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Millions of parents trust that the professionals who teach their children know something about the brain and processes of learning, despite the fact that most schools of education offer psychology–not neurology–courses. At best, these psychology courses provide indirect information about the brain and how children actually learn.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind fills this gap [...]
Teachers Wanted
Just as the pool of qualified teacher applicants is shrinking and attrition rates are soaring, new standards are making entry into the teaching profession more difficult. Make sure your school system doesn’t get caught in the crunch by implementing the approach from this visionary guide.
Daniel A. Heller describes a top-to-bottom overhaul that includes:
Preservice education based [...]
Teacher-Centered Professional Development
It’s true that students gain more from learning experiences when they’re encouraged to plan their activities, share their knowledge with one another, and tailor material to their own needs. So why not create a professional development program that gives teachers the same range of options?
This book provides the framework and steps to help teachers:
Choose the [...]
Stone Fox
“Little Willy’s Grandfather is sick, and it’s up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race.”
A wonderful book to use with the strategy Novel in an Hour.
30th Anniversary Edition, 2010
So Each May Learn
Two powerful learning models–multiple intelligences (MI) and learning styles–come together in this practical guide to help you meet the challenges of student diversity while you promote high achievement. Based on key principles from the research on learning, the authors explain how to:
Maximize the benefits of learning styles and MI approaches
Ease the stress and demands on [...]
Silly Sports & Goofy Games
Includes over 200 step-by-step fun and involving sports and games in nine categories including:
Terrific Tag
Happy Helpers
Beautiful Balances
Creative Coordination
Meaningful Movements
Crazy Challenges
Ridiculous Relays
Silly Sports
Goofy Games
School Reform from the Inside Out
“Giving test results to an incoherent, badly run school doesn’t automatically make it a better school. The work of turning a school around entails improving the knowledge and skills of teachers-changing their knowledge of content and how to teach it-and helping them to understand where their students are in their academic development. Low-performing schools, and [...]
Schooling for Life
If you believe that schools can go beyond test scores and standards to foster students’ understanding of subjects, then here’s a book that will renew your commitment to meaningful teaching and learning.
Using classroom observations and keen insights from research, one of education’s foremost thinkers on constructivism explains:
Why lessons and courses should involve students in [...]
Letters to the Next President
This stellar collection of more than 30 letters speaks to the heart of public education, the future of American students, and the need for an educated and engaged citizenry.
Contributors include students, parents, teachers, prominent educators, and public leaders who write to our next president, and to all fellow citizens, in an honest and direct way [...]
Resiliency: What Have We Learned
Ten years ago, resiliency theory was relatively new to the fields of prevention and education. Today, it is at the heart of hundreds of successful school and community programs.
This book synthesizes ten years of research, detailing how best to incorporate resiliency research to help young people thrive in school and in their communities.
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What Students are Saying About Tribes TLC
This comes to you from Matt Cole, Curriculum Coordinator at mcole2@livoniacsd.org.
What are our students saying about TRIBES?
It’s always interesting, informative, and important to ask students their perspectives regarding any change we initiate in schools. As many of us know, children of any age really know how to capture and express the reality of a moment. [...]Comments
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