Creating a Professional Learning Community at Work: Foundational Concepts and Practices

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  • Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement

    • ASIN: 1879639602
    • ISBN: 9781879639607
    • Brand: Brand: Solution Tree
    • Manufacturer: Solution Tree

    Professional Learning Communities at Work presents research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found today in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of education and one of America s most widely acclaimed practitioners, this resource provides speci... [Read More]

  • The Literacy Leadership Handbook: Best Practices for Developing Professional Literacy Communities (Pearson Professional Development)

    • ASIN: 013301388X
    • ISBN: 013301388X
    • Brand: Brand: Pearson
    • Manufacturer: Pearson

    An invaluable tool for current and aspiring literacy leaders, The Literacy Leadership Handbook by Cindy Lassonde and Kristine C. Tucker presents clear advice and guidelines for fostering collaboration among colleagues, improving teacher effectiveness by involving teachers as learners, and engaging teachers in planning for their own growth and devel... [Read More]

  • Leading Professional Learning Communities: Voices From Research and Practice (NULL)

    • ASIN: 1412944775
    • ISBN: 1412944775
    • Brand: Corwin
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

    Imagine all professionals in all schools engaged in continuous professional learning!Education experts Shirley M. Hord and William A. Sommers explore the school-based learning opportunities offered to school professionals and the principal's critical role in the creation, development, and support of an effective professional learning community (PLC... [Read More]

  • Professional Development in Relational Learning Communities: Teachers in Connection (Practitioner Inquiry Series)

    • ASIN: 0807758159
    • ISBN: 9780807758151
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    In this book, Raider-Roth offers an innovative approach to teacher professional development that builds on the intellectual strength and practical wisdom of practitioners. Focusing on nurturing relationships between and among participants, facilitators, subject matter, texts, and the school environment, this book helps educators create a repertoire... [Read More]

  • Best Practices at Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support, Secondary (RTI Tier 2 Intervention Strategies for Secondary Schools)

    • ASIN: 1942496842
    • ISBN: 1942496842
    • Manufacturer: Solution Tree Press

    Research is conclusive: response to intervention (RTI) is the best way to intervene when students struggle in school. Also known as a multitiered system of support (MTSS), the RTI process ensures every student receives the additional time and support needed for academic success. A companion to Best Practices at Tier 1, this guide provides secondary... [Read More]

  • Responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act with the PLC at WorkTM Process (Integrating ESSA and Professional Learning Communities)

    • ASIN: 1945349077
    • ISBN: 1945349077
    • Manufacturer: Solution Tree Press

    The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents US educators and local and state legislators with a rare opportunity: to reconceive schooling to better address students' needs. Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, and Douglas Reeves showcase how to make the most of this opportunity by fully committing to the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ p... [Read More]

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

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

  • Perl Best Practices: Standards and Styles for Developing Maintainable Code

    • UPC: 636920001737
    • ASIN: 0596001738
    • ISBN: 9780596001735
    • Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media

    Many programmers code by instinct, relying on convenient habits or a "style" they picked up early on. They aren't conscious of all the choices they make, like how they format their source, the names they use for variables, or the kinds of loops they use. They're focused entirely on problems they're solving, solutions they're creating, and algorithm... [Read More]

  • Best Practices at Tier 1: Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction, Elementary (RTI at Work: Implementing Brain-Friendly, Evidence-Based Strategies in a Core Curriculum)

    • ASIN: 1936763931
    • ISBN: 1936763931
    • Manufacturer: Solution Tree

    Improve core instruction to ensure learning for all. Created specifically for K-5 educators, this book provides proven response to intervention strategies to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional interventions. Discover how to identify essential power standards to include in Tier 1 instruction, create a ... [Read More]

  • High-Impact Practices in Online Education: Research and Best Practices

    • ASIN: 1620368471
    • ISBN: 1620368471
    • Manufacturer: Stylus Publishing

    This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners. This multi-disciplinary approach will assist faculty and administrators to effectively implement HIPs in distance education courses and online programs.W... [Read More]

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

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

    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 f... [Read More]

  • Mathematics for Equity: A Framework for Successful Practice (Multicultural Education Series)

    • ASIN: 0807755419
    • ISBN: 0807755419
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    In this book, nationally renowned scholars join classroom teachers to share equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. Compiling for the first time major research findings and practitioner experiences from Railside High School, this volume describes the evolution of a fundamentally different co... [Read More]

  • Preparing Educators for Arts Integration: Placing Creativity at the Center of Learning

    • ASIN: 0807758485
    • ISBN: 0807758485
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    This resource examines professional development approaches from across the United States to help schools and allied arts groups integrate the arts into an already crowded K–12 curriculum. The authors document the purposes and structures of a broad spectrum of current efforts and programs. Several of these programs have been in place for decades, ... [Read More]

  • Media Relations for Public Safety Professionals

    • ASIN: 0763731676
    • ISBN: 0763731676
    • Brand: Brand: Jones Bartlett Learning
    • Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Learning

    As most public safety professionals are aware, the events that require emergency response personnel also frequently attract members of the news media. Covering such essential topics as press releases, the types of media, and interviewing techniques, this book provides public safety professionals with the tools necessary to successfully interact wit... [Read More]

  • Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools: A Guide for School and Classroom Leaders

    • ASIN: 159667234X
    • ISBN: 9781596672345
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! This practical, research-based book gives principals, teachers, and school administrators a direct, inside look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. The authors provide detailed examples and analyses of these practices, and successfu... [Read More]

  • Improving Student Learning When Budgets Are Tight

    • ASIN: 1452217084
    • ISBN: 1452217084
    • Brand: Brand: Corwin
    • Manufacturer: Corwin

    A how-to manual for achieving excellence despite budget cutsThis book offers a comprehensive framework to enhance student achievement in good times and in bad. The author provides a school improvement action plan and then shows how to target resources to implement that plan. More than just a “theory” book, this text describes concrete, specific... [Read More]

  • Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love (Hack Learning Series) (Volume 5)

    • ASIN: 0986104949
    • ISBN: 0986104949
    • Brand: Ingramcontent
    • Manufacturer: Times 10 Publications

    The best leaders lead from the middleWhen school leaders join teachers, students, and parents in a collaborative effort to improve teaching and learning, achievement soars and schools turn into vibrant communities, filled with enthusiastic members. Teaching and learning feel too much like work With constant emphasis on higher test scores and t... [Read More]

  • Breaking Through the Language Arts Block: Organizing and Managing the Exemplary Literacy Day (Best Practices in Action)

    • ASIN: 1462534465
    • ISBN: 1462534465
    • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

    This innovative book helps K–6 teachers infuse the entire school day with research-based literacy best practices. Classroom-tested strategies are presented for planning and implementing each component of the "exemplary literacy day"--vocabulary and word study sessions, literacy work stations, differentiated guided reading groups, reading and writ... [Read More]

  • STEM Learning with Young Children: Inquiry Teaching with Ramps and Pathways (Early Childhood Education Series)

    • ASIN: 0807757497
    • ISBN: 0807757497
    • Brand: Teachers College Press
    • Manufacturer: Teachers College Press

    This teacher’s guide provides the background information, STEM concepts, and strategies needed to successfully implement an early STEM curriculum (Ramps and Pathways) with young children, ages 3–8. R&P actively engages young children in designing and building ramp structures using wooden cove molding, releasing marbles on the structures, and ob... [Read More]

  • How to Create Stunning Digital Photography

    • ASIN: 0988263408
    • ISBN: 0988263408
    • Brand: Tony Northrup
    • Manufacturer: Mason Press

    Stunning Digital Photography is much more than a book; it's a hands-on, self-paced photography class with over 14 hours of online training videos and free help from the author and other readers. That's why award-winning author and photographer Tony Northrup's book is the #1 photography book with over 250,000 readers. This book gives you five innova... [Read More]

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