Proactively address your students’ diverse needs, using multitiered systems of support (MTSS) and response to intervention (RTI). Developing Effective Learners details how to respond to students’ academic, emotional, and behavioral challenges; embrace learning differences; and create inclusive classroom environments. Readers will learn how to use tiered RTI instructional strategies to support continuous improvement. This bo ...
Continuous school improvement only happens when teachers and administrators collectively center their powers on ensuring student success within a professional learning community. With this practical guide, K-12 educators will discover how to target their school's specific needs with an immediate course of action to improve and measure student achievement. Each chapter includes space for teams to determine actions steps and a list of questio ...
In K–12 education’s growing movement of competency-based education and personalized learning , both contradictory and overlapping definitions come up around these two terms. To clear up this confusion, A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education delves into the components of a personalized competency-based education (PCBE) system. This handbook explores approaches, strategies, and techniques that schools and ...
Explore why intervention and support for struggling students in the early grades are essential to student success. Teachers and support personnel will discover how to implement RTI-based supports in the early grades and learn what this prevention looks like. Find practical, research-based strategies to seal the gaps in student learning in grades K–3, identify students who need intervention, and more. ...
This title is a greatly expanded volume of the original Art and Science of Teaching , offering a competency-based education framework for substantive change based on Dr. Robert Marzano's 50 years of education research. While the previous model focused on teacher outcomes, the new version places focus on student learning outcomes, with research-based instructional strategies teachers can use to help students grasp the information and skills ...
This inspiring book presents the concept of a heartprint – the distinctive impression that an educator's heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career. For teachers, understand how teacher motivation, teacher-student relationships, and collaborative teaching all affect your self-efficacy, career, and professional development. For school leaders and administrators, discover your impact on staff, students, and ...
When educators plan instruction within an RTI framework, all K–12 learners can achieve core academic mastery across grades and disciplines. In this practical teachers’ guide for responsive instructional interventions, the author identifies potential barriers to learning and establishes clear action plans for diminishing them. You’ll deepen your understanding of the three tiers of RTI and gain access to example lesso ...
Ascertain the school variables that can influence student motivation and enhance achievement, including absenteeism, early literacy education, and more. Explore the disadvantages of traditional grading practices and the advantages that come from the equity of implementing standards-based grading practices. Receive guidance on providing students with the extra time and help they require to meet their learning needs and build a growth mindset. Acc ...
Creation in the real world is a disorganized process, and in order to foster authentic learning in the classroom, teachers must be flexible in planning and supporting learning experiences. Bring about deeper, self-directed learning in elementary school students. This book outlines opportunities teachers and students have to exercise cognitive complexity, engagement, and technology integration through real-world project-based instruction. Part o ...