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Confront the issues that profoundly affect teachers, administrators, and students. From cover to cover, this collection is packed with examples of effective strategies for 21st century classrooms. Discover the shift in day-to-day practice that must occur to prepare students for college and careers, and look forward to what exemplary professional practices will be crucial in deepening student learning as the 21st century progresses.
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The heat pounds, knees buckle, palms sweat, and voice turns raspy. Public speaking can be absolutely the most frightening experience of your life, or, at least, a bothersome chore. But it doesn't have to be. Thanks to expert presentation coach Marion Witz, you can learn to make presentations with great aplomb - and actually enjoy yourself in the process! In this easy-to-understand, entertaining book, Marion Witz: -Discusses the best way to prepare...
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I am like most professionals in the sales industry. Even when I'm spending time with my family and friends, my thoughts drift away towards the work I do. I love teaching sales people how to sell and coaching sales managers to get results. In fact, I would say that my obsession with learning the "best practices" of the selling industry is a borderline addiction. Selling Is Magic There is just something about the magic that happens when a buyer is resistant...
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When Brian Stephens asked me to help him organize a book of his years of experience in public school professional development, I was excited but overwhelmed by the prospect. I couldn't imagine a better use of my skills and passions as a writer, editor and educator. But in his fashion, his completion goals were ambitious. I told him, "But, Brian, I've been writing my own book for a decade." He was undeterred. He started writing chapter after chapter....
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Building a professional learning community (PLC) is not a journey taken alone. That's where the guiding coalition comes in. With clear, practical guidance, this resource examines every aspect of how to create, develop, and sustain this essential leadership team. Each chapter includes next steps, FAQs, and reflections carefully designed to help you overcome common roadblocks as you move from current practice to best practice.
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Support and retain your best and brightest new teachers. The second edition of this acclaimed book retains much of what made the original a classic, but now offers the latest research along with new insights, strategies, and best practices. Whether you're a K-12 mentor, coach, or school leader, you will gain evidence-based actions you can take today to successfully guide educators during their initial years in the profession.
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With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, there is a renewed focus on developing writing skills and, along with it, an awareness that the new digital technologies have much to contribute in this vital area. Learn how to integrate technology into writing instruction with this handbook full of innovative ideas from an eclectic group of educators.
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How do some teachers manage to expertly engage students in deep learning, harmonize mandated standards with individual student needs, and create trusting relationships in the classroom? What typically sets these "star teachers" apart from other teachers?
In What Makes a Star Teacher: 7 Dispositions That Support Student Learning, Valerie Hill-Jackson, Nicholas D. Hartlep, and Delia Stafford provide a framework that can help ensure that you are your...
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Packed with ideas for both new and veteran teachers of K–8 students, this book touches on a variety of topics that are especially relevant to the first week of school. The author provides critical information that includes arranging and navigating the classroom, setting basic expectations, communicating routines, and understanding your students' needs. Plus, you'll see how these efforts actually work in the classroom as the author shares experiences,...
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What type of questioning invigorates and sustains productive discussions? That's what Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes ask as they begin a passionate exploration of questioning as the beating heart of thoughtful discussions. Questioning and discussion are important components of classroom instruction that work in tandem to push learning forward and move students from passive participants to active meaning-makers. Walsh and Sattes argue that...
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Every school strives to better itself so that it can better its students. In Transformative Collaboration, the authors dive deep into one of the strongest strategies for school improvement-the PLC process. You will explore five collaboration-based commitments-from gaining clarity to building trust-that will ultimately help you build and sustain a PLC that provides the best possible avenues of learning to students.
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En quoi consiste, ou devrait consister, l'éthique professionnelle en enseignement? Comment se manifeste-t-elle dans les gestes pédagogiques et dans la relation éducative? Quelles sont ses composantes?
En tenant compte du contexte social et culturel du Québec, des orientations éthiques déjà énoncées par le ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur ainsi que des lois, codes et conventions ayant des incidences sur la pratique...
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The book maps out a transformative framework to support educators in nurturing young people's academic and socioemotional development, ultimately contributing to a restorative approach to equitable education. This involves educators making a paradigm shift to a strengths-based educational philosophy that emphasizes these strategies:
Employ strengths-based teaching-learning practices to build teacher-student connections that improve student learning.
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Are you stuck in a defining and controlling "you are..." group going nowhere? Are you isolated even though you are surrounded by people? Do you ever ask, "How do I get MORE?" Get unstuck and participate toward NEXT using the MORE a "We am…" group can provide. Get access to MORE. Unfortunately, our crowded world is losing the ability how to get MORE together and grow together toward NEXT. Learn how to onboard, evolve with and explore in groups. Build...
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Making money with your music volume 3 is written for the recording artist, song writer, and music producer. This book covers what you really need to know about making money in the music industry. This book covers what you need to know about preparing your music before you can license it and start making money. It will review copyright, song registration, contracts, how publishing works, building web sites to make money and more; all in the shortest,...
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In this addition to the Essentials for Principals series, authors Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour continue to provide aspiring and experienced principals with useful strategies for creating high achieving professional learning communities in their schools. The School Leader's Guide to Professional Learning Communities at Work is based on the following assumptions: 1. The school s job is to ensure high levels of student learning. 2. The process of...
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La presente investigación se estructura en torno al interés por conocer cómo se entretejen los mandatos sociales que recaen sobre la docencia con las significaciones que los estudiantes van construyendo acerca de la profesión docente a lo largo de su biografía de formación, en la configuración de una identidad profesional.
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Principals are instrumental in the teacher's understanding of a differentiated classroom. This valuable resource gives administrators the knowledge and skills needed to enable teachers to implement and sustain differentiation. Learn information and strategies to jump-start, guide, and coach teachers as they respond to the needs of diverse students, including students with special needs, students with attention deficit disorder, gifted learners, and...
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In teaching, when do we have instances of grace, or as the dictionary defines it, courteous goodwill? Are those instances going against what we've been trained to do when teaching, or against what the norms are of academia? Throughout this book, Drs. Candice Price and Miloš Savić have conversations and essays about how they've learned to believe in radical grace for their students. Going through their own personal stories, they provide reasons for...
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