http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/action?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "action" on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/English-Language-Learners-Teaching-Strategies/dp/1586835246 This learner-empowering text by Larry Ferlazzo offers educators a five-step methodology for teaching that builds on students' assets rather than viewing ELLs through the typical lens of "deficits". The five principles around which the process revolves are: building relationships, accessing prior knowledge through student stories, developing student leadership, learning by doing, and reflection. The book emphasizes "high-order" thinking skills. In addition to providing detailed lessons, the book shares a framework teachers can use to create their own lessons, and it shows how to take advantage of technology and games as teaching tools. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:25:10 GMT http://www.keysonline.org/guide/intro_overview.htm KEYS is a comprehensive, school-based assessment and improvement system designed to provide education employees, parents, members of the community—all education stakeholders —with information useful for improving teaching and learning. School communities that embark on this initiative begin with a prescribed survey, a diagnostic instrument that provides objective data on 42 indicators of school quality that define high performing schools. The indicators are clustered into six integrated keys. Administrators > Indicators of Effective Learning & Teacher Assessment jgordon Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:48:43 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=703109 Literacy > Reading Strategies jgordon Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:15:45 GMT