Ascd: 352 books
by Allen N. Mendler
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2001
In a time of an increasingly rigid "zero tolerance" of the slightest hint of violence, which results in automatic suspension or expulsion, Allen N. Mendler calls for a more caring, flexible approach to school safety. Easily tailored to any learning environment, the activities and guidelines...
Common Core Standards for Elementary Grades K–2 Math & English Language Arts
A Quick-Start Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Smart implementation of the Common Core State Standards requires both an overall understanding of the standards and a grasp of their implications for planning, teaching, and learning. This Quick-Start Guide provides a succinct, all-in-one look at * The content, structure, terminology, and emphases...
Formative Classroom Walkthroughs
How Principals and Teachers Collaborate to Raise Student Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Learn how schools use formative walkthroughs to reveal evidence of student learning and enable teachers to make informed adjustments that help students succeed.
Effective Teacher Interviews
How do I hire good teachers?
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Teacher quality is the school-related factor that most affects student learning, so selecting the best candidate for open teaching positions has enormous implications. In Effective Teacher Interviews, Jennifer L. Hindman provides practical advice on how to conduct hiring interviews that reliably predict...
Teach, Reflect, Learn
Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
“It’s not the doing that matters; it’s the thinking about the doing,” said John Dewey.
As a teacher, you work hard to make a positive difference in the lives of your students. But this kind of progress doesn’t happen overnight, and it doesn’t happen accidentally. It’s the result...
by Susan M. Brookhart
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2010
Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? And how can K–12 classroom teachers assess it across the disciplines? Author, consultant, and former classroom teacher Susan M. Brookhart answers...
Connecting Teachers, Students, and Standards: Strategies for Success in Diverse and Inclusive Classrooms
Strategies for Success in Diverse and Inclusive Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Creating and sustaining a classroom where every learner succeeds is a challenge for any teacher—especially when the elements of diversity and inclusion are added to the mix. How can teachers differentiate instruction in ways that help all students meet standards and develop lifelong learning skills?The...
Researching in a Digital World
How do I teach my students to conduct quality online research?
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
As digital natives, our students are certainly at home online, but how much do they know about using the Internet as a research tool? Do they know how to ask the right questions, find the best and most credible resources, evaluate the "facts" they come across, and avoid plagiarism and copyright...
Hanging In
trategies for Teaching the Students Who Challenge Us Most
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Many students arrive at school with unique mixtures of family histories, traumatic experiences, and special needs that test our skills and try our patience. In Hanging In: Strategies for Teaching the Students Who Challenge Us Most, veteran educator Jeffrey Benson shows educators the value of tenacity...
Summarization in Any Subject
60 Innovative, Tech-Infused Strategies for Deeper Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
Summarization. Just when we thought we knew everything about it, the doors to divergent thinking open and summarization—no longer something that students must endure until you get to the "cool" stuff—takes on an exciting new role in student success!
In this second edition of Summarization...
Teaching to Strengths
Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Half the students in U.S. schools are experiencing or have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress. Much has been written about these students from a therapeutic perspective, especially regarding how to provide them with adequate counseling supports and services. Conversely, little has been...
All Learning Is Social and Emotional
Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
While social and emotional learning (SEL) is most familiar as compartmentalized programs separate from academics, the truth is, all learning is social and emotional. What teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we choose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how students...
Literacy Unleashed
Fostering Excellent Reading Instruction Through Classroom Visits
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
In Literacy Unleashed, Bonnie D. Houck and Sandi Novak explain why ensuring high-quality reading instruction is one of school leaders’ most important jobs and introduce their Literacy Classroom Visit (LCV) Model. Meticulously researched and refined through years of application in the field, the...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
You know that repeating the same words and the same instructions—or simply announcing the answers to questions—doesn’t help students learn. How do you get past the predictable and really teach your kids how to learn? Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey say that helping students develop immediate and...