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This is a practical guide, rooted in best practice, to designing a wide and engaging primary curriculum. Schools are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a National Curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting...

• A motivational text specifically written to inspire female teachers written by leading author, blogger, podcaster and speaker Kate Jones. • Covers a wide range of alternative approaches and directions for progression in addition to school leadership...

This book reveals the types of homework activity that are most beneficial to pupils' attainment and makes sense of the research on homework and how it can be used most effectively. Suggesting ways in which the impact of homework can be improved, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062697554Author Cristal GlangchaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 272g

Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a staple in the writing classroom of both new and experienced teachers. Authors Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi recognized the need for a succinct resource and teamed together to write the second...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612437965Author April SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 295g

Written by dedicated and active professionals from different areas of the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and medtech sectors, this book provides information on job and career opportunities in various life sciences industries. It also contains useful tips to...

This book improves the understanding and telling of stories in secondary school students and young adults. Specifically designed for older children and young adults, this practical language programme was created by a specialist speech & language...

This book introduces a term for our times, 'Global Majority,' as conceptualised within the context of school leadership. It examines the processes and impact over time of racially-minoritising up to eighty-five percent of the world's population. The...

Gender, Identity and Educational Leadership explores how head teachers' social identities - particularly pertaining to gender, social class and ethnicity - influence their leadership of diverse populations of pupils and staff. Informed by new research...

Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good leadership? Quality is a term frequently used to describe early years provision without any further explanation of exactly what this 'quality provision' looks like or...

With the rapid change experienced by the Early Years Workforce over recent times, this book considers what constitutes professionalization in the sector, and what this means in practice. Bringing a critical perspective to the developing knowledge and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639859874Author Kamel NeamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Given the current economic climate and budget constraints facing schools, funding for professional development is continually reduced. And yet administrators still need to find methods to implement new instructional initiatives, such as the Common Core...

Whose approval do you hope to win? Friends? Coworkers? Someone in your family? What about God? Do you sometimes wonder if you need to do more to earn his approval?Religious teachers in the early church were insisting that faith was not enough, that being...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456458881Author John Seely BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 150mm *...

'An excellent review of the attack on teachers and their unions, by authors well placed to point to ways to improve the fight back and resistance' - Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary NEU The heart of any trade union is its reps and activists...

First Published in 2004. As management becomes a more important part of the SENCO's tole this book offers guidance and time saving strategies for employing and managing LSAs within primary school settings. To make the task of managing easier this book...

A Child Knows More Than You Think Written by a 12 Year Old Child With Dyslexia Jennifer is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn't even understand her. Listen to her story as she tells it in her...

Your step-by-step guide to making collaborative inquiry work Collaborating for improved student outcomes makes sense. But beyond theory, do you know where to begin? How does a team gather, analyze, and then implement and evaluate learning objectives...

Catherine and Darius Brubeck's 1983 move to South Africa launched them on a journey that helped transform jazz education. Blending biography with storytelling, the pair recount their time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where they built a pioneering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952812330Author Brad SeverFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution TreeWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 213mm * 15mm

The fifth edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education, continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational leaders with complex dilemmas in today's challenging, divided, and diverse...

A go-to guide for early years professionals, this book will help you to enhance your leadership skills.How to Be a Great Leader in Early Years enables you to reflect on your approach to leadership. In doing so it allows you to identify the qualities that...

"Hank Rubin has fashioned a new and needed vision for collaborative leadership that can work anywhere-especially in schools. Rubin properly argues that public school success is not a top-down enterprise; it is a collaborative one. He reminds us that...

The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools...

Paul Garvey uses his experience as a teacher, inspector and a National Strategies consultant to advise educators and schools on how his Talk For Teaching method can help them take control of their Professional Development - without it increasing costs or...

Synopsis coming soon.......Book InformationISBN 9780743245074Author Thomas LickonaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

'This is a book for all who work in international education or want to understand more about a rapidly expanding sector. For those who are new to the field it provides an excellent introduction. To tackle such varied subjects... needed a professional of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416632818Author Alyssa GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Association for Supervision & Curriculum DevelopmentPublisher Association for...

For nearly forty years John Wilson travelled the length and breadth of Scotland as a school inspector. From orkney to campbeltown and Jura to Dundee, he visited hundreds of schools and met thousands of teachers and pupils. In these memoirs, first...

Formerly a SkyLight publicationThis 4th edition of Eight Ways of Teaching: The Artistry of Teaching with Multiple Intelligences includes author David Lazear's description of what "intelligence-focused" lessons look like and an examination of the process...

The definitive guide to developing leadership skills in early years settings, this book will help you to develop a leadership style tailored to your early years setting.Designed to support existing, new and aspiring leaders, it spans all levels of...

TEACH SECONDARY AWARDS FINALISTCurrently teachers don't receive the training or induction they need to make their school an LGBT+ inclusive environment. This can be seen by the fact that half of schools do not teach anything regarding LGBT+, and only 3%...

Think Beyond the Facts! Knowing the facts is not enough. If we want students to develop intellectually, creatively problem-solve, and grapple with complexity, the key is in conceptual understanding. A Concept-Based curriculum recaptures students'...

This is the definitive guide to school management for deputy heads. Geoff Brookes covers every aspect of this demanding role, from managing staff and running meetings, to delegation, dealing with the press and moving onto a new role. Accessibly and...

Teaching children how to manage their intense emotions is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting or educating gifted children. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students is an indispensable resource for parents and educators seeking to understand why...

In the last five years, more child refugees have made perilous journeys into Europe than at any point since the Second World War. Once refugee children begin to establish their new lives, education becomes a priority. However, access to high-quality...

This go-to resource provides practitioners with quick, easy and cost-effective ways of improving inclusive practices in educational settings. Addressing the needs of children with various disabilities, from ADHD, dyslexia and low literacy skills, to...

This book highlights issues which underpin the professional capabilities of existing and aspiring subject leaders. The content is designed to build on the skills, knowledge, understanding and attributes which serving Heads of Department and subject...