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In this updated second edition of the best-selling Never Work Harder Than Your Students, Robyn Jackson reaffirms that every teacher can become a master teacher. The secret is not a specific strategy or technique, nor it is endless hours of prep time. It's developing a master teacher mindset.

Research on the brain has shown that emotion plays a key role in learning, but how can educators apply that research? Engage the Brain presents easy-to-understand explanations of the brain's emotion networks and how they affect learning, paired with specific suggestions for classroom strategies that can make a real difference.

Makes the case that our schools could be on the cusp of swift, unparalleled improvements. But we are stymied by a systemwide failure to simplify and prioritize; we have yet to focus our limited time and energy on the most essential, widely acknowledged, evidence-based practices that could have more impact than all other initiatives combined.

Drawing on the authors' vast experience working with administrators, this book provides practical advice and tools for improving math instruction. They guide you through the initial steps of establishing a strong math culture, developing common tasks, and then offer specific suggestions for monitoring, supporting, and sustaining improvement.

According to educator and creativity expert Ronald Beghetto, the best way to unleash students' problem solving and creativity - and thus prepare them to face real-world problems - is to incorporate complex challenges that teach students to respond productively to uncertainty.

How can today's teachers ensure that their students achieve at high levels? How can they design units and lessons that support English learners in language development and content learning - simultaneously? Amy Heineke and Jay McTighe provide the answers by adding a lens on language to the widely used Understanding by Design (R) framework.

Why aren't more schools seeing significant improvement in students' reading ability when they implement Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multitiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in their literacy programs? Susan Hall provides answers in the form of 10 success factors for implementing MTSS.

In this fully revised and expanded third edition of the bestselling Reciprocal Teaching at Work, Lori Oczkus provides both tried-and-true and fresh solutions for teaching reading comprehension.

Covers the basics of effective mathematical communication and offers specific strategies for teaching students how to speak and write about maths. The book also presents useful suggestions for helping students incorporate correct vocabulary and appropriate representations when presenting their mathematical ideas.

Educational coaches - whether maths, literacy, instructional, or curriculum coaches - vary in the content of the work they do and in the grade range of the teachers with whom they work. But "good coaching is good coaching", as coaching expert Cathy Toll affirms in this, her newest book.

Emphasizing the importance of mutual respect and self-control, this book offers specific strategies and techniques for building strong relationships with disruptive students and countering the toxic social circumstances that affect many of them, including dysfunctional families, gangs, and poverty.

Presents a detailed model for developing a more reliable, standards-based grading system - including 30 steps to guide you through the process. In addition to identifying and addressing the barriers to change, Jonathan Cornue offers a concrete structure for changing the grading system.

With references to Star Trek, motorcycle daredevils, and near-classic movies of the '80s, developmental molecular biologist John Medina, author of the New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, explores the neurological and evolutionary factors that drive teenage behaviour and can affect both achievement and engagement.

Drawing upon decades of research and myriad authentic classroom experiences, Kathleen Budge and William Parrett dispel harmful myths, explain the facts, and urge educators to act against the debilitating effects of poverty on their students.

Ensuring that the knowledge teachers impart is appropriately stored in the brain and easily retrieved when necessary is a vital component of instruction. In How to Teach So Students Remember, Marilee Sprenger provides a proven, research-based, easy-to-follow framework for doing just that.

Drawing from his own experience as a teacher and coach, Glen Pearsall offers practical, real-world advice in the form of techniques that are both effective and sustainable in the everyday classroom. The result is smarter assessment-for both teachers and students.

Dispels the negative associations and stereotypes connected to underachievement. By focusing on smart kids who get poor grades not because they're unable to do better in school but because they don't want to James Delisle presents a snapshot of underachievement that may look far different from what you envision it to be.

The world is a noisy place. It's full of voices, but what are they all for? How are they different, and how do people use their voices to be heard? Two young birds, Cay and Adlee, are going on an adventure to find out! Follow along as they explore, listen, learn, and meet new friends who use their unique voices to express themselves.

This expanded fourth edition provides educators at all levels with everything they need to apply multiple intelligences (MI) theory to curriculum development, lesson planning, assessment, special education, cognitive skills, career development, educational policy, and more.

To profoundly affect teacher practice and student learning, professional learning communities (PLCs) need strong and knowledgeable leadership. Daniel Venables draws on his extensive experience helping schools and districts implement effective PLCs to explore this crucial but often-overlooked need.

Shows how you can use problem-based learning as a daily approach to helping students learn authentic and relevant content and skills. The authors explain how to engage students in each of the seven steps in the problem-based learning model, and describe how to help students master seven important thinking skills.

With the same passion that inspires so many who hear him speak, Manny Scott presents an approach informed by the teachers who helped him and honed through years of connecting with kids who desperately need someone to show them a path to a more positive future.

Understanding and sharing ideas - and implementing practices - that help adults explore experiences and assumptions is a powerful driver of school change. Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano share expertise that has evolved from their many decades of research and work with educators.

Why do we assess reading? What do we assess when we assess reading? How, where, and when do we assess reading? Reading instruction and assessment expert Peter Afflerbach addresses these questions and much more in the third edition of Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K-12

A guide to help teachers capture and make sense of the messiness associated with assessment. By shining a spotlight on three types of student portfolios - performance, process, and progress - and how they can be used to assess student work, Renwick helps educators navigate the maze of digital tools and implement the results to drive instruction.

Knowing how to navigate technology is essential for both teachers and students. Whether you are a novice or a veteran, teach kindergarten students or high school seniors, this book is an indispensable guide to furthering academic skills, social development, and digital aptitude in the classroom.

Provides a step-by-step guide for the implementation of Spider Web Discussion, covering everything from introducing the technique to creating rubrics for discussion self-assessment to the nuts-and-bolts of charting the conversations and using the data collected for formative assessment.

In this comprehensive resource for elementary school teachers, Kristina Doubet and Jessica Hockett explore how to use differentiated instruction to help students be more successful learners - regardless of background, native language, learning preference, or motivation.

With practical guidance on how to revamp existing lessons, The i5 Approach is an indispensable resource for any teacher who wants to help students gain deeper and broader content understanding and become stronger and more innovative thinkers.

How can we ensure that all students, regardless of cultural background or socioeconomic status, are granted equitable opportunities to succeed in the classroom and beyond? Ignacio Lopez offers hard-won lessons that educators at all levels can apply to teaching, assessing, counselling, and designing interventions for learners from all walks of life.