Instructional Planning for Effective Teaching (Toolkit for Building Quality Lessons and Topical Handouts for School Leaders to Self-Assess Their Work) by JamesH. Stronge, Xianxuan Xu Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2015 by Solution Tree ISBN-13: 978-1-936763-77-1, ISBN: 1-936763-77-X
"Cultivate meaningful learning schoolwide. Taking a practical approach to instructional planning, the authors outline research-based planning tools and illustrate how teachers, leaders, and administrators can use these tools in everyday practice. Discover powerful strategies and guidelines for developing quality lessons, setting learning objectives, planning differentiated instruction, and designing technology-integrated learning to effe ..."
"Discover the keys to improving student learning and success. Taking a practical approach to instructional delivery, the authors outline research-based strategies and illustrate how teachers, coaches, and administrators can use them to enhance their everyday practices. Organized around 10 methods of instruction, this user-friendly guide will help you dig deep into classroom discussion, concept mapping, inquiry-based learning, and more. B ..."
"Remember those great teachers who made you excited about learning? Remember how it felt to be in their classes and to experience how they made their classrooms come alive? What made those teachers special? What qualities and skills did they have to ignite student learning? Most important, how did those teachers help their students become successful? In Qualities of Effective Teachers, 2nd edition, James H. Stronge shows educators how to ..."
"Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive, remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives.But what makes for an effective teacher? What role does teacher preparation play in teacher effectiveness? What do effective teachers do during planning, instruction, and assessment? How do they create a learning environment that engages and supports students? And how do effective teachers interact ..."
"If there's a new principal evaluation system rolling out in your school or district, or your system is planning to build one, then this is an invaluable guide to making sure evaluations are based on leadership factors that are most critical to a principal's job. Based on extensive research and his work in the field, this book provides you with a sound framework for principal evaluation and the practical tools you need to implement a fai ..."
"Did you have a special teacher who made a difference in your life? How can you ensure that all students in your classroom, school, or district have that experience? How do the best teachers help their students achieve? What are the attitudes, attributes, and practices of the best teachers that make them beloved, respected, and remembered? The profiles of effective teachers are as diverse as the students they teach. Still, the best tea ..."
"What does it take to be a good school principal? No two principals work in exactly the same way, but research shows that effective principals do focus on a core set of factors that are critical to fostering success for all students. In Qualities of Effective Principals, James H. Stronge, Holly B. Richard, and Nancy Catano delineate these factors and show principals how to successfully balance the needs and priorities of their school and ..."
Leadership Book Bundle(1st Edition) Evaluating What Good Teachers Do: Eight Research-Based Standards for Assesing Teacher Excellence by Dr JamesH. Stronge Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-59667-157-7, ISBN: 1-59667-157-2
"This book is based on author James H. Stronge's 20-plus years of consulting with school districts and other educational organizations in designing, piloting, and training educators in the use of teacher-performance evaluation systems. Its primary purpose is to help both teachers and their evaluators collect more comprehensive and accurate assessment data for judging teacher effectiveness. The author provides field-tested teacher-evaluat ..."
"Superintendent evaluation is a unique process that is often neglected but critical in this era of accountability. This invaluable guide provides an overview of the entire process, including: crafting board policy, criteria for good policy, and prototype policy. It identifies the unique challenges posed by the evaluation process and describes a three-tiered model of evaluation. This model is anchored in the professional standards for sup ..."
"For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu have written a book that can help educators better prepare students and close that gap.In What Makes a W ..."
"In Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning, researchers Pamela D. Tucker and James H. Stronge show that including measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools focus their efforts to meet higher standards. You'll see how four school systems have built such measures into their evaluation programs in these distinct ways: * Documenting how desired learning outcomes translated into actual student learning ..."
"The first book in the James H. Stronge Research-to-Practice series focuses on improving student achievement through academic goal setting. It offers the tools and plan of action to use performance data to improve instructional practice and increase student achievement."
"What makes an effective teacher? How do you help good teachers become even better? What tools and techniques are available to support and sustain quality teaching? In this companion to the best-selling Qualities of Effective Teachers, you'll find numerous strategies for examining the practice of teaching, helping teachers improve their skills, and establishing an environment that supports good teaching. Each chapter concentrates on a di ..."
"In this second edition of Qualities of Effective Principals, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu delineate these factors and show principals how to successfully balance the needs and priorities of their schools while continuously developing ..."
Designing Effective Assessments Accurately Measure Students' Mastery of 21st Century Skills (Learn How Teachers Can Better Incorporate Grading Into the Teaching and Learning Process) by JamesH. Stronge, Leslie W. Grant, Xianxuan Xu Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2017 by Solution Tree ISBN-13: 978-1-936763-70-2, ISBN: 1-936763-70-2
"Assessment is a critical component of effective teaching and learning. To gain valuable assessment data and make effective use of them, educators must have the right tools in place to create quality assessments. Designed specifically for K 12 educators, this title presents ten key assessment design tools and clearly outlines how to incorporate each tool into daily classroom practices. With quality assessment processes in place, teachers ..."
Evaluating Teaching A Guide to Current Thinking and Best Practice by JamesH. Stronge 328 Pages, Published 2005 by Corwin Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4833-3417-2, ISBN: 1-4833-3417-1
"Teachers often are rated in terms of their perceived performance rather than on
their actual performance, and the observer's perceptions can be affected by
preferred teaching styles and beliefs about social roles reflecting biases (Frase &
Streshly, 1994; Peterson, 2000). These factors are unrelated to the quality of
instruction. There is, in fact, little agreement among evaluators in assessing
classroom performance. Like beauty, i ..."
"This book and Compact Disk show school leaders how to develop teacher portfolios and put them into action. They will provide confidence and credibility as you engage in: - "high stakes" summative evaluations - initial hiring, tenure, and other key personnel decisions - fostering a school culture which encourages high levels of performance This book and CD provide a reliable and easy way for teachers to: - collect and analyze data about ..."
"`This is a good and needed book. I would buy it, and recommend it to a wide range of educators.' -Kenneth D. Peterson, Professor, Portland State University `The authors have amassed a tremendous amount of information and assembled it into a very readable book that is an excellent resource.' -Randel Beaver, Superintendent, Archer City School District, TX Attract and retain the highest-quality teachers through competitive compensati ..."
"Easy-to-use, authoritative, and flexible, the tools in this book and CD-ROM have been developed over the last 15 years and have been field tested in over 500 schools. These tools will empower you to do your evaluations based on current thinking and best practices."