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The Teaching Internship: Practical Preparation for a Licensed Profession
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Linda Darling-Hammond. Published 1990. Rand Report, R-3927.
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Books
Becoming a Reflective Teacher
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Leonard Kochendorfer. Published 1984.
This innovative workbook provides the tools needed to critically reflect
on the givens in your school and in your teaching. As you explore the
collaborative process of becoming a reflective teacher, you will discover
new ways to deepen insight about yourself as a professional; think systematically
about your teaching practice; expand your repertoire of skills and techniques;
and work with your colleagues to improve your school's learning environment.
Teacher Education
Children of Promise: Literate Activity in Linguistically and Culturally
Diverse Classrooms
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Shirley Brice Heath and Leslie Mangiola. Published 1991.
The dramatic success of this literacy program demonstrates that you can
create a climate where all students - including those often labeled at-risk
- can truly be children of promise. This fascinating book gives you a
how-to look at a school-university partnership project for cross-grade,
multilingual, interactive tutoring in reading and writing. A joint
publication of NEA, Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, and
AERA.
Cornerstones for a New Century: Teacher Preparation, Early Childhood
Education, A National Education Index
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Ernest L. Boyer. Published 1992.
Examines key issues and reviews an assessment of how states are meeting
these objectives.
Evolution of Teacher Policy
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Linda Darling-Hammond, Barnett Berry. Published 1988.
Information Literacy: Educating Children for the 21st Century, Second
Edition
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Patricia Senn Breivik and J.A. Senn. Published 1998.
This practical, how-to book gives elementary school teachers and principals
everything they need to start preparing their students to become successful
workers and citizens in the 21st century. You'll explore resource-based
learning_a technique for preparing your students to become lifelong learners
in the information age. Plus, you'll examine real-life examples of how
principals, media specialists, and teachers across the U.S. have incorporated
this form of learning into their schools, how they have funded it, how
they have connected with community resources, and how they have assessed
their results.
Redesigning Teacher Education: Opening the Door for New Recruits to
Science and Mathematics Teaching
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Linda Darling-Hammond. Published 1989.
Teachers, Their World and Their Work: Implications for School Improvement
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Ann Lieberman, Lynne Miller. Published 1992.
Teaching as the Learning Profession: Handbook of Policy and Practice
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Linda Darling-Hammond. Published 1998.
Peer Assistance and Peer Review Books
Cooperative Grouping for Interactive Learning: Students, Teachers,
and Administrators
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Lawrence Lyman and Harvey C. Foyle. Published 1990.
Here's where you'll find out how to facilitate communication among teachers,
school administrators, and your students. Complete with group activities,
cooperative learning strategies, ice breakers, sample worksheets, and
resources. This invaluable book will help you create working relationships,
break down barriers, and build trust.
Creating Schools for All Our Students: What 12 Schools Have to Say
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Published 1994.
Twelve school-based inclusion teams share their real-life experiences
of beginning to use an inclusive approach, collaborating with colleagues,
improving learning through innovative instruction, forging leadership
in an inclusive school, and working together to create more inclusive
schools.
United Mind Workers : Unions and Teaching in the Knowledge Society
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Charles Taylor Kerchner, et al. Published 1997. The Jossey-Bass Education
Series.
United Mind Workers is a very stimulating and important book. It is the
first book to discuss how to organize teachers and their work differently,
and the first book to capture the attention of both major American teachers
unions. Already widely influential, it seems destined to play a major
role in the current reform movement. I highly recommend it to all interested
in the improvement of American education. -- William Boyd, Penn State
University
Recruitment Books
Educator's Job Search
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Martin Kimeldorf. Published 1993.
How would you like to be ushered past the classified-ad sections and job-placement
boards that most educators rely on and be shown through the "side
doors" that lead to more interesting job opportunities? Let Educator's
Job Search be your guide to the job of your dreams. Do the exercises in
this interactive guide and you'll learn how to: identify and promote your
educational job strengths, write an impressive resume, master job interviews,
effectively maintain a job network, stay motivated, and evaluate all the
job offers you're going to get.
I'm betting this book becomes standard issue for teachers everywhere. -- Joyce Lain Kennedy, syndicated columnist on careers.
Effective Teacher Selection: From Recruitment to Retention
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Arthur E. Wise, et al. Published 1987. Rand Report, R-3462-Nie/Cstp.
Teacher Induction
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Judy Reinhartz, editor. Published 1989
Fifteen experts provide direction for developing and implementing a teacher
induction program suited to your school.
Professional Development Books
Appraisal and Professional Development in Primary Schools
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Christopher Day, Patrick Whitaker. Published 1987.
Challenge to Change: The Memphis Experience with School-Based Decision
Making
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Carol Etheridge--editor. Published 1994.
Seven schools in the Memphis City School District began grappling with
school-based decision making in 1989. This forthright, candid account
of three years in the change process provides valuable lessons learned.
Your reform efforts will benefit from the recommendations, made by those
who have been there, that highlight the importance of professional development.
Stand on the shoulders of those educators and community members who broke
new ground in school-based decision making.
Cooperative Learning in Middle-Level Schools
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Jerry Rottier and Beverly J. Ogan. Published 1991.
Use this book to master the cooperative learning concept as well as the
techniques that preserve individual accountability, foster interdependence,
and enhance social skills. The sample lesson plans, staff-development
workshop materials, and project-planning forms included in this book will
help you smoothly introduce cooperative learning into your classroom.
Doubts and Certainties: Working Together to Restructure Schools
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Peter A. Barrett, Editor. Published 1991.
This thought-provoking, action-oriented book asks leading experts about
their visions of restructured education, and the new roles necessary to
keep the evolution vital.
Inspiring Quality in Your School: From Theory to Practice
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Robert A. Sullo. Published 1997.
The quest for quality in every school is unique. This new book shows you
how to eliminate coercion, focus on quality, and institute an effective
system of self-evaluation in your school. The author also provides practical
guidance on common issues of school quality such as homework, tests, grades,
retention in grade, ability grouping, team teaching, and discipline.
Lessons from Restructuring Experiences: Stories of Change in Professional
Development Schools
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Nancy E. Hoffman (Editor), et al. Suny Series, Restructuring and School
Change.
Lessons from Restructuring Experiences describes the process of collaborative
educational reform in the context of the professional development school
model. Intended for readers interested in establishing or assessing collaborative
reform efforts, the book is organized in three units. The first provides
an overview that will enhance readers' understanding of professional development
schools and school restructuring. The second unit brings the concepts
and processes of collaborative change to life by sharing the stories of
teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary professional development
schools. The third unit addresses the complex issue of assessing the outcomes
of restructuring in both schools and the university.
Making Professional Development Schools Work: Politics, Practice and
Policy
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Marsha Levine (Editor), et al. Published 1997. Series on School Reform.
Multicultural Education in Early Childhood Classrooms
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Edwina Battle Vold. Published 1992.
Here's a source of practical ideas, sample lessons, and teaching strategies
for infusing a multicultural component into every aspect of your curriculum.
This comprehensive book gives you specific techniques for increasing diversity
training in your school and broadening the multicultural dimensions of
every teacher and student.
Professional Development Schools: A Directory of Projects in the United
States
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Published 1995.
Professionalization, Partnership, and Power: Building Professional
Development Schools
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Hugh G. Petrie (Editor). Published 1995. Suny Series, Frontiers in
Education.
Staff Development for Education in the 90s: New Demands, New Realities,
New Perspectives
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Ann Lieberman, Lynne Miller-Editor. Published 1991. Professional Development
and Practice Series.
Teachers and Research in Action
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Carol Livingston and Shari Castle, Editors. Published 1989.
Action research. You've heard about it. Now learn how to do it and find
out how to use it to improve teaching and learning in your school. Six
teachers and a school librarian describe how they became action researchers,
summarize their findings, and explore the impact of their research on
the knowledge base of teaching and on their own professional development.
This book was the first, and still is the best, manual on how faculties
can take the lead in the use of research for meaningful school reform.
Highly recommended.
Technology and Higher Education
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Linda Enghagen--editor. Published 1997.
The notion that technology will be a dominant factor in the growth and
development of higher education in the next century generates diverse
responses. Some see great opportunities in a technology-rich future,
while others question the numerous challenges. Technology and Higher
Education has tremendous appeal to everyone involved in education
decisions. Policy makers, faculty and staff, faculty union leaders,
and administrators can find essential information to better promote
student learning, improve employee effectiveness and morale, and encourage
creative uses of technology on campus.
Updated December 16, 2006