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10 Common Core

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On Excellence in Teaching

Edited by Robert J. Marzano

By Barrie Bennett, David Berliner, Jere Brophy, Lynn Erickson, Thomas Good, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Jana Marzano, Robert J. Marzano, Richard Mayer, Jay McTighe, Matthew Perini, Debra J. Pickering, Harvey Silver, Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Grant Wiggins

Learn from the world’s best education researchers, theorists, and staff developers as they present recommendations on effective instruction. The book provides a comprehensive view of instruction from a theoretical, systemic, and classroom perspective. The authors’ diverse expertise delivers a wide range of ideas and strategies.392 pages | Hardcover | 2009

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The Highly Engaged Classroom

By Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering

With Tammy Heflebower

Bestseller Gain an in-depth understanding of how to generate high levels of student attention and engagement. Using the suggestions in this book, every teacher can create a classroom environment where engagement is the norm, not the exception. 240 pages | 2010 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory

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Becoming a Reflective Teacher

By Robert J. Marzano

With Tina Boogren, Tammy Heflebower, Jessica Kanold-McIntyre, and Debra J. Pickering

Bestseller 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 proven to enhance student achievement.256 pages | 2012 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory

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ContentsIntroduction A Focus on Teaching

Section 1 Theories of Excellence

1 What’s My Job? Defining the Role of the Classroom Teacher

2 Forty Years of Research on Teaching 1968–2008: What Do We Know Now That We Didn’t Know Then?

3 The Artful Science of Instructional Integration

4 Applying the Science of Learning to Instruction in School Subjects

Section 2 Systemic Excellence

5 The Incompatibility of High-Stakes Testing and the Development of Skills for the Twenty-First Century

6 Teaching the Thinking Skills That Higher-Order Tasks Demand

Contents 1 Research and Theory

2 How Do I Feel?

3 Am I Interested?

4 Is This Important?

5 Can I Do This?

6 Planning for High Engagement

Appendix A Answers to Exercises

Appendix B What Is an Effect Size?

Appendix C Sample Unusual Information

Appendix D Planning Questions


2 Having a Model of Effective Teaching

3 Setting Growth Goals

4 Engaging in Focused Practice

5 Receiving Focused Feedback

6 Observing and Discussing Teaching

Compendium Strategies for Reflective Practice

Appendix A Answers to Comprehension Questions

Appendix B Teacher Scales for Reflective Practice

7 Conceptual Designs for Curriculum and Higher-Order Instruction

8 Instructional Cartography: How Curriculum Mapping Has Changed the Role and Perspective of the Teacher

9 Developing Expert Teachers

Section 3 Classroom Excellence

10 Differentiating Instruction in Response to Academically Diverse Student Populations

11 Understanding by Design and Instruction

12 Cultivating Student Appreciation of the Value of Learning

13 The Eight Cs of Engagement: How Learning Styles and Instructional Design Increase Student Commitment to Learning

14 The Inner Game of Teaching

Instruction


Mind, Brain, & EducationNeuroscience Implications for the Classroom

Edited by David A. Sousa

By Daniel Ansari, Joanna A. Christodoulou, Donna Coch, Stanislas Dehaene, Keith Devlin, Marianna D. Eddy, Matthias Faeth, Kurt W. Fischer, John Gabrieli, Mariale M. Hardiman, Katie Heikkinen, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Tricia O’Loughlin, Michael I. Posner, David A. Sousa, Diane L. Williams, and Judy Willis

Understanding how the brain learns helps teachers do their jobs more effectively. Primary researchers in the emerging field of educational neuroscience share the latest findings on the learning process and address their implications for educational theory and practice.312 pages | Hardcover | 2010

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Contents 1 How Science Met Pedagogy

2 Neuroimaging Tools and the Evolution of Educational Neuroscience

3 The Current Impact of Neuroscience on Teaching and Learning

4 The Role of Emotion and Skilled Intuition in Learning

5 The Speaking Brain

6 The Reading Brain

7 Constructing a Reading Brain

8 The Mathematical Brain

9 The Calculating Brain

10 The Computing Brain

11 The Creative-Artistic Brain

12 The Future of Educational Neuroscience

Bringing Innovation to SchoolEmpowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World

By Suzie Boss

Foreword by Chris Lehmann

NEW! Are you preparing a new generation of innovators? Activate your students’ creativity and problem-solving potential with breakthrough learning projects. Across all grades and content areas, student-driven, collaborative projects will teach students how to generate innovative ideas and then put them into action. You’ll take learning to new heights and help students master core content.184 pages | 2012

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ContentsPart I Setting the Stage

1 Coming to Terms With Innovation

2 Seeing Educators as Innovators

3 Growing a New Global Skill Set

Part II Building the New Idea Factory

4 Seeding Innovation

5 Integrating Design Thinking Throughout the Curriculum

6 Making Room for Thinkers

7 Taking Advantage of Technology

8 Gaming for Real Learning

Part III Moving From Thinking to Doing

9 Spreading Good Ideas

10 Taking Action

Appendix A Additional Resources

Appendix B Innovation Rubric

Appendix C Discussion Guide

Instruction

Critical Conversations in Co-TeachingA Problem-Solving Approach

By Carrie Chapman and Cate Hart Hyatt

In this practitioner’s guide to building quality collaborative relationships, the authors explain co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school improvement initiatives. Through practical examples and real-life stories, they present the critical conversations framework designed to foster dramatic improvements in the way co-teachers communicate.176 pages | 2011

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Contents 1 An Opening Invitation to Co-Teaching

Conversations

2 Co-Teaching Models

3 The Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching Framework

4 Critical Conversations in Action

5 Expanding Co-Teaching Conversations

6 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 1—Engage Partners

7 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 2—Examine Data

8 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 3—Enhance Instruction

9 Critical Conversations Protocols: Set 4—Expand Impact


When Actions Speak Louder Than WordsUnderstanding the Challenging Behaviors of Young Children and Students With Disabilities

By Kim Davis and Susan D. Dixon

ContentsPart I Foundational Knowledge

and Philosophy

1 Introduction

2 Forms of Communication

3 Functions of Communication

4 The Big Picture of Challenging Behaviors: Six Critical Questions

5 Hidden Issues

Build your understanding of behavior as communication, and learn to interpret the messages behind the actions. This book provides information and tools to support all children whose primary way to communicate is through challenging behaviors. Enlightening, sometimes humorous stories provide examples of how children use behavior to communicate. Engaging exercises and end-of-chapter questions can be used to improve current practice.216 pages | Grades K–6 | 2009

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6 Disability Issues

Part II Practical Strategies for Supporting Behavior

7 Supportive Learning Environments

8 Proactive Behavioral Strategies

9 Proactive Instructional Strategies

10 Reactive Strategies

11 A Child-Centered Approach

Differentiation and the BrainHow Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom

By David A. Sousa and Carol Ann Tomlinson

Examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. Learn how to implement differentiation so that it achieves the desired result of shared responsibility between teacher and student. 216 pages | 2010

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Contents 1 The Nonnegotiables of Effective

Differentiation

2 Mindset, Learning Environment, and Differentiation

3 Curriculum and Differentiation

4 Classroom Assessment and Differentiation

5 Differentiating in Response to Student Readiness

6 Differentiating in Response to Student Interest

7 Differentiating in Response to Student Learning Profile

8 Managing a Differentiated Classroom

Think Big, Start SmallHow to Differentiate Instruction in a Brain-Friendly Classroom

By Gayle Gregory and Martha Kaufeldt

You no longer have to be a neuroscientist to understand how your students absorb knowledge. This easy-to-comprehend guide pares down the vast field of neuroscience and covers the brain basics that affect your classroom the most—attention, memory, emotions, and stress. With a variety of simple brain-compatible strategies, you’ll see a measurable difference in your differentiated classrooms.168 pages | 2011

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Contents 1 Using Educational Neuroscience to

Differentiate Instruction

2 Creating a Brain-Compatible Environment

3 Engaging, Exciting, and Energizing the Learner

4 Exploring the Learning

5 Extending and Expanding Learning for Every Student

6 Evaluating the Learning

7 Think Big, Start Small

Instruction


Instruction

Inclusion Strategies & Interventions

By Toby J. Karten

Inclusion means more than just preparing students to pass standardized tests and increasing academic levels. In inclusive classrooms, students with special educational needs are treated as integral members of the general education environment. Gain strategies to offer the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral benefits that allow all students to achieve their highest potential.208 pages | 2010

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ContentsPart 1 Promoting Learning in the Inclusive

Classroom

1 Understanding the Inclusive Classroom

2 Organizing for Instruction

3 Addressing Student Needs

4 Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data

Part 2 Strategies for Effective Curriculum Practice

5 Literacy and Communication

6 Mathematics

7 Social Studies and Science

8 Art, Music, and Movement

9 An Interdisciplinary Approach

10 Transitional Plans

Part 3 Maintaining the Inclusive Classroom

11 Professional Collaboration

12 Honoring Inclusion

Appendix A Abbreviations

Appendix B Legal Aspects of Inclusion

Breaking the Poverty BarrierChanging Student Lives With Passion, Perseverance, and Performance

By Ricardo LeBlanc-Esparza and William S. Roulston

Strong leadership, parent involvement, mentoring, data-based intervention, and high expectations are known factors in student success, but what do they really look like in practice—and are they as powerful as research says? This book illustrates the specific strategies and critical steps that transformed a school beset with poverty and shockingly low proficiency into a National Showcase School.216 pages | 2011

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Contents 1 From Not-So-Good to Great

2 Leading the Turnaround

3 Parent Engagement Strategies

4 Mentorship

5 Our Reading Intervention

6 Other Interventions

7 Turnaround From the Inside Out

8 Will the Granger Model Work in Any School?

Contents 1 What Is an American?

2 Diversity in a Free Society

3 Universal Education for a Free Society

4 Honoring Culture and Self-Identity

5 Reducing Prejudice

6 Understanding the Achievement Gap

7 Teacher as Learning-Enabler

8 Linking Goals and Instructional Strategies

9 Developing Curricula for Diversity

10 Building Community in Diverse Classrooms

Teaching for DiversityA Guide to Greater Understanding

By Ricardo L. García

3rd Edition Explore the demographic shifts in American life and schools throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and examine the impact of these shifts on education. This book provides a powerful theoretical framework for thinking about and fostering acceptance of diversity and difference.216 pages | 2011 | A joint publication with Phi Delta Kappa International

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Assessment

Grading and LearningPractices That Support Student Achievement

By Susan M. Brookhart

Grades should reflect and motivate learning. This book is relatable, relevant, and effective in improving educators’ assessment and reporting processes and supporting students’ motivation to learn. Learn how to grade individual assignments and give report card grades that accurately reflect and clearly communicate student achievement. Clear, concrete examples help translate state standards into curriculum goals.168 pages | 2011

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Contents 1 All Students Can Learn

2 Grading on Standards for Achievement

3 Grading Strategies That Support and Motivate Student Effort and Learning

4 Designing and Grading Assessments to Reflect Student Achievement

5 Designing Report Card Grading Policies to Reflect Student Achievement

6 Beginning and Implementing Learning-Focused Report Card Grading Policies

7 Communicating With Students and Parents

8 Assessing Readiness for Grading Reform

Conclusion Keeping the Promise

Elements of GradingA Guide to Effective Practice

By Douglas B. Reeves

Learn several strategies for improving grading practices, while examining the common arguments against reform. With this practical guide, you can improve grading to meet four essential criteria—accuracy, fairness, specificity, and timeliness—and also make the process quicker and more efficient. Examples, case studies, and opportunities for reflection facilitate individual and schoolwide examination of grading practices. 152 pages | 2010

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Contents 1 Grading Is Feedback

2 The Grading Debate

3 How to Improve Accuracy

4 How to Improve Fairness

5 How to Improve Specificity

6 How to Improve Timeliness

Contents 1 Why Educational Achievement Matters

2 The Case for Formative Assessment

3 Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Embedded Formative Assessment

By Dylan Wiliam

Bestseller Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when it’s viewed as a process rather than a tool. Emphasizing the instructional side of formative assessment, this book explores in depth the use of classroom questioning, learning intentions and success criteria, feedback, collaborative and cooperative learning, and self-regulated learning to engineer effective learning environments for students. 200 pages | 2011

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4 Eliciting Evidence of Learners’ Achievement

5 Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward

6 Activating Students as Instructional Resources for One Another

7 Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning

7 Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Teachers

8 Leading Change for Effective Grading Practices

Conclusion Leading Change in Grading Systems


Assessment

Ahead of the CurveThe Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning

Edited by Douglas B. Reeves

By Larry Ainsworth, Lisa Almeida, Anne Davies, Richard DuFour, Linda Gregg, Thomas R. Guskey, Robert J. Marzano, Ken O’Connor, Douglas B. Reeves, Rick Stiggins, Stephen White, and Dylan Wiliam

Bestseller This anthology brings the ideas and recommendations of many of the world’s education leaders into one resource that illustrates the many perspectives on effective assessment design and implementation. From involving students in the assessment process to ensuring accuracy and applying assessments to English learners and students with special needs, you will find compelling insights and proven strategies.280 pages | Hardcover | 2007

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ContentsIntroduction From the Bell Curve to the

Mountain: A New Vision for Achievement, Assessment, and Equity

Section 1 Classroom Assessment 1 Using Assessments to Improve

Teaching and Learning

2 Involving Students in the Classroom Assessment Process

3 Assessment for Learning: An Essential Foundation of Productive Instruction

Section 2 System-Level Assessment 4 Common Formative Assessments:

The Centerpiece of an Integrated Standards-Based Assessment System

5 Designing a Comprehensive Approach to Classroom Assessment

6 The Last Frontier: Tackling the Grading Dilemma

Section 3 Assessment Challenges 7 The Journey Toward Effective

Assessment for English Language Learners

8 Crossing the Canyon: Helping Students With Special Needs Achieve Proficiency

Section 4 Assessment Leadership 9 Content Then Process: Teacher

Learning Communities in the Service of Formative Assessment

10 Data on Purpose: Due Diligence to Increase Student Achievement

11 Challenges and Choices: The Role of Educational Leaders in Effective Assessment

Epilogue Once Upon a Time: A Tale of Excellence in Assessment

Common Formative AssessmentA Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work™

By Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic

Foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

Bestseller The catalyst for real student improvement begins with a decision to implement common formative assessments. In this conversational guide, the authors offer tools, templates, and protocols to incorporate common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC to monitor and enhance student learning.144 pages | 2011

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Contents 1 Getting Started as a Collaborative

Team

2 Setting the Stage for Common Formative Assessments

3 Power Standards—The Essential Outcomes

4 The Unwrapping Process—Achieving Collective Clarity on Learning Targets

5 Designing Quality Common Formative Assessments

6 The Big Picture—Pacing Guides and Unit Design

7 Now What? Using Data to Make a Difference

8 Getting the Most Bang for Your Assessment Buck—Involving Students

9 Sustaining the Work

Appendix Tools for Teams

Balanced AssessmentFrom Formative to Summative

By Kay Burke

Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. Research, rationale, strategies, and examples help teachers develop their own repertoire of assessments to monitor, grade, and gauge a student’s ability to meet standards and curriculum goals.176 pages | 2010

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Contents 1 Standards-Based Instruction and

Assessment: Begin With the End in Mind

2 The Balanced Assessment Model: When Formative Meets Summative

3 Common Assessments: A Community of Assessors

4 Performance Tasks: The Key to an Engaging Curriculum

5 Checklists: Progressions of Learning

6 Rubrics: All Roads Lead to the Standards

7 Formative Assessment Tools: Real Time and Real Fast

8 Summative Assessment and Evaluation: The Last Judgment

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Assessment

The Teacher as Assessment Leader

Edited by Thomas R. Guskey

By Cassandra Erkens, William M. Ferriter, Michelle Goodwin, Tammy Heflebower, Tom Hierck, Chris Jakicic, Sharon V. Kramer, Jeffry Overlie, Ainsley B. Rose, Nicole Vagle, and Adam Young

Discover how to improve student learning through the power of effective assessment, and realize your power to transform education from inside the classroom. Meaningful examples, expert research, and real-life experiences illustrate the capacity and responsibility every educator has to ignite positive change. Packed with practical strategies from expert practitioners for designing, analyzing, and using assessments, this book shows how to turn best practices into usable solutions.280 pages | 2009

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ContentsPart One Laying the Foundation of

Assessment Literacy

1 Developing Our Assessment Literacy

2 Assessment That Makes Sense

3 Yes, I Can: Responsible Assessment in an Era of Accountability

Part Two Collecting, Interpreting, and Reporting Data

4 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Write Me a Test

5 Proficiency: More Than a Grade

6 Using Common Assessments in Uncommon Courses

7 Creating Equity in Classroom Assessment for English Language Learners and Students With Special Needs

Part Three Involving Students in Assessment

8 Creating Confident, Capable Learners

9 Inspiring and Requiring Action

10 Engaging the Nintendo Generation

11 Differentiated Pathways to Success

Redefining FairHow to Plan, Assess, and Grade for Excellence in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

By Damian Cooper

Foreword by Michael Fullan

Learn how to define proficiency accurately and differentiate to help all students achieve it. Using stories, strategies, case histories, and sample documents, the author explains how to implement equitable instruction, assessment, grading, and reporting practices for diverse 21st century learners.200 pages | 2011

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ContentsIntroduction Why This Book Now?

1 Why Is Differentiation Essential Today?

2 What Does “Fair” Mean in the Mixed-Ability Class?

3 How Should Curriculum and Assessment Connect in the Mixed-Ability Class?

4 How Should I Assess Students’ Needs in the Mixed-Ability Class?

5 What Does Excellence Look Like in the Mixed-Ability Class?

6 How Should I Assess Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class?

7 How Should Assessment and Instruction Connect in the Mixed-Ability Class?

8 How Should Assessment Be Matched to Students’ Needs?

9 How Do I Grade Learning in the Mixed-Ability Class?

10 How Can I Report Effectively to Students in the Mixed-Ability Class and to Their Parents?

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ContentsIntroduction The History of Standards-

Based Education in the United States

Part I Applying the Common Core State Standards

1 Understanding the Common Core State Standards

2 Teaching the Common Core State Standards

3 Measuring Student Performance on the Common Core State Standards

ContentsPart I Overview of Key Ideas and DetailsStrategy 1 Read-Decide-ExplainStrategy 2 Show You KnowStrategy 3 Prove ItStrategy 4 Read Like a DetectiveStrategy 5 Question Like an Investigative

ReporterStrategy 6 Think Like a Private InvestigatorStrategy 7 Snapshot SummaryStrategy 8 Identify-Analyze-SummarizeStrategy 9 What-How-Why (Individuals)Strategy 10 What-How-Why (Events)Strategy 11 What-How-Why (Ideas)

ContentsCritical Thinking 1 Analyze

2 Evaluate

3 Problem Solve

Creative Thinking 4 Generate

5 Associate

6 Hypothesize

Complex Thinking 7 Clarify

8 Interpret

9 Determine

Comprehensive Thinking 10 Understand

How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards

By James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete

NEW! Packed with examples and tools, this practical guide prepares teachers across all grade levels and content areas to teach the most critical cognitive skills from the Common Core State Standards. Discover a doable three-phase model of explicit teaching, guided practice in content-based lessons, and authentic application in standards-based performance tasks that will strengthen students’ ability to learn across the curriculum. 240 pages | 2012

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11 Infer

12 Compare and Contrast

Collaborative Thinking 13 Explain

14 Develop

15 Decide

Communicative Thinking 16 Reason

17 Connect

18 Represent

Cognitive Transfer 19 Synthesize

20 Generalize

21 Apply

Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment

By Robert J. Marzano, David C. Yanoski, Jan K. Hoegh, and Julia A. Simms

With Tammy Heflebower and Phil Warrick

NEW! 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.304 pages | 2013 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory

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4 Using the Common Core State Standards for Assessment and Grading

Part II Scoring the Common Core State Standards

Proficiency Scales for the ELA Common Core State Standards

Proficiency Scales for the Mathematics Common Core State Standards

20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common CoreIncreasing Rigor in Middle & High School Classrooms

By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins and Allyson J. Burnett

NEW! With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20 research-based literacy strategies designed to help students meet those standards and become expert readers.328 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2012

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Part II Overview of Craft and StructureStrategy 12 Quick-REACH Vocabulary ToolkitStrategy 13 Weigh the WordsStrategy 14 Identify-Analyze-Relate

(Problem-Solution)Strategy 15 Identify-Analyze-Relate

(Cause-Effect)Strategy 16 Purpose-Content-Style

Part III Integration of Knowledge and IdeasStrategy 17 Navigate-Integrate-EvaluateStrategy 18 Delineate-Evaluate-ExplainStrategy 19 Analyze-Compare-Write

Part IV Range of Reading and Text Complexity

Strategy 20 Literacy Rehearsal

Common Core


Common Core

Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work™ series

Edited by Timothy D. Kanold

By Thomasenia Lott Adams, Harold Asturias, Diane J. Briars, John A. Carter, Juli K. Dixon, Francis (Skip) Fennell, David Foster, Mardi A. Gale, Timothy D. Kanold, Beth McCord Kobett, Matthew R. Larson, Mona Toncheff, Jonathan A. Wray, and Gwendolyn Zimmermann

These teacher guides illustrate how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level. Comprehensive and research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies will help you and your collaborative team develop and assess student demonstrations of deep conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. You’ll also learn how fundamental shifts in collaboration, instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention can increase college and career readiness in every one of your students.2012 | Joint publications with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work™ series

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Cynthia L. Uline

NEW! These teacher guides illustrate how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts in K–12 instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices within the powerful Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Teachers will discover the fundamental learning targets necessary for college and career readiness and how students can master them for each grade level. Each book includes comprehensive and research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies to help collaborative teams develop and assess student understanding.2012 | 2013 | Joint publications with the International Reading Association

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Classroom Management and Behavior

You’ve Got to Reach Them to Teach Them Hard Facts About the Soft Skills of Student Engagement

By Mary Kim Schreck

Navigate the hot topic of student engagement with a true expert. Become empowered to demand an authentic joy for learning in your classroom. Real-life notes from the field, detailed discussions, practical strategies, and space for reflection complete this essential guide to student engagement. 232 pages | 2010

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ContentsIntroduction Engagement

1 Relationships

2 Emotion

3 Environment

4 Motivation

5 Fun

6 Confidence

7 Attitudes

8 Cultural Awareness

9 Expectations

10 The Engagement Toolbox

11 Creativity

12 Soft Skills

Power StrugglesSuccessful Techniques for Educators

By Allen N. Mendler and Brian D. Mendler

2nd Edition Regain the focus of challenging students with this practical resource on classroom management, discipline, and motivation. The dedicated authors re-examine the root causes of student misbehavior and offer a range of easy-to-implement instructions and activities to prevent and defuse future disruptive moments.96 pages | 2011

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Contents When Kids Push Our Buttons

Prevention Strategies

Intervention Strategies

Motivating Students25 Strategies to Light the Fire of Engagement

By Carolyn Chapman and Nicole Vagle

Learn why students disengage and how to motivate them to achieve success with a five-step framework. Research-based strategies and fun activities show how to instill a lasting love of learning in students of any age. Classroom tips and troubleshooting advice for common motivation problems prepare readers for the real-world ups and downs of motivating students.240 pages | 2010

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Contents 1 Understanding Motivation

2 Building a Classroom Learning Community

3 Describing Planning and Learning

4 Finding Adventure

5 Promoting Choice and Control

6 Ensuring Learning

7 Keeping the Flame Burning!

Defusing Strategies

Challenge Strategies

Power Struggle Scenarios

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Classroom Management and Behavior

Assertive Discipline®

Positive Behavior Management for Today’s Classroom

By Lee Canter

4th Edition This book contains the best concepts and teacher-tested strategies by the author. New content includes a special emphasis on the needs of new and struggling teachers. The author also introduces a real-time coaching model and explains how to establish a schoolwide Assertive Discipline® program.176 pages | 2009

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ContentsSection 1 Becoming an Effective Classroom

Manager

1 You Can Be an Effective Classroom Manager

2 Develop Your Teacher Voice

3 Hold High Expectations

Section 2 Developing Your Classroom Discipline Plan

4 Establish Rules

5 Determine Positive Support Strategies

6 Determine Corrective Actions

Section 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior

7 Teach Policies and Procedures at the Beginning of the School Year

8 Develop a Responsible Behavior Curriculum

Section 4 Utilizing the Behavior Management Cycle

9 Effectively Communicate Explicit Directions

10 Utilize Behavioral Narration

11 Take Corrective Actions

12 Teach Students to Manage Their Own Behavior

Section 5 Reducing Disruptive Behavior

13 Instructional Strategies That Reduce Disruptive Behavior

Section 6 Working With Difficult Students

14 Build Positive Relationships With Students

15 Develop Individualized Behavior Plans

16 You Can’t Do It on Your Own

Classroom Management for Academic Success

By Lee Canter

This groundbreaking resource details effective management strategies you can implement from day one so that all students achieve in the classroom. Teacher-tested, research-based strategies create a classroom in which children learn free from the distraction of disruptive behavior.304 pages | 2005

32BCB–BKF488 $39.95ISBN 978-1-935249-01-6

ContentsPart 1 Overview of Classroom

Management for Academic Success

Part 2 Empowering Beliefs and Expectations

Part 3 Teaching Responsible Behavior for Academic Success at the Beginning of the School Year

Part 4 The Behavior Management Cycle

Part 5 Building Trusting Relationships

Part 6 The 2-Week Turnaround Program

Part 7 Managing Instructional Activities to Promote Academic Success

Part 8 Managing Procedures for Academic Success

Part 9 Establishing Classroom Policies for Academic Success

Appendix Overhead Transparencies

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Literacy

Rebuilding the FoundationEffective Reading Instruction for 21st Century Literacy

Edited by Timothy V. Rasinski

By Peter Afflerbach, Richard L. Allington, Rita M. Bean, Donald R. Bear, Camille L. Z. Blachowicz, Ruth Culham, Patricia M. Cunningham, Peter J. Fisher, Linda B. Gambrell, James V. Hoffman, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Maureen McLaughlin, Maryann Mraz, P. David Pearson, Timothy V. Rasinski, Timothy Shanahan, William H. Teale, Shane Templeton, Richard T. Vacca, Susan Watts-Taffe, and Junko Yokota

Teaching reading is a complex task without a simple formula for developing quality instruction. Rather than build on or alter existing models, this book considers how educators and policymakers might think about rebuilding and reconceptualizing reading education, perhaps from the ground up.352 pages | Hardcover | 2011

32BCB–BKF399 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935542-00-1

Contents 1 Principles of Effective Reading

Instruction

2 Motivation in the School Reading Curriculum

3 Materials in the School Reading Curriculum

4 Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Beginning Readers and the Primary Grades

5 Developing Effective Reading Curricula Beyond the Primary Grades

6 Developing Effective Reading Curricula for Struggling Readers

7 Teaching Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition, and Spelling

8 Teaching Reading Fluency

9 Teaching Vocabulary

10 Teaching Comprehension

11 Reading With a Writer’s Eye

12 Content-Area Reading Instruction

13 Assessing Reading

14 The Reading Coach: Professional Development and Literacy Leadership in the School

Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp

Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. Explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning, and gain an array of methods to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom.176 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF499 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-52-7

ContentsIntroduction Comprehension Occurs

Through Text-Based Analysis and Discussion

1 Readers and Texts: Why Both Are Necessary for Understanding

2 Argumentation: Gateway to

Text-Based Analysis and Discussion

3 Analyzing and Discussing Narrative Texts

4 Analyzing and Discussing Expository Texts

5 Analyzing and Discussing New-Media Texts

Literacy 2.0Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms

By Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Alex Gonzalez

Students in the 21st century must incorporate traditional literacy skills into a mastery of technology for communicating and collaborating in new ways. This book offers specific teaching strategies for developing students’ skills related to acquiring, producing, and sharing information.152 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2010

32BCB–BKF373 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-80-1

ContentsIntroduction 2.0 Learning in a

1.0 Classroom

1 Releasing Responsibility: A Framework for Teaching and Learning

2 Finding Information: The Eternal Search

3 Using Information: Making Responsible Choices

4 Creating Information: Production in Literacy 2.0

5 Sharing Information: The World Is Your Audience

6 Present Tense and Future Tensions


Literacy

Collaborative Teacher Literacy Teams, K–6Connecting Professional Growth to Student Achievement

By Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins

With all the different components of literacy, planning and delivering effective literacy instruction can be overwhelming. Explore the work of collaborative literacy teams from their formation to the employment of successful student-focused strategies. Find professional growth units in each chapter that provide educators with the opportunity to discuss key concepts, self-reflect, and remain focused on student achievement.232 pages | 2012

32BCB–BKF491 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-28-5

Contents 1 Instructional Moves

2 Teacher-Managed Instruction

3 Teacher With-It-Ness

4 Student-Managed Learning

5 Classroom Artifacts

Appendix A The Exemplars and Nonexemplars of Effective K–6 Literacy Instruction

Appendix B Table of Contents for the Twenty Units

40 Reading Intervention Strategies for K–6 StudentsResearch-Based Support for RTI


This well-rounded collection of research-based reading intervention strategies will support and inform your RTI efforts. The book also includes teacher-friendly sample lesson plans and miniroutines that are easy to understand and adapt. Many of the strategies motivate average and above-average students as well as scaffold struggling readers. Maximize the power of these interventions by using them across grade-level teams or schoolwide. 352 pages | 2009

32BCB–BKF270 $34.95ISBN 978-1-934009-50-5

Contents 1 Interventions for Improving Instruction

2 Interventions for Building Phonemic Awareness

3 Interventions for Building Word Identification Skills

4 Interventions for Building Fluency

5 Interventions for Building Vocabulary

6 Interventions for Facilitating Comprehension

7 Interventions for Teaching Students to Read a Lot

Literacy Look-ForsAn Observation Protocol to Guide K–6 Classroom Walkthroughs


Understand the indicators of effective literacy instruction, and learn how to identify the look-fors. Literacy leaders will gain the power to bring all students to grade level, or well above, when it comes to literacy attainment.184 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF422 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-18-6

Contents 1 Understand the Literacy Look-Fors

2 Understand the Classroom Walkthroughs

3 Assess Your Instructional Leadership Capacity

4 Orient Your Faculty to the Look-Fors and Walkthroughs

5 Collect and Analyze Look-For Frequency Data

6 Develop, Implement, and Assess Embedded Professional Development

7 Use Team Walkthroughs to Build School Capacity


21st Century Skills

Who Owns the Learning?Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age

By Alan November

Learn how to harness students’ natural curiosity to develop self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful to them and others. Real-life examples illustrate how every student can become a teacher and a global publisher. The embedded QR codes link to supporting websites.104 pages | 2012

32BCB–BKF437 $19.95ISBN 978-1-935542-57-5

Contents 1 Welcome to the Digital Learning Farm

2 The Student as Tutorial Designer

3 The Student as Scribe

4 The Student as Researcher

5 The Student as Global Communicator and Collaborator

6 Joining Forces in Purposeful Work: The Legacy of Student Contribution

The Global SchoolConnecting Classrooms and Students Around the World

By William Kist

NEW! Prepare students for an increasingly flat world—a place where diverse people from divergent cultures learn and work together rather than in isolation. Learn specific steps to globalize your classroom, and move beyond the call for students to memorize material to instead encourage higher-order thinking. These ideas, assignments, projects, and assessments are all wrapped in a 21st century skills framework.128 pages | 2012

32BCB–BKF570 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-69-5

Contents 1 What Is Global Education?

2 The World Within Your Classroom

3 The World Across Classrooms

4 The Classroom in the World

5 Getting Started

Personal Learning NetworksUsing the Power of Connections to Transform Education

By Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli

The Internet connects us in unprecedented ways. To prepare students to flourish in this new learning world, schools will need to transform themselves in important ways. This book is a road map for any educator thinking about using the web for learning. Build your own learning network, and use learning networks in the classroom and schoolwide to improve student outcomes. 168 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF484 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935543-27-5

ContentsIntroduction The Power of Networked

Learning

1 Understanding the Power of PLNs

2 Becoming a Networked Learner

3 Implementing a Networked Classroom

4 Becoming a Networked School

5 Ensuring Success of Learning Network Adoption

Epilogue The Future of Schooling

WINNER


21st Century Skills

The Connected Educator Learning and Leading in a Digital Age

By Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall

Create a connected learning community through social media and rediscover the power of being a learner first. After uncovering the theories and research behind the significance of learning through collaboration with other educators, the authors show you how to take advantage of technology to improve your own learning and ultimately the learning of your students.208 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF478 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935543-17-6

Contents 1 Defining the Connected Educator

2 Developing a Connected Learning Model

3 Learning to Learn

4 Building a Collaborative Culture

5 Using Tools to Support Connected Learning

6 Building Your Connected Learning Community

7 Sustaining the Momentum

8 Transforming Leadership for a Connected World

9 What the Future Holds

Appendix A Research Base for the Connected Learning Community Model

Appendix B Scale in Action

Appendix C Common Diigo and Twitter Hashtags

Classroom HabitudesTeaching Habits and Attitudes for 21st Century Learning

By Angela Maiers

NEW! Revised Edition You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes—habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes—they need to succeed.160 pages | Grades K–8 | 2012

32BCB–BKF542 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-62-9

ContentsIntroduction Redefining Success in the

21st Century

1 Nurturing Genius: A Framework for Teaching and Learning the Habitudes

2 Imagination

3 Curiosity

4 Self-Awareness

5 Perseverance

6 Courage

7 Passion

8 Adaptability

9 Closing Thoughts

Appendix A The Habitudes Notebook

Appendix B Habitudes Pre- and Postassessment

Creating a Digital-Rich ClassroomTeaching & Learning in a Web 2.0 World

By Meg Ormiston

Instead of asking students to power down during class, power up your lesson plans with digital tools. Design and deliver lessons in which technology plays an integral role. Engage students in solving real-world problems while staying true to standards-aligned curricula. This book provides a research base and practical strategies for using web 2.0 tools to create engaging lessons that transform and enrich content. 160 pages | 2010

32BCB–BKF385 $19.95ISBN 978-1-935249-87-0

ContentsIntroduction It’s a Web 2.0 World

1 Today’s Classrooms

2 Active Learning in the Classroom

3 Technology to Support Teaching and Learning

4 Developing a Digital-Rich Curriculum

5 Must-Have Technology for the Ideal Classroom

6 Web 2.0 Classroom: A Virtual Field Trip

7 Changing Professional Development

Epilogue Looking Forward

Appendix A Compendium of Web 2.0 Tools and Related Resources


21st Century Skills

ContentsIntroduction The iGeneration

1 Managing Information in the 21st Century

2 Writing Open Letters to World Leaders

3 Telling Powerful Visual Stories

4 Studying Challenging Topics Together

5 Collaborating to Solve Problems

Appendix Technology Permission Slip

Teaching the iGeneration5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills With Web 2.0 Tools

By William M. Ferriter and Adam Garry

Find the natural overlap between the work you already believe in and the digital tools that define tomorrow’s learning. Each chapter introduces an enduring life skill and a digital solution to enhance traditional skill-based instructional practices. A collection of handouts and supporting materials ends each chapter.256 pages | 2010

32BCB–BKF393 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935249-93-1

21st Century SkillsRethinking How Students Learn

Edited by James A. Bellanca and Ron Brandt

By John Barell, Linda Darling-Hammond, Chris Dede, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Douglas Fisher, Robin J. Fogarty, Nancy Frey, Howard Gardner, Andy Hargreaves, David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, Ken Kay, Cheryl Lemke, Jay McTighe, Alan November, Bob Pearlman, Brian M. Pete, Douglas B. Reeves, Will Richardson, and Elliott Seif

Foreword by Ken Kay

This anthology introduces the Framework for 21st Century Learning from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills as a way to re-envision learning and prepare students for a rapidly evolving global and technological world. Highly respected education leaders and innovators focus on why these skills are necessary, which are most important, and how to best help schools include them in curriculum and instruction.408 pages | Hardcover | 2010

32BCB–BKF389 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935249-90-0

ContentsForeword 21st Century Skills: Why They

Matter, What They Are, and How We Get There

1 Five Minds for the Future

2 New Policies for 21st Century Demands

3 Comparing Frameworks for 21st Century Skills

4 The Role of Professional Learning Communities in Advancing 21st Century Skills

5 The Singapore Vision: Teach Less, Learn More

6 Designing New Learning Environments to Support 21st Century Skills

7 An Implementation Framework to Support 21st Century Skills

8 Problem-Based Learning: The Foundation for 21st Century Skills

9 Cooperative Learning and Conflict Resolution: Essential 21st Century Skills

10 Preparing Students for Mastery of 21st Century Skills

11 Innovation Through Technology

12 Technology Rich, Information Poor

13 Navigating Social Networks as Learning Tools

14 A Framework for Assessing 21st Century Skills

Afterword Leadership, Change, and Beyond the 21st Century Skills Agenda

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English Learners

Implementing RTI With English Learners

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Carol Rothenberg

Learn why RTI is the ideal framework for supporting English learners. Follow the application and effectiveness of RTI through the stories of four representative students. 160 pages | 2010

32BCB–BKF397 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-97-9

Contents 1 Success With English Learners: It All

Comes Down to Language

2 Tier 1: An Opportunity to Learn

3 Using Data to Rally Resources

4 Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions That Build Language and Content Knowledge

5 Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Decisions About Learning Language Versus Learning Disability

6 Commitment to RTI: A Framework for Success

Common Language Assessment for English Learners

By Margo Gottlieb

With this step-by-step guide, you’ll find organizing principles, lead questions, and action steps on how to evaluate common language assessments for your English learners.192 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF352 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935249-57-3

ContentsIntroduction Breaking Ground on Common

Language Assessment

1 Common Language Assessment

2 Phase I—Planning

3 Phase II—Design

4 Phase III—Refinement

5 Phase IV—Inspection

6 Phase V—Maintenance

Teaching Reading & Comprehension to English Learners, K–5

By Margarita Calderón

Address the language, literacy, and content instructional needs of English learners. This book will help raise achievement for ELs through new instructional strategies and assessment processes.176 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF402 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-03-2

Contents 1 The Diversity of Students and

Programs

2 RTI and Quality Instruction

3 The Educational Needs of Young ELs

4 The Most Critical Year: First Grade

5 Selecting Words to Teach

6 Teaching Vocabulary

7 Teaching Reading

8 Teaching Writing

9 Ensuring and Reinforcing Comprehension

10 Cooperative Learning

Breaking ThroughEffective Instruction & Assessment for Reaching English Learners

Edited by Margarita Calderón

By Barbara D. Acosta, Laura Alvarez, Kristina Anstrom, Margarita Calderón, Sarah Capitelli, Jim Cummins, Claude Goldenberg, Joel Gómez, Margo Gottlieb, Elena Izquierdo, Okhee Lee, Liliana Minaya-Rowe, Alba A. Ortiz, Charlene Rivera, Robert E. Slavin, Maria N. Trejo, and Guadalupe Valdés

Utilizing new research and field studies, this book provides a whole-school approach to helping English learners (ELs) achieve academically while they learn English. Discover why ELs learn better when language, literacy, and subject matter are integrated, and learn how to prepare all teachers in a school to meet the needs of this growing student population.288 pages | Hardcover | 2012

32BCB–BKF552 $34.95ISBN 978-1-936765-36-2

Contents 1 Why We Need a New Way of

Schooling Language-Minority Children

2 Effective Whole-School Teaching for English Learners

3 Research on English Learner Instruction

4 Whole-School Approaches to Academic Language Proficiency Among English Learners

5 Educating English Learners: An Integrated Perspective

6 Effective Teaching for ELs and All Students: Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Within All Subjects

7 Teaching Science With English Language and Literacy

8 Linking Literacy to Content in Preschool Math, Science, and Social Science

9 Common Instructional Assessment for English Learners: A Whole-School Effort

10 Response to Intervention for English Learners

11 Leadership Matters for Learning English and Learning in English

12 Building Communities of Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse School Districts

13 Implementing the Change


Response to Intervention

Pyramid Response to InterventionRTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don’t Learn

By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber

Foreword by Richard DuFour

Bestseller Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process. Written by award-winning educators, this book details three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—and includes implementation ideas.248 pages | 2008

32BCB–BKF251 $27.95ISBN 978-1-934009-33-8

Contents 1 What Is Pyramid Response to

Intervention?

2 The Facts About RTI

3 RTI Models

4 Laying the Foundation: A Professional Learning Community

5 Learning CPR

6 Tier 1: The Core Program

7 Tier 2: The Supplemental Level

8 Tier 3: The Intensive Level

9 The Role of Behavioral Interventions

10 Meeting Legal Requirements

11 Putting It All Together

Epilogue A Moral Responsibility

Simplifying Response to InterventionFour Essential Guiding Principles

By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber

Bestseller The sequel to Pyramid Response to Intervention advocates that a successful RTI model begins by asking the right questions to create a fundamentally effective learning environment for every student. RTI is not a series of implementation steps, but rather a way of thinking. Understand why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail. Then, learn how to create a focused RTI model that works. 232 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF506 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935543-65-7

RTI in the Early GradesIntervention Strategies for Mathematics, Literacy, Behavior & Fine-Motor Challenges

By Chris Weber

NEW! Explore why intervention and support for struggling students in the early grades are essential to student success. Teachers and support personnel will discover how to implement RTI-based supports in the early grades and learn what this prevention looks like. Find practical, research-based strategies to seal the gaps in student learning in grades K–3, identify students who need intervention, and more.208 pages | Grades K–3 | 2012

32BCB–BKF572 $29.95ISBN 978-1-936764-04-4

Contents 1 Reading

2 Writing

3 Mathematics

ContentsPreface A Sense of Urgency

1 A New Way of Thinking

2 Collective Responsibility: Why Are We Here?

3 Building Structures for Collaboration

4 Concentrated Instruction: Where Do We Need to Go?

5 Convergent Assessment: Where Are We Now?

6 Creating a System of Interventions

7 Certain Access: How Do We Get Every Child There?

Epilogue A New Vision of Special Education

4 English Learners

5 Students With Social/Emotional, Speech/Language, and Fine-Motor Challenges


Response to Intervention

Pyramid of Behavior InterventionsSeven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment

By Tom Hierck, Charlie Coleman, and Chris Weber

Students thrive when educators commit to proactively meeting their behavioral as well as academic needs. This book will help teachers and school leaders transform the research on behavior, response to intervention, and professional learning communities into practical strategies they can use to create a school culture and classroom climates in which learning is primed to occur.132 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF532 $24.95 ISBN 978-1-936765-06-5

ContentsIntroduction This We Believe

1 Creating a Positive Learning Environment

2 Common Expectations

3 Targeted Instruction and Positive Reinforcement

4 Support Strategies and Interventions

5 Collaborative Teams and Data-Driven Dialogue

6 A Schoolwide Systems Approach

RTI in MathPractical Guidelines for Elementary Teachers

By William N. Bender and Darlene Crane

This map of the RTI process offers an overview of research, detailed guidance through each stage of implementation, tools for teacher reflection and growth, and discussion of support strategies beyond the classroom. The authors analyze a variety of common student difficulties in elementary math and apply a three-tier RTI model to the general education classroom.216 pages | Grades K–5 | 2010

32BCB–BKF279 $29.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-54-3

RTI in Middle and High Schools

By William N. Bender

Perhaps more than any other single initiative, response to intervention is likely to restructure how middle and high school teachers teach in a very profound way. This timely and targeted resource discusses the innovations of RTI, differentiated instruction, and instructional technologies. Based on numerous real-world case studies, this book explores solutions for the complex challenges the RTI implementation process brings.248 pages | Grades 6–12 | 2011

32BCB–BKF271 $29.95ISBN 978-1-934009-51-2

Contents 1 Response to Intervention: A Catalyst

for Change

2 Existing RTI Structures in Middle and High Schools

3 Differentiating Instruction in Middle and High School Classes

4 Developing Tier 1 Differentiated Instructional Lessons for Middle and High School Classes

5 Supporting RTI and Differentiated Instruction With Modern Instructional Technologies

6 RTI and Differentiation in Reading

7 RTI and Differentiation in Writing

8 RTI and Differentiation in Mathematics

Epilogue Moving Into RTI and Differentiated Instruction

Contents 1 The RTI Process in Elementary

Mathematics

2 Mathematics Instruction: A Critical Component of RTI

3 RTI Procedures for Number Sense and Early Mathematics Skills

4 RTI Procedures in Elementary Mathematics

5 RTI and Problem Solving

6 PLC Support Strategies for School- and Districtwide RTI Procedures in Mathematics


Professional Learning Communities at Work™

Raising the Bar and Closing the GapWhatever It Takes

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Gayle Karhanek

Bestseller This book sharpens the focus on the pyramid of interventions strategy, presents new insights, and explains how PLC intervention processes align with RTI legislation.256 pages | 2009

32BCB–BKF378 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-84-9

Contents 1 The Shifting Mission of Public Schooling:

Establishing the Historical Context

2 Laying the Groundwork for Effective Intervention

3 Confronting the Brutal Facts: The Traditional Response to Students Who Do Not Learn

4 Sustaining Excellence: A Return to Adlai Stevenson High School

5 Hand in Hand We All Learn: A Return to Boones Mill Elementary School

6 Embracing Systematic Intervention: Prairie Star Middle School

7 Success and Triumph in a Worthy Endeavor: Lakeridge Junior High School

8 From State Sanctions to National Recognition: Highland Elementary School

9 Building Toward the F.U.T.U.R.E.: Cinco Ranch High School

10 From Good to Great: Implementation of PLC Concepts in Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96

11 Whatever It Takes—Staying the Course: Whittier Union High School District

12 Under No Circumstances Blame the Kids: Sanger Unified School District

13 “Yah, but . . .”: Considering Challenges to Systematic Intervention

14 Finding Common Ground: The Shared Practices of Highly Effective Schools and Districts

15 Whatever It Takes: How Effective Schools and Districts Overcome Barriers to Systematic Intervention and Enrichment

16 Changing the Culture of Schooling to Embrace Effort-Based Enrichment

17 Moving Forward: Planning for Effective Intervention

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work™

New Insights for Improving Schools

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, and Robert Eaker

Bestseller This 10th-anniversary sequel to the authors’ best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey.544 pages | 2008

32BCB–BKF252 $34.95ISBN 978-1-934009-32-1

Contents 1 New Insights Into Professional

Learning Communities at Work™

2 The Rise and Fall of School Reform

3 Making the Case for Professional Learning Communities

4 The Challenge of Cultural Change

5 Clear Mission and Shared Vision

6 Shared Values (Collective Commitments) and Common Goals

7 Teaching in a Professional Learning Community

8 Assessment in a Professional Learning Community

9 A Tale of Excellence in Assessment

10 Intervention and Enrichment in a Professional Learning Community

11 The Classroom as a Learning Community

12 The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community

13 The Role of the Central Office in a Professional Learning Community

14 The Role of Parents and the Community in a Professional Learning Community

15 Sustaining the Professional Learning Community Journey

Learning by DoingA Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work™

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Thomas W. Many

Bestseller 2nd Edition Learning by Doing is an action guide for closing the knowing-doing gap and transforming schools into PLCs. The book includes seven major additions that equip educators with essential tools for confronting challenges.296 pages | 2010

32BCB–BKF416 $34.95ISBN 978-1-935542-09-4

Contents 1 A Guide to Action for Professional

Learning Communities at Work™

2 A Clear and Compelling Purpose

3 Creating a Focus on Learning

4 How Will We Respond When Some Students Don’t Learn?

5 Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

6 Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community

7 Using Relevant Information to Improve Results

8 Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide

9 Consensus and Conflict in a Professional Learning Community

10 The Complex Challenge of Creating Professional Learning Communities


Professional Learning Communities at Work™

On Common GroundThe Power of Professional Learning Communities

Edited by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour

By Roland Barth, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Michael Fullan, Lawrence W. Lezotte, Douglas B. Reeves, Jonathon Saphier, Mike Schmoker, Dennis Sparks, and Rick Stiggins

Bestseller This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.272 pages | Hardcover | 2005

32BCB–BKF180 $34.95ISBN 978-1-932127-42-3

ContentsSection 1 Overview of PLCs

1 Recurring Themes of Professional Learning Communities and the Assumptions They Challenge

2 What Is a Professional Learning Community?

Section 2 Critical Questions of PLCs

3 Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning Communities

4 Assessment FOR Learning: Building a Culture of Confident Learners

5 Masters of Motivation

6 Turning Book Burners Into Lifelong Learners

Section 3 Creating PLCs

7 No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning Communities

8 Leading for Transformation in Teaching, Learning, and Relationships

Section 4 Placing PLCs in a Broader Context

9 More Effective Schools: Professional Learning Communities in Action

10 Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public Schools

11 Professional Learning Communities Writ Large

Section 5 A Call to Action

12 Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap

Making Teamwork MeaningfulLeading Progress-Driven Collaboration in a PLC at Work™

By William M. Ferriter, Parry Graham, and Matt Wight

NEW! Focus on developing people—not just improving test scores. The authors examine how staffing decisions can strengthen professional learning communities and explore actions that can help school leaders safeguard their schools against complacency.128 pages | 2012

32BCB–BKF548 $24.95ISBN 978-1-936765-29-4

Contents 1 Getting the Right People in the

Right Places

2 Incorporating Singletons and Noninstructional Staff

3 Aligning a Master Schedule With PLC Priorities

4 Building an Intervention System

5 Improving Collaborative Capacity

Building a Professional Learning Community at Work™A Guide to the First Year

By Parry Graham and William M. Ferriter

Foreword by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

This play-by-play guide to implementing PLC concepts uses a story to focus each chapter. The authors analyze the story, highlighting good decisions and mistakes. They offer research behind best practice and wrap up each chapter with practical recommendations and tools. 240 pages | 2009

32BCB–BKF273 $29.95ISBN 978-1-934009-59-8

ContentsPrologue A New Beginning

Part I Summer: Committing to a Common Purpose

1 Starting With a Vision

2 Empowering the Core Team

Part II Fall: Building a Team

3 Creating Trust

4 Supporting Team Development

Part III Winter: Weathering the Challenges

5 Negotiating Personalities and Conflict

6 Experiencing Frustration

Part IV Spring: Looking Forward

7 Connecting Data Analysis and Instructional Improvement

8 Building a Collective Intelligence

Epilogue Equal Parts Looking Back and Looking Forward


Leadership

Leaders of LearningHow District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement

By Richard DuFour and Robert J. Marzano

Bestseller Together, the authors focus on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership and address how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students—by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms.248 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF455 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935542-66-7

Contents 1 School Improvement Means People

Improvement

2 The District’s Role in Supporting the PLC Process

3 The Principal’s Role in Leading a Professional Learning Community

4 Creating the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

5 Developing a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

6 Ongoing Monitoring of Student Learning

7 Ensuring Effective Instruction

8 Responding When Kids Don’t Learn

9 Leadership Is an Affair of the Heart

District Leadership That WorksStriking the Right Balance

By Robert J. Marzano and Timothy Waters

Bridge the divide between administrative duties and daily classroom impact with a leadership mechanism called defined autonomy. Learn strategies for creating district-defined goals while giving building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.168 pages | 2009 | A joint publication with McREL

32BCB–BKF314 $24.95ISBN 978-1-935249-19-1

Contents 1 Does District Leadership Matter?

2 Putting Our Findings in Perspective

3 Setting and Monitoring Nonnegotiable Goals for Achievement

4 Setting and Monitoring Nonnegotiable Goals for Instruction

5 Collaborative Goal Setting, Board Alignment, and Allocation of Resources

6 Defined Autonomy in a High-Reliability District

7 The Perils and Promises of Second-Order Change

Change Wars

Edited by Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan

By Michael Barber, Linda Darling-Hammond, Richard Elmore, Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves, Jonathan Jansen, Ben Levin, Pedro Noguera, Douglas B. Reeves, Andreas Schleicher, Dennis Shirley, James Spillane, and Marc Tucker

What can organizations do to create profound, enduring changes? International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal and then explore constructive alternatives to traditional change strategies. Examine their theories-in-action on how to achieve deep change.304 pages | Hardcover | 2008

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Contents Introduction Change Wars: A Hopeful

Struggle

1 The Fourth Way of Change: Towards an Age of Inspiration and Sustainability

2 Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis

3 From System Effectiveness to System Improvement: Reform Paradigms and Relationships

4 International Benchmarking as a Lever for Policy Reform

5 Industrial Benchmarking: A Research Method for Education

6 The Music of Democracy: Emerging Strategies for a New Era of Post-Standardization

7 Preparing for the New Majority: How Schools Can Respond to Immigration and Demographic Change

8 When Politics and Emotion Meet: Educational Change in Racially Divided Communities

9 Engaging Practice: School Leadership and Management From a Distributed Perspective

10 Institutions, Improvement, and Practice

11 Level-Five Networks: Making Significant Change in Complex Organizations

12 Reform Without (Much) Rancor

13 Have Theory, Will Travel: A Theory of Action for System Change

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Leadership

Coaching Classroom Instruction

By Robert J. Marzano and Julia A. Simms

With Tom Roy, Tammy Heflebower, and Phil Warrick

NEW! Find advice on how to offer targeted feedback to teachers, empowering them to identify specific steps to improve their knowledge and skill. Coaches can use the step-by-step guidelines to help teachers improve their performance on the 280 research-based strategies introduced in Becoming a Reflective Teacher.272 pages | 2012 | Published by Marzano Research Laboratory

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2 A Foundation for Coaching

3 Not Using (0) to Beginning (1)

4 Beginning (1) to Developing (2) and Developing (2) to Applying (3)

5 Applying (3) to Innovating (4)

6 Aspects of Coaching

Appendix Answers to Comprehension Questions

Transforming School CultureHow to Overcome Staff Division

By Anthony Muhammad

Foreword by Richard DuFour

Bestseller Busy administrators will appreciate this quick read packed with immediate, accessible strategies. This book provides the framework for understanding dynamic relationships within a school culture and ensuring a positive environment that supports the changes necessary to improve learning for all students. The author explores many aspects of human behavior, social conditions, and history to reveal best practices for building healthy school cultures.144 pages | 2009

32BCB–BKF281 $19.95 ISBN 978-1-934009-45-1

Contents 1 From Status Quo to True Reform

2 The Framework of Modern School Culture

3 The Believers

4 The Tweeners

5 The Survivors

6 The Fundamentalists

7 “Drop Your Tools”: A Lesson in Change and Our Best Chance at Eliminating Fundamentalism

8 Implications for Practice

Epilogue A Significant Impact

Appendix Study Design

Contents Introduction How Did They Get This Way?

1 The Underminers

2 The Contrarians

3 The Recruiters

4 The Challenged

5 The On-the-Job Retirees

6 The Resident Experts

7 The Unelected Representatives

8 The Whiners and Complainers

9 Defending Yourself and Next Steps

10 Influencing Your Staff Members’ Behaviors

Working With Difficult & Resistant Staff

By John F. Eller and Sheila A. Eller

To move forward in the school improvement process, school leaders must address the behaviors of difficult and resistant staff members while sending the message that a few people cannot halt change. This book will help school leaders understand how to prevent and address negative behaviors to ensure positive school change.144 pages | 2011

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Leadership

Got Data? Now What?Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry

By Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman

Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting, and utilizing school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, group work structures, strategies, and tools—along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types—this compelling guide will help you confront data obstacles and turn struggling committees into powerful communities of learners. 144 pages | 2012

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Contents 1 Developing Cultures of Collaborative

Inquiry

2 Introducing the Collaborative Learning Cycle

3 Avoiding Reality Wars

4 Knowing the Data Fundamentals

5 Developing High-Performing Groups

6 Moving From Dialogue to Discussion to Decision Making

7 Evolving Decisions Into Action

Data-Based Decision Making

By Edie L. Holcomb

3rd Edition You’re ready to start collecting and utilizing school data, but what data? How exactly will you find it, and how will you use it once you have it? This informative resource takes an in-depth look at best data collection practices and guides the elementary school principal on how to reach struggling learners, strengthen instruction, and achieve schoolwide improvement.120 pages | Grades K–5 | 2012 | A joint publication with the National Association of Elementary School Principals

32BCB–BKF469 $19.95 ISBN 978-1-935543-02-2

Contents 1 Data, Decisions, and the Principal in

the Middle

2 Creating the Context for Data Use

3 Data to Guide Schoolwide Decisions

4 Data to Support Struggling Students

5 Data to Strengthen Classroom Instruction

6 Data for Principal Planning and Performance

Data DynamicsAligning Teacher Team, School, & District Efforts

By Edie L. Holcomb

How is your school data performing for you? Examine the ways your school can better use student achievement data, nonacademic student data, staff data, and parent/community data to identify areas for improvement. This book will help administrators and leaders with school improvement planning and implementation, and teachers will find that good data can be used to plan instruction and monitor and motivate students.224 pages | 2011

32BCB–BKF424 $29.95ISBN 978-1-935542-23-0

Contents 1 Shifting the Dynamics of Data Use

2 Creating the Culture and Structures for Data Use

3 Using Student Achievement Data

4 Using Nonacademic Student Data

5 Using Staff Data

6 Using Parent/Community Data

7 Using Data for School Improvement

8 Using Data in Classrooms and Teacher Teams

9 Supporting Data Use From the District Level

10 Diagnosing Your Data Dynamics

Appendix Reproducible IC Map of Data Use

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