Toward a Coherent Curriculum: 1995 Yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD YEARBOOK)

Education & Teaching

James A. Beane

Schools & Teaching

ASCD

In this book, Allan Glatthorn examines differentiated supervision, an approach 
to supervision that provides teachers with options about the kinds of supervisory and evaluative 
services they receive. In general, the differentiated model offers intensive development to 
nontenured teachers and to tenured teachers with serious problems. The rest of the faculty receive 
options about how they foster their professional development, working in collaborative teams in 
a cooperative development approach or using a self-directed approach. The evaluation processes 
are also differentiated, depending upon tenure status and competence. 
Glatthorn arranges the chapters under four broad topics: the foundations of differentiated 
supervision; the developmental options, which can be used in a cooperative or a self-directed 
approach; the evaluative options, which focus on models that promote growth; and the process 
approach that Glatthorn recommends to help a school or district develop its own "homegrown" 
differentiated model.

Differentiated Supervision

Allan A. Glatthorn

An introduction to an interdisciplinary approach in education explores six design options for an interdisciplinary curriculum and offers a process for integrating the teaching of science, math, language arts, social studies, and the arts.

Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes

Although teachers interact with many people every day, rarely do they collaborate with other teachers or observe their colleagues at work in the classroom. That professional isolation can be troubling to new and veteran teachers alike. In this book, Pam Robbins describes how schools can implement a peer coaching program that serves as a professional support group. She describes peer coaching as a process in which two or more colleagues work together to reflect on current practices; expand, refine, and build new skills; share ideas; teach one another; conduct research; or solve problems. Robbins describes how to get started, outlines logistical considerations, and offers coaching guidelines, conferencing strategies, and training suggestions. She shows how teachers can work together to create a support system that keeps morale high and helps everyone continue to improve their instructional skills.

How to Plan and Implement a Peer Coaching Program

Robbins, Pam

In this practical guide to designing and delivering interesting and effective presentations for adult audiences, Garmston and Wellman cover the five stages of a presentation and offer tips for executing each one. They discuss stage fright and how you can use it to your advantage and explore the use of macro maps for staying focused during presentations. They also provide tips for getting to know audiences and communicating with participants who have different backgrounds and learning styles. The book includes several sample active learning activities you can use to strengthen your presentations.

How to Make Presentations that Teach and Transform: ASCD

Literature & Fiction

Garmston, Robert J.

Wellman, Bruce M.

Contemporary

The New Circles of Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom and School

Explores the expansion of cooperative learning practices to include the school and district and explains why cooperation can strengthen schooling at every level.

Johnson, David W.

Holubec, Edythe Johnson

Johnson,Roger T.

Collects twenty-five personal stories from a variety of perspectives on the joys of teaching and learning.

Teaching and Joy

Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators

The authors provide a straightforward, practical guide to establishing high-quality social and emotional education programs. Such programs will help students meet the many unparalleled demands they face today. The authors draw upon the most recent scientific studies, the best theories, site visits carried out around the country, and their own extensive experiences to describe approaches to social and emotional learning for all levels. Framing the discussion are 39 guidelines, as well as many field-inspired examples for classrooms, schools, and districts. Chapters address how to develop, implement, and evaluate effective strategies. Appendixes include a curriculum scope for preschool through grade 12 and an extensive list of contacts that readers may pursue for firsthand knowledge about effective programs. (ASCD Premium, Select, and Regular Member book, 1997) 8" x 10", 164 pages. Also available as an eBook!

Zins, Joseph

Elias, Maurice

Weissberg, Roger P.

Describes twelve qualities of genius--including curiosity, sensitivity, inventiveness, imagination, and joy--and includes dozens of suggested activities and helpful resources to provide genius experiences..

Awakening Genius in the Classroom

Science & Math

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS

Behavioral Sciences

Describes conditions that promote learning in school, providing examples of real schools to illustrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom.

Powerful Learning

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Brandt, Ron

Psychology & Counseling

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