About Management in the Active ClassroomA well-managed classroom almost runs itself. Students are focused and respectful, whether they are silent at their desks or active throughout the classroom--collaborating, experimenting, discovering, and creating. This book is a guide for teachers who want their classrooms to run well in all settings, where students are self-directed and self-disciplined learners. It is a book of proven, practical strategies harvested from successful schools across the United States. Strategies are described in concrete language, illustrated through classroom examples, and illuminated by companion videos. This guide will equip teachers, whether veterans or brand-new, to join inspired, collaborative learning with a calm and thoughtful classroom culture.

Management in the Active Classroom

Education & Teaching

Berger, Ron

Woodfin, Libby

Strasser, Dina

Schools & Teaching

EL Education Inc. - EL Ed Publications

This book shows how Greenfield Center School, NEFC's K-8 laboratory school, uses traditions like all school meetings, mixed-age games, and partner lunches to create a strong sense of whole-school community. Descriptions of the traditions are accompanied by guidelines for implementing these traditions in other settings. Table of Contents
<ul>
<li>Greetings: Morning Meeting Greetings/Back-to-School</li>
<li>All-School Meeting: Making All-School meeting Work/Fun All-School Contests/Favorite Songs for All-School Meetings</li>
<li>All-School Games: Making All-School Games Safe and Fun/Choosing Games for Mixed-Age Groups</li>
<li>Mountain Day Conferences/First Week Greetings</li>
<li>Magic Penny Ceremony</li>
<li>Graduation: Making it Special</li>
</ul>

Familiar Ground: Traditions That Build School Community

Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.

From EL Education comes a proven approach to student assessment Leaders of Their Own Learning offers a new way of thinking about assessment based on the celebrated work of EL Education schools across the country. Student-Engaged Assessment is not a single practice but an approach to teaching and learning that equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them. This requires a set of interrelated strategies and structures and a whole-school culture in which students are given the respect and responsibility to be meaningfully engaged in their own learning. <ul>
<li>Includes everything teachers and school leaders need to implement a successful Student-Engaged Assessment system in their schools</li> <li>Outlines the practices that will engage students in making academic progress, improve achievement, and involve families and communities in the life of the school</li> <li>Describes each of the book's eight key practices, gives advice on how to begin, and explains what teachers and school leaders need to put into practice in their own classrooms</li> </ul>
Leaders of Their Own Learning shows educators how to ignite the capacity of students to take responsibility for their own learning, meet new, ambitious standards, and reach higher levels of achievement. DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file, but are available for download after purchase.

Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment

EL EDUCATION

Rugen, Leah

Jossey-Bass

Engage, challenge, and inspire students with work that matters Transformational Literacy, written by a team from EL Education, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts--building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text--to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between their hard work as readers and writers and their capacity to contribute to stronger communities and a better world. The stories, examples, and resources that permeate Transformational Literacy come primarily from the more than 150 EL Education schools around the country that support teachers to select, supplement, customize, and create curriculum, and improve instruction. The book also draws on EL Education's open source Common Core English Language Arts curriculum--often cited as one of the finest in the country--and professional development offered to thousands of teachers to implement that curriculum effectively. Transformational Literacy combines the best of what EL Education knows works for kids--purposeful, inquiry-based learning--and the new imperative of the Common Core--higher and deeper expectations for all students. <ul>
<li>Teach standards through a compelling and purposeful curriculum that prioritizes worthy texts and worthy task</li> <li>Improve students' evidence-based reading, thinking, talking, and writing</li> <li>Support students to develop a new mindset toward the challenge of reading complex texts</li> </ul>
Transformational Literacy introduces an approach to literacy instruction that will engage, challenge, and inspire student with work that matters.

Transformational Literacy: Making the Common Core Shift with Work That Matters

Plaut, Suzanne Nathan

Dobbertin, Cheryl Becker

A practical guide to deeper instruction―a framework for challenging, engaging, and empowering students of all ages For schools to meet ambitious new standards and prepare all students for college, careers, and life, research has shown unequivocally that nothing is more important that the quality of daily instruction. Learning That Lasts presents a new vision for classroom instruction that sharpens and deepens the quality of lessons in all subject areas. It is the opposite of a 'teacher-proof' solution. Instead, it is predicated on a model of instruction that honors teachers as creative and expert planners of learning experiences for their students and who wish to continuously grow in their instructional and content knowledge. It is not a theoretical vision. It is a model of instruction refined in some of the nation's most successful public schools―schools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievement―sited primarily in urban and rural low-income communities. 
Using case studies and examples of powerful learning at all grade levels and in all disciplines, Learning That Lasts is a guide to creating classrooms that promote deeper understanding, higher order thinking, and student independence. Through text and companion videos, readers will enter inspiring classrooms where students go beyond basics to become innovators, collaborators, and creators. Learning That Lasts embraces a three-dimensional view of student achievement that includes mastery of knowledge and skills, character, and high-quality work. It is a guide for teachers who wish to make learning more meaningful, memorable, and connected to life, and inspire students to do more than they think possible.

Learning That Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction

Vilen, Anne

A New Companion to Leaders of Their Own Learning Puts Students in Charge of Their Learning and Growth Five years after the publication of Leaders of Their Own Learning, EL Education is back with a new companion guide to help you tackle the common challenges of student-engaged assessment. This unique, student-centered approach to assessment equips and compels students to understand goals for their learning and growth, track their progress toward those goals, and take responsibility for reaching them. EL Education has more than 25 years of experience supporting school transformation through student-engaged assessment. With their new book, The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion, they have harvested the best tools and wisdom from schools across the country to help you hone student-led assessment practices in your classroom and school. <ul>
<li>Identifies the common challenges of implementing each of the eight interrelated student-engaged assessment practices from Leaders of Their Own Learning, and provides strategies and tools for tackling them</li> <li>Offers practical tips for school leaders</li> <li>Deepens your learning with 46 videos and an online toolbox </li> </ul>
The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion is designed for teachers and leaders of all grade levels and no prior knowledge of the original Leaders of Their Own Learning is necessary to make the most of this book.

The Leaders of Their Own Learning Companion: New Tools and Tips for Tackling the Common Challenges of Student-Engaged Assessment

This essential guide to the EL Education K–5 Language Arts Curriculum is one part roadmap to the curriculum, one part orientation to its instructional practices, and one part coach—to answer your questions, relieve your stress, and put you and your students on the path to success.
Your Curriculum Companion explores the foundations of the curriculum, including the principles and research it was built on and the instructional practices that make it unique. The book is designed to help you “look under the hood” at practices embedded throughout the curriculum so that you can sharpen your instruction, support students to be leaders of their own learning, and make well-informed changes necessary to best meet your students’ needs.
Key features of Your Curriculum Companion include: <ul>
<li>Twenty-seven accompanying videos—see the curriculum in action</li> <li>Task cards for guidance on how to plan when the planning has been done for you</li> <li>The why, what, and how of the K–2 Reading Foundations Skills Block</li> <li>A deep dive into the purpose and structure of close reading and close read-alouds, including two sample annotated lessons.</li> <li>An exploration of the relationship between reading and writing and how the curriculum is designed to help students become strong communicators, including an annotated “read-think-talk-write” lesson.</li> <li>Detailed descriptions of the ways in which English language learners and other students who may need additional support are challenged, engaged, and empowered throughout the curriculum.</li> <li>Guidance for turning evidence of student progress into usable data that can inform your instruction.</li> <li>Support for school leaders</li> </ul>

Your Curriculum Companion: The Essential Guide to Teaching the EL Education K-5 Language Arts Curriculum

This essential guide to the EL Education 6-8 Language Arts Curriculum is one part roadmap to the curriculum, one part orientation to its instructional practices, and one part coach--to answer your questions, relieve your stress, and put you and your students on the path to success. 
Your Curriculum Companion explores the foundations of the curriculum including the principles and research it was built on and the instructional practices that make it unique. The book is designed to help you "look under the hood" at practices embedded throughout the curriculum so that you can sharpen your instruction, support students to be leaders of their own learning, and make well-informed changes to best meet your students' needs. 
Key features of Your Curriculum Companion include: <ul>
<li>Twenty-two accompanying videos--see the curriculum in action</li> <li>Task cards for guidance on how to plan when the planning has been done for you</li> <li>A deep dive into the purpose and structure of close reading, including a sample annotated lesson</li> <li>An exploration of the relationship between reading and writing and how the curriculum is designed to help students become strong communicators, including an annotated "read-think-talk-write" lesson</li> <li>The why, what, and how of supporting students to meet grade-level expectations, supporting students who need additional challenges, and supporting English language learners </li> <li>Guidance for turning evidence of student progress into usable data that can inform your instruction</li> <li>Support for school leaders</li> </ul>

Your Curriculum Companion: The Essential Guide to Teaching the EL Education 6-8 Curriculum (Second Edition)

Norris, Sarah Boddy

Crew is two things. It is a schoolwide culture that supports social and emotional wellness, character development, and academic and life success for students and staff. It is also a unique and transformational meeting structure for secondary school advisories, elementary school morning and closing circles, and for staff collaboration. We Are Crew provides guidance for bringing Crew to your school or district and highlights numerous examples from successful schools that have used Crew to foster student and staff success for more than 25 years. We Are Crew is paired with an online toolkit of resources and a suite of open-source videos.

We Are Crew: A Teamwork Approach to School Culture

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