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This practical, hands-on guide shows K-12 school leaders how to support STEM programs that excite students and teachers-even if the leader is not an expert in science, technology, engineering, or math.

Are your students excited about writing?

Are your students excited about writing?

Students following directions, dutifully completing assignments, and quietly cooperating.

Students following directions, dutifully completing assignments, and quietly cooperating.

Packed with strategies, tips, and activities you can quickly put into practice, this book shows how to build productive teams and intentionally create an environment of professional engagement in your school.

Packed with strategies, tips, and activities you can quickly put into practice, this book shows how to build productive teams and intentionally create an environment of professional engagement in your school.

K-12 schools in the United States are suffering from an epidemic of teacher attrition: nearly half of all new teachers leave the field within their first five years, and thousands of teaching positions across the country are going unfilled.

K-12 schools in the United States are suffering from an epidemic of teacher attrition: nearly half of all new teachers leave the field within their first five years, and thousands of teaching positions across the country are going unfilled.

What really motivates students to learn?

What really motivates students to learn?

Grading systems often reward on-time task completion and penalize disorganization and bad behavior.

Grading systems often reward on-time task completion and penalize disorganization and bad behavior.

Curriculum design experts Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins have reviewed thousands of curriculum documents and unit plans across a range of subjects and grades.

Curriculum design experts Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins have reviewed thousands of curriculum documents and unit plans across a range of subjects and grades.

In The Freedom to Fail, veteran educator Andrew K.

Most educators are skilled at planning instruction and determining what they will do during the course of a lesson.

In The Freedom to Fail, veteran educator Andrew K.

In this book, project-based learning expert Suzie Boss explains how real-world projects engage and motivate students while teaching relevant, rigorous content and skills that align with standards and put learners on the path to active citizenship.

The Common Core State Standards have put close reading in the spotlight as never before.

The Common Core State Standards have put close reading in the spotlight as never before.

In this book, project-based learning expert Suzie Boss explains how real-world projects engage and motivate students while teaching relevant, rigorous content and skills that align with standards and put learners on the path to active citizenship.

As digital natives, our students are certainly at home online, but how much do they know about using the Internet as a research tool?

As digital natives, our students are certainly at home online, but how much do they know about using the Internet as a research tool?

';It's not the doing that matters; it's the thinking about the doing,' said John Dewey.

';It's not the doing that matters; it's the thinking about the doing,' said John Dewey.

How can school leaders use technology to be more effective?

How can school leaders use technology to be more effective?

Teacher quality is the school-related factor that most affects student learning, so selecting the best candidate for open teaching positions has enormous implications.

Teacher quality is the school-related factor that most affects student learning, so selecting the best candidate for open teaching positions has enormous implications.

Discover tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and transforming your school's culture into one that is positive, forward-looking, and working to enrich students' lives.

We all know the factors that can threaten a positive classroom environment: stress from testing, lack of motivation, and problems that students bring from home, for a start.

We all know the factors that can threaten a positive classroom environment: stress from testing, lack of motivation, and problems that students bring from home, for a start.

When students' fears, stresses, and frustrations creep into the classroom and disrupt the learning process, how can you respond in a positive way that results in better relationships and higher levels of motivation and achievement?

When students' fears, stresses, and frustrations creep into the classroom and disrupt the learning process, how can you respond in a positive way that results in better relationships and higher levels of motivation and achievement?

In Effective Supervision, Robert J.

Creating a peer literacy coaching program from scratch is no easy task.

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How can we create and sustain professional learning programs that actually lead to improved student achievement?

In this book, author and teacher Katy Ridnouer focuses on the potentially overwhelming, sometimes puzzling, often delicate work of engaging both students and parents in the pursuit of learning and achievement.

How can teachers connect with and motivate students to embrace learning?

English language learners (ELLs) often face the difficult challenge of learning both a new language and new subject matter at the same time.

What can 21st century educators learn from the example of a 19th century president?

Everyone agrees that what we do in schools should be based on what we know about how the brain learns.

You've probably heard the advice "e;put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.

Are we missing the opportunity to reach struggling learners from the very beginning?

There's a lot more to being a teacher leader than any job description can capture.

What makes a great school leader?

Is there a way to get students to love math?

Creating and sustaining a classroom where every learner succeeds is a challenge for any teacher-especially when the elements of diversity and inclusion are added to the mix.