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How can we systemically improve the quality of classroom instruction and the learning and achievement of students?

2010 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal';Why is it,' writes noted assessment expert W.

2010 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal';Why is it,' writes noted assessment expert W.

How can we systemically improve the quality of classroom instruction and the learning and achievement of students?

Educators and policy makers confront challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity on a regular basis.

Educators and policy makers confront challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity on a regular basis.

Passing the Leadership Test: Strategies for Success on the Leadership Licensure Exam is a study guide for the School Leaders Licensure Examination (SLLA.

Lately, our nation's strategy for improving our schools is mostly limited to "e;getting tough"e; with teachers.

Veteran educators are being encouraged to take early retirement in order to create jobs for less-experienced, lower-paid novices.

This book provides short, pertinent content relevant to everyday events within a school.

The Challenge of Greatness: The Legacy of Great Teachers reveals the characteristics and teaching strategies of Great Teachers.

Instructors using the textbook, Supervising Student Teachers: The Professional Way, 7th Edition, will find its companion instructor's guide a helpful resource.

Elementary teachers of reading have one essential goalto prepare diverse children to be independent, strategic readers in real life.

This succinct, engaging book explains how busy elementary school principals can support effective literacy instruction in their schools.

Better Results and Less Stress through Proven TechniquesTo be fully engaged in life means that we have clear goals as well as the focus and skills to accomplish those goals with ease and a sense of calm awareness.

In those times when we want to acquire a new skill or face a formidable challenge we hope to overcome, what we need most are patience, focus, and discipline, traits that seem elusive or difficult to maintain.

Difficult and demanding times force educators to reevaluate their lives and current lifestyles.

Often new leaders commit a series of missteps that create dissention and dissatisfaction, ultimately alienating staff.

Peer Coaching in Higher Education describes a simple, five-step method for the improvement of teaching in colleges and universities.

The suspension and expulsion of ethnic minority students, especially African American males , remains a critical issue in schools today.

A leader's position can be a lonely one even in the best of times.

Leaders in the Crossroads considers two intriguing issues: an exploration of the characteristics that determine success and failure in the academy's top post and the impact of that post on a college.

Literature on leadership often fails to include a clear connection between theory and practice.

The Teaching Roadmap is designed for college and secondary educators who are looking for support as they begin their teaching careers.

Teaching teenagers can be very rewarding; it can also be very challenging.

From lesson-planning to instructional practice to classroom management, teachers must make choices constantly and consistently.

Building Strong Music Programs uniquely focuses on music programs in the public school community, providing strategies and tools for developing a vibrant music program and building community support.

This book focuses on thirty-three rules or principles that educators often fail to pay heed to in their professional activity.

This book seeks to not only articulate a vision for the profession through Standards for Teacher Educators but also provide a historical perspective of and explore the issues surrounding these standards.

This bestselling work provides practitioners with a complete guide to implementing response to intervention (RTI) in schools.

This book brings together some of the worlds foremost literacy scholars to discuss how research influences what teachers actually do in the classroom.

Showcasing exemplary research programs, this book explores how the latest theories and findings on cognitive development can be used to improve classroom instruction.

What cognitive processes and skills do children draw on to make meaning from text?

Middle school, the formative years in which students reach puberty and start the massive, life changing alterations that will determine who they are, is one of the hardest times for any new teacher to start their career.

Weave a tapestry of play and learning in your early childhood education practicesThe Original Learning Approach is a new reflective practice inspired by Reggio Emilia that allows children to learn and play naturally and at their own pace and can be applied to any pedagogical method, philosophy, or context.

With new chapters and updates from early childhood leaders Deb Curtis and Margie Carter invite early childhood educators to learn the art and skill of observation.

Building Together is a journey focused on the leadership necessary for today's early childhood education system building.

Graceful Leadership in Early Childhood Education is a book to turn to when there is a challenge that needs tackling, when you need a boost of inspiration, or when you just want to reflect on your own journey.

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An invaluable tool for the director/supervisor striving to identify what aspects of an early childhood program need improvement.

RIGOROUS DAP in the Early Years: From Theory to Practice provides teachers with a roadmap for teaching that helps children meet academic expectations and maintains focus on the appropriate development of the whole child.

View the culture of childhood through a whole new lens.

Early childhood educators need to be cognizant of the disconnect between public policy and classroom practicethe success of children they teach depends on it.

Maurice Sykes has made advocating for and advancing high-quality early childhood education his lifes work.

There's a lot of conversation in the early childhood community on evaluating teachers to improve their performance.

Learning to closely observe children requires commitment to systematic study and ongoing practice.

A strong comprehension of early childhood theory is fundamental to early childhood educators' abilities to make informed decisions about the ways they support children's development and learning.

Make the complex task of creating a child-centered curriculum easier with the practical guidelines and ideas in this updated and expanded handbook.

Learning to Lead combines theory and practice with important topics such as human development, diversity, anti-bias, and social change.

Rewriting Success in Rhetoric and Composition Careers presents alternative narratives of what constitutes success in the field of rhetoric and composition from those who occupy traditionally undervalued positions in the academy (tribal college, community colleges, postdoctoral tracks), those who have used their PhDs outside of the academy (a law firm, a textbook publisher, a community center), and those who have engaged in professionalization opportunities not typical in the field (research center, a nonprofit humanities organization).