Help Teachers Engage Students ─ Action Tools for Administrators

Brinkman, Forlini, and Williams draw on a combined 100 years' worth of experience as classroom teachers, administrators, and producers of educational materials in creating a guide for administrators to help their teachers recognize and master the strategies necessary for maximizing student engagement in their learning. Coverage includes a summary of the eight key engagement skills--expectations, attention prompts, proximity, cueing, signals, time limits, tasking, and voice; an overview of the process for observing, debriefing, consulting, and coaching teachers; in-depth discussion of the eight engagement skills and additional tools for observing, consulting and coaching teachers and for choosing the stances that can be taken to most effectively benefit teachers; and discussion of the process within the larger context of teachers' performance and contributions to the school environment. Includes 40 reproducible lists and forms. No subject index. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)