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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.

"In The Big Book of Tools for Collaborative Teams in a PLC at Work, author William M. Ferriter provides educators with a collection of tools and resources designed to strengthen the practice of collaborative teams. Teachers working in a professional learning community (PLC) have the capacity to improve learning for every student; however, teacher teams face many challenges while striving to make a meaningful impact on learning. The tools in this book help educators combat the problems that teams encounter and provide an explicit structure for learning teams. Ferriter organizes the book around the four critical questions of PLCs, and each chapter thoroughly explores core behaviors that efficient teams require and templates for extending the work. By reading this book, educators will learn how to navigate the challenges their teams face by receiving targeted support"--

This is a breakthrough book on student engagement. Join Dennis Shirley and Andy Hargreaves, two award-winning authors and leaders in their field, on a profound educational quest that will take you through exciting and challenging terrain. Five Paths of Student Engagement will open your eyes, heart, and mind and empower you to implement practices that lead directly to your students' well-being, learning, and success.By integrating psychological and sociological perspectives, and using inspiring examples from seven years of research, this book delves deeply into the what, why, and how of student engagement. It reveals who and what the true enemies of student engagement are, and shows you how to defeat them. It will enrich and reward your work for years to come.Utilize research-based strategies to promote active engagement in the classroom and build the foundation for student growth: Learn why active engagement is the new frontier of student achievement.Understand how engaging students means so much more than defeating boredom.Consider psychological and sociological theories that cast new light on engagement and motivation.Reflect on how engagement is about mystery and magic, meaning and purpose, and focus and mastery.Understand why increasing classroom engagement requires much more than surveys, rubrics and observation protocols.Learn strategies to battle all five enemies of engagement in order to engage students totally and motivate unmotivated students.Explore five clear paths of engagement that lead to improving student learning and success that all teachers and schools can embark upon immediately.Contents:PrefaceChapter 1: From Achievement to Engagement--Two Ages of Educational ChangeChapter 2: Theories of Engagement and Motivation--From Maslow to FlowChapter 3: Three Myths of Engagement--Relevance, Technology, and FunChapter 4: The Five Enemies of Engagement--How to Defeat ThemChapter 5: Standardized Testing--The Archenemy of EngagementChapter 6: The Five Pathways of Student Engagement--In Theory and PracticeChapter 7: The Promise of Engagement and the Battle for ChangeReferencesIndex

With foreword by Rick WormeliMerging educational neuroscience with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction, LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson developed a four-step cycle of instruction -- (1) chunk, (2) chew, (3) check, and (4) change -- that has the power to double the speed of student learning. Compatible with any subject area, the book's brain-friendly teaching strategies and plentiful tools are designed to help transform students into active learners and independent thinkers.Educational neuroscience- and research-based teaching strategies to improve student achievement:Combine brain science with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction to maximize student learning.Examine effective teaching strategies and differentiation practices so you can bump it up or break it down according to student needs.Consider the four-step instructional cycle and understand the components of chunk, chew, check, and change.Explore how the formative assessment process can double the speed of learning.Learn how to plan instruction and preassess efficiently so that daily learning targets and formative assessments enable each student to meet standards.Receive templates and teaching strategies that can be easily differentiated and implemented in daily lesson plans.Contents:Introduction: Maneuver Your Footwork With Four StepsPart I: Setting Up Your Classroom Dance FloorChapter 1: Choreograph Your Instruction With the Cha-Cha StepsChapter 2: Move Smoothly From Broad Ideas to Smaller IdeasChapter 3: Get to Know Your Dance Partners Part II: Putting the Steps TogetherChapter 4: Take Step One: Chunk (Instruct)Chapter 5: Take Step Two: Chew (Learn)Chapter 6: Take Step Three: Check (Evaluate)Chapter 7: Take Step Four: Change (Differentiate)Chapter 8: Finesse the Chunk, Chew, Check, and Change CycleEpilogue: Swing Into Action With the Four Steps

With foreword by Harry K. WongChange is coming at us from all angles: technological, cultural, social, and environmental. This presents a great challenge (and a great opportunity) in schools and in the teaching profession. With Owning It, you'll discover an array of easy-to-implement strategies designed to help you excel in the myriad of modern-day responsibilities of teachers and educators: classroom leader, mentor, colleague, team member, and public professional.This book will empower teachers to own their careers, teach effectively, and develop strong relationships:Acquire straightforward strategies for dealing with everyday situations found in classrooms, schools, and communities.Understand the multifaceted role of a teacher in today's schools and how to balance the numerous responsibilities -- from classroom management to relationships with colleagues.Feel inspired and motivated to bring out the best in yourself as well as in your students.Observe creative approaches to improve teaching strategies and student engagement.Answer reflection questions to connect with and relate to the strategies covered in the book.Contents:Part 1: Owning It in Your Classroom: Strategies for Creating an Environment of AchievementChapter 1: Revisit Your Personal Philosophy's ValueChapter 2: Make the Most of the First Five Minutes of Any ClassChapter 3: Increase Your Classroom Presence to Seem Like You're Everywhere at OnceChapter 4: Never Sabotage a Teachable MomentChapter 5: Help Students Learn Out Loud and Still Keep a Handle on Your ClassroomChapter 6: Transform Your Perception of Data and Help Your Students SucceedChapter 7: Think Outside the Bubble on All-Important Standardized TestsPart 2: Owning It With Your Most Challenging Students: Strategies for Succeeding With At-Risk and Struggling Student PopulationsChapter 8: Bring Ethnic Identity and Culturally Relevant Curriculum Into Your ClassroomChapter 9: Close the Achievement Gap With At-Risk StudentsChapter 10: Succeed With At-Risk YouthChapter 11: Manage Disruptive Classroom BehaviorChapter 12: Establish a Negotiation With At-Risk and Struggling StudentsChapter 13: Reel Parents in With Three Basic StrategiesChapter 14: Empower Students by Putting Them in ChargePart 3: Owning It at Your School and District: Strategies for Succeeding as a Member of a Staff TeamChapter 15: Turn "e;Not Another Meeting"e; Into "e;Let's Get to Business!"e;Chapter 16: Help Your School's New Teachers Succeed (and Stick Around)Chapter 17: Improve Schools by Minding Collegial Generation GapsChapter 18: Approach a Colleague About a ConflictChapter 19: Five Ways to Make Shared Positions Work for Teachers, Students, and AdministratorsPart 4: Owning It in Your Community: Strategies for Making a Positive Impact Beyond Your School and ClassroomChapter 20: Turn Potential Foes Into Supportive AlliesChapter 21: Put the Spotlight on Your SchoolChapter 22: Get Teachers Into the Community and the Community Into TeachersChapter 23: Step Up and Share Your Ideas With Fellow EducatorsChapter 24: Make Blogs an Essential Support Mechanism for Teaching

This book is unique in that it goes beyond individual teacher assistance to provide creative systems that work in concert with a student's literacy education. This easy-to-use reference guide provides K8 teachers with practical strategies to motivate all students to develop their reading abilities across grade levels and content areas. Focus on what early-literacy instruction and intervention struggling students should receive and what tips parents should know to help struggling readers. With instructional practices that can be adapted for a wide range of academic interventions, this book shows educators where to start in building an action plan for student literacy achievement. It is an ideal professional development resource for team study and discussion.BenefitsGain insight into the early signs of reading struggles.Examine relevant theory and research related to literacy, including the fundamental elements of reading that need to work in balance in literacy instruction.Review questioning strategies to help students broaden their understanding when reading challenging texts.Explore graphic organizers that can engage higher-level thinking skills.Survey a toolbox of instructional practices for supporting literacy in inclusive classrooms.Study a blueprint for success for literacy programs.ContentsIntroductionThe Struggling ReaderKey Elements of Balanced Literacy ProgramsEffective Early Literacy InterventionVocabulary StrategiesHelping Students Become Word WiseGraphic OrganizersMaking Thinking VisibleContent StrategiesNavigating Informational TextQuestioning TechniquesFostering Higher-Level ThinkingDeveloping an Action Plan for SuccessAppendix: Teacher's ToolboxReferences and ResourcesIndex

Social mobility--the chance, through education, to achieve greater success compared to one's parents--is one of the most compelling issues of our time. In Moving, renowned professor, government adviser, and global change agent Andy Hargreaves shares candid, poignant and occasionally hilarious personal experiences of social mobility. Deeply revealing, emotionally direct, and intellectually insightful, the book begins in 1950s Northwest England and takes readers up to Hargreaves's university education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Hargreaves openly shares how class movement has affected him throughout life, links his narrative to classic and contemporary research and realities, and calls on society to reverse the increasing levels of social immobility and inequity worldwide.Use this resource to inspire your work in increasing learning for every student:Learn, through the author's research and firsthand account, how issues surrounding mobility, equity, and education in the 20th century are still reflected in 21st-century life.Understand the obstacles of socially mobile students as they negotiate schoolwork, poverty, cultural collisions, and personal hardship. Witness how Hargreaves's experiences of testing, selection, ADHD, inspiring and uninspiring teaching, whole-child inclusion, and elitist exclusion are still alive and well in education today.Study three alternative scenarios for the future of social mobility that highlight the best ways to address both mobility and equity and to deal with the strains experienced by students who succeed in becoming mobile.Contents:Preface and AcknowledgmentsTable of ContentsAbout the AuthorChapter 1: Move On UpChapter 2: No One Likes Us; We Don't CareChapter 3: How the Light GetsChapter 4: End of EdenChapter 5: Worlds ApartChapter 6: Higher LovesChapter 7: The Full MontyChapter 8: The Bigger PictureIndexEndnotes

Developed as a companion to Embedded Formative Assessment, 2nd edition, this handbook guides K-12 teachers through the process of developing effective formative assessments. Inside its pages, you'll find tried-and-tested classroom strategies, practical how-tos, and exercises designed to guide implementation. The book also includes discussion questions that can be answered as teams or used for individual reflection. Learn how to implement the strategies of formative assessment in the classroom: Explore research that states classroom formative assessment is the most impactful (and cost-effective) approach to raising student academic achievement. Review the five key strategies of classroom formative assessment. Gain more than 50 practical techniques for classroom formative assessment. Clarify and share learning intentions and success criteria, elicit evidence of student achievement, and give feedback that moves learning forward. Understand that teacher quality remains the most important determinant of student engagement and learning. Contents: Chapter 1: Understanding Formative Assessment Chapter 2: Clarifying, Sharing, and Understanding Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Chapter 3: Eliciting Evidence of Learners' Achievement Chapter 4: Providing Feedback That Moves Learning Forward Chapter 5: Activating Students as Instructional Resources for One Another Chapter 6: Activating Students as Owners of Their Own Learning Appendix: Observation Tools References and Resources