R L Education: 708 books
Academic Success
Applying Learning Theory in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Beginning with guiding teachers in establishing a positive and supportive learning environment for student achievement, Academic Success then presents a review of behavioral, constructivist, and cognitive learning theories. These theories are reflected within the four main categories with which teachers...
Learn to Think and Write
A Paradigm for Teaching Grades 4-8, Introductory Levels
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The EPILLAW Paradigm is a practical method for developing writing skills. It consists of an original nine-level taxonomy and sequential methodology of listening, speaking, writing and reading. In this method, the development of writing precedes the development of reading. The work consists of two...
Student Self-Esteem
Integrating the Self
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1995
From foreword:
Few psychological variables affecting the lives of children are given as much emphasis by mental health professionals and the general public as self-esteem. Psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan viewed the concept of self as the "bedrock of the human personality," and a deterioration...
Rebels in Society
The Perils of Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Rebels in Society: The Perils of Adolescence is a true journey into the world of adolescents gone bad. This book reveals the inner workings of adolescents who have been caught up in pathology and the juvenile justice system. The first part of the book highlights juvenile sex offenders, juvenile serial...
10 Models of Teacher Evaluation
The Policies, The People, The Potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
For the first time, school districts around the country are being required to adopt formal accountability measures to assess teacher effectiveness. In a radical shift, teacher quality will be based on outputs (student achievement; teacher observations) rather than inputs (years of service; degrees...
And Action!
Directing Documentaries in the Social Studies Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
And Action! Directing Documentaries in the Social Studies Classroom provides social studies educators with the background knowledge, conceptual understanding, and tools necessary to design and facilitate classroom documentary projects in the K-12 social studies classroom. The authors have spent more...
Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Classroom
What Teachers Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Crisis intervention materials designed specifically for classroom teachers are still scarce, and their role in crisis prevention and intervention continues to be one for which teachers must take the initiative to educate themselves. With updates in crisis intervention programming and legislation;...
The Teacher's Handbook
Strategies for Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Good teaching is much more than a college degree and a collection of lesson plans. This book is unique in that it focuses on the basic and essential elements of quality teaching. It's designed specifically for teachers (both novice and experienced) looking for down-to-earth practical answers to their...
101 Facts about Bullying
What Everyone Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Everyone involved with the care and welfare of children and young adults is confronted with the issue of bullying, which is one of life's major pressures facing children. Bullying behaviors create an uncomfortable, threatening, and even hostile environment that make it difficult for children to learn....
Charter School Leadership
Elements for School Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Leadership is a critical piece of managing a high performing public charter school. Understanding the issues and the challenges faced daily by school leaders takes on a significant role when creating, managing, and sustaining high expectations and performance. With limited resources available on this...
Beyond Books, Butts, and Buses
Ten Steps to Help Assistant Principals Become Effective Instructional Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Beyond Books, Butts, and Buses: Ten Steps to Help Assistant Principals Become Effective Instructional Leaders is intended for ambitious future principals who recognize the importance of researching and preparing for that esteemed position. It contains ten steps that will lead those who are stuck in...
Team Leadership
School Boards at Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 1998
Local school boards are responsible for the two most important issues in most people's lives: their children and their money. Why do these governing bodies fail to develop into high-performance teams? This book answers this question and provides techniques for districts to solve their underlying governance...
The Savvy Principal
What Streetwise Principals Know
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
This book is a manual on how to become a streetwise and savvy principal. These leaders do things very differently from other principals and what they do that distinguishes them is not found in studies on effective principals. There are two reasons for this: 1.) researchers aren’t asking the right...
by Leo H. Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2005
Here is a book to serve educators from all types of schools in either pre-service or professional development that is designed as a text for master's and licensure (post-master's) level. This book covers all the relevant issues in school law: _