This book was created to be your "how to" guide. What clearly sets it apart is the inclusion of comprehensive explanations of standards, descriptions of discrete core skills, and outlining of strategies to ensure that leaders - regardless of experience - are able to directly apply improved observation and feedback practices. We provide you with explicit think-alouds, strategies, and authentic lesson examples from the field through each step of the process so that this book serves as a comprehensive learning tool for leaders in all roles and experience levels. Because the content of the book is developed through our experience facilitating embedded professional learning, all of the examples are from learning sessions, authentic feedback, and live observations.
75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!)
Students must "do the doing" if they are to succeed. This groundbreaking book offers a literacy instruction plan designed to yield independent effort and engagement. The tasks in this book ensure gradual release, helping students forge their own path in becoming better readers and writers.
Since 1998, this book has been the go-to resource for scholars seeking guidance at every phase of the process. This revised and updated fourth edition is the most comprehensive guide yet to researching, writing, and publishing a successful thesis or dissertation
Concept-Based Inquiry in Action provides teachers with the tools and resources necessary to facilitate the construction and transfer of conceptual understanding in any classroom.
Improving Clarity, Coherence, and Capacity for All
With practical examples, stories from the field, and numerous activities and reflective questions, this insightful book takes readers step-by-step through the work of the learning leader, helping them meet the unique learning needs of staff and students.
Through a variety of activities and features this books shows readers how to deliver interventions that identify target behaviors, model behaviors, and provide opportunities to practice. It also supports students in navigating social situations, forming relationships with peers and adults, and following rules and routines.
Strategies and Lessons That Move Students Toward Deeper Learning
From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers in the Elementary Science Classroom: Strategies and Lessons That Move Students Toward Deeper Learning By John Almarode and Ann M. Miller. Through lesson plans, professional development tasks and classroom examples, From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers provides the framework for encouraging elementary students toward a lasting interest in science.
What Instructional Coaches Should Do to Foster Powerful Improvements in Teaching
Filled with key concepts, prompts, and exercises, this guide will prove indispensable to coaches who wish to accelerate progress and leaders of coaches looking for a simple, effective model to get all stakeholders on the same page. Join the hundreds of thousands of educators who already have benefited from Jim's ground-breaking work.
Too often, school improvement efforts don't gain full traction, Impact Coaching bucks the notion of leaving school leaders to learn the ropes on their own. Instead, the book engages in rich, rigorous, and reflective open-to-learning conversations with both coaches and colleagues to improve instructional leadership practices. It also uses Linking Walk templates to apply new ideas to real scenarios that improve lead learner practices.
