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Gillespie, Tim – Stenhouse Publishers, 2010
One of the greatest challenges for English language arts teachers today is the call to engage students in more complex texts. Tim Gillespie, who has taught in public schools for almost four decades, has found the lenses of literary criticism a powerful tool for helping students tackle challenging literary texts. Tim breaks down the dense language…
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, English Instruction, Class Activities, Teaching Methods
Islas, Dana – Math Solutions, 2011
"How to Assess While You Teach Math" is the ideal resource for further understanding the process of formative assessment in addition to improving your teaching of mathematics. All lessons are correlated to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and Standards for Mathematical Practice. In this multimedia resource, award-winning teacher…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Early Childhood Education
Whitten, Elizabeth; Esteves, Kelli J.; Woodrow, Alice – Free Spirit Publishing, 2009
What is Response to Intervention (RTI) and how can it benefit your school? Find out in "RTI Success", an all-in-one resource that provides information on this innovative model as well as step-by-step administrator guidelines and practical teacher tools for implementation. Despite ongoing federal initiatives meant to increase the profile…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Individualized Instruction, Staff Development
Leavitt, Monita R. – Great Potential Press, Inc., 2007
Building a gifted program from scratch? Evaluating or changing your program? This CD with exciting PowerPoint slides and manual will give you everything you need for staff development, and will allow you to customize sessions for parents or school boards. The manual contains background material with references as well as reproducible pages …
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Program Design
Blume, Shelia; Fox, Carol; Lakin, Jacqueline McMahon; Losey, Betsy; Stover, Jan – Scarecrow Press, 2007
Information skills instruction is a fundamental and vital part of K-12 education in the 21st century. "The Handy 5", a proven effective model for planning, teaching, and assessing information skills instruction, was written to help library media specialists and teachers to collaborate more effectively in the teaching of information skills. This…
Descriptors: Media Specialists, Information Skills, Teaching Methods, School Libraries