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STAFF DEVELOPMENT
by Stephen S. Kaagan ©2004 Energize
and enhance your next staff development workshop with reflective
exercises! This book allows staff developers, principals, teacher
leaders, and anyone else involved in staff development to improve their
contributions in a variety of forums, including formal staff
development, school staff meetings, curriculum planning sessions, and
school improvement team meetings. The 30 reflective exercises have been
designed to meet the specific needs of educators and include: fostering
effective change; developing leadership skills; identifying and
capitalizing on staff assets; gaining and using new perspectives.
by Paula Rutherford ©2005 This mentor's
handbook, field-tested by hundreds of mentors, provides a multitude of
resources to help mentors promote the success and professional growth of
new teachers. Resources included are: new teacher tools including needs
assessments, self-assessments, and goal-setting and reflection formats;
tools for mentoring in a standards-based environment; tools for peer
observation and data-driven discussions; mentoring calendar; mentor
responses to challenges and concerns of new teachers; cross-references
the highly acclaimed new teacher resource Why Didn't I learn This in
College?; CD ROM of tools.
by Richard DuFour, et. al. ©2004 The
authors describe the systems of interventions, including Adlai E.
Stevenson High School's "Pyramid of Interventions," created by a high
school, a middle school, and two elementary schools. The authors also
discuss the logistical barriers these schools faced and their strategies
for overcoming them. "This exceptionally practical book addresses the
tough issues every teacher and school leader must face if they are
committed to improved student achievement. Readers will find a treasure
trove of specific strategies that can make an immediate impact in any
school. With rich case studies and abundant evidence, the authors make a
compelling case for moving from theory to action." -- Douglas Reeves,
Center for Performance Assessment, Englewood, CO
by Georgea M. Langer, et. al. ©2003 When
teachers get together and apply their combined knowledge and experience
to the challenges of teaching and learning, amazing things can happen.
In this book, you'll find out how to set up collaborative analysis of
student work in your school. Developed and refined with more than 100
elementary and secondary teachers, this adaptable system combines the
best of action research, study groups, standards-based learning, student
assessment, teacher reflection, and portfolio assessment. The authors
guide you through each component with concrete, detailed descriptions
and authentic examples.
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READING
by Rita M. Bean ©2004 Timely and
accessible, this book provides nuts-and-bolts information and guidance
for reading specialists in grades K-12 as well as those preparing for
certification. Includes: working with struggling readers and their
teachers; providing professional development and coaching; planning
curriculum and conducting assessments; collaborating with parents and
community-based programs; writing winning grant proposals; and much
more!
by Gretchen Owocki ©2003 An expert in the
ways young children develop literacy, the author offers primary teachers
just what they need for effective reading comprehension instruction--
research-based strategies that enable children to connect meaningfully
with text: predicting; inferring; purpose setting; retelling;
questioning; monitoring; visualizing; connecting; deciding what is
important; evaluating.
by Regie Routman ©2003 Good teaching
doesn't have to mean lots of hours spent planning. Instead, it requires
lots of thinking--thinking about what matters to kids, what kids need to
know, how we can move them forward, and how to ensure that they
comprehend and enjoy what they read. Practical, philosophical, and
political, this upbeat easy-to-read book is full of research-based
strategies, immediately doable ideas, and professional common sense.
by MaryEllen Vogt and Brenda A. Shearer ©2003
This is the only text on the market that prepared teachers to become
reading specialists. It discusses the roles of diagnostician,
intervention provider, curriculum designer, professional developer,
coach/mentor/supervisor, literacy program evaluator, and action
researcher.
by Sharon Walpole & Michael C. McKenna ©2004
This comprehensive guide presents information and strategies to help
literacy coaches meet the demands of designing and directing an
elementary reading program. Step by step, the book provides the
knowledge needed to ensure that teachers and students benefit from the
concepts and methods emerging from scientifically based reading
research.
by Janet Allen ©2004
The author has developed the ideal support for teachers who want to
improve their reading instruction across the curriculum. This book is a
compact tabbed flipchart designed as a ready reference for content
reading and writing instruction. Each of the thirty-three strategies
includes: a brief description and purpose; a research base that
documents the origin and effectiveness; graphic organizers to support
the lesson; classroom vignettes from different grade levels and content
areas to illustrate the strategy in use.
by Gene E. Hall, et. al. ©2006
This kit contains a DVD and 3 manuals: Level of Use; The
Stages of Concern Questionnaire; and Innovation Configurations.
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