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This resource offers “coach-leaders” tools and strategies for guiding staff to continuously grow and improve, maximize their potential, and create productive school cultures.
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Meaningful Conversations invites readers who earnestly desire high achievement for all students in all American schools to the table for a nine-course meal of food for thought that, altogether, satisfies educators’ hunger for comprehensive and transformative school improvement. Addressing critical issues in contemporary schools—including leadership, school culture, curriculum, and assessment—this book offers conversation pieces that describe success standards for schools and conversation points that specifically address the unique responsibilities of district leaders, administrators, and teachers.
My Pet Monkey Named Rue is a delightful and rhyming childrens story about a Boy who befriends a Blue Monkey and names him Rue. They have fun doing everything together until one day Rue causes trouble in the neighborhood. The boy realizes Rue can no longer live with him so he finds him a new home at Jeds Circus Show. It is here where Rue meets other animals who are different too. There is Sam the Pink Elephant, Lindsey the Green Dog, and Anthony the striped Tiger had a color of red. Rue learns of the other animals parts in Jeds Circus Show and he is given his own very special act to do in the show. The time comes for the boy to leave and he is sad to have to go, but he knows he can come back to see Rue anytime in Jeds Circus Show. In fact, at the end of the story, the boy is handed some tickets to come back and to sit in the grand stand. My Pet Monkey Named Rue is about being different and being loved.
Learn how to promote STEM integration in your school district and increase student achievement. In this helpful, easy-to-read book, author Terry Talley sheds light on the key responsibilities and accountabilities of a successful STEM coach and offers a wealth of practical advice for those new to the position and for those who want to refine their skills. You’ll discover how to... Build positive working relationships with teachers and faculty Organize professional development opportunities such as PLCs and book study groups Develop hands-on instructional strategies based off the needs of your students and the strengths of your staff Promote technological and scientific literacy to prepare students for success in the 21st Century Enhance student engagement using project-based learning and growth-based assessment models Designed to be read either as a step-by-step guide or as a reference, The STEM Coaching Handbook is loaded with insights and accounts from experienced STEM educators across the country. No matter your level of expertise, these tips will help you make your district’s STEM program more effective for all students.
A leader doesn't have to personally solve every problem in order to be effective. In fact, helping others learn to resolve issues and implement their own solutions is the key to sustainable leadership and an empowered staff. This companion and follow-up book to Coaching Conversations brings the coaching style of leadership to life with stories from the experienced coaches on the Coaching For Results team. Featuring examples of real people who face real problems by using coaching skills with great success, each chapter explores a challenging leadership area through coaching insights, key ideas, and questions for personal reflection. Topics address
Lynn Winters's and Joan Herman's The Turnaround Toolkit is written for school leaders who are focused on transforming instruction, and who may be working under significant time constraints to reverse declining student achievement or public perceptions of school failure. Based on the evidence that simply implementing “continuous improvement” is not enough to close the achievement gap, The Turnaround Toolkit provides a nine-step formative evaluation program designed to achieve an immediate and consistent focus on improving instruction in order to bolster student achievement. In a straightforward and accessible fashion, Herman and Winters explain three overarching “Turnaround Tasks” tha...