Teacher training

Are you overwhelmed by unruly students, difficult parents, and never-ending classroom distractions?

There's never enough time.

There's never enough time.

Teachers deserve to get the feedback and support that are necessary to make learning as powerful as possible--for both their students and themselves.

Teachers deserve to get the feedback and support that are necessary to make learning as powerful as possible--for both their students and themselves.

The story of the civil rights movement.

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school.

Too often, students who fail a grade or a course receive remediation that ends up widening rather than closing achievement gaps.

Too often, students who fail a grade or a course receive remediation that ends up widening rather than closing achievement gaps.

Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same--and the need for it has only increased.

Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same--and the need for it has only increased.

All teachers know that a robust vocabulary gives students the communication skills they need to do well on tests and shine in the classroom--and the best way to ensure successful vocabulary instruction is to embrace new and engaging strategies that don't take too much time away from other work.

All teachers know that a robust vocabulary gives students the communication skills they need to do well on tests and shine in the classroom--and the best way to ensure successful vocabulary instruction is to embrace new and engaging strategies that don't take too much time away from other work.

Classroom management may be the hardest part of being a teacher: fraught with power struggles, it often leaves teachers feeling stressed and drained and students feeling mutinous or powerless.

Classroom management may be the hardest part of being a teacher: fraught with power struggles, it often leaves teachers feeling stressed and drained and students feeling mutinous or powerless.

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher?

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher?

Every day, new research and technology influence what are considered to be best practices in the classroom.

Every day, new research and technology influence what are considered to be best practices in the classroom.

As every educator knows all too well, teaching can be an incredibly challenging profession.

As every educator knows all too well, teaching can be an incredibly challenging profession.

What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share.

Why do some students struggle to understand and retain information, while other students don't?

Why do some students struggle to understand and retain information, while other students don't?

With the Common Core State Standards emphasizing listening and speaking across the curriculum, these long-neglected language arts are regaining a place in schools.

With the Common Core State Standards emphasizing listening and speaking across the curriculum, these long-neglected language arts are regaining a place in schools.

With new standards emphasizing higher-order thinking skills, students will have to demonstrate their ability to do far more than simply remember facts and procedures.

With new standards emphasizing higher-order thinking skills, students will have to demonstrate their ability to do far more than simply remember facts and procedures.

The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts.

The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts.

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

Research confirms that the teacher makes the greatest difference in the learning success of students, so it's important that new teachers get off to a strong start.

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

We all remember our inspired teachers--the ones who made learning come alive and helped us break through to better and deeper understanding.

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Teaching is as much about students as it is about curriculum, and no one understands this better than middle and high school teachers.

In this practical guide to designing and delivering interesting and effective presentations for adult audiences, Garmston and Wellman cover the five stages of a presentation and offer tips for executing each one.

Can your organization keep up with today's rapid pace of change?

Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school.

What makes mathematics so confusing to students?

Teacher-Centered Professional Development is a hands-on guide to collaborative skill building for educators.

In Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning, researchers Pamela D.

What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge?

Challenging times demand dynamic leadership.

Thousands of educators worldwide are already using Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe's Understanding by Design (UbD) as a framework for designing curriculum units, performance assessments, and instruction that lead students to deep understanding of content.

Grounded in recent research and successful practice, The New Principal's Fieldbook prepares new and aspiring principals for the unexpected twists and turns of school leadership.

In a follow-up to his earlier book, Developmental Supervision, distinguished educator and author Carl D.

What all new and developing teachers need: the real basics of effective classroom management distilled in an easy-to-read guide they can quickly scan for time-saving tips or read in-depth to improve long-term performance.

Drawing on the author's personal experience, this book provides a deeper understanding of how children experience the writing process in primary school.

This book provides concrete pedagogical suggestions for teaching the translation of cultural items, including so-called ‘untranslatables’.