Every teacher who is struggling to make close reading a cohesive and coherent part of the curriculum, take notice: relief is in sight, thanks to Nancy Boyles’Lessons and Units for Closer ReadingHere,
Educators today function in a highly charged environment in which achievement disparities between children of color and their white counterparts can no longer be hidden. In this powerful professional
Get your students the support they need!One size does not fit all for helping students with learning disabilities—and it doesn’t work for identifying learning disabilities either. This practical, easy
Douglas Llewellyn focuses on teaching science through an inquiry-based process, showing teachers how to implement inquiry using the three "Rs" of inquiry—restructuring, retooling, and reculturing. Inq
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
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
This third edition of Tileston's classic methods text includes current examples and updated chapters on formative assessment, integrating technology, differentiated instruction, and fostering collabo
In this second edition of his best-selling volume The Action Research Guidebook, Richard Sagor provides updated tools and insights to guide the implementation of school-based research for student suc
This strategy book for elementary math teachers benefits students who are struggling with whole number computation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.AyBy analyzing student work f
Packed with instructional strategies for students with significant disabilities, this research-based resource helps teachers adapt their curriculum, work collaboratively, develop accurate assessments
Designed forAyschool administrators, teachers, and support staff, this book encourages school personnel to take a closer look at mobile technologies and Web 2.0 tools that students use on a regular b
This practical volume helps you plan ahead confidently with strategies for encouraging student participation, establishing fair grading practices, modifying curriculum for students with special needs
This practical volume helps you plan ahead confidently with strategies for encouraging student participation, establishing fair grading practices, modifying curriculum for students with special needs
Packed with sample units, rubrics, and more, this updated bestseller helps teachers develop and implement a curriculum that moves students along the continuum toward expertise.
Packed with sample units, rubrics, and more, this updated bestseller helps teachers develop and implement a curriculum that moves students along the continuum toward expertise.
This user-friendly guide offers strategies and how-to's for implementing RTI in classrooms and schoolwide, providing team-building techniques, academic and behavioral interventions, and more.
School and district leaders will discover how to develop, assess, and sustain a collaborative, team-based mentoring program that helps retain new teachers and improve student achievement.
Updated for new and experienced principals, this resource provides personal stories, practical advice, a new chapter on career fulfillment, and study guides for professional development.
Activate learning in all adolescents-including ELLs and advanced learners-with these practical, developmentally appropriate techniques based on brain research, technology, and a six-point differentia
The fifth edition of this bestseller brings the reader up-to-date with newly researched Web sites and effective strategies for writing government, foundation, and private grants.
Eloquently illustrates the immediate need for school improvement, examines leaders' expanded roles in the change process, and offers recommendations for turning a vision for change into reality.
Includes teaching scenarios modeling the crossover of literacy and math strategies, and provides techniques to strengthen students' grasp of foundational concepts and advance their skills in reasonin
Includes teaching scenarios modeling the crossover of literacy and math strategies, and provides techniques to strengthen students' grasp of foundational concepts and advance their skills in reasonin
Written by legal and education experts and aligned with the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, this practical resource provides a step-by-step plan for creating, writing, and evaluating IEPs.
Provides teachers with an understanding of ADHD and how it manifests in young children, clarifying the what, why, and how of inclusive strategies that work.
Used successfully in culturally, economically, and academically diverse classrooms, these strategies and activities focus on developing students' self-esteem, self-image, and self-responsibility.
This second edition enhances the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty "teaching for learning" tips for daily instruction.
This second edition enhances the "five big ideas" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty "teaching for learning" tips for daily instruction.
This valuable guide offers a wealth of strategies for designing, presenting, and facilitating professional development with follow-up coaching that meets the unique needs of adult learners.
The author helps teachers better understand and guide children toward positive behavior by effectively motivating them, developing their self-control, and more.
The author helps teachers better understand and guide children toward positive behavior by effectively motivating them, developing their self-control, and more.
This reader-friendly second edition provides step-by-step procedures for using data to facilitate effective decision making and focuses on strengthening educators' problem analysis and data interpr
Case studies illustrate how social, political, and economic factors affect special education practices and the distribution of limited resources to students with special needs.
The author examines the beneficial effects of service learning, offers examples of curriculum-based and community-based projects, and explains how to start a successful program.
A do-it-yourself speaking coach, mentor, and image consultant rolled into one, this humorous book shows how to get your point across and win your audience.
Drawing on the wisdom of master teachers and her own extensive classroom experience, Reider explains how to empower students while establishing an "invisible" authority in the classroom.
Based on more than 200 interviews, this practical guidebook provides strategies for solving staff problems, preventing conflicts, and enriching school climates.
Presents step-by-step instructions to the facilitation process, covering such topics as managing difficult participants and delegating in a respectful manner.
Presents step-by-step instructions to the facilitation process, covering such topics as managing difficult participants and delegating in a respectful manner.
