside and outside classrooms Specific examples for elementary, middle, and high school settings Self-assessment exercises that help educators explore their own dispositions and connect self-knowledge with productive teaching practices Easy-to-reference graphic organizers that link wayside teaching practices to specific classroom contexts Offering invaluable resources, including student surveys for learning more about your students and an annotated booklist for promoting acceptance and compassion, Wayside Teaching reflects the powerful influence that teachers' actions can have on their students' academic and personal lives.
Ways to Think About Mathematics provides teacher trainers, CPD coordinators, and heads of mathematics departments with all the necessary tools to provide high-quality staff development in secondary mathematics. The materials have been successfully tried and tested in a wide variety of professional development and initial teacher training settings. These guides and the accompanying CD-ROM contain: - A range of practical activities - Commentary on the activities - Pedagogical suggestions (sequencing of materials, promoting active participation, adapting to the needs of particular teachers) - Various solution strategies - Additional reading and problems tied to the content of the main text - Sample solutions for all problems and discussion questions. The pack consists of Ways to Think About Mathematics: Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers and The Facilitator's Guide To Ways To Think About Mathematics Ways to Think About Mathematics fills the gap between what maths teachers learned in college and what they are required to teach in today's classrooms. Focusing on algebraic, geometric, and statistical ideas, the book gives teachers the opportunity to learn and understand the same maths concepts and maths problems that they will be teaching. The Facilitator's Guide To Ways To Think About Mathematics is designed for use in staff development workshops, and is also appropriate for initial teacher education courses in secondary mathematics.
Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers
Ways to Think About Mathematics will fill the gap between what the math teachers learned in college and what they are required to teach in today's classrooms. The book will be divided into five modules that focus on algebraic, geometric and statistical ideas. The book uses immersion in content to help secondary mathematics teachers improve their ......
Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers
Ways to Think About Mathematics will fill the gap between what the math teachers learned in college and what they are required to teach in today's classrooms. The book will be divided into five modules that focus on algebraic, geometric and statistical ideas. The book uses immersion in content to help secondary mathematics teachers improve their ......
A Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities
Good intentions are not enough-create a bold new leadership paradigm to achieve equity in opportunities and outcomes! If you're serious about providing a level playing field for all, it is time to do more than identify and lament the reasons for educational disparities and why they persist. John Robert Browne II shows how Culturally Courageous Leadership by all school community stakeholders can help you achieve equitable learning opportunities and outcomes for all students. This practical guide: Shows how to develop realistic, data-based plans for putting equity initiatives into action Helps district and school administrators work with teacher, parent, student, and community leaders to advance equity and excellence Provides concrete examples of what it takes to empower staff and stakeholders through collaborative leadership Offers tips on how to navigate the politics when addressing the interface between identity, race, culture, poverty, primary language, and achievement School-based examples, role-play activities, profiles of educators exemplifying leadership for equity, "make it personal" questions, facilitator notes, and diagnostic assessments are provided so you can engage your entire school or district community in equity transformation. If you are ready to take on the challenge of becoming an "equity warrior," then Walking the Equity Talk will show you the path forward.
