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"In Connecting Through Leadership: The Promise of Precise and Effective Communication in Schools, author Jasmine K. Kullar states that because they communicate nonstop from the moment the school day begins until it ends, educational leaders must know how to communicate effectively. She demonstrates ways administrators can communicate verbally and nonverbally with many groups in the school community, from teachers to students to parents. Whether the message is positive or negative, simple or complex, or actionable or informational, educational leaders' responsibility is to connect in a way that inspires and motivates others"--

"In Thrive: Building a Coaching Culture for Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work authors Thomas W. Many, Michael J. Maffoni, Susan K. Sparks, and Tesha Ferriby Thomas apply the best thinking in the profession to the process of building a highly effective coaching culture for collaborative teams in Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLCs). This follow up to the authors' earlier book Amplify Your Impact: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work uses the team coaching structure they advocate to explore how coaches can build a coaching culture in PLCs to address adaptive challenges, providing the concrete ideas and strategies necessary for coaching teams toward effective and deeper implementation of the PLC process. Leaders and coaches will learn effective coaching strategies for essential PLC elements, as well as how readers can use the Strategy Implementation Guide (SIG) and Pathways for Coaching Collaborative Teams to develop and fully realize those elements. Through this book, coaches and leaders will learn the theory and strategies necessary to coach teams toward a fully realized implementation of the PLC process"--

With foreword by Mike Mattos Build a strong, highly impactful team committed to learning for all. Written by eight professional learning community (PLC) experts, this practical guide addresses the most common challenges educators face when building collaborative teams and working collaboratively. Each chapter offers a variety of templates, processes, and strategies to help your team resolve conflict, focus on the right work, and take collective responsibility for student learning. Rely on this book to troubleshoot collaborative learning and team development in your PLC: Gain an understanding of the PLC framework and the unique qualities of effective collaborative work. Learn about collaborative teams, what goes into making them, and how to utilize them effectively to drive change and professional development for teachers and other educators. Become familiar with the ways in which interpersonal issues affect collaborative teams, and gain collaborative tools for conflict resolution and team building for teachers and staff. Learn how a toxic work culture can contribute to the failure of collaborative learning and how to combat this toxic school culture. Explore how educators in nontraditional schools or singletons can use the collaborative process to their advantage. Contents: About the Authors Foreword by Mike Mattos Introduction Chapter 1: Organizing Schools Into Effective Collaborative Teams Chapter 2: Managing Team Members Who Disengage Chapter 3: Establishing Clarity on What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do Chapter 4: Planning for Targeted and Effective Team Interventions Chapter 5: Working Together in a PLC Chapter 6: Changing to a Positive School Culture Chapter 7: Involving Nondepartmental Members in a PLC Chapter 8: Supporting Singleton Teachers in Collaborative Teams Chapter 9: Dealing With Cautions, Conflicts, and Commitments References and Resources Index

"In 180 Days of Self-Care for Educators, author Tina H. Boogren invites readers to examine their habits and practices in order to better prioritize themselves and their happiness. With an understanding of the difficulties that educators face in prioritizing themselves, Tina Boogren provides readers with the skills necessary to shift their thinking and turn self-care into an ongoing, lifelong practice. As such, this book takes readers through the thirty-six weeks of the school year, divided across four sections or seasons - the season of sacrifice, disillusionment, finding balance, and finishing strong. Each of the thirty-six weeks of the school year focuses on a single self-care method, placed there to help the reader best prioritize themselves in that time of the year. Moreover, the book takes these strategies a step further and encourages readers to utilize these tools more generally as a means of bettering their life outside of school. Through this book, readers will find strategies and tools that they will find indispensable in their journey towards becoming their best selves" --

"In Think like a coach, teach for success: delivering actionable feedback in the classroom, authors Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets offer a fresh perspective on implementing and delivering effective feedback in the classroom by examining the practices utilized by coaches. Although people would traditionally describe coaches and teachers as different professions that operate in separate spheres, the two share endless similarities. The responsibilities of both coaches and teachers include guiding their learners through the process of sharpening their skills while providing individualized feedback. In order to understand how teachers can ensure all students develop the skills necessary for success, Hillman and Stalets explore what purposeful coaching looks like on the athletic field and in the classroom. By reading Coaching the Classroom, educators will possess the tools and practices needed for creating a culture of student-centered learning and for becoming leaders of the feedback process in their classrooms"--

Create a path to success for every student with the support of our RTI at Work(TM) Plan Book by experts Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos. Broken down into 40 weekly planning pages, the plan book helps individuals and collaborative teams stay on top of various responsibilities, tasks, and goals as they implement a three-tiered approach to effective intervention. Also included are reproducibles, tools, and activities designed to improve teamwork and strengthen daily practice. Use this RTI at Work teacher planner to guide your student intervention plan and instructional strategies: Review the foundational ideas and basic concepts of RTI education and the RTI at Work process. Recognize the positive cultural shifts that occur in schools by implementing response to intervention (RTI) within a professional learning community (PLC). Learn best practices for using the forms and reproducibles included in the book to meet daily RTI goals. Read inspiring RTI at Work success stories from real teachers and principals. Acquire references and resources for further study of RTI at Work and PLC at Work(R).

No matter the content area, evidence-based grading puts student growth at the heart of the classroom. Designed for teachers and administrators of grades 6-12, Proficiency-Based Grading in the Content Areas details a five-step approach for implementing evidence-based grading and maintaining its effectiveness over time. This book equips any educator -- from technical to fine arts -- with the tools and support to make the shift to focusing on standards and competency. Use proficiency-based grading (also known as evidence-based grading) to drive student success: Become familiar with the basic concepts and essential decisions of evidence-based grading that apply to teaching in all content areas. Learn the five phases of implementing proficiency-based grading -- (1) preparation, (2) incubation, (3) insight, (4) evaluation, and (5) elaboration. Explore the steps, paradigm shifts, and pedagogy necessary to implement proficiency-based grading in a particular content area. Study individual-level and institutional-level grading decisions and how they differ from each other. Understand how proficiency-based grading differs from content area to content area and the unique benefits it offers to each. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Implementing Proficiency-Based Grading With Core Belief Fidelity Chapter 2: Implementing Evidence-Based Reporting in Career and Technical Education Chapter 3: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in English Language Arts Chapter 4: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in Fine Arts Chapter 5: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in Mathematics Chapter 6: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in Physical Education and Health Chapter 7: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in Sciences Chapter 8: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in Social Sciences Chapter 9: Implementing Evidence-Based Grading in World Languages Epilogue: Creating Self-Reliant Learners References and Resources Index

"In Power for Good: Building Trusting Relationships with At-Risk Students author Don Parker shares numerous evidence-based strategies designed to build trusting and mutually beneficial relationships with at-risk students. In his book, Dr. Parker declares that the research is in and it shows that the old, zero tolerance methods of classroom control are not effective. In reality, the most effective methods of increasing positive classroom behavior and academic success are positive, uplifting student-teacher relationships and counseling from authority figures. If educators wish to curb behavioral issues in the classroom and, more importantly, empower their at-risk students, then they must embrace these new methods. Dr. Parker provides the evidence-based guidance necessary for teachers to make these adjustments in their teaching styles. Through this book, educators will learn how to build uplifting relationships with at-risk students and create a climate and culture in their schools that will enable student success"--

"In The New Art and Science of Teaching Mathematics, authors Nathan D. Lang-Raad and Robert J. Marzano describe, in detail, how the New Art and Science of Teaching model should be used in the mathematics classroom. Recognizing that the New Art system was originally created as a general model of instruction, the authors adapt the model to the instruction of mathematics in order to address how instruction changes in a particular subject area. Thus, the authors explain each of the ten design areas and the forty-three elements of instruction within those design areas originally laid out in Robert Marzano's The New Art and Science of Teaching, as well as how they should be addressed in the mathematics classroom. In addition to explanation of the design areas, the authors also provide numerous strategies and methods for implementation that mathematics instructors will find invaluable in their own use of the New Art model in the classroom. In this book, readers will find a detailed and well-researched guide to the implementation of the New Art model of instruction that will allow them to pursue implementation of improved student outcomes"--

There are three critical characteristics to know about poverty and education: The devastating effects of poverty are accelerating. Poverty affects both you and your students in multiple adverse ways. You have the power to reverse the academic impact poverty has on your students, and this comprehensive resource will show you how. In this revised and updated edition, two of Eric Jensen's top-selling books (Poor Students, Rich Teaching and Poor Students, Richer Teaching) have been merged into one must-read resource on poverty and education. Dr. Eric Jensen clearly defines seven mindsets essential for reaching economically disadvantaged students and shares corresponding strategies for overcoming adversity and ensuring college and career readiness for all learners, regardless of socioeconomic status. Motivate students to learn in the face of poverty using mindsets in the classroom: Understand the urgency of poverty in the United States and how poverty affects education, student engagement, and academic achievement. Learn how creating a positive school culture and a growth mindset for students can be beneficial in overcoming adversity. Gain seven high-impact mindsets that bring change: the relational mindset, achievement mindset, rich classroom climate mindset, engagement mindset, positivity mindset, enrichment mindset, and graduation mindset. Build effective teacher-student relationships, and help students see college and career readiness as a reachable target. Create a welcoming classroom climate where all students love to learn, and drive student engagement, motivation, and success. Contents: Part One: Why the Relational Mindset? Chapter 1: Personalize the Learning Chapter 2: Connect Everyone for Success Chapter 3: Show Empathy Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Relational Mindset Part Two: Why the Achievement Mindset? Chapter 4: Set Gutsy Goals Chapter 5: Give Fabulous Feedback Chapter 6: Persist With Grit Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Achievement Mindset Part Three: Why the Positivity Mindset? Chapter 7: Boost Optimism and Hope Chapter 8: Build Positive Attitudes Chapter 9: Change the Emotional Set Point Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Positivity Mindset Part Four: Why the Rich Classroom Climate Mindset? Chapter 10: Engage Voice and Vision Chapter 11: Set Safe Classroom Norms Chapter 12: Foster Academic Optimism Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Rich Classroom Climate Mindset Part Five: Why the Enrichment Mindset? Chapter 13: Manage the Cognitive Load Chapter 14: Develop Better Thinking Skills Chapter 15: Enhance Study Skills and Vocabulary Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Enrichment Mindset Part Six: Why the Engagement Mindset? Chapter 16: Engage for Maintenance and Stress Chapter 17: Engage for Setup and Buy-In Chapter 18: Engage to Build Community Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Engagement Mindset Part Seven: Why the Graduation Mindset? Chapter 19: Support Alternative Solutions Chapter 20: Prepare for College and Careers Parting Wisdom: Lock in the Graduation Mindset

Rapid innovation is transforming the way people think, work, and connect. For students to succeed today, they must acquire the knowledge and 21st century skills required for college and career readiness. Practical and research-based, this resource will help you design meaningful, relevant skill assessment and instruction that promotes student mastery of critical competencies, including collaboration, problem-solving and critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills, communication skills, digital citizenship, self-regulation, and more. Use the most effective practices for teaching soft skills to increase college and career readiness: Explore the seven critical competencies necessary for success in the 21st century. Become familiar with good habits of mind, and pass those habits on to students to support their soft skill development. Learn how to teach critical thinking and other 21st century skills by facilitating learning that will develop the critical competencies in students. Develop powerful and effective soft skill assessment methods, such as student self-assessments, that will test student levels of competency in the seven critical areas. Access free reproducibles to supplement your understanding of the text and facilitate the book's content in the classroom. Contents: About the Authors Introduction Chapter 1: Cultivating Habits of the Mind Chapter 2: Self-Regulation Chapter 3: Critical Thinking Chapter 4: Collaboration Chapter 5: Creative Thinking Chapter 6: Communication Chapter 7: Digital Citizenship Chapter 8: Social Competence References and Resources Index

Creativity enhances the quality of our lives, encouraging us to look deeper, search wider, and explore multiple perspectives. With Unlocked by Katie White, you'll discover how to effectively connect creativity and assessment of creativity within any classroom setting. A variety of practical ideas and tools helps you design rich, authentic learning experiences that encourage inquiry and creative development rather than compliance and "right" answers. Learn how to develop creativity assessment methods that truly foster creativity: Develop an understanding of the creative process and its four critical stages. Explore the numerous benefits of encouraging and developing students' creative thinking skills. Examine, in depth, the connection between effective assessment and students' creative development. Acquire concrete strategies for developing assessment methods (such as formative and self-assessment for learning) that unlock students' creative skills. Access free online reproducibles and resources for teaching creative skills and assessing creativity in the classroom. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Exploring the Integrated Nature of Assessment and the Creative Process Chapter 2: Unlocking the Creative Space Chapter 3: Unlocking Exploration Chapter 4: Unlocking Elaboration Chapter 5: Unlocking Expression Chapter 6: Unlocking Reflection and Response Appendix A Appendix B References and Resources Index

Ensure every educator is engaged in the right work with a collective focus on improved student learning. Aligned to the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work(R) model, this resource includes instructional coaching tools, processes, protocols, templates, tips, and strategies designed to support the multidimensional work of instructional coaches and PLC training. Each chapter includes action steps and reflective coaching activities, as well as suggestions for navigating some of the most common issues instructional coaches face. Use this book to understand the unique requirements of instructional coaches in building a school that answers the four critical questions of a PLC at Work: Learn how to provide PLC training and professional development for collaborative teacher teams. Study three major variables that will affect instructional coaching (capacity, culture, and context) and four major actions that will act as guiding principles. Explore issues that can arise in PLC schools, as well as teacher coaching strategies to help resolve these issues. Deepen your understanding of instructional coaching in a PLC with helpful online reproducibles and teacher coaching tools. Acquire capacity-building strategies aligned to the four PLC questions. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: How to Get Started as an Instructional Coach Chapter 2: What Do We Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? Chapter 3: How Will We Know if They Have Learned It? Chapter 4: How Will We Respond When Some Students Do Not Learn? Chapter 5: How Will We Extend the Learning of Students Who Are Already Proficient? Epilogue: Maintaining the Momentum and Sustaining the Process References and Resources Index

With foreword by Douglas Reeves As a school leader, your influence and impact on students, staff, and families is beyond measure. Designed as a guide and reflective tool, Leading With Intention will help focus your invaluable everyday work. The authors provide in-depth advice and actionable steps for creating a highly effective school culture that supports collaborative leadership and teaching, evidence-based decision making, and the belief that students are the top priority. Effective school leadership practices for building leadership capacity and furthering your professional development: Explore eight interrelated areas of school leadership that will assist you in becoming a more synergistic leader. Explore four concepts essential to your work in leading schools: collaboration, a shared leadership model, evidence-based decision-making, and a focus on learning. Learn how to enhance student achievement in your school or district with the Professional Learning Communities at Work(TM) (PLC) process. Acquire 40+ specific instructional leadership actions you can put into practice immediately. Access educational leadership reflection questions and downloadable reproducibles designed to support your instructional leadership development. Contents: Introduction: Using Your Great Power as a Leader Chapter 1: Achieving Focus and Staying Intentional Chapter 2: Establishing and Maintaining Organization Chapter 3: Building Shared Leadership Chapter 4: Using Evidence for Decision Making and Action Chapter 5: Prioritizing the Student Chapter 6: Leading Instruction Chapter 7: Fostering Communication Chapter 8: Developing Community and Relationships Afterword: Creating the Future References and Resources

Reshape educational technology integration in classrooms to build truly transformative learning spaces. This concise, reader-friendly guide outlines a clear approach for properly and skillfully using digital learning tools to promote deeper, personalized learning across subjects and grade levels. The authors impart tips and strategies for avoiding common missteps, overcoming implementation challenges, and redesigning instruction that is both meaningful and engaging. This quick guide will help you integrate educational technology in the classroom and create digital learning spaces: Consider the challenge educators face when integrating technology in the classroom and current technology-integration frameworks, such as SAMR, RAT, and TPACK. Discover how to create a successful digital learning space or environment that encourages academic growth. Explore the authors' 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly trudacot), which focuses on the four big shifts that schools are making toward (1) deeper thinking and learning, (2) authentic work, (3) student agency and personalized learning, and (4) technology infusion. Learn how the 4 Shifts Protocol can help teachers adjust and improve their current lessons and activities. Study specific scenarios on how to utilize the 4 Shifts Protocol across multiple subjects and grade levels. Contents: About the Authors Foreword Introduction: Framing the Challenge Chapter 1: Seeking a New Approach Chapter 2: Introducing the 4 Shifts Protocol Chapter 3: Redesigning Elementary School Lessons and Units Chapter 4: Redesigning Secondary Lessons and Units Chapter 5: Designing From Standards Chapter 6: Implementing the Protocol -- Tips, Strategies, and Other Suggestions Epilogue: Staying in Touch References and Resources Books in the Solutions for Creating the Learning Spaces Students Deserve series: Embracing a Culture of Joy Creating a Culture of Feedback Reimagining Literacy Through Global Collaboration Making Learning Flow Different Schools for a Different World Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning

To fully prepare students for college, careers, and life, it is essential for educators to nurture students' behavioral skills along with their academic skills. With Behavior: The Forgotten Curriculum, you will learn how to employ the most effective behavioral and social skills activities for your particular class and form unique relationships with each and every learner. Through this personalized classroom behavior-management approach, you can anticipate potential problem areas and confidently respond to students in need of intensive and differentiated supports. Use behavior-management strategies based on response to intervention to: Understand the importance of communicating the why of behavioral learning to students. Identify and define the behavioral skills that will most benefit your students. Model and teach behavioral skills simultaneously with academic skills. Learn how and when to employ behavioral system supports across all three RTI tiers (MTSS). Implement formative assessment and other tools for measuring behavioral-skill development and success. Hear from educators who have successfully applied behavioral-skill teaching in their classroom-management strategies. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Identifying and Defining Behavioral Skill Priorities Chapter 2: Teaching and Modeling Chapter 3: Measuring Student Success, Providing Feedback, and Differentiating in Tier 1 Chapter 4: If It's Predictable, It's Preventable: Considerations for Tiers 2 and 3 Chapter 5: Predictable Challenges and Considerations for Implementation Epilogue Appendix References and Resources

"In his exciting new book, Engaging the Disengaged Teacher, author Nathan D. Lang explores the psychology and education research that support the need for instructional coaching, and he offers seven drivers readers can use to improve their own coaching daily practices. These drivers will challenge readers to re-examine their understanding of who can be an instructional coach and highlights the connection between the teacher and his or her modes of thinking and acting in the classroom. Each of the book's seven chapters highlights, defines, and offers tips for implementing a single driver. Readers will access research, stories, and free reproducibles (like a survey, audit tool, guides, and templates, to name a few) to start the process of evaluating, refining, and executing their instructional coaching"--

With Foreword by Rebecca DuFour Amplify Your Impact presents K-12 educators and school leadership with a collaborative approach to coaching teachers in their PLCs. The authors share best practices and processes teams can rely on to ensure they are doing the right work in a cycle of continuous improvement. Discover concrete action steps your school can take to adopt proven collaborative coaching methods, fortify teacher teams, support leadership development, and ultimately improve student learning in classrooms. Adopt a collaborative team-teaching approach to coaching and leadership development: Gain insights from teachers and empirical evidence from schools that confirm the benefits of how coaching and refining collaborative teams can strengthen PLCs. Use the Pathways Tool for Coaching Collaborative Teams to guide your team's conversations and team-based learning. Learn how to develop and use the strategy implementation guide (SIG) to map out your collaborative team success. Analyze coaching scenarios that illustrate how to turn ineffective team meetings into positive collaborative learning experiences. Increase instructional leadership development that promotes reflective coaching and a collaborative approach. Contents: Introduction Part I: The Why, How, and What of Coaching Collaborative Teams Chapter 1: Combining Coaching and Collaboration Chapter 2: Coaching Collaborative Teams in a PLC Part II: The Framework for Coaching Collaborative Teams Chapter 3: Amplifying Your Impact With Clarity Chapter 4: Amplifying Your Impact With Feedback Chapter 5: Amplifying Your Impact With Support Part III: Putting It All Together to Amplify Your Impact Chapter 6: Making it Real: Coaching Scenarios Afterword References and Resources Index

"Most leaders and teachers don't fully realize the potential that daily classroom visits have to prompt significant improvements in teaching and learning. In Now We're Talking!: 21 Days to High-Performance Instructional Leadership, Justin Baeder presents a high-performance instructional leadership approach that far surpasses traditional walkthrough models of feedback. He asserts the classroom is the best environment for professional learning, and he gives readers strategies to help them develop the instructional leadership habit of visiting classrooms daily, based on his global online experiment called the 21-Day Instructional Leadership Challenge, which has attracted more than ten thousand participants in more than fifty countries. When instructional leaders observe three classrooms a day for five to ten minutes each, and then have a brief evidence-based conversation with the teacher thereafter, they can learn more about their teachers' thinking and practices. With this firsthand shared information, they can make informed operational and instructional decisions that foster rich relationships with teachers, improve professional practices, reduce stress, and increase student learning"

Discover how to motivate students in the classroom, using the elements of EMPOWER--exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience. Make school a positive, meaningful experience in your students' lives and cultivate intrinsic motivation. This highly practical resource offers enjoyable, engaging classroom activities, as well as strategies for refining teaching practices, incorporating student values into course content, fostering the development of soft skills, and deeply connecting with learners. How this book will EMPOWER you: Understand what values are and how they are different from preferences and goals. Discover how to help students determine which values they want to enact at school and in life. Examine how to incorporate values work into the classroom curriculum in all disciplines. Explore examples of classroom experiences that highlight the importance of student empowerment. Learn how to bring your own values to the classroom to become a better teacher and colleague. Contents: Introduction: Empowering Students to Transform What School Means Part I: Activities That Empower Students Chapter 1: Exploration Chapter 2: Motivation Chapter 3: Participation Chapter 4: Openness Chapter 5: Willingness Chapter 6: Empathy Chapter 7: Resilience Part II: Strategies That Empower Students Chapter 8: Empowering Dialogue Chapter 9: Empowering Partnerships Chapter 10: Empowering Collaborations Chapter 11: Empowering Curriculum Chapter 12: Empowering Inquiry Chapter 13: Empowering Yourself Conclusion: Paths to Empowerment Appendix: Examples of Values References and Resources Index

While much research has revealed which assessment practices have the most positive impact on student achievement and instruction, out-of-date, unproductive practices, which students find disengaging and disheartening, still persist. Discover how to use the power of assessment to instill hope, efficacy, and achievement in your students. With this research-based resource, you'll explore six essential tenets of assessment--assessment purpose, communication of assessment results, accurate interpretation, assessment architecture, instructional agility, and student investment--that will help deepen your understanding of assessment to not only meet standards but also enhance students' academic success and self-fulfillment. Benefits Interpret the research-based tenets of assessment that are necessary to maximize all students' learning. Gain advice and strategies for immediately acting on the six essential assessment tenets, including how to communicate assessment results to give feedback that produces constructive responses. Discover why it is vital that assessment practices build students' and teachers' hope, efficacy, and achievement. Consider scenarios that illustrate traditional, outmoded assessment practices and revised scenarios that feature practices that better reflect modern assessment needs. Reflect on questions related to the content of each chapter and study next steps that teaching teams can take. Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement Chapter 2: Assessment Purpose Chapter 3: Communication of Assessment Results Chapter 4: Accurate Interpretation Chapter 5: Assessment Architecture Chapter 6: Instructional Agility Chapter 7: Student Investment References Index

Improve core instruction to ensure learning for all. Created specifically for grades 6-12, 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 brain-friendly learning environment, shift instructional processes to support collaboration, and more.

Utilizing the crucial elements of effective leadershippurpose, trust, focus, leverage, feedback, change, and sustainabilityeducation leaders can overcome the many challenges they face in their profession and learn the skills and characteristics they need to succeed. This book synthesizes research from 21st century sources and confronts prevalent leadership myths, while offering guidance on best leadership practices.

Develop a deep understanding of mathematics. This user-friendly resource presents grades 3-5 teachers with a logical progression of pedagogical actions, classroom norms, and collaborative teacher team efforts to increase their knowledge and improve mathematics instruction. Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach significant mathematics concepts and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve academic success. -- Provided by publisher.

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Ensure learning equality in every classroom. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on students. Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from negative academic performance expectations.

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. These books are full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day.

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. These books are full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day.

Create and sustain a learning environment where students thrive and stakeholders are accurately informed of student progress. Clarify the purpose of grades, craft a vision statement aligned with this purpose, and discover research-based strategies to implement effective grading and reporting practices. Identify policies and practices that render grading inaccurate, and understand the role grades play in students' future success and opportunities.

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