http://netvouz.com/jgordon/folder/560983533487627816/Books+Videos+DVDs+Professional+Development+Leading+School+Improvement?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks in folder Leading School Improvement on Netvouz http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8981&r=sb060113 In her new book, Becoming a Literacy Leader, Jennifer Allen explores her role as literacy specialist, staff developer, and study group facilitator, and provides practical suggestions for collaborative change, coaching, intervention, fluency, classroom design, assessment, and more. Click here to review the entire book online! Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:36:41 GMT http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/bookstore/ascdinourschool.html This book By Karen L. Casto, EdD and Jennifer R. Audley begins with a framework for building schoolwide community, followed by articles showing what schoolwide community looks like at more than twenty schools—rural, suburban, and urban; small and large; public, private, and charter. Planning and discussion questions for use by school-based teams follow each of the book's five sections. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:07:56 GMT http://www.eyeoneducation.com/products.asp?dept=11 This is a link to the resources for Administrators for effective leadership and management from Eye on Education. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:29:49 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=343&r=sb070809 Diane Sweeney, currently a literacy specialist with the Public Education & Business Coalition, tells the story of how the inner-city public school in Denver where she was a teacher and literacy coach used learner-centered professional development to achieve outstanding gains in teacher knowledge and effectiveness. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:32:06 GMT http://www.solution-tree.com/Public/Media.aspx?ShowDetail=true&ProductID=BKF214 Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Tom Many NEW from PLC experts Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Tomas Many. Turn your knowledge into action with Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work. This handbook helps you and your team navigate the journey to a successful, sustainable PLC. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:24:51 GMT http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787972738.html Linda Darling-Hammond Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:07:21 GMT http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787974641.html Linda Darling-Hammond & John Bransford(Editors)Based on rapid advances in what is known about how people learn and how to teach effectively, this important book examines the core concepts and central pedagogies that should be at the heart of any teacher education program. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:05:46 GMT http://www.pz.harvard.edu/ebookstore/search_results.cfm David Perkins describes his thoughts on "teaching for understanding" where he promotes the idea of understanding as "performance" (to be able to think and act flexibly with what you know). The elements of "teaching for understanding" include: 1. a generative topic 2. understanding goals 3. ongoing assessment 4. images/mental models. Perkins discusses the idea of transferring learning (making sure that what you teach is something students can transfer to another situation/subject). Rec. by Sarah Benkendorf. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:28:15 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=104438 While there are lots of books about education that propose to change what you do in classrooms and schools, here's one that promises to transform how you think. Drawing from 35 years of taking on tough schools with disadvantaged kids and achieving the kind of progress that many thought "couldn't be done", Dennis Littky explains the principles and rationale of a model for schooling that gives students what they need most. Discover how a philosophy of personalized learning--one student at a time--is the key to creating schools where motivated students are engaged in a meaningful curriculum, and academic progress is measured against real-world standards. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:36:42 GMT http://www.solution-tree.com/Public/Media.aspx?ShowDetail=true&ProductID=BKF216 Successfully reach and teach the underachieving children of poverty with the help of this comprehensive resource. The authors have compiled 18 timely research studies to reveal an abundance of practical, usable best-practice strategies you can implement at district, school, and classroom levels. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:24:22 GMT