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

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

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 successfully demystify the achievement of these schools. They offer practical guides to help educators apply these successful practices in their own schools. Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools will be a valuable tool for any educator in both urban and non-urban schools-schools that serve diverse student populations, including English language learners and children from low-income families.

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

Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research and Learning Styles Define Teaching Competencies

Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research and Learning Styles Define Teaching Competencies

"This excellent book is up-to-date with the expanding role of technology in education and offers endless ready-to-implement suggestions and plenty of illustrative material while linking everything to brain research. It is easy to understand, though

  • ASIN: 1412973937
  • ISBN: 1412973937
  • Brand: Brand: Corwin
  • Manufacturer: Corwin

Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools

Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools

 Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! The new edition of this practical, research-based book gives leaders and teachers an even closer look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. With refreshed examples from high-performing teachers and detailed analyses of these practices, the authors demystify the achievement of these schools while offering a practical guide to help educators apply these practices in their contexts. Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools is a valuable tool for any educator in both urban and non urban schools that serve diverse student populations, including English language learners and children from low-income families. What’s New: Additional "What It Is/What It Isn’t" boxes help educators distinguish the subtle differences in the implementation of practices that lead to impressive learning results "Practice Guides" and "Practical Next Steps" for each of the 8 Success Factors encourage self-assessment and collaboration Expansion of topics address current developments in education and additional examples from award-winning elementary, middle, and high schools provide new insights.

  • ASIN: 0815384459
  • ISBN: 0815384459
  • Manufacturer: Routledge

Online & Blended Learning: Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies (Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning) (Volume 2)

Online & Blended Learning: Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies (Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning) (Volume 2)

As social media and Web 2.0 technologies continue to transform the learning trends and preferences of students, educators need to understand the applicability of these new tools in all types of learning environments. The second edition of Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies provides new and experienced instructors with practical examples of how low-cost and free technologies can be used to support student learning as well as best practices for integrating web-based tools into a course management system and managing student privacy in a Web 2.0 environment. "Showcase" spotlights throughout exemplify how the tools described in the book are already being used effectively in educational settings. This thoroughly revised second edition includes: a new chapter that explores how and why faculty are using the public web and open educational resources in place of a learning management system (LMS) and an expensive textbook additional tips and showcases in every chapter that illustrate faculty use of particular technologies the inclusion of new tools to replace technologies that no longer exist a revamped website featuring expanded online resources. This practical, easy-to-use guide will serve the needs of educators seeking to refresh or transform their instruction. Readers will be rewarded with an ample yet manageable collection of proven emerging technologies that can be leveraged for generating content, enhancing communications with and between students, and cultivating participatory, student-centered learning activities.

  • ASIN: 1138643653
  • ISBN: 1138643653
  • Brand: Routledge
  • Manufacturer: Routledge

Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition

Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition

Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K–12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.   New to This Edition *Chapters on new topics: setting up the writing classroom and writing from informational source material. *New chapters on core topics: narrative writing, handwriting and spelling, planning, assessment, special-needs learners, and English learners. *Increased attention to reading–writing connections and using digital tools.  *Incorporates the latest research and instructional procedures.   See also Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald, which provides a comprehensive overview of writing research that informs good practice.

  • ASIN: 1462537960
  • ISBN: 1462537960
  • Manufacturer: The Guilford Press

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

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 profession. Best Practice, Fourth Edition, is the ultimate guide to teaching excellence. Its framework of seven Best Practice Structures and cutting-edge implementation strategies are proven across the grades and subject areas. BP4 creates common ground for teachers, leaders, and principals by recommending practices drawn from the latest scientific research, professional consensus, and the innovative classrooms of exemplary teachers. BP4 puts top-quality teaching at the fingertips of individual practitioners by sharing real-life instructional scenes that define classroom excellence, increase learning, and improve students' life opportunities. It's also more valuable than ever to PLCs and school reform initiatives thanks to: plans and strategies for exceeding state and Common Core Standards cohesive principles and common language that strengthen professional collaboration classroom vignettes that show teachers and kids at work chapters on reading, writing, math, science, and social studies that support unified instructional goals special attention to technology in the classroom, special education, ELLs, struggling readers, and the arts. This new educational era demands highly-effective, high-quality instruction that makes a difference for students. Fortunately with Zemelman, Daniels, and Hyde's help every educator can be a world-class, life-changing teacher-a Best Practice teache... [Read More]

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

Best Practices for Yoga in Schools (Yoga Service Best Practices Guide) (Volume 1)

Best Practices for Yoga in Schools (Yoga Service Best Practices Guide) (Volume 1)

Are you interested in offering students in your school the most effective, sustainable and inclusive yoga programming possible? Would you like to teach yoga in schools and have the support and advice of those with many years of successful experience? Have you been interested in sharing yoga with your students, but wondering how to do so safely? Best Practices for Yoga in Schools is a guide for yoga teachers, classroom teachers, school administrators, social workers, and anyone else interested in bringing yoga to children safely, and in a just and inclusive way. By outlining suggestions and considerations across a wide variety of topics, this book will help you effectively and sustainably offer high-quality yoga programming for all children. Based on the collective wisdom and experience of 23 contributors and four reviewers, this Best Practices Guide will support your capacity to implement meaningful school-based yoga programs, with the potential to transform the educational environment and help students thrive in a wide variety of situations.

  • ASIN: 0692564713
  • ISBN: 0692564713
  • Manufacturer: YSC-Omega Publications

The Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Designing and Teaching (Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education)

The Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Designing and Teaching (Perspectives in Instructional Technology and Distance Education)

The Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Designing and Teaching was edited under the assumption that a perfect online course can be delivered following different instructional methods and models for design and for instruction, and by implementing different teaching or instructional strategies. Such methods, models, and strategies are framed within quality educational guidelines and must be aimed towards attaining the online course's learning goals. The book seeks to make a contribution to the existing body of literature related to best practices and guidelines for designing and teaching distance courses, specifically online education. The process of selecting works suitable for this compilation included an extensive review of the journals Quarterly eview of Distance Education and Distance Learning. The book begins by covering literature related to general approaches and guidelines, continues with proposed methods and models for designing and instruction, and ends with instructional strategies to achieve engagement through interaction. The book is divided into four independent, yet interrelated, parts and a concluding section: Part I: Introduction; Part II: Best Guidelines and Standards; Part III: Best Instructional Methods and Models; Part IV: Best Engagement Strategies; and the concluding section, And Finally¦, with words from Simonson who delineates the structure of a perfect online course.

  • ASIN: 1607521202
  • ISBN: 1607521202
  • Brand: Brand: Information Age Publishing
  • Manufacturer: Information Age Publishing

Best Practices in Co-teaching & Collaboration: The HOW of Co-teaching - Implementing the Models

Best Practices in Co-teaching & Collaboration: The HOW of Co-teaching - Implementing the Models

How Often Do You Find Yourself Saying: "I Wish I Knew How to Implement Co-Teaching"? Learn effective strategies to increase co-teaching and collaboration success, to ensure that the special education teacher's skills are respected and utilized and to co-teach to meet the needs of all students so that everyone grows! Best Practices in Co-Teaching and Collaboration goes beyond the co-teaching models--it shows you very specific ways to co-teach successfully, whether you are a beginner or seasoned co-teacher. It explains how to maximize your talent in the classroom, whether you are the content expert, special educator, specialist, or paraprofessional! You'll learn ways to implement co-teaching, whether you have face-to-face planning time or not.This book shows you the HOW of Co-Teaching! Over two dozen innovative, practical, and clearly defined implementations of the co-teaching models to help you collaborate effectively.Countless ways to maximize the skills of adults teaching together and increase student achievement. Over a dozen ways to implement co-teaching when your co-teacher is not a content expert.How to co-teach effectively whether or not you have enough planning time.Collaboration techniques that successful educators use to increase student engagement and motivation.How to take control of your instructional time by using an efficient lesson planning strategy that increases productivity.How to get your co-teacher to say "yes" to teaching approaches that promote parity and a healthy collaborative relationship. Learn what to say and do (and what not to say and do!).Techniques for teaching targeted small groups no teacher should be without: Grouping strategies, behaviour management, mixed ability and same ability grouping strategies, and more.Ways to implements co-teaching that match your instructional targets and learning goals.Learn which models work best for different purposes.How-tos for school administrators implementing co-teaching and looking for solutions ... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 1932995390
  • ISBN: 1932995390
  • Manufacturer: Cogent Catalyst Publications

Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices, K-6 (Corwin Literacy)

Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices, K-6 (Corwin Literacy)

Take word learning to the next level in your classroom Hungry for lively and engaging ways to augment word study? This hands-on guide to word study instruction connects research with experience to make word learning jubilant and fun. With the goal of instilling curiosity and a self-starting attitude in students, Word Study That Sticks delivers challenging, discovery-based instructional practices that support all learners in any subject area. Lesson ideas, routines, key practices, and special advice for beginning teachers make word study instruction accessible for educators working at every experience level.

  • ASIN: 1544327242
  • ISBN: 1544327242
  • Manufacturer: Corwin