Учебная литература
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As principals, we push ourselves to learn, grow, and innovate because our role remains in a state of flux. When it comes to leadership, though, it’s imperative that we focus on growing the most important resource in the school—our teachers.Igniting Teacher Leadership is written for busy school leaders who want to foster learning and growth not only for students but also for teachers. Effective leadership is vital in creating a culture of collaboration, modeling continuous improvement, and...
| Автор | William Sterrett |
Of the 21st century skills vital for success in education and the workplace, "the 4Cs"-critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity—have been highlighted as crucial competencies. This book shows how teachers can more purposefully integrate technology into instruction to facilitate the practice and mastery of each of the 4Cs along with other learning objectives. It’s packed with practical and engaging strategies that will transform the way students experience...
| Автор | Laura McLaughlin Taddei |
Do you want your students to take ownership of and become more independent during reading discussions? Are you looking to enhance your teaching of higher-order thinking and 21st century skills? Do you want to ensure that all students develop strong speaking and listening skills? In Student-Led Discussions , author Sandi Novak offers you the resources you need to develop meaningful student-led conversations about text and media across the content areas. In addition to providing a discussion...
| Автор | Sandi Novak |
In this essential guide, Starr Sackstein—a National Board Certified Teacher—explains how teachers can use reflection to help students decipher their own learning needs and engage in deep, thought-provoking discourse about progress. She explains how to help students set actionable learning goals, teach students to reflect on and chart their learning progress, and use student reflections and self-assessment to develop targeted learning plans and determine student mastery. Filled with practical...
| Автор | Starr Sackstein |
The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts. Yet many teachers already struggle with reaching all learners, who come to school with varied levels of readiness, interests, and learning profiles. What to do now that the expectations are even higher? Differentiated instruction experts Carol Ann Tomlinson and Marcia B. Imbeau offer practical, thoughtful advice on how to plan, deliver, and assess instruction...
| Автор | Carol Ann Tomlinson, Marcia B. Imbeau |
Thanks to initiatives like the Common Core and Race to the Top, accountability requirements continue to be a reality for educators. Yet many are still unsure of how to use data to make well-informed instructional decisions. The Data-Driven Classroom comes to the rescue with a systematic, universal process that shows teachers how to * Examine student assessment results to identify a curricular or skill area to target for individual intervention or large-group instructional revision.* Develop,...
| Автор | Craig A. Mertler |
In The Freedom to Fail, veteran educator Andrew K. Miller explains the many benefits of intentionally designing opportunities for students to "fail forward" in the classroom. He provides a raft of strategies for ensuring that students experience small, constructive failures as a means to greater achievement, and offers practical suggestions for ensuring that constructive failure doesn't detrimentally affect students' summative assessments. He also describes how...
| Автор | Andrew K. Miller |
Teacher quality is the school-related factor that most affects student learning, so selecting the best candidate for open teaching positions has enormous implications. In Effective Teacher Interviews, Jennifer L. Hindman provides practical advice on how to conduct hiring interviews that reliably predict a teacher’s success, including guidance on applying research to the interview process; developing meaningful, legal interview questions; assembling and training an interview team; matching...
| Автор | Jennifer L. Hindman |
Students and educators today face obstacles to student achievement, well-being, and success that are above and beyond traditional instructional and assessment concerns. From low school morale to bullying to shootings, school climate has become a national and global concern. Research overwhelmingly indicates that a positive school climate promotes cooperative learning, group cohesion, respect, and mutual trust—all of which have in turn been shown to improve the learning environment. In short, a...
| Автор | Peter DeWitt, Sean Slade |
Are your students excited about writing? Do you want them to be? Do you want them to ask for more writing opportunities and assignments? Do you want them to engage in writing tasks more quickly and with more fluency? The traditional five-step writing process never explicitly teaches students to be fluent in their writing—to be able to write quickly on any topic. Extreme Writing targets precisely that with focused, daily writing sessions that provide students with consistent, long-term...
| Автор | Diana Cruchley |
How do you ensure that your co-teaching strategies make the most of the time that you and your co-teaching partner have in the classroom? The answer is co-planning, which will dramatically and efficiently increase the effectiveness of your instruction. In Co-Planning for Co-Teaching , author Gloria Lodato Wilson presents time-saving routines for general and special education teachers that will increase the active roles of each co-teacher and intensify instruction for students. Useful for...
| Автор | Gloria Lodato Wilson |
In this first volume of the Participatory Study Series to deal with a doctrine rather than with a book of the Bible, Dr. Edward W. H. Vick tackles the very difficult subject of eschatology, or last things. This is not your usual outline of someone's idea of what will happen at the end of the world. Instead, this study guide will lead readers through a systematic study of how one comes to understand this topic systematically and thoroughly from a biblical and theological perspective. Dr....
| Автор | Edward W. H. Vick |
A fine classroom supplement and a solid information source for kids writing social studies reports, this updated, easy-to-read book explains the federal system as it works in the United States today. It also discusses some ways in which the government has changed since the framers of the Constitution brought it into existence in the 18th century. Described are the Legislative body, composed of Senate and House of Representatives, the Executive branch, headed by the President with the Cabinet...
| Автор | Syl Sobel |
Yes!! Another book by Erica Bentel, author of the much-loved word play book "Has a Book Got a Spine?"<br /> <br />With more funny, quirky illustrations by cartoonist/artist Neil Elliott.<br /> <br /><b><i>Can You Crack Them?</i></b> are word games that make the mind think laterally – often with laugh-out-loud consequences. Youngsters and adults alike will strain their brains to solve these unique visual/word puzzles.<br />...
| Автор | Erica Bentel |
The Diamond Castle is a beautiful text for children on Saint Teresa of Avila's work, Interior Castle. It introduces the beauty and splendor of the soul as imagined through the metaphor of the soul as a diamond castle. Many of St. Teresa's doctrines are introduced through additional castle symbolism, as defined by St. Teresa. Most especially, the "room of self-knowledge, identification of Christ as King of the Castle who dwells in the center room, praying to Christ as His...
| Автор | Theresa M. Lynn Lynn |
Follow Chloe the Jumbo Jet and her pals through this exciting holiday journey. Christmas is in danger of being cancelled forever; that is, until Chloe, Ludwig, Kofi, Keenan, and Ana step in to help save Christmas and remind the world of the true meaning of Christmas.<br><br>Chloe the Jumbo Jet is a book series that teaches children about travel and culture through fact based learning about landmarks, geography, language, history, destination highlights and more.
| Автор | Ciandress Jackson |
Zeke is a nine-year-old aspiring writer and an ICAS winner. In a series of short stories, he captures the plight of a naughty monster learning to do the right thing – in a way that only a child can – with side splitting hilarity! <br><br>Sam the Ham always tries his best to be good. He never means to disobey his parents or do things he shouldn't.... But sometimes being good is really hard!<br><br>In this episode, Sam the Ham has a few issues...
| Автор | Zeke Ignatius Chen |
Learn how to Engage Social Media and Triple Your Profits By 2016, Mobile Social Media will be worth about $150 billion, Social Media + Mobile Marketing Creates Market Opportunities Cloud computing technology, mobile devices and social networking will merge to become an even more powerful force that will grow into the biggest commercial platform for many years to come. Many corporations have started embracing mobile marketing and social media to help them to connect to customers and increase...
| Автор | Laura Maya |
Save herself. <br><br>Save the world. <br><br>Humanity may be screwed.<br><br>To say that Sophie Bloom is at the top of her game with one only week until Spring Equinox and the final showdown with Zeus and Hades would be, well, lying. <br><br>The Goddess of Spring feels more like the Goddess of Bzzz, Thanks For Playing than the savior of humanity. And could her relationships be any more messed up?<br><br>Good...
| Автор | Tellulah Darling |
About the Series:<br>For over two thousand years the legend of Santa Claus has endured. His is a mission of peace as outlined in the Magi Charter, given to the first Santa by the Child. From humble beginnings following that First Christmas the Santa lineage has been passed down through the ages. This epic adventure tells the story of those Santas from the founding of the North Pole and the origin of the ancient elves, to our modern times where the world's problems effect even those...
| Автор | Jordan David |
The Gate of Dreams, illustrated with six colorplates from oil vignettes and lively silhouettes throughout, is reminiscent of classic fairy tale editions. Yet the three stories, which appeal to adults as well as children, are entirely new. The sympathetic characters in "The Woodcarver's Daughter", "Franz the Fool", and "The Girl of the Bells", along with the rural settings of these stories, recall to the reader that sense of delight,...
| Автор | Lillian S. Moats Moats |
If you are starting an enrichment program for kids and students, then this is the guide for you. In this handy guide, the author shares with you the tips and tricks of running an enrichment education business. Topics covered include: <br><br>– Importance of Enrichment Education <br>– Understanding Consumer Behaviour<br>– Knowing Yourself<br>– Pricing Your Enrichment Programme<br>– Location As A Success Factor<br>– Instructors As Stars<br>– Entry...
| Автор | Vincent Gabriel |
Nine-year-old Samantha Plum (Sammy), a city girl, journeys with her parents from San Francisco to Hawai'i, where she meets a wise old man with glittering eyes. He has a mysterious message for her, which she does not yet understand. In the Philippines, home of her ancestors, on the old family farm, she finds herself in a world filled with magic — a sky of a billion stars, a gecko that glows in the dark, a fish girl, a ball of light, fairies in a jar. But the family's...
| Автор | Patricia Laurel |
Learn English With The Accelerated English Learning Method.<br><br>Your complete solution to understand English quickly and Easily<br><br>Do you struggle to speak English?<br>Have you studied English for a long time but still don't understand the English language? <br>Do you still have problem to form a complete sentence in English?<br><br>The solution is simple, change the way you are learning. Open your mind to exploring different ways of...
| Автор | Haneef Khee |