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Book SynopsisGreat teachers can make a huge difference to students'' lives, but helping them to improve throughout their careers is vital. How can we best do this?Multiple studies suggest that instructional coaching - a school-centred approach to developing teachers - is one of the best options we have. However, to make the most of instructional coaching, we must be clear about what it means.In Responsive Coaching, Josh Goodrich examines contrasting models, combining research and practical experience to build an approach that adapts to meet the needs of individual teachers. This enables coaches to flex their style depending on where a teacher is on their journey towards expertise.Josh distils his approach into five areas, unpacking essential research and providing concrete examples of great coaching in action to provide a toolkit of practical responsive coaching strategies that support teachers to make continuous improvements.Combining robust research evide

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Book SynopsisThe essential guideupdated, expanded, and easier to use than ever. Creating a successful literature review can be a daunting task, which is why so many researchers have relied on previous editions of this book to make the process more manageable. Using the six-step model, you'll work seamlessly to narrow your research topic, focus your literature search, negotiate the myriad of books, periodicals, and reports about your topicand, of course, write the review. Updated, expanded, and reorganized to improve ease of use, the fourth edition of this bestselling handbook includes: New and improved graphics ideal for visualizing the process More explanations and tips, especially for writing in the early stages An expanded range of learning tools Additional reflection sections to direct metacognitive activities Four new reference supplements This pioneering book has provided countless graduate students and researchers with a road map to success. Its model takes you through the logical progression needed for producing a quality literature reviewwhile taking the mystery out of the process.Trade ReviewThis book is clearly outlined with easy-to-understand steps supported by wonderful visuals. The key vocabulary, tips section, and checklist all provide tremendous support to any reader wanting to take the needed steps to write a meaningful literature review. This book provides sections that are concise and to the point, making it very easy for readers to skim and refer back to as needed. I commend the authors for presenting such a complex task with so much simplicity. The exercises provided are a great resource for the reader, as well as to a professor who wants to use this book as a text and assign the exercises as class activities . . . I will be sharing this book with colleagues and recommending it to my graduate students. I will also be considering how I can incorporate this book into classes that I teach. -- Rebecca Brooks, Associate ProfessorThe strengths of The Literature Review include visuals, graphic organizers, checklists, practice activities, chapter structure, and glossary. -- Jennifer Shettel, Professor of Literacy EducationMajor strengths are the detail and explicitness of the narrative. Everything is spelled out and there are lots of graphics to present a visual support for the content. The book does not skip anything but also does not talk down to the reader. -- Lori Helman, Professor, Curriculum & InstructionClear, thorough, accessible, easy to read with good examples. Love the mapping in Step Three! The authors do an excellent job of discussing ideas, strategies, and tips. Logical, clear, and helpful conclusions are made throughout. -- Linda R. Vogel, Professor of Education LeadershipThere is a clear framework for critically thinking about and applying a 6-step process for conducting a literature review . . . Unlike any other book, it provides a deep dive examination of how to approach and complete a high-quality literature review via a systematic critical thinking process. -- Dr. Jacqueline Thousand, Professor EmeritaTable of ContentsLiterature Review Flow Chart Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction: Doing and Producing a Literature Review Key Vocabulary Introduction Overview The Purpose of a Literature Review The Literature Review Defined The Literature Review Process Mindset: Personal Dispositions on Thinking, Doing, and Deciding The Ethics of Reviewing the Literature Reflective Oversight Plan Wisely Before You Begin Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 1. Step 1: Select and Define a Topic Key Vocabulary Chapter Overview Task 1. Identify a Subject for Study Task 2. Translate the Personal Interest or Concern Into a Research Query Task 3. Link the Research Query to the Appropriate Discipline Task 4. Write the Preliminary Research Topic Statement Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 2. Step 2: Develop the Tools of Argumentation Key Vocabulary Chapter Overview Concept 1. Building the Case for a Literature Review Concept 2. Arguments—the Basics Concept 3. Evaluating the Basic Parts of an Argument Concept 4. Understanding Claims Concept 5. Building Evidence Concept 6. Warrant—Logically Connecting the Evidence to the Claim Concept 7. Complex Claims Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 3. Step 3: Search the Literature Key Vocabulary Chapter Overview Task 1. Select the Literature to Review Task 2. Conduct a Literature Search Task 3. Refine Your Topic Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 4. Step 4: Survey the Literature Key Vocabulary Chapter Overview Task 1. Assemble the Collected Data Task 2. Organize the Information Task 3. Analyze the Patterns of Data Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 5. Step 5: Critique the Literature Key Vocabulary Chapter Overview What Is a Literature Critique? Concept 1. Making the Case for the Literature Review Concept 2. Descriptive Argument Patterns: Factual Reasoning Concept 3. Implicative Argument Patterns: Implicative Reasoning Concept 4. The Implicative Argument: Nine Basic Patterns Concept 5. Backing Doing a Critique of the Literature: Building the Advocacy Argument Task 1. Determining the Implicative Logic Pattern Inferred by the Topic of Study Task 2. Reframe Claims to Meet the Prerequisite Conditions Identified by the Selected Logic Type Task 3. Build the Advocacy Argument Concept 6. Fallacies Concept 7. The Case Is Everything Summary Checklist Reflective Exercise 6. Step 6: Write the Review Key Vocabulary The Writing Process: Overview Task 1. Write to Understand Task 2. Write to Be Understood Style Manuals Checklist Reflective Exercise Last Words Supplements Supplement A The Role of the Literature Review Supplement B Literature Review 101 Supplement C Writing a Journal Supplement D SQRRR Glossary References and Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a compilation of cartoons that capture the joy, terror, excitement, anxiety, fun, and bedlam that teachers experience every day. This book includes more than 100 cartoons and reflects recent changes in the world of education. It is suitable for teachers.Table of ContentsIndex of Artists. Charles Barsotti.Harry Bliss.George Booth.Pat Byrnes.Roz Chast.Tom Cheney.Frank Cotham.Leo Cullum.C. Covert Darbyshire.Whitney Darrow, Jr.Chon Day.Robert J. Day.Dana Fradon.Edward Frascino.Mort Gerberg.Alex Gregory. William Haefeli.J.B. Handelsman.Sydney Hoff.Arnie Levin.Lee Lorenz.Michael Maslin.Warren Miller.Frank Modell.James Mulligan.William O’Brian.Donald Reilly.Carl Rose.Al Ross.Charles Saxon.Bernard Schoenbaum.Danny Shanahan.Michael Shaw.David Sipress.Barbara Smaller.William Steig.Peter Steiner.Mick Stevens.James Stevenson.Barney Tobey.Mike Twohy.P.C. Vey.Robert Weber.Christopher Weyant.Bernie Wiseman.Jack Ziegler.

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Book SynopsisBest-selling author Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools. The most comprehensive of Shirley Clarke''s titles includes extensive examples and realia, in full colour. The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web video clips to illustrate key points in action.- Helps teachers create an environment for pupils to be active learners, constant reviewers and self-assessors - Ensures teachers start and finish lessons effectively by initially establishing their prior knowledge and capturing their interest and finally encouraging pupil reflection to find out what has been learnt and what still needs to be developed- Develops learning by helping children articulate their understanding and focusing on constant review and improvement- Focuses on whole-school development including les

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Book SynopsisShifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer''s landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, a critical introTable of ContentsAbout Ernest L. Boyer vii About the Editors ix About the Contributors xi Editors’ Acknowledgments xv A Note to the Reader xvii Foreword: Scholarship Reconsidered’s Influence in Later Carnegie Foundation Work xxiMary Taylor Huber PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED ON TODAY’S ACADEMY 1 The Origins of Scholarship Reconsidered 3Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream Boyer’s Impact on Faculty Development 13Andrea L. Beach The Influence of Scholarship Reconsidered on Institutional Types and Academic Disciplines 19John M. Braxton Scholarship Reconsidered’s Impact on Doctoral and Professional Education 31Ann E. Austin and Melissa McDaniels How Scholarship Reconsidered Disrupted the Promotion and Tenure System 41KerryAnn O’Meara Acknowledgments 49 PART TWO: SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED BY ERNEST L. BOYER 53 Scholarship over Time 55 Enlarging the Perspective 67 The Faculty: A Mosaic of Talent 77 The Creativity Contract 91 The Campuses: Diversity with Dignity 99 A New Generation of Scholars 109 Scholarship and Community 117 Appendix A: National Survey of Faculty (1989) 123 Appendix B: Technical Notes 157 Appendix C: Carnegie Classifications 159 Afterword: Advancing the Conversation around Scholarship Reconsidered 161Cynthia A. Wells Discussion Guide 167 Notes 173 Index 195

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Book SynopsisYour Hands-On Guide to Thriving Your First Years of TeachingYou've made the incredible decision to become an educator because you want to impact the learning lives of young people. Thank you, and welcome. We welcome you to this amazing profession with open arms, and with an arsenal of experience and essential tools, strategies, and lessons to help you establish a successful and satisfying teaching career.We wanted to make it easier for you to learn and practice these techniques that research shows increase student learning. To do so, we also considered cognitive psychology research that tells us that images and illustrations can help strengthen communication and our own understanding. This helped us develop the unique format for this book: part hands-on playbook, part professional book, and all highly illustrated, it is designed to make complicated concepts more digestible and memorable.This extensive guide for new teachers provides eve

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Book Synopsis''Bursting with fresh ideas, packed with practical tips, filled with wise words, this is an inspiring guide for all teachers.'' Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter and co-author of What Works?50 tried-and-tested practical ideas to help you tackle the top ten issues in your classroom.Ross Morrison McGill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach. and Teacher Toolkit, pinpoints the top ten key issues that schools in Great Britain are facing today, and provides strategies, ideas and techniques for how these issues can be tackled most effectively.We often talk about the challenges of teacher recruitment and retention, about new initiatives and political landscapes, but day in, day out, teachers and schools are delivering exceptional teaching and most of it is invisible. Ross uncovers, celebrates, and analyses best practice in teaching.Supported by case studies and research undertaken by Ross in ten primary and secondTrade ReviewRoss Morrison McGill has been asking penetrating questions about education policy for over a decade. Just Great Teaching doesn't disappoint. In an era of over-tested young people, a teacher recruitment crisis and grave concerns about workload, we urgently need solutions. This book provides a refreshing new vision of how our schools could be. * Fiona Millar, education writer and commentator, @schooltruth *Listening to teachers about the pressures on their time, their wellbeing and their mental health, Ross offers back to the profession the practical wisdom he has accumulated. In the end, it is much more than Just Great Teaching; it is the hopeful manifesto our profession so urgently needs. * Mark Quinn, Programme Leader, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, UCL Institute of Education *Drawing on his considerable experience as a classroom teacher and senior leader, Ross McGill's book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in improving their teaching practice. This is a powerful working document for a better education system. * Bobby Seagull, Maths Teacher, University of Cambridge Doctoral Student, Author and BBC TV Presenter, @bobby_seagull *Essential reading for anyone involved in teaching and learning, at any level. Ross reminds you what is actually important in the classroom and provides evidence-based strategies to enable these aspects to be effectively implanted. Case studies from real schools lend credence and valuable references for when you implement the ideas yourself. Everything presented is justified, assessed and evaluated by Ross, giving you the confidence to put it into practice in your classroom. * Chris Fletcher, SCITT Director, Yorkshire and Humber Teacher Training, @sciencefletch *Bursting with fresh ideas, packed with practical tips, filled with wise words, this is an inspiring guide for all teachers. * Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter and co-author of 'What Works?', @LEM_Exeter *Ross McGill does it again. Taking a problem-solving approach to key aspects of teachers' work – marking, assessing, planning and pedagogy – he provides a research-informed, practical set of suggestions to ensure Just Great Teaching. This book walks the talk of teacher and student wellbeing. * Stephen Tierney, CEO, blogger and author of 'Liminal Leadership', @LeadingLearner *Just Great Teaching provides an honest, solution-focused account on the current state of teaching in the UK. For teachers determined to make lasting improvements to their practice, this book is an outstanding point of reference supported by evidence-based research findings. * Fabian Darku, further education teacher and blogger, @DarkuFabian *Table of Contents1. Marking and assessment / 2. Planning / 3. Teaching and learning / 4. Teacher wellbeing / 5. Student mental health / 6. Behaviour and exclusions / 7. SEND / 8. Curriculum / 9. Research-led practice / 10. CPD

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Book SynopsisPreorder the new Mr Ps book ''How to Survive the School Year'' out 29/08/24THE SENSATIONAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most popular UK education podcast, Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast).''Education's answer to Adam Kay Lee and Adam Parkinson are doing for teaching what he did for medicine.'' The Times Have you ever wondered what really happens during the day when your precious little angels are at school?In this book, The Two Mr Ps will take you on a side-splittingly funny journey through the weird and wonderful world of primary schools. It will also explore the pressures of modern-day teaching, revealing exactly what it takes to wrangle a chaotic classroom (or seven) on a weekly basis. From the absolute characters found in the staffroom to school-trip mishaps and everything else inbetween, Put A Wet Paper Towel on It is a must-read for teachers and parents alike.So sit up straight, four legs on your chair, fingers on lips and get ready to take a trip down memory lane. And remember when in doubt, just put a wet paper towel on it.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic books that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Dimensions: A4 297x210mm (Cards)The website shows the VAT inclusive price. The price before VAT is 44.99.These large A4 sized cards are perfect for teaching Phase 2 and 3 graphemes to the whole class. They are exactly the same as the smaller cards.

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Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming new book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast)Remember the distant days of lockdown and those futile attempts to homeschool distracted, disinterested kids? Parents rejoiced to send them back to school, while teachers prepared to face them all again Five. Days. A. Week! Coming out the other side of the pandemic years, podcast sensations Lee and Adam Parkinson aka the Two Mr Ps bring you the most hilarious, ridiculous anecdotes from inside our primary schools.Join in on the classroom antics as they share the unexpected pitfalls of online teaching, all the reasons you need a strong stomach to take on Early Years and why not every household item makes a suitable Harry Potter wand

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Book SynopsisThis book serves as a practical guide for individual teachers, helping them discover strategies for nurturing and promoting their wellbeing. It also acknowledges the importance of contextual factors. Readers are encouraged to reflect upon their own practice and find techniques that suit them personally.

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes various arguments for the value of academic freedom: Is academic freedom a contribution to society's common good? Does it authorize professors to critique the status quo, both inside and outside the university? Does it license and even require the overturning of all received ideas and policies? Is it an engine of revolution?Trade Review"Fish's pieces on higher education and American culture circulate perhaps more than anyone else's in academe.... Nobody else has slid in and out of controversy and dispute so often, nor has anyone proven so willing and able to combat conservatives and (sometimes) liberals in academic forums and nationwide media alike. Think of major debates inliterary and cultural studies, and Fish is there." (Chronicle of Higher Educotion)"

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Book SynopsisWelcome to East Hudson, an elite private school in New York where the students are attentive, the colleagues are supportive, and the tuition would make the average person choke on its string of zeroes. You might think a teacher here would have little in common with most other teachers in America, but as this veteran educator-writing anonymously-shows in this refreshingly honest account, all teachers are bound by a common thread. Stripped of most economic obstacles and freed up by anonymity, he is able to tell a deeper story about the universal conditions, anxieties, foibles, generosities, hopes, and complaints that comprise every teacher's life. The results are sometimes funny, sometimes scandalous, but always recognizable to anyone who has ever walked into a classroom, closed the door, and started their day. This is not a how-to manual. Rather, the author explores the dimensions of teaching that no one else has, those private thoughts few would dare put into a book but that form an im

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Book SynopsisChildress draws on his own firsthand experience and that of other adjuncts in a critical analysis of contingent academic labor in American higher education.

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Book SynopsisAlmost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. This title examines a complex relationship between teachers and civil rights activists, which traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City from the Great Depression to the present.Trade Review"Uncivil Rights makes a major contribution to our understanding of the often fraught relationship between (mostly white) teachers and (mostly non-white) students in the nation's largest school system. Skillfully framed around changing conceptions of teachers' and students' 'rights' in public schools, this book explains - better than any other - how teachers in New York City first won and then lost recognition of their status as 'professionals' in the classrooms and communities where they work." (Adam Nelson, University of Wisconsin - Madison)"

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Book SynopsisAlmost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists. This title traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City over the years.Trade Review"Uncivil Rights makes a major contribution to our understanding of the often fraught relationship between (mostly white) teachers and (mostly non-white) students in the nation's largest school system. Skillfully framed around changing conceptions of teachers' and students' 'rights' in public schools, this book explains - better than any other - how teachers in New York City first won and then lost recognition of their status as 'professionals' in the classrooms and communities where they work." (Adam Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison)"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Drawing on 24 years of classroom experience, UK Teaching Award winner Kevin Harcombe has written the ultimate teacher's companion. Packed with confidence-building advice, this book focuses on how to be an effective, fulfilled and happy teacher. Unlike many teaching books it is written in clear, friendly and sometimes humorous language and is so engaging that it is hard to put down." - Primary Teacher UpdateTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Getting the job 2 Working with colleagues 3 Brilliant learning 4 Working with different abilities 5 Achieving brilliant behaviour 6 Parent power and the power of parents 7 Standards 8 Pupil voice: without scaring the teachers 9 Keeping safe 10 Lesson observation 11 'But I haven't got time to sort out my work-life balance!' 12 Shaping your own future

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents Introduction: reminding ourselves what is important 1 The journey to becoming an outstanding teacher 2 Starting afresh: early contact with classes 3 A class act: planning exciting and highly challenging lessons 4 Know the golden rules: managing the class effectively 5 Up to the mark: formative assessment 6 The data day business: using data for pupil improvement 7 Make it personal: effective methods of differentiation in the classroom 8 On top of the form: the role of the form tutor 9 Talk to the heart: managing yourself and others 10 The learning journey Concluding thoughts

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at an issue which is at the heart of every classroom â the role that talk plays in childrenâs learning. Drawing on a substantial research base, the book provides useful suggestions to facilitate successful talk between teachers and children to improve learning and raise standards.Through analysing the talk that goes on in primary school classrooms, the book examines the process of talk and learning in detail and shows how teachersâ questions, instructions and statements can support and extend childrenâs learning. It highlights the central influence of teacher talk on developing childrenâs learning and looks at international perspectives in the field, including the work of Shirley Brice Heath, Douglas Barnes, Gordon Wells, Neil Mercer and Robin Alexander. This innovative book provides ideas, techniques, and practical suggestions for making classroom talk effective. It is key reading for student and qualified teachers who are interested in improving learning by genTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: Teacher talk and classroom interaction2: Investigating teacher talk3: Interactive teaching4: Questioning and learning 5: Making connections6: Critical moments in classroom talk7: Changing classroom practiceConclusion Appendix References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book focuses squarely on academic portfolios, which may prove to be the most innovative and promising faculty evaluation and development technique in years. The authors identify key issues, red flag warnings, and benchmarks for success, describing the what, why, and how of developing academic portfolios. The book includes an extensively tested step-by-step approach to creating portfolios and lists 21 possible portfolio items covering teaching, research/scholarship, and service from which faculty can choose the ones most relevant to them. The thrust of this book is unique: It provides time-tested strategies and proven advice for getting started with portfolios. It includes a research-based rubric grounded in input from 200 faculty members and department chairs from across disciplines and institutions. It examines specific guiding questions to consider when preparing every subsection of the portfolio. It presents 18 portfolioTrade Review“If you plan to read only one book about portfolios, buy this one. Peter Seldin is the author or coauthor of over 16 books about faculty development and evaluation. His most recent books explored the use of portfolios in evaluating teaching or administrative performance. This one is dedicated to the use of the same tool in documenting all three components of a faculty work life, and is addressed both to the preparer and to evaluator of an academic portfolio. …Even the most faithful of Seldin’s readers will find new and updated content among many familiar themes, as well as a change of focus from the evaluator to the preparer of an academic portfolio. The anecdote at the end of Chapter 6 is telling about the authors’ opinion: the time to begin preparing an academic portfolio is now. Start by reading this book to find out why and how!” —The National Teaching and Learning Forum Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii About the Authors xv About the Contributors xix 1 The Academic Portfolio Concept 1 2 Choosing Items for the Academic Portfolio 11 3 Preparing the Portfolio 31 4 Suggestions for Improving the Portfolio 41 5 Evaluating the Portfolio for Personnel Decisions 45 6 Answers to Common Questions 51 7 Sample Portfolios from Across Disciplines 59Biomedical Engineering 61Timothy M. Wick Bioscience and Biotechnology 79Shivanthi Anandan Child and Family Studies 93Lynda Henley Walters Education 111Robert M. Maninger Education 123Clement A. Seldin English 139John Zubizarreta Environmental Engineering 153Charles N. Haas Foreign Languages and Literature 167Sheri Spaine Long Geology and Environmental Science 181Ranjan S. Muttiah Jazz and Contemporary Music 197Reginald Workman Mathematical Sciences 215Lisa A. Oberbroeckling Nutritional Sciences 229Gina Jarman Hill Pastoral Counseling 247Kelly Murray Pediatric Emergency Medicine 259Annalise Sorrentino Political Science 277Carrie Liu Currier Political Science 295Marlene K. Sokolon Product Design 311Robert Kirkbride Psychology 329Pamela A. Geller References 349 Index 351

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Book SynopsisLeading for Instructional Improvement Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor in improving educational outcomes for all students. Teaching is a highly sophisticated and complex endeavor requiring deep expertise on the part of teachers and school leaders. This book shows how teacher, school, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students. Leading for Instructional Improvement captures the nationally acclaimed work conducted by the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington in its effort to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools across the country. The book provides extensive practical guidance grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts. Many of the tools, protocols, and frameworks contained in this book can be accessed electronically by visiting Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xvii The Authors xxvii About the Center for Educational Leadership xxix Part One Making the Case for Instructional Expertise 1 One The Leader’s Role in Developing Teacher Expertise 3 It Takes Expertise to Make Expertise 5 Building Shared Understanding 16 Conclusion 19 Discussion Questions 20 Part Two Developing an Expert Instructional Eye 21 Two The Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning 23 Purpose 26 Student Engagement 29 Curriculum and Pedagogy 34 Assessment for Student Learning 37 Classroom Environment and Culture 41 Conclusion 46 Discussion Questions 46 Three Applying the Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning 47 Analysis 52 Conclusion 84 Discussion Questions 84 Part Three Leading for Instructional Improvement 85 Four Observing Classroom Practice 87 Leadership Begins with Purpose 87 The Learning Walkthrough 89 The Goal-Setting and Implementation Walkthrough 106 The Supervisory Walkthrough 114 Conclusion 121 Discussion Question 122 Five Responding to Observations 123 Observations, Interpretations, and Feedback 125 Classroom Observations and Honest Conversations 129 The Development of Shared Vision: A District Case 134 Organizing Thinking: A Middle School Case 142 Conclusion 146 Discussion Questions 147 Six Orchestrating Professional Learning 149 Leaders as Conductors 151 Orchestrating Professional Learning 173 Conclusion 186 Discussion Questions 187 Seven Coaching to Improve Practice 189 What is Coaching? 190 Why Does Coaching Matter? 191 Modes of Coaching 192 Peer Coaching and Mentoring 193 Cognitive Coaching 194 Instructional Coaching and Content Coaching 197 Expertise in Content Coaching 199 Research-Decide-Coach 205 Conclusion 217 Discussion Questions 217 Part Four Embracing New Opportunities for Leading and Learning 219 Eight The Leader’s Role in Improving Teacher Practice 221 Reciprocal Accountability 221 Leading with an Inquiry Stance 230 Conclusion 240 Discussion Questions 240 Nine A New Vision for Improving Learning for All 241 Discussion Questions 246 Appendix A: 5D Framework 247 Appendix B: Types of Classroom Observations 253 References 257 Index 263

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Book SynopsisA practical introduction and guide for teachers, teacher educators, and administrators who wish to implement a coherent, strategic, multiple-measures approach to evaluating teacher effectiveness. It provides an introduction and background information to the establishment of standards for teacher assessment.

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Book SynopsisA practical book, which shows that P and T is not just about research, teaching, and service but also about human relations and political good sense. It includes topics such as: making the transformation from student and protege to teacher and mentor; seeking out and holding onto lifelong allies; and, how to manage your online reputation.Trade ReviewThis will be an indispensable guidebook for all sorts of young academics—from graduate students bent on high-powered research careers to newly hired professors at liberal arts colleges. Whether it’s about safeguarding your internet profile, dealing with irascible colleagues, or building your tenure case, Perlmutter has great suggestions for managing the fine points of a successful academic career. -- James Lang, author of Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First YearThis invaluable book asks all the important questions for people starting out on an academic career, and gives thoughtful guidance for arriving at practical, effective answers. I’m buying one for every graduate student and young faculty member I care about. -- C. K. Gunsalus, author of The College Administrator’s Survival GuideThis is a great decoder of a book. David Perlmutter explains what’s meant by those mysterious glances, those strange academic terms, the intricacies of teaching and publishing that can baffle and terrify newbies (and even the most seasoned academics). He helps you recognize what’s typical, what’s terrific, and what’s toxic, with understanding and sense of humor—and great stories from the trenches. -- Emily Toth, author of Ms. Mentor’s New and Ever More Impeccable Advice for Women and Men in Academia

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Book SynopsisA technocratic view of teachers as credentialed specialists has led to a growing reliance on migrant teachers, as federal mandates require K-12 schools to employ qualified teachers or risk funding cuts. Lora Bartlett investigates the result: transient teaching professionals with little opportunity to connect meaningfully with their students.Trade ReviewMigrant Teachers highlights a largely invisible phenomenon in American schools--the hiring of teachers from other countries, and the concentration of those teachers in high poverty schools and districts. Lora Bartlett places teacher labor markets in global context, opening a new line of research on teachers' work and careers, and compelling us to consider what it means to be a teacher at this time and place. -- Judith Warren Little, University of California, BerkeleyThis important study persuasively describes the motivations for teacher migration and the insecurity of their tenure in America, and reveals, for the first time, how dependent some urban schools have become on overseas-trained teachers. -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, author of Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered WoesA powerful exploration of a significant and neglected issue in American education. Migrant Teachers is a very original book. -- John Skrentny, author of After Civil Rights: Racial Realism in the New American Workplace

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Book SynopsisIn this practical and funny book, an experienced teaching consultant offers many creative strategies for dealing with typical problems. Original, useful, and hopeful, this book reminds you that teaching what you don’t know, to students whom you may not understand, is not just a job. It’s an adventure.Trade ReviewThis is one of the best books I've read on university teaching and learning in a long time. It addresses an issue that's seldom discussed, in a book that's both carefully researched and wonderfully sparkling in style. The author makes a strong case that teaching outside your area of expertise is a serious and extensive problem, and she offers some highly practical advice about how to meet the challenges. I would make this book a standard text for both our new faculty program and teaching fellows program, and I suspect that many other programs will want to do the same. -- Ken Bain, author of What the Best College Teachers DoMoving behind the reassuring public image of professorial expertise, Huston exposes a growing but still largely hidden academic reality: university teachers—sometimes even full professors—teaching outside of their field. Interviews with dozens of university faculty convincingly establish the prevalence of the practice and clarify the institutional reasons that it will likely increase in the years ahead. But many readers will quickly move past the analysis of why university faculty must teach outside their specialty to consider the helpful advice on how to do such teaching well...It may surprise librarians how many teachers and administrators seek out this book. -- Bryce Christensen * Booklist *As [Huston] demonstrates, teaching outside your area of competence is almost the norm in the U.S. academy...The hints and tips provided here will be valuable perhaps everywhere that there is a higher education system...Teaching What You Don't Know will find a good audience as a rescue manual for the young, as it assuages the anxieties facing the postgraduate or the postdoctoral teacher. The book, which clearly draws on a wide range of teaching experience on the U.S. scene, offers good advice and outlines some useful strategies. Huston does, moreover, dig up issues that have become ever more pressing over the past few years. -- Leslie Gofton * Times Higher Education *Sometimes teachers might find themselves filling in, and Teaching What You Don't Know is a handy book to help them deal with unexpected situations. * Bookseller and Publisher *When top-down support and open communication become the norm, teaching outside one's expertise can cease to be the nightmarish experience many feel it to be and become the illuminating and rewarding experience that Huston describes. While this is undoubtedly important, Huston's consistently optimistic treatment of this subject and her clear suggestions for struggling teachers remain the book's greatest strengths. Teaching What You Don't Know is a pleasure to read and should be required reading in graduate pedagogy classes across disciplines. -- Adam Pacton * Pedagogy *Have you ever been asked to deliver a lecture at short notice on a topic that is outside your comfort zone? ...If so, read this book. In fact, ever found yourself wondering how you could improve your teaching, even of topics well within your expertise? Again, if so, read this book. -- Celia Popovic * Innovations in Education and Teaching International *Table of Contents* Introduction * The Growing Challenge * Why It's Better Than It Seems * Getting Ready * Teaching and Surviving * Thinking in Class * Teaching Students You Don't Understand * Getting Better * Advice for Administrators * Appendixes * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

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