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Author Rich Czyz is on a mission to revolutionize professional learning for all educators. In The Four O'Clock Faculty, Rich identifies ways to make professional development (PD) meaningful, efficient, and, above all, personally relevant. This book is a practical guide that reveals why some PD is so awful and what you can do to change the model for the betterment of you and your colleagues.
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Teachers cannot become great unless they are given the time, support, and tools to grow in their professional practice. Written for teachers, coaches, and educational leaders, this resource offers a paradigm-shifting approach to teacher development and evaluation. The authors share research-backed steps for improvement, outline the principles for successful observation, and offer extensive protocols designed to help readers fully implement the book's...
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Combine hard work and deep fun in classrooms with digital game–based learning. Students of the always-on generation gain information through different tools and learn differently than generations before them. Discover how to incorporate digital games and use them to craft engaging, academically applicable classroom activities that address content standards and revitalize learning for both teachers and students.
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In Fight Song, Bearden recounts her personal journey from hopelessness to healing and how those steps soon coincided with her cofounding the renowned Ron Clark Academy. Over 15,000 educators visit the academy and Bearden's classroom each year to learn ways to engage students and create a climate and culture for success.
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As a school administrator, instructional coach, or teacher leader, you know that reflective teachers are effective teachers. But how can you help teachers become self-reflective practitioners whose thoughtful approach translates into real gains for student achievement? In Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice-a companion volume to their teacher-oriented book Teach, Reflect, Learn-authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral draw on lessons learned from...
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Training on Bedrock is a process anyone can follow to perform a sophisticated training needs analysis. You don't have to me an analytical wizard to make this work for you. Anyone can do this process and you'll end up with a well formulated training plan for what to train and how long to spend training it. This walks you through analyzing the job or role itself, looking through what tasks they do, breaking down those tasks, and then ending up with...
87) 5 Myths About Classroom Technology: How do we integrate digital tools to truly enhance learning?
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What's keeping your school behind the technology curve? Is it a fear of the unfamiliar? Expenses? Or some other myth? Have you considered how students with special needs or students learning a second language may benefit from using digital tools? If you've fallen for the perception that technology is too expensive, unnecessary for real learning, or a distraction in the classroom, then you need this book. You use technology in your job. Why not help...
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This book is designed to streamline your study effort during your journey to PMP or CAPM Exam success. This is accomplished by condensing the contents of the PMBOK® Guide without compromise to the information you need to pass the PMP Exam.
The project management life cycle is covered in its entirety, and includes the knowledge areas, process groups, processes and ITTOs covered in the PMBOK® Guide. The content is supported by many graphics and images...
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All faculty members can substantially improve their classroom learning environments if they make a conscious choice to apply new ideas and employ the four M's (Movement, Materials, Mindfulness, and Media) of the Enterprising Engagement Model framework set out in this book. By being exposed to these results and strategies, you will discover suggestions and ideas that you can use to tweak or improve your own teaching patterns and routines. This book...
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La innovación es un proceso construido a muchas manos y su definición deja muy claro que la innovación está ligada a la práctica, aportando beneficios a algo o a alguien.
La educación y la innovación son un dúo que aún va viento en popa, pero que tiene mucho que ganar. Al fin y al cabo, ser capaz de pensar en la educación y en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje a través de la lente de "¿qué puedo hacer diferente?" es una oportunidad...
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"Grow Your Word Power: 301 Useful Vocabulary Terms" is precisely what you're looking for: the best and quickest means to a smart and powerful English vocabulary. Communicate more effectively and add richness to your speech starting today! The book teaches 301 key words with clear explanations of meanings, usages, and related parts of speech as well as example sentences. Get thirty (30) sections arranged in ten (10) broad themes with ten (10) words...
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Motivating Students: 25 Strategies to Light the Fire of Engagement is a practical, hands-on guide to help teachers get all students excited about learning. Authors Carolyn Chapman and Nicole Vagle realize the importance of motivation in the classroom and the repercussions when students are unmotivated and unengaged. Their motivational framework, five core areas to light the fire of engagement in every classroom, structures the chapters: build a classroom...
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It is so easy to get stuck in a routine and just make do, but it doesn't have to be that way. Author and renowned fashion stylist Angela Stone understands the fashion and beauty industry inside and out and she knows how to make women look and feel great! How to Become a More Confident Woman will talk you through the greatest confidence building, styling, and beauty decisions you can make. You will learn how to apply the most flattering makeup, how...
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After hearing countless small organizations state that they did not have the staff or the finances to market themselves; we created a manual to guide them on how the large companies use social media marketing. We specialize in the technologically challenged and have explained the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube as simply as possible. We want you to understand how social media can help and learn how to use it successfully....
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Rely on 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators to help you lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life inside and outside of the classroom. With author Tina H. Boogren's guidance, you will work your way through thirty-six weeks of daily self-care strategies and techniques, each corresponding with a week of the school year. Weekly themes range from creativity and inspiration to relationships and time management for teachers and administrators.
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The Academic Gateway: Understanding the Journey to Tenure investigates the experiences of professors employed in tenure-track positions who are starting their career within a university environment, but have not yet attained the affirmation and permanence that tenure offers. The role that they have taken on entails the preparation of students within a professional school. Some of them have very limited professional experience, while others bring multiple...
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Whether they're the result of a mandate from on high, a crisis that needs addressing, or simply a desire for improvement, change initiatives are a constant in most every school. In this book, veteran teacher, administrator, and consultant Jeffrey Benson provides educators with a proven, practical, and broadly applicable system for implementing new practices methodically and effectively. Topics include:
* Identifying and communicating a clear and understandable...
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Résumé : Observateur subtil, Philippe Lichtfus décide de consacrer son expérience à redéfinir le savoir-vivre aujourd'hui. Il propose une étiquette contemporaine dépoussiérée de la lourdeur du passé, en accord avec les nouvelles réalités de notre société. Ce livre est à la fois un guide pratique et une réflexion intellectuelle. Il s'exprime dans un langage sans détour et destine son message à celles et ceux qui cherchent à s'élever...
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Teach Like a PIRATE is the New York Times' bestselling book that has sparked a worldwide educational revolution. It is part inspirational manifesto that ignites passion for the profession and part practical road map filled with dynamic strategies to dramatically increase student engagement. Translated into multiple languages, its message resonates with educators who want to design outrageously creative lessons and transform school into a life-changing...
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