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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.