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An essential guide for all teachers, "Learning to Teach--Not Just for Beginners" offers a wealth of great strategies for all those who desire to instruct others as a career.
Supervision That Improves Teaching, Second Edition is a practical guide to improving classroom instruction. This book is user-friendly and based on research and tested strategies and techniques. It intends to assist readers in developing his or her platforms with the use of summary sheets and observation charts provided throughout the book. The book offers future education leaders supervisory strategies and techniques necessary to promote teaching and learning. It brings forth the goal of supervision in attaining and facilitating the process of instructional excellence in schools through curriculum and staff development, action research, and assessments.
""This book will certainly prove to be useful as a guide for instructional leaders in both their on-going professional development as well as their daily practice tomorrow. It is not often that we have a book that is well grounded in the theory of instructional leadership while also being practical in its possible applications.""
In this memoir about kids, creativity, and the power of songwriting, Gary Dulabaum inspires and entertains. Whether recounting his early days as a struggling reader and writer or outlining the songwriting process he uses in student workshops around the country, Gary's belief in creativity as a learning tool is empowering. This book includes the tools and processes teachers need to begin writing songs in their classrooms, a CD of songs students can sing along with, and classroom activities to enhance the educational value of the songs. Throughout, Gary shows concern for children and their ability to communicate. A great way for teachers to expose their students to the writing process and encourage their personal creativity. Book jacket.
This series of books is designed to help upper-elementary teachers teach a rigourous yearlong writing curriculum.
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The recent decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has had a major impact on many who have been geographically uprooted to places they have never lived or known. Established in 2012, DACA allows eligible immigrant youth (Dreamers) to apply for protection for deportation and work permits in two-year increments. On September 5, 2017 the Trump administration announced that it would tersely end the program. While several organizations have taken charge by advocating and representing Dreamers, there are still many students in school districts who have not been represented or advocated for because of their limited language skills. On January 22, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Cou...
Step-by-Step Skill-Builders for Your Classroom. make reading and writing more meaningful to children, with author studies! This photo-filled guide supports you through every step in the process: choosing author, nurturing independent readers, celebrating writers with innovative projects, setting up author visits, assessment, and more.
Lucy Calkins has written a book with the goal of creating lifelong readers. The Art of Teaching Reading offers educators a multifaceted reading program supported by word study, guided reading, book talks, and other ongoing structures to produce impassioned readers. Through years of research, the author provides a myriad of ideas to help young readers discover their own joy of reading and love of books. This text focuses on the big picture of reading instruction and explores the goals of reading programs. It also provides information on comprehending and responding to text through synthesis, critique, writing, and other effective strategies for understanding. For teachers or future teachers or educators.