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Improving Your School One Week at a Time

Building the Foundation for Professional Teaching and Learning

This book displays 37 “Friday Focus” memos, each of which provides insight into a specific aspect of teaching and learning for all to reflect on throughout the year. Friday Focus memos address the principal's responsibility to shape the school culture, provide intellectual stimulation, and communicate effectively. The memos are organized around the school year and provide educators with a wide variety of insights into how to improve our schools. They are typically between 500–1,000 words in length and can be sent out via e-mail to each staff member – not only to the teachers but also secretaries, custodians, and cafeteria workers. A vehicle for school improvement, the Friday Focus memos provide a step-by-step plan for staff members and principals to work together as change agents for school improvement.

With only a few weeks remaining in the school year, there was still so much I
wanted to share with our teachers. Of course, the end of the school year is not the
optimal time to introduce teachers to new ideas we would like them to implement
in their classrooms. Obviously, most teachers are not receptive to such insights at
this time. Although I did not feel this was a time to write about something
completely new, it did seem like an appropriate time to revisit the work of Rich
Allen's Impact ...

High School English Teacher's Guide to Active Learning

These books show you how you can: - foster reflective, independent thinking in your class - boost the number of students who actively participate - prevent the discussions from falling flat or degenerating into bull sessions This volume features 18 student-centered lesson plans and include answer keys for teachers. Each lesson plan engages students in active learning.

Nevertheless, there is some question about whether these adjectives are but
today's new buzz words for teaching and learning or are they old ideas that have
been put into new and improved packaging? Today, parents, students,
administrators, and teachers have become increasingly aware of the importance
of active learning because passive learning too often results in no learning at all.
Mel Silberman (Active Learning: 101 Strategies, 1996) and John Holt (How
Children Learn, ...

Differentiating by Student Interest

Practical Lessons and Strategies

This practical book shows elementary school teachers how to differentiate instruction based on their students' situational and personal interests. It provides a large number of detailed and easy-to-use lesson plans to help you create choices to increase student engagement and learning. Also included is a set of blackline masters which you can duplicate and use in your classroom.

In addition to what we know works in practice, there has also been research to
support the link between interest and student motivation. It has been suggested
that “interestisadoorwaytolearning”(Tomlinson&DemirskyAllan,2000,p.19).

The Principal as Instructional Leader

A Handbook for Supervisors

This book is for anyone in a leadership role who is engaged in helping teachers improve their instructional practices. With classroom examples and practical insights, it provides a large set of tools and strategies to help you develop a faculty of highly qualified teachers.

Principal. As. Instructional. Leader. In this Chapter ... ♢ Instructional leadership—
what is it? ♢ Instructional leaders: ♢ Make a ... these activities need administrative
detail and attention to ensure the overall effective management of the school.