John Almarode and Ann Miller provide numerous strategies and a model for developing engaging science and math lessons and units that captivate students, activate prior knowledge, and invigorate student interest by making lessons rigorous and relevant.

New content abounds in this fully updated second edition of the influential work on improving the learning experience by valuing student diversity and cultural dignity.

A conceptual and practical guide to Teacher Rounds - a powerful form of job-embedded professional development with proven potential to support collaborative learning centered on student learning.

A strategic plan to implement classroom managment strategies in an engaging and easy-to-implement way.

Part of a 7 book series, this book guides educational leaders through the process for implementing the Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning.

How do we make educational equity a reality, lesson by lesson? This book shows how team observation and learning can strengthen schools and support educational achievement by all students. It helps to: implement practices for observation-based professional learning; and more.

The authors provide a reasonable and even-handed methodology for teaching reading to K-12 students. Instead of focusing on worksheets and drills, their research-based approach shows teachers how to align instruction with standards, use formative assessment, motivate students, and use best practices in literacy instruction for successful outcomes.

This book highlights the most difficult and complex decisions that expert high school principals make, the factors that expert principals consider and the processes that they utilize in their decision making.

In this resource, James Dillon examines the framework necessary for change within school communities to prevent bullying in the school systems.

This book will provide practical strategies, applications, real life examples, and helpful tips for becoming a connected educator. Through this process, readers will learn the skills and techniques necessary to become connected to other like-minded educators throughout the world in order to overcome the feeling of isolation and stifled professional growth.