Solution Tree Press imprint: 339 books
Leading by Design
An Action Framework for PLC at Work Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
By focusing on what students learn rather than what they are taught, schools can redefine their mission and begin the transition to a professional learning community. After interviewing and observing principals, administrators, and teachers, the authors identify seven leadership practices that effective PLC leaders share, along with the techniques that have led them to sustainable success.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
What can organizations do to create changes that are both profound and enduring? This anthology explores why traditional change strategies have failed and examines constructive alternatives. International experts prove successful change can be a realistic goal. Real examples of pilot projects, model...
by Mardale Dunsworth, Dawn Billings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Educators are increasingly coming to realize the importance of making decisions based on reliable, accurate data. This short guide provides a blueprint for evaluating academic programs, practices, or strategies within a simple, effective framework. It includes a step-by-step walkthrough of the program...
On Your Mark
Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Create and sustain a learning environment where students thrive and stakeholders are accurately informed of student progress. Clarify the purpose of grades, craft a vision statement aligned with this purpose, and discover research-based strategies to implement effective grading and reporting practices....
Ahead of the Curve
The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
This anthology brings the ideas and recommendations of many of the world’s education leaders into one resource that illustrates the many perspectives on effective assessment design and implementation. From involving students in the assessment process to ensuring accuracy and applying assessments to...
District Leadership That Works
Striking the Right Balance
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools....
NOW Classrooms, Grades K-2
Lessons for Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (Supporting ISTE Standards for Students and Digital Citizenship)
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
Part of the NOW Classrooms series.
Developed specifically for grades K-2, this resource presents classroom-ready lessons that support the ISTE Standards for Students (NET standards). Use the lessons, which focus on four essential skills (communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and...
by Gayle Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
2nd Edition--Promote teaching strategies that meet the learning needs of all students, including students with special needs, gifted learners, students with attention deficit disorder, and English learners. This quick read explores the impact of brain function and learning styles, defines differentiation,...
by Ken O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Ensure your school’s grading procedures are supportive of learning, accurate, meaningful, and consistent. Discover how the “seven essential Ps” can improve your effectiveness in supporting assessment and communicating student achievement. You will also learn how to avoid inaccurate grades caused...
Standards-Based Learning in Action
Moving From Theory to Practice (A Guide to Implementing Standards-Based Grading, Instruction, and Learning)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Get past the knowing-doing gap and confidently implement standards-based learning. This book offers a comprehensive look at what standards-based learning looks like in action, from creating formative assessments to using data to inform instruction to transitioning to standards-based grading systems....
Best Practices at Tier 1 [Elementary]
Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction, Elementary
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Improve core instruction to ensure learning for all. Created specifically for grades K–5, this book provides proven response to intervention strategies to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional interventions. Discover how to identify essential power standards...
Softening the Edges
Assessment Practices That Honor K-12 Teachers and Learners (Using Responsible Assessment Methods in Ways That Support Student Engagement)
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
With foreword by Cassandra Erkens
The assessment process can be a rich experience for you and your students. With Softening the Edges, you'll discover how to design and deliver differentiated instruction and assessment to address learners' diverse intellectual and emotional needs. By creating...
Bringing the Common Core to Life in K-8 Classrooms
30 Strategies to Build Literacy Skills
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Actively engage students in their own learning. Discover strategies to promote student mastery of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts across the curriculum. Explore techniques to lead students in close reading, activate their background knowledge to prepare them for learning, and...
Supporting Differentiated Instruction
A Professional Learning Communities Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Examine how PLCs provide the decision-making platform for the rigorous work of differentiated classroom instruction. A practical guide to implementing differentiation in the classroom, this book offers a road map to effective teaching that responds to diverse learning needs. Takeaway objectives at...