Professional Development

What's In Your CORE will recenter and rejuvenate the reader by encouraging self-reflection and demanding action. This book is designed to help all educators get back to the CORE (Calling Or Reason in Education) of what they love most about this wonderful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607097242Author Corey R. LockFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 308g

Awareness in Action is a user-friendly text/workbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing mental health degrees (e.g., counseling, psychology, and social work) and other human relations professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, public...

Building a Winning Team is about the critical need for schools and districts to promote a positive reputation for the community in which they serve. There is a growing need to recruit and retain teachers in the field of education, and this book addresses...

This up-to-date, new and improved edition of Don't Gossip in the Teachers' Lounge has 200 tips to help the beginning elementary school teacher learn the inter-workings of school relationships, acquire classroom management strategies, learn effective...

The body of the text proceeds to identify and explain many flashpoints which are current in a world of education where students' best interests are hampered by teachers' self-interests. Whenever an issue emerges in education and is analyzed in the...

The Shaping of Thought: A Teacher's Guide to Metacognitive Mapping and Critical Thinking in Response to Literature provides a strategic and structured approach to the use of cognitive mapping in response to literature. The allied metacognitive strategy...

Educational administrators make a sincere effort to develop a curriculum scope and sequence for students. Yet, with few exceptions, educational administrators make no such effort to develop a similar document for the professional learning of teachers. As...

What's In Your CORE will recenter and rejuvenate the reader by encouraging self-reflection and demanding action. This book is designed to help all educators get back to the CORE (Calling Or Reason in Education) of what they love most about this wonderful...

If you need to develop learning activities that create relevant professional learning for teachers, this book is for you. Professional Learning: A Planning Guide is a practical resource with a research-based foundation that produces desired results. If...

This book focuses on thirty-three rules or principles that educators often fail to pay heed to in their professional activity. These are rules that are vaguely articulated or even left unsaid when preparing contemporary teachers. Teaching Is More Than...

Have an idea to change your classroom? Your school? The school system? This workbook is a practical guide to innovation aimed at supporting practicing educators and school administrators. It walks educators from idea generation through planning,...

Curriculum at Your Core is a practical guide to designing curriculum that meets standards, serves personal and institutional values, and intentionally leads to successful student learning. Identifying which understandings, knowledge, and skills are...

This CHOICE award-winning author has teamed up with national school resource experts to write a comprehensive book on supervision and improvement of learning. Everything you need to know about supervision and student learning, professional development,...

As pedagogical leaders, principals and vice-principals must necessarily prioritize teacher supervision. Whether used individually or with a group, this effective approach centers on improving educational services for students and optimizing their...

In today's political environment with the emphasis on testing, standards, and accountability, teachers can easily feel frustrated by the amount of time and resources left over for teaching-for guiding students not only in academics but also in character...

To thrive is to continually grow and flourish. Thriving in our current educational landscape is exceedingly challenging. Teachers are facing unprecedented demands and expected to do more with less. Why do some teachers thrive throughout their teaching...

If you need to develop learning activities that create relevant professional learning for teachers, this book is for you. Professional Learning: A Planning Guide is a practical resource with a research-based foundation that produces desired results. If...

Creating Effective Presentations: Staff Development with Impact presents a comprehensive approach to creating compelling, interactive staff development sessions. The book is highly practical, summing up important research in the field of visual...

In a professional learning community (PLC), teachers are organized into teams, committed to meeting on a regular basis to study their teaching strategies and the effects of those strategies on the students in their classrooms. The teacher teams can be of...

Teaching is a lifelong trial, but the first few years in the classroom are typically amongst a teacher's most challenging. Teach in the Positive Circle: Creating Opportunities for Growth and Reflection is an instrumental resource for new teachers...

This book is a treasure trove of information, generously sprinkled with gems of wisdom and insights for helping teachers to eradicate doubt and uncertainty about their teaching. The dynamism of the book is fueled by a highly effective 3-step Believe in...

Education Game Changers is written for an international readership. This book refers to all education levels and sectors and builds on research in educational leadership, education business, and organizational change. Karen E. Starr describes policy...

The statistics are familiar: almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years in the classroom. The challenge of recruiting and retaining teachers carries high costs for today's schools and students. This book uncovers some...

Passion for working with children is a cornerstone in your line of work, but as an early childhood professional, you also need to look the part, act the part, and keep a positive attitude. Whether it is your first day on the job or you have years of...

An inspiring book to help teachers shift their beliefs and "stretch" their thinking around reading comprehension, literacy instruction, and content-area learning. Using the key concepts and strategies introduced in her ground-breaking book, Reading...

Use the arts to excite, inspire, and motivate students in social studies class! This book provides useful strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in social studies topics. These...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943874828Author Sharon V KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution TreeWeight(grams) 544g

A subject-specific guide for teachers to supplement professional development and provide resources for lesson planning. This Core Subject pack includes 5 subject titles: Science, Mathematics, First Language English, English as a second language and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578241012Author Stephen D EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint 780578-241012Publisher 780578-241012Weight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546113874Author David LibenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Scholastic ProfessionalPublisher Scholastic ProfessionalWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876599464Author Sascha LongstrethFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Gryphon HousePublisher Gryphon House

Educators Brian Pete and Robin Fogarty present research-based instructional ideas that encompass an essential repertoire for beginning and developing teachers as they become skilled professionals.Through a meta-analysis of studies on instructional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416624448Author Pete HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCDWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546113867Author Heidi Anne MesmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Scholastic ProfessionalPublisher Scholastic ProfessionalWeight(grams) 308g

White educators comprise between 85-92 percent of the current teaching force in the United States, yet in the race toward leaving no child behind, contemporary educational research often invests significant time and energy looking for ways to reach...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475874549Author Glanz, JeffreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475874532Author Glanz, JeffreyFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

The book opens by underscoring the importance of teacher workload in education and its history of problems related to inequality of work assignments and its effect on student learning. Other chapters give special attention to how workload has been...

Bring the arts back in the classroom! This book offers built-in teacher support with concrete strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in their classrooms. This book shows teachers how...