Library Collection Development for Professional Programs

Husby provides a job-embedded professional development process that satisfies both individual needs of teachers and organizational demands for academic improvement.

Schott (library director, West Virginia University-Charleston) explores corporate downsizing and other company-wide events in this training manual designed to help medical librarians prepare for chang

Learn how to stay ahead of the game when budgets and staff are cutMedical Library Downsizing: Administrative, Professional, and Personal Strategies for Coping with Change explores corporate downsizing

Funded by the National Science Foundation and successfully field-tested in a variety of settings, the materials presented give teachers the opportunity to grow as learners for the classes they teach.

The new career for teachers which is currently developing, encourages responsibility for self-development. The learning needed for this new career focuses on personal competencies, which make teacher

In this age of mandated reforms, reflective practice is a truly effective, empowering way to make meaningful, positive changes.

Practical, accessible and up-to-date, this book draws directly on the work of teachers and other professional trainers concerned with programs for continuing professional development.

A workbook to accompany "Understanding by Design" by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe includes templates, exercises, and process sheets.

The authors provide principals with the tools needed to help teachers and staff enhance their skills and improve student learning.

Action learning is a continued process of learning and reflection with the support of a group of colleagues, working on real issues. The action learning method is increasingly used to bring innovation

Appearing simultaneously as The Acquisition Librarian volume 15, number 30 (2003), this book serves as a librarian's guide to building or revising collection development policies. It features eleven p

The Language Teacher's Portfolio: A Guide for Professional Development is written for use by both preservice and inservice teachers. It links elements of educational practice and theory that students

The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration.Architect's Essentials o

How can a doctor best understand the emotions and behaviour of his or her patients? An effective and deeply satisfying route is through an appreciation of literature and the profound understanding it

Updated EditionForeword by Rick DuFourOverflowing with rubrics for measuring growth towards best practice, checklists, tools, and templates, this program provides every needed element for fi

This is how storyteller, librarian, and all-around jokester Rob Reid opens his delightful new book, Something Funny Happened at the Library. Wouldn't it be great if kids came home from the library ho

Here is a career development curriculum packed with stimulating lessons and activities to help students develop the self-knowledge, interpersonal skills, and work habits they need for success in schoo

隨著金融市場高度電子化，交易方式與競爭邏輯快速改變。本書從全球證券與衍生性商品市場出發，系統性說明電子交易的核心模式、基礎建設與法規環境。作者以清楚的結構，帶領讀者理解專業電子交易者如何在不同平台中運作與獲利，並分析技術革新對市場效率與風險管理的影響。作為 Wiley Trading 系列之一，本書聚焦產業第一線的實際需求，適合作為專業人士的參考工具，也能協助讀者建立對電子金融市場的整體認識。This book tackles the concepts, technical architecture, recent developments, and future opportunities in the new field of "direct access" electronic markets. The author provides a comprehensive coverage of electronic market models, exchange platforms and networks, while describing ways in which professional electronic traders make money. Professional Electronic Trading is one of the few books that deals directly with the issues that industry professionals confront every day, making it an ideal reference and training tool. David James Norman (Chicago, IL) is Director of Electronic Markets Development at the Center for Law and Financial Markets at IIT. New technology and the advent of electronic trading have opened the floodgates to both foreign and domestic markets. Traders need the wisdom of

Leadership is currently one of the most hotly discussed topics in business. This is the first book to not only identify the characteristics of successful leadership but to show how these qualities can

Personal development is fundamental to professional development and therapeutic practice. Until now, the unstructured personal or reflective journal has by default become the sole vehicle for recordin

A supplement to the American Library Association's Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements , designed to assist librarians, both music specialists and generalists, who are responsible for writi

Systems for Change offers specific - and, quite often, unique - suggestions for planning and implementing a literacy professional development course.

This guide, a supplement to the ALA's Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements, is meant to assist librarians, both music specialists and generalists, who are responsible for writing collection

This research-based book provides details on how educators can dramatically increase student achievement. It offers numerous experience-based ideas and strategies which can be applied to any school or

This book summarizes over 40 programs which enhance the success of students at risk. The emphases of these programs include individual students' learning skills, whole-school improvement, professional

Includes a chapter by John I. Goodlad"Dick Clark presents a comprehensive and vital view of the role that professional development schools bring to today's educational renewal efforts. He offers valua

The second edition of this ultra-practical resource helps both students and professionals in the human services fields be more focused and fulfilled in the work they do. By working through self-analys

Learning circles—small groups of educators who come together to support each other in learning—can make great improvements in the quality of teaching and learning in your school.

Describes different forms of professional development for cooperative learning and shows how the use of cooperative learning in professional development is leading to new insights into teaching and pr

Here is a career development curriculum packed with stimulating lessons and activities to help students develop the self-knowledge, interpersonal skills, and work habits they need for success in schoo

A leader in cooperative collection development for the school library presents a framework for developing school library collections in today's era of "access vs. ownership" and cooperative resource s

This creative and pioneering book adapts and extAnds the transformation theory of adult learning to the professional development of adult educators. Well written and easy to read, with many examples,

Provides ideas for 50 summer reading clubs, and includes suggestions for advertising the clubs, promotional items, activities, and related films and videos

還記得 Lost and Found 裡的小男孩與企鵝嗎？Oliver Jeffers 將這對熟悉的好朋友帶進專為幼兒設計的迷你硬頁書，從兩人第一次相遇開始，看看他們平常一起做什麼、去過哪些地方，又如何度過在家的時光。盒中收錄 How We Met、Things We Do、Places We Go 與 At Home Together 四本全新作品，且僅以這套盒裝形式推出。每冊尺寸小巧、採厚實硬頁設計，方便幼兒自己拿取與翻閱。簡單的生活主題搭配 Oliver Jeffers 熟悉的角色與插畫，四冊收進迷你書盒，也是為寶寶準備第一套小小圖書館的選擇。Welcome to the world, baby! This collection of mini board books by internationally renowned artist and creator Oliver Jefers will start a baby's library off right. A perfect gift for a baby shower or a first birthday. This tiny boxed set, perfect for little hands, contains four brand-new mini board books, only available together! Stories of the Boy and Penguin have enchanted readers worldwide, ever since they first appeared together in the bestselling contemporary classic, Lost and Found. Now the much-loved characters are introduced to the youngest of fans in this irresistible set of four mini board books. Find out how the Boy and Penguin met and join them on their travels-and more-in this spectacular story colle