• Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management

    Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide reaching. In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together. After a ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1416620621
    • ASIN: 1416620621
    • ISBN: 1416620621
    • Manufacturer: ASCD

  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    The updated edition of the book that has changed millions of lives with its insights into the growth mindset. After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a g... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0345472322
    • ASIN: 0345472322
    • ISBN: 9780345472328
    • Brand: Ballantine Books
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

  • The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades

    The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now math) time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention in small groups and one-on-one.Teachers and schools implementing the Daily 5 will do the following: Spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching Help students develop ind... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1571109749
    • ASIN: 1571109749
    • ISBN: 1571109749
    • Brand: Stenhouse Publishers
    • Manufacturer: Stenhouse Publishers

  • The Wild Card: 7 Steps to an Educator's Creative Breakthrough

    The Wild Card is your step-by-step guide to experiencing a creative breakthrough in your classroom with your students. "This book is a teacher wonderland of ideas, inspiration, and mind-blowing magic." --Ron Clark, New York Times bestselling author and cofounder, Ron Clark Academy. In this book, Wade and Hope King show you how to draw on your authentic self--your past experiences, personality quirks, interests, hobbies, and strengths--to deliver your content creatively. If you are a high school teacher or a kindergarten teacher, the seven steps in The Wild Card will give you the knowledge and ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1946444529
    • ASIN: 1946444529
    • ISBN: 1946444529
    • Manufacturer: Dave Burgess Consulting, Incorporated

  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8

    The book Developmentally Appropriate Practice has been an essential resource for the early childhood field since its first edition in 1987. This third edition is the most extensive yet, fully revised to align with the latest research on development, learning, and teaching effectiveness.In this book, early childhood practitioners and students will find a wealth of information:• NAEYC’s official Position Statement on Developmentally Appropriate Practice• A chapter by Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp that makes clear the connection between DAP and excellent teaching, and challenges the field ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1928896642
    • ASIN: 1928896642
    • ISBN: 1928896642
    • Brand: Brand: NATIONAL ASSOC FOR EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN
    • Manufacturer: The National Association of Education of Young Children

  • The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization


    • ASIN: 0385517254
    • UPC: 884596142845
    • ASIN: 0385517254
    • ISBN: 9780385517256
    • Brand: Broadway Business
    • Manufacturer: Doubleday

  • Fostering Resilient Learners: Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom

    Winner of the 2017 Association of American Publishers Golden Lamp Judges award.In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching.Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. The authors--a mental health therapist and a veteran principal--p... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1416621075
    • ASIN: 1416621075
    • ISBN: 9781416621072
    • Brand: Kristin Souers Pete Hall
    • Manufacturer: ASCD

  • The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation

    Hands-on resources for new and seasoned school coaches This practical resource offers the foundational skills and tools needed by new coaching educators, as well as presenting an overview of the knowledge and theory base behind the practice. Established coaches will find numerous ways to deepen and refine their coaching practice. Principals and others who incorporate coaching strategies into their work will also find a wealth of resources. Aguilar offers a model for transformational coaching which could be implemented as professional development in schools or districts anywhere. Although she a... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1118206533
    • ASIN: 1118206533
    • ISBN: 1118206533
    • Brand: Jossey-Bass
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

  • Visible Learning for Teachers

    In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new audience. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers, it explains how to apply the principles of Visible Learning to any classroom anywhere in the world. The author offers concise ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0415690153
    • UPC: 783324938357
    • ASIN: 0415690153
    • ISBN: 0415690153
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

  • Best Practice, Fourth Edition: Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms

    "The single most powerful variable in student achievement is the quality of teaching. But what does quality mean? What does it look like in real classrooms? It looks like the teaching in this book." -Steven Zemelman, Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, and Arthur Hyde Best Practice is back, and with it Steve Zemelman, Smokey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde invite you to greet today's most important educational challenges with proven, state-of-the-art teaching. Linguistic diversity, technology, Common Core, high-stakes testing-no matter the hurdle, Best Practice teaching supports powerful learning across our pro... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 032504354X
    • ASIN: 032504354X
    • ISBN: 032504354X
    • Brand: Heinemann Educational Books
    • Manufacturer: Heinemann

  • The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities that Transform Schools

    The missing how-to manual for being an effective team leader The Art of Coaching Teams is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic. Your successes are public, but so are your failures—and there's no specific rubric or curriculum to give you direction. Team development is an art form, and this book is your how-to guide to doing it effectively. You'll learn the administrative tasks that keep your team on track, and you'll gain access to a wealth of downloadable ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1118984153
    • ASIN: 1118984153
    • ISBN: 9781118984154
    • Brand: Jossey-Bass
    • Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons

  • Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies = Blended Learning That Works

    Endorsed by John Hattie: “Bold School…needs to be an essential part of every educator’s toolbox.” Technology is awesome. Teachers are better. Blending new technologies into instruction is a non-negotiable if we are to help our students gain the skills they’ll need to thrive in careers. And so too is educators’ old school wisdom in planning intentional blended learning that works. Too often, sincere enthusiasm for technologies pushes proven instructional strategies to the wayside, all but guaranteeing blended learning that is all show and no go.   Bold School is a book that rest... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1328016269
    • ASIN: 1328016269
    • ISBN: 1328016269
    • Manufacturer: Math Solutions

  • Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters

    In their hit books Notice and Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. Now, in Disrupting Thinking they take teachers a step further and discuss an on-going problem: lack of engagement with reading. They explain that all too often, no matter the strategy shared with students, too many students remain disengaged and reluctant readers. The problem, they suggest, is that we have misrepresented to students why we read and how we ought to approach any text - fiction or nonfiction. With their hallmark humor and their apprecia... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1338132903
    • UPC: 078073132904
    • ASIN: 1338132903
    • ISBN: 1338132903
    • Brand: Scholastic
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies)

  • Passionate Readers

    How do we inspire students to love reading and discovery? In Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child, classroom teacher, author, and speaker Pernille Ripp reveals the five keys to creating a passionate reading environment. You’ll learn how to… Use your own reading identity to create powerful reading experiences for all students Empower your students and their reading experience by focusing on your physical classroom environment Create and maintain an enticing, well-organized, easy-to-use classroom library; Build a learning community filled with choice and s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1138958646
    • ASIN: 1138958646
    • ISBN: 1138958646
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

  • The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules For Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child

    Now in paperback, Ron Clark's New York Times bestseller that's changing America one child at a time! The runaway bestseller that's a must-have for every parent and teacher. How many authors would travel coast to coast on a bus to get their book into as many hands as possible? Not many. But that's just what Ron Clark, author of The Essential 55, did to keep his book and message in the public eye. And it worked. After his Oprah appearance, sales skyrocketed: we've sold more than 850,000 copies in six months! The book sat tenaciously on the New York Times bestseller list for 11 weeks. Ron Clark w... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0786888164
    • ASIN: 0786888164
    • ISBN: 0786888164
    • Brand: Hyperion
    • Manufacturer: Hyperion

  • Reflective Practice for Educators : Professional Development to Improve Student Learning

    In this age of mandated reforms, reflective practice is a truly effective, empowering way to make meaningful, positive

    • UPC: 2500998

  • Teaching in Nursing and Role of the Educator : The Complete Guide to Best Practice in Teaching, Evaluation, and Curriculum Development

    With essential, updated content for novice and experienced nurse educatorsThis evidence-based text delivers the full scope of knowledge necessary for novice and experienced faculty to become competent teachers in nursing. The only book to focus

    • UPC: 55970534

  • Reflective Practice for Educators : Professional Development to Improve Student Learning

    In this age of mandated reforms, reflective practice is a truly effective, empowering way to make meaningful, positive

    • UPC: 37786648
    • Color: Multicolor

  • Professional Sitecore 8 Development : A Complete Guide to Solutions and Best Practices

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    • UPC: 55218155

  • Android Development Patterns : Best Practices for Professional Developers

    Details Coming Soon

    • UPC: 48587596

  • TExES AAFCS Human Development & Family Studies 8-12 (202) Flashcard Study System: TExES Test Practice Questions & Review for the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards

    TExES AAFCS Human Development & Family Studies 8-12 (202) Flashcard Study System uses repetitive methods of study to teach you how to break apart and quickly solve difficult test questions on the Texas Examinations of

    • UPC: 377677681

  • Reflecting in Communities of Practice : A Workbook for Early Childhood Educators

    The latest resource from esteemed early childhood authors Margie Carter and Deb Curtis, and introducing Wendy Cividanes and Debbie

    • UPC: 21972351

  • Reflective Practice for Educators : Professional Development to Improve Student Learning

    9781632205681

    • UPC: 43905341

  • Best Practices for Training Early Childhood Professionals

    Specifically geared toward anyone training adults in early childhood field using developmentally appropriate

    • UPC: 10220652

  • Best Practices in Professional Learning and Teacher Preparation

    9781618218438

    • UPC: 444178227

  • Providing Effective Professional Development for Educators

    No More Bad Coffee: Professional Development That Honors Teachers: Sheryl Chard at TEDxABQED

    Teacher Collaboration: Spreading Best Practices School-Wide