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Examine how a change in teaching philosophy can help awaken the passion for learning in students. Learn how to promote kindness in the classroom, and understand the power of stories in engaging students

Accurately report students' academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading.

Usher in the new era of school reform. The authors help you transform your schools into organizations that take proactive steps to prevent failure and ensure student success. Using a research-based five-level hierarchy along with leading and lagging indicators, youll learn to assess, monitor, and confirm the effectiveness of your schools. Each chapter includes what actions should be taken at each level.

Learn how to ask targeted questions to enhance students’ reasoning skills and increase rigor in classrooms.

Successfully leverage technology to enhance classroom practices with this practical resource. Over 100 strategies and a glossary of classroom-relevant technology terms are included.

Coaches and teachers will learn how to improve their craft using research-based strategies proven to heighten their classroom performance and boost student achievement.

Work toward the creation of a successful vocabulary program, guided by both academic and content-area terms taken directly from the mathematics and English language arts standards.

Discover how to weave an in-depth understanding of the Common Core into successful classroom practice with this two-part resource. You'll learn how to power the standards with guided assessment and measure student progress in a way that accurately reflects learning. Included are hundreds of ready-to-use, research-based proficiency scales for both English language arts and mathematics.

Written for classroom instructors, Becoming a Reflective Teacher introduces 280 research-based strategies that are expanded on in its companion book Coaching Classroom Instruction, written for leaders and coaches. This two-book set is designed to allow classroom teachers and building- and district-level administrators to work together to gain a united, big-picture view of how to implement strategies for school improvement.

Just as successful athletes must identify strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and engage in focused practice to meet their goals, so must teachers. Learn how to combine a model of effective instruction with goal setting, focused practice, focused feedback, and observations to improve your instructional practices. Included are 280 strategies related to the 41 elements of effective teaching shown to enhance student achievement.