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It wasn't long after being named North Carolina History Teacher of the year that Justin Ashley started noticing signs of burnout. He knew he needed to make some radical changes in how he handled his work and personal life. In The Balanced Teacher Path, Justin shares his personal story-illuminating how easy it is to give your job everything you've got and leave yourself with nothing outside of school-and shows new teachers and veterans alike the self-care...
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In this book, we'll discuss your value as a content creator and why you don't need millions or even hundreds of thousands of followers to participate in brand deals. Whether you're looking to bring in side income, get free products for your hobby or travel around for no cost, this book will give you actual working tips and tricks to make it happen. This book is no-frills. I could have made it hundreds of pages long but that's a waste of both of our...
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The purpose of this book is to identify bottlenecks for young financial professionals' career development. This is not another "how-to" written by a life coach or a business trainer whose professional development went far from the corporate financial practitioner's world. Instead, this book offers what those do not: a voice from the trenches-the real-life experience and hard-earned wisdom of how certain actions, situations, and decisions can lead...
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Packed with ideas for both new and veteran teachers of K–8 students, this book touches on a variety of topics that are especially relevant to the first week of school. The author provides critical information that includes arranging and navigating the classroom, setting basic expectations, communicating routines, and understanding your students' needs. Plus, you'll see how these efforts actually work in the classroom as the author shares experiences,...
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Support and retain your best and brightest new teachers. The second edition of this acclaimed book retains much of what made the original a classic, but now offers the latest research along with new insights, strategies, and best practices. Whether you're a K-12 mentor, coach, or school leader, you will gain evidence-based actions you can take today to successfully guide educators during their initial years in the profession.
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What type of questioning invigorates and sustains productive discussions? That's what Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes ask as they begin a passionate exploration of questioning as the beating heart of thoughtful discussions. Questioning and discussion are important components of classroom instruction that work in tandem to push learning forward and move students from passive participants to active meaning-makers. Walsh and Sattes argue that...
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I am like most professionals in the sales industry. Even when I'm spending time with my family and friends, my thoughts drift away towards the work I do. I love teaching sales people how to sell and coaching sales managers to get results. In fact, I would say that my obsession with learning the "best practices" of the selling industry is a borderline addiction. Selling Is Magic There is just something about the magic that happens when a buyer is resistant...
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Building a professional learning community (PLC) is not a journey taken alone. That's where the guiding coalition comes in. With clear, practical guidance, this resource examines every aspect of how to create, develop, and sustain this essential leadership team. Each chapter includes next steps, FAQs, and reflections carefully designed to help you overcome common roadblocks as you move from current practice to best practice.
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How do some teachers manage to expertly engage students in deep learning, harmonize mandated standards with individual student needs, and create trusting relationships in the classroom? What typically sets these "star teachers" apart from other teachers?
In What Makes a Star Teacher: 7 Dispositions That Support Student Learning, Valerie Hill-Jackson, Nicholas D. Hartlep, and Delia Stafford provide a framework that can help ensure that you are your...
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With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, there is a renewed focus on developing writing skills and, along with it, an awareness that the new digital technologies have much to contribute in this vital area. Learn how to integrate technology into writing instruction with this handbook full of innovative ideas from an eclectic group of educators.
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Looking Backat SECOM is the culmination of a long series of human interest columns with that title by Dr. Melnick, published in the schools magazine COM Outlook. In addition, Dr. Melnick has added some personal insights about why and how this osteopathic medical school came about. And he presents some views of the earliest days of its founding.A major portion of this work is the re-publishing of those original columns, and he has added a brief overview...
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Making money with your music volume 3 is written for the recording artist, song writer, and music producer. This book covers what you really need to know about making money in the music industry. This book covers what you need to know about preparing your music before you can license it and start making money. It will review copyright, song registration, contracts, how publishing works, building web sites to make money and more; all in the shortest,...
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Rick Wormeli's new book is sure to inspire readers to take radical responsibility for challenging conventional methods and rules that surround students in schools. Topics include professional issues, motivating and connecting with students, differentiation, literacy, teaching techniques, assessment, grading, and more. One of Rick's many fans shared: "Rick Wormeli has the singular power to motivate me and make me want to better myself. Thank you."
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The book maps out a transformative framework to support educators in nurturing young people's academic and socioemotional development, ultimately contributing to a restorative approach to equitable education. This involves educators making a paradigm shift to a strengths-based educational philosophy that emphasizes these strategies:
Employ strengths-based teaching-learning practices to build teacher-student connections that improve student learning.
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Are you stuck in a defining and controlling "you are..." group going nowhere? Are you isolated even though you are surrounded by people? Do you ever ask, "How do I get MORE?" Get unstuck and participate toward NEXT using the MORE a "We am…" group can provide. Get access to MORE. Unfortunately, our crowded world is losing the ability how to get MORE together and grow together toward NEXT. Learn how to onboard, evolve with and explore in groups. Build...
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WHAT WORKS! provides a roadmap for National Board candidates by guiding them as they work through each of the four entries to be submitted. The chapters contain dozens of tips on "What Works!" and "Why These Work!" The tips are practical, specific, and written in a conversational style that is easy to read.
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Every school strives to better itself so that it can better its students. In Transformative Collaboration, the authors dive deep into one of the strongest strategies for school improvement-the PLC process. You will explore five collaboration-based commitments-from gaining clarity to building trust-that will ultimately help you build and sustain a PLC that provides the best possible avenues of learning to students.
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The situations in this book happened over three decades ago. Ironically, the events and management insights described in Leading in Chaos are even more relevant today! Managers from the front line to the boardroom may be dealing with fellow employees and colleagues in the grips of opioid addiction on a regular basis. Partisan politics has permeated every part of our lives, including the work place and navigating the political waters as a manager today...
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En quoi consiste, ou devrait consister, l'éthique professionnelle en enseignement? Comment se manifeste-t-elle dans les gestes pédagogiques et dans la relation éducative? Quelles sont ses composantes?
En tenant compte du contexte social et culturel du Québec, des orientations éthiques déjà énoncées par le ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur ainsi que des lois, codes et conventions ayant des incidences sur la pratique...
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