Other significant revisions to this edition include: Three additional chapters: the research foundation for WFSGs, how to recognize and understand school culture, and fourteen key findings A reorganization of chapters to make the book even ...

Presents a classroom management guide for middle and high school teachers, describing over sixty-five strategies for room organization, lesson planning, creating a positive classroom atmosphere, working with non-English speaking students, ...

These essays share award-winning teachers' strategies for adapting their classrooms to the ever-changing environment: "Professional Development Has Shaped Me and My Classroom" (Kay Wallace); "Teachers Go Back to School" (Steven T. Jackson); ...

This book presents strategies for providing learning and professional development opportunities for teachers that lead to the building of community in schools.

'Collaborative Peer Coaching' introduces the 2+2 performance appraisal method, which has been successful in reducing teachers' levels of anxiety & self-doubt, increasing job satisfaction, increasing meaningful contact between teachers & ...

Examines current research about the best ways to teach students with disabilities in middle school and secondary school classrooms and explains how the findings can best be applied in different content areas.

Based on interviews, newspaper reports, journal articles, court records, and personal experiences gained from 25 years of consulting with school districts in the areas of harassment, abuse, risk management and negligence, this book ...

This title is based on the premise that good adolescent classroom managers structure the learning with intentional regard for young adolescent development.

Silva (mathematics education, San Jose State U.) provides an expanded framework of understanding for K-6 educators and educational specialists to use when teaching students who are having difficulties learning mathematics.

Acknowledging that teachers make a difference not only to what students learn about content, but what they learn about life, this volume offers discussion of topics including setting high expectations for students, conveying confidence, ...