Corwin imprint: 1626 books
by Kathy Tuchman Glass
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
A GPS for connecting standards to lessons
Translating the Common Core State Standards into an effective curriculum is at the top of many educators’ to-do list, and this book shows you how. This text familiarizes teachers and curriculum designers with the key points of the ELA core standards...
Your Literacy Standards Companion, Grades 6-8
What They Mean and How to Teach Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Standards-based learning just got a lot easier
This new version of The Common Core Companion provides an index for all states implementing state-specific ELA standards. This index allows you to see in an instant which of your standards are the same as CCSS, which differ and how—and which...
Getting to the Core of English Language Arts, Grades 6-12
How to Meet the Common Core State Standards with Lessons from the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Design effective CCSS-aligned lessons for secondary students
If you want to revamp your secondary English Language Arts curriculum to reflect the Common Core State Standards, this book is the perfect resource. The authors move the implementation of the CCSS for ELA from the abstract to the...
Reframing the Path to School Leadership
A Guide for Teachers and Principals
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
***The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever! ***
Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how viewing a problem through...
Using the Workshop Approach in the High School English Classroom
Modeling Effective Writing, Reading, and Thinking Strategies for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2005
Take a peek into an effective workshop-based classroom and discover how you can enhance adolescents' technical and creative abilities in reading, writing, and thinking.
Creating Life-Long Learners
Using Project-Based Management to Teach 21st Century Skills
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Wanted for the global workforce: thinkers (and those who can teach them)
Where K-12 instruction once centered on content and memorization, today’s educators want, most of all, to teach their students to think critically and perceptively. What better way than with project-based learning (PBL)?...
Schools as Professional Learning Communities
Collaborative Activities and Strategies for Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Build a community in your school and improve learning outcomes with this one-stop sourcebook that features the latest educational issues, new research-based strategies and activities, and more!
by John F. Eller, Sheila A. Eller
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2009
Help marginal employees take positive steps to improve their performance and behavior!
Managing difficult employees is one of the most challenging aspects of a school leader’s job. Written by experienced administrators, this resource provides specific strategies to identify, work with, and...
Leading School Teams
Building Trust to Promote Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The busy administrator’s guide to creating strong teams, changing culture, and improving performance
Research shows that “teacher collective efficacy” can increase student learning more than any other strategy. In fact, using powerhouse teams can achieve four years of student growth in...
Literacy Is NOT Enough
21st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
How to upgrade literacy instruction for digital learners
Educating students to traditional literacy standards is no longer enough. If students are to thrive in their academic and 21st century careers, then independent and creative thinking hold the highest currency. The authors explain...
Confident Voices
Digital Tools for Language Acquisition
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Engage your ELL students through technology!
When it comes to technology integration, don’t overlook the needs of your ELL students. Introduce project-based learning into your classroom and utilize strategies to engage your ELL students and bridge the growing divide between technology and...
by Laura Lipton, Dr. Deborah S. Hubble
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
This updated edition helps beginning and experienced teachers build vocabulary skills, promote student interaction with relevant activities, strengthen fluency and comprehension, and produce meaningful student assessments.
Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5
Pathways to Close and Critical Reading
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Fisher & Frey’s answer to close and critical reading
Learn the best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading and the big understandings they yield. But that’s just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative video, texts and questions, cross-curricular...
Effective Grading Practices for Secondary Teachers
Practical Strategies to Prevent Failure, Recover Credits, and Increase Standards-Based/Referenced Grading
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
Enacting an effective grading system that emphasizes the secondary student’s learning process!
The book is written in an articulate and direct format that highlights successful practices, programs and activities that support effective implementation of changing grading systems.
Providing...