Practice Guides and Pra
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Intended Audience
About the Schools Studied, Awarded, and Featured in This Book
Contents of the Book
How to Use This Book
1 Making Students Feel Valued and Capable
Caring Enough to Know and Value Individual Students
Caring Enough to Model Courtesy and Respect
Caring Enough to Praise and Acknowledge
Caring Enough to Demand the Best
Caring Enough to Transform Classroom Practices
Caring Enough to Create Attractive and Educationally Rich Physical Environments
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
2 Focusing on Understanding and Mastery
Planning for Understanding and Mastery
Designing Objective-Driven Lessons
Generating Depth of Understanding
Maximizing Time on Objective
Focusing on All Students
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
3 Promoting Clarity
Promoting Clarity in Learning Outcomes
Promoting Clarity in Lesson Organization
Promoting Clarity in the Representation of Ideas
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
4 Ensuring Culturally, Socially, and Personally Responsive Teaching
Assuming Student Ability
Building Connections
Ensuring Culturally Responsive Teaching
Ensuring Socially and Personally Responsive Teaching
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
5 Checking Understanding, Providing Feedback, and Adapting
Frequency of Checking for Understanding
Well-Distributed Checking for Understanding
Checking for Higher Levels of Understanding
Providing Feedback
Adapting Instruction
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
6 Building Fluency with Gatekeeper Vocabulary
Pre-Identifying Gatekeeper Vocabulary
Making New Vocabulary Seem Familiar
Building Fluency with and "Ownership" of Critical Vocabulary
Sustaining Fluency
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
7 Promoting Successful Practice
Guiding Students toward Independent Learning
Guided Students to Learn Difficult Concepts
Monitoring Independent Work
Building Student Capacity to Self-Monitor
Providing Independent Work (Including Homework) Worth Completing
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
8 Leading Students to Love Learning
Teaching Enthusiastically
Highlighting Relevance
Utilizing Project-Based, Problem-Based, Experiential Learning
Integrating the Arts, Technology, and Physical Education throughout Curricula
Maximizing Student-to-Student Engagement
Providing Students Opportunities to Excel with Challenging Content
Summary
What It Is & What It Isn’t
Practice Guide
Practical Next Steps
References
9 Developing Best Teaching Practices Throughout a School
Pursuing the Right Goal
Building a Coherent Educational Improvement System
Summary
References
Conclusion
Appendix A: America’s Best Urban Schools Award 2019 Eligibility Criteria
Appendix B: About the Schools Awarded and Studied
Appendix C: America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winners
References
