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Draws on lessons learned from educators across grade levels, content areas, and district demographics to present a definitive guide to developing a culture of reflective practice in your school.

Introduces the Collaborative Teaching Improvement Model of Excellence (CTIME), a continuous improvement model that embraces personalized professional learning to ensure that teachers meet the core competencies for co-teaching without burning out along the way.

Introduces the Building Equity Taxonomy, a model to clarify the structural and interpersonal components of an equitable and excellent schooling experience, and the Building Equity Review and Audit, survey-based tools to help school and teacher leaders uncover equity-related issues.

Filled with practical strategies and featuring an in-depth case study, this book is designed to help educators see that evaluation work is logical and easy to do. They'll gain the confidence to do this work on a regular basis-working together to become a true learning organization.

Grades are imperfect, shorthand answers to "What did students learn, and how well?" In How to Use Grading to Improve Learning, Susan Brookhart guides educators at all levels in figuring out how to produce grades-for single assignments and report cards - that accurately communicate students' achievement of learning goals.

Explores principles that debunk some common misconceptions about how to work with students with disabilities. Vicki Caruana offers insights, tips, and strategies that will help teachers fine-tune their practice to better meet each child's unique needs.

Calls for a ground-up redevelopment of assessment. Speaking from more than 40 years of experience in the field, Rick Stiggins maps out the adjustments in practice and culture necessary to generate both accurate accountability data and the specific evidence of individual mastery that will support sound instructional decision making.

Addresses a dilemma faced by many principals: how to function as learning leaders while fulfilling their evaluative and management duties. The answer? Incorporating instructional coaching techniques as an integral part of serious school improvement.

Educators in every country must ensure that their students are as prepared as possible to lead a future generation of citizens. This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

Drawing on their extensive experience, authors Ellen isenberg, Bruce Eisenberg, Elliott Medrich, and Ivan Charner offer detailed guidance for coaches and school leaders on educator-centered instructional coaching.

Details how to design, manage, and maintain an active classroom that balances autonomy and structure. Suzy Pepper Rollins offers student-centered, practical strategies on sorting, station teaching, and cooperative learning that will help teachers build on students' intellectual curiosity, self-efficacy, and sense of purpose.

Why do some schools succeed while others struggle? Why do policies and programs often fail to deliver what they promise? In this follow-up to School Culture Rewired, Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer practical advice and strategies that help you build positive energy to reinvigorate your school's culture and staff.

As a must-have reference for busy teachers with little special education training, this book supplies classroom-tested instructional strategies that address the characteristics of and challenges faced by students with special needs.

Best-selling author Susan Brookhart helps teachers and administrators understand the critical elements and nuances of assessment data and how that information can best be used to inform improvement efforts in the school or district.

Drawing on the authors' experiences supporting the transformations of schools repeatedly labeled as underachieving, this book offers concrete ways to identify student strengths and then build on them in your classroom or school throughout the year.

If you've fallen for the perception that technology is too expensive, unnecessary for real learning, or a distraction in the classroom, then you need this book. You use technology in your job. Why not help your students use it in theirs? Matt Renwick debunks five common myths about technology.

Explains how to teach the essential, high-frequency words that appear in academic contexts - and reverse the disadvantages of what Marilee Sprenger calls "word poverty". Drawing on research and experience, Sprenger provides a rich array of engaging strategies to help educators across all content areas and grade levels.

Lays out the reflective thinking and action-oriented steps necessary to launch a system of continuous professional learning, culture building, and program assessment that will allow differentiation to flourish in every classroom.

The traditional five-step writing process never explicitly teaches students to be fluent in their writing - to be able to write quickly on any topic. Extreme Writing targets precisely that with focused, daily writing sessions that provide students with consistent, long-term engagement.

Shows K-12 school leaders how to support STEM programs that excite students and teachers - even if the leader is not an expert in science, technology, engineering, or maths. THe authors explore ideas for fostering equitable access to rich and rigorous learning experiences, acting as instructional leaders, and building community engagement.

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.

Packed with strategies, tips, and activities you can quickly put into practice, this book shows how to build productive teams and intentionally create an environment of professional engagement in your school.

Explores how one of the most fundamental instructional strategies - questioning - can provide the proper scaffolding to deepen student thinking, understanding, and application of knowledge. Erik Francis offers examples of good questions across content areas and grade levels, plus structures to help teachers create different kinds of questions.

Explains the many benefits of intentionally designing opportunities for students to 'fail forward' in the classroom. Andrew Miller provides strategies for ensuring that students experience small, constructive failures as a means to greater achievement, and offers suggestions for ensuring that constructive failure doesn't detrimentally assessments.

In this timely book, Bryan Harris describes the four broad supports that he says are crucial to helping early-career teachers succeed and stay in the profession: comprehensive induction programs, supportive administrators, skilled mentors, and helpful colleagues. He offers practical, research-based strategies to help leaders provide these supports.

How can you create an authentic learning environment - one where students ask questions, do research, and explore subjects that fascinate them - in today's standards-driven atmosphere? Larissa Pahomov offers insightful answers based on her experience as a classroom teacher at the Science Leadership Academy.

In this book, project-based learning expert Suzie Boss explains how real-world projects engage and motivate students while teaching relevant, rigorous content and skills that align with standards and put learners on the path to active citizenship.

Does stress keep you up at night? Is there never enough time to do what you want and need to do at school and at home? Educators Nora Mazzone and Barbara Miglionico have been there, too. Here, they offer simple, proven tactics to help you manage the stresses of being a classroom teacher.

Do you want to ensure that all students develop strong speaking and listening skills? In Student-Led Discussions, Sandi Novak offers you the resources you need to develop meaningful student-led conversations about text and media across the content areas.

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by everything you want to accomplish as a teacher? Do you ever wish you were better organized for the school day? Experienced educator Jenny Edwards offers positive and practical ideas for more effectively using your time to accomplish your goals.