A Toolkit to address the barrier to teaching global perspectives and concepts, offering simple, turn-key lessons and activities that busy teachers can implement right away. Inspiring teachers towards
This book shows educators how to use textbooks in an engaging and meaningful way so that students no longer feel daunted by the sheer volume of information. Graphics and examples are inluded to help b
This accessible guide is a must-have for teachers, curriculum designers, and school leaders, providing them with everything they need to know about developing curriculum and instruction for the K-12
Tackle your most persistent teaching issues. Learn how to engage students in meaningful ways. Increase students’ understanding of key concepts. This book can show how.
This book for school and district leaders, teacher leaders, and teachers offers a systematic and system-wide approach to redesigning curriculum and classroom instruction to successfully adopt and impl
“Leave it to Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger to come up with a resource that allows kids to be the diverse group of individuals they can and want to be—and at the same time paves a route for them t
Help students realize the promise of 21st century learning!Digital Age Best Practices focus on the 21st century skills and themes students need to master to succeed today and tomorrow. Christopher Moe
Academic language is key to students’ academic success. It is also of increasing importance to educators of diverse students, as the Common Core State Standards have set a high bar of rigorous and ch
Academic language is key to students’ academic success. It is also of increasing importance to educators of diverse students, as the Common Core State Standards have set a high bar of rigorous and ch
Built on her successful TExES test-prep seminars, Elaine Wilmore breaks down the Texas special education exams and shows you how to raise your TExES exam scores.
Make informational books part of the K-2 learn-to-read experience—with strategies for shared reading, writing activities, ways to guide parent involvement, and real-life success stories.
In line with the Common Core, learn to identify grade-level academic language, analyze its functions, connect it to grade-level standards, and incorporate it into assessments.
Reach Before You Teach shows educators how to form the nurturing, individualized connections that make students feel worthy, fulfilled, and ready to flourish as learners.
Academic language is key to students’ academic success. It is also of increasing importance to educators of diverse students, as the Common Core State Standards have set a high bar of rigorous and ch
Finally a single, integrated approach to the Common Core and RTI, with real-world scenarios, work samples, online resources, and guidance on special-needs students and ELLs.
In line with the Common Core, learn to identify grade-level academic language, analyze its functions, connect it to grade-level standards, and incorporate it into assessments.
Bullying is a growing issue of concern and a harsh reality facing many of today's schools. Teachers, parents, and administrators are all grappling with how best to address the problem and create a nu
Written for school leaders, tech coordinators, and curriculum leaders, this book focuses on how to plan and provide for technology use in schools to support and enhance learning. The new edition refle
“I love what Jim Burke has done to make the Standards less threatening and more useful for teachers. In particular, the indicators for what students and teachers should be doing, given the Standard, a
If you’re a high school teacher, no need to despair. Jim Burke has created a Common Core Companion for you, too, as your one-stop guide across subjects.
Shift from trifling tasks to winning leadership strategies. Learn how to turn your school around with steps and stories from a turnaround principal who has been there.
Help build internal capacity in adults to increase student achievement that increases education leaders’ capacities to support professional learning across schools and districts with this comprehensiv
Take peer-to-peer learning to the next level with peer coaching!Peer coaches assist teachers in crafting and implementing lessons that help students develop the critical thinking, creativity, communic
This companion to the bestselling differentiated instruction guide features step-by-step training activities, guidelines for individualized support, research-based responses to concerns, evaluation to
What Successful Math Teachers Do is a powerful portal to what the best research looks like in practice, strategy by strategy—now aligned to both the Common Core and the NCTM Standards.
No more unproductive meetings! The complete guide to nipping conflict in the bud and getting the most out of every gathering of educators.Do your meetings spiral angrily out of control? Or simply not
20 of the best web tools to wow students with online learningWith this bundle, you will receive both the print book and the Interactive eBook versions of Untangling the Web. Discover 20 free websites
Sometimes, all a student needs to succeed is a friendEvery day, thousands of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle to stay afloat at school—sometimes bullied, often ostracized. If onl
Get to the core of your students’ understanding of mathYour wait is over: finally, easy-to-implement diagnostic tools to help you quickly and reliably identify your students’ understanding of Common C
Discover 20 free websites and tools—flexible enough for kindergarten through high school use—and learn how to leverage technology to transform classroom experiences. More than a “how-to” guide, you’ll
One of the biggest challenges teachers face is managing their classrooms on a day-to-day basis, and in the eyes of the general public, classroom management ranks as one of the most serious educational
A comprehensive guide shows how to implement practice-based peer-to-peer professional development for teachers, including examples from a high-performing urban school and across all grade levels and d
Open up a world of learning for students with special needs with your iPad!Aligned to the principles of Universal Design for Learning, this book provides practical information for using iPads to meet
Your ELA roadmap to achieving Common Core objectives!Are your middle and secondary students on track to meet the new Common Core ELA standards? If they aren’t, they can be soon. In Mapping Comprehensi
Lead your team to inclusion success—with quantifiable results! Use Karten’s hands-on guide to establishing coaching baselines, introducing research-based inclusion strategies, and promoting inclusion
This book offers a concise, step-by-step guide to the collaborative inquiry process. It supports facilitators in ensuring that the work of their teams is purposeful, productive, and impactful. By fol
Expand your PLC by making it digital!This is a practical, hands-on guide to creating and sustaining Virtual Learning Communities (VLCs) that lead to enhanced teacher effectiveness and increased levels
This step-by-step approach to introducing performance-based pay helps districts avoid common pitfalls and put best practices into action, including collaboration with teachers to design balanced asses
Klerk, who specializes in workforce development, presents a guide for teachers, mentors, and parents to use to help students in grades seven through 10 understand the importance of education for their
