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How Schools Transform: Practices, Research and Actions That Change Schools - Paperback

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by Michael Anderson (Editor), Miranda Jefferson (Editor)How Schools Transform explores the process of transformation. This book moves beyond the why of transformation to consider how it is achieved by a range of schools around the world. Each chapter showcases a school-based example of transformation. Assessment, pedagogy, curriculum, leadership, values and learning are explored before considering the key principles required across schools to make transformation a reality. Bringing together e...

Urgent Care for Schools: Situating Responsibility as an Engaging Way for Students to Transform School Cultures - Hardcover

$171.36

by Barbara J. Smith (Volume Editor)What can schools do differently to reach more students? What can educators do to address an urgent need to provide meaningful, memorable and fulfilling learning experiences? By viewing curriculum through a lens of 'situated responsibility', it is possible to engage students in authentic and purpose-based learning. This book is about expanding the student identity to include that of becoming service providers, injustice responders, action researchers, designe...

Simply Gluten-Free: Real Ingredients for Everyday Life - Hardcover

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by Annie Toro-Lopez (Author)Simply Gluten-Free: Real Ingredients for Everyday Life brings a much needed resource to the field of gluten-free cookbooks. With nearly 250 recipes for everyday meals, this book provides a touchstone for a wide range of recipes that you will return to again and again. Field tested by a group of 100 home cooks, their families, and friends, these are time-honored, easy to follow recipes that belong in every good cook's repertoire. Sourced from fresh ingredients that ...

Global Perspectives on Online Education During a Time of Emergency: Conditions, Contexts and Critiques - Hardcover

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by Patricia Marybelle Davies (Editor)'Global Perspectives on Online Education During a Time of Emergency' presents viewpoints on the unprecedented shift to online education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to broaden and deepen readers' understanding of studies that could better address academic issues related to teaching and learning online. The pandemic triggered the disruption of national educational systems and a rapid transition to online education, but there were few guidel...

The First $100k: Your Guide to Financial Independence - Paperback

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by Louise Allison (Author)Do the terms "dollar-cost averaging" and "dividend reinvestment" make your head spin? How about "debt consolidation"? Don't make that face. I see you making that face. What if learning to manage your money was easy? And fun. Yeah, I said it. Fun. Most of us are scared to take control of our finances because we don't know what that means or how to do it. We were never taught to, our partners always did it for us, we don't have enough money to manage, it's too late to ...

What I Wish I Knew Back Then: Create A Career & Life You Love - Hardcover

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by Christina A. Sandoval (Author)Are you ready to take the next step towards your dream life?You've come to the right place, my friend. Whether you're a recent high school grad, a college student, or a young professional just starting off, What I Wish I Knew Back Then is your guide to creating a successful and fulfilling life and career. Packed with the hottest tips and realist secrets from a career counselor's toolkit, this book will teach you how to: - visualize the future you want- find a ...

Cup of Courage: The Key to Leading with Grace and Grit - Paperback

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by Julianne Nicole Lang (Author)Julianne Lang wrote Cup of Courage to share her deeply personal journey through loss and leadership, offering guidance to others who face adversity while leading. As a widow and school principal, she learned firsthand how grace and grit are essential in overcoming life's toughest challenges. Her goal is to inspire leaders to embrace empathy, perseverance, and strength in their roles, helping them transform not only themselves but also the teams they lead. Throu...

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Getting the Most Out of IEPs: An Educator's Guide to the Student-Directed Approach - Paperback

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by Colleen Thoma (Author), Paul Wehman (Author)Student-directed IEPs are quickly gaining momentum in schools across the country--the proven benefits include higher academic achievement, enhanced student motivation, and increased communication and self-advocacy skills for students with disabilities. Now for the first time, there's a book that gives elementary and high school educators in-depth how-to guidance on making student-directed IEPs work for students with a range of special needs. Pack...

United We Stand: The Role of Spirituality in Engaging and Healing Communities - Paperback

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by Dannielle Joy Davis (Editor)Segments of society are drawing upon their faith and spirituality to develop strategies to mend social relationships and fragmented communities. The Contemporary Perspectives on Spirituality in Education book series will feature volumes geared towards understanding and exploring the role of spirituality in addressing challenge, conflict, and marginalization within education in the U.S. and internationally. Number of Pages: 322 Dimensions: 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN ...

The Chief of Staff: An Insider's Perspective to Becoming a Strategic Partner in the Executive Suite - Paperback

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by Annemarie Otanez (Author)*The Chief of Staff: An Insider's Perspective to Becoming a Strategic Partner in the Executive Suite* by Anne Marie Otanez provides an in-depth exploration of the multifaceted role of a Chief of Staff (CoS) in modern organizations. The book is structured as both a guide and a reference for individuals who aspire to serve in this capacity, as well as for those currently in the role seeking to enhance their effectiveness. The Chief of Staff, as presented in the book,...

Love Is Praxis: Lived Experience-to-Classroom Lessons Through the Voices of Disabled Students, Practitioners, Mothers, and Siblings - Paperback

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by Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg (Volume Editor), Yuchen Yang (Volume Editor), Damian Mellifont (Editor)How can we centre disabled people and their family members as knowledge-bearers, enriching classrooms with their perspectives and knowledge in non-traditional ways?Through testimonies and critical ethnography, and bell hooks' centering of love as transformative praxis, this book explores the lived experiences of disabled young adults and family members. The testimonies reposition people with dis...

A Ministry of Presence: Organizing, Training, and Supervising Lay Pastoral Care Providers in Liberal Religious Faith Communities - Paperback

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by Denis Meacham (Author)This book is a guide for selecting, training, and supervising lay pastoral care providers in churches and other faith communities. It was written primarily for liberal religious faith communities. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 07, 2016

Coach to the Goal: 10 Truths to Transform Your Team Into Winners - Paperback

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by Michael Duke (Author)How do you transform your team into winners? Michael Duke has spent half a lifetime searching for answers to this question. If you are a CEO or supervisor, parent, coach or pastor then Coach to the Goal is for you Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2007

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Classrooms in Motion: Using Learning Stations for High Student Engagement in Grades K-5 (a Student-Engaged Framework to Enhance Learning) - Paperback

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by Samantha K. Dykes (Author), Rachel E. Morris (Author), Shanna K. Helmke (Author)Dive into a student-engaged framework structured around four learning stations: (1) the minilesson station, (2) the independent work station, (3) the collaboration station, and (4) the digital content station. Using direct and specialized instruction, interactive activities, and digital learning tools, these four stations aim to personalize learning and help elementary students develop skills such as accountabi...

Goofy Goats Guide to Gardening - Paperback

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by Eli Tracewell (Illustrator), Theresa F. Teti (Author)This is a simple story/guide for low-level readers, children and the developmentally disabled to learn how to create their own garden. Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 17, 2024

Sovereignty: Overcoming Authoritarianism - A Family Perspective - Hardcover

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by Johannes Chudoba (Author)Write to learn, read to evolve. Born into a clan of transitional characters, dyed-in-the-wool interculturalist Johannes Chudoba invites readers to recognize the life lessons of the pre- and postwar generations. Following a frenzy of high-intensity challenges in conflict and transition countries for three decades, Chudoba stepped back and slowed down to spend time with his mother in the final months of her life, and to capture the essence of intergenerational learni...

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by Clayton M. Christensen (Author), Henry J. Eyring (Author)The Innovative University illustrates how higher education can respond to the forces of disruptive innovation, and offers a nuanced and hopeful analysis of where the traditional university and its traditions have come from and how it needs to change for the future. Through an examination of Harvard and BYU-Idaho as well as other stories of innovation in higher education, Clayton Christensen and Henry Eyring decipher how universities ...

Anchored to Success: Strategies for Effective Leadership - Hardcover

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by Frank M. Kuras (Author)Unleash Your Leadership Potential with Anchored to Success by learning Strategies for Effective Leadership and Personal GrowthLeadership isn't about a title, it's about influence, motivation, resilience, and the ability to inspire those around you. In Anchored to Success, discover actionable strategies and proven methods to become the leader others will believe in and want to follow.Drawing from decades of experience and the insights of successful leaders across dive...

Auntie, What is Alzheimer's? - Hardcover

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by Xylina Cassandra (Author), Rickey Boyd (Illustrator)When Boss Frog realizes his Nana keeps forgetting their special Tuesday night dinners, helearns she has Alzheimer's. This book offers a tender look at a family dealing with Alzheimer's disease. Readers will discover: How Boss Frog and his family cope with Nana's illness The importance of community and support in difficult times Ways to engage with loved ones who have memory issues Through this story, children learn about patience, unders...

Culturally Considerate School Counseling: Helping Without Bias - Paperback

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by Kim L. Anderson (Author)This compassionately written guidebook cultivates "cultural competence," integrates ASCA National Model standards, and provides strategies for exploring each student′s individuality and responding accordingly. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN Publication Date: September 07, 2010

Land Education: Rethinking Pedagogies of Place from Indigenous, Postcolonial, and Decolonizing Perspectives - Paperback

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by Kate McCoy (Editor), Eve Tuck (Editor), Marcia McKenzie (Editor)The emergence of the Land Education movement challenges place-based pedagogies to address the injustices caused by settler colonialism. Contributors examine how new studies of education, land, Indigenous rights, and sovereignty help to address these issues. It was originally published as a special issue of Environmental Education Research.Author BiographyKate McCoy is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and affiliat...

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Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties: The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook - Paperback

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by Carolyn Denton (Author), Sharon Vaughn (Author), Jade Wexler (Author)Reading problems don't disappear when students enter middle school-recent studies show that nearly a quarter of today's eighth graders aren't able to read at a basic level.* This book arms language arts teachers with the lessons, strategies, and foundational knowledge they need to resolve older students' reading difficulties and increase their chances for academic success.Ideal for use with struggling readers in Grades 6-...

The Bones and Resilience of a Person with Albinism - Paperback

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by Cora Butler-Jones (Author)In Tanzania, there have been accounts of albinos who have been tormented by their neighbors and friends due to superstition, the cries in the night when yet another person with albinism has been taken, the political reaction-both local and international-but the arrival of an NGO, Under the Same Sun, determined to save them, and the amazing survival of these people with albinism has been shared around the world. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN ...

The Impact of Multiculturalism on Public Education, 50 Years Later: A Home for All? - Paperback

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by Olenka Bilash (Volume Editor)This volume grew out of a symposium held at the University of Alberta in March 2021 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of official multiculturalism in Canada. Scholars gathered online during the Covid-19 pandemic to take stock and reflect on the extent and ways multiculturalism legislation and evolving policy has impacted education. Scholars used varied and contrasting approaches to educational theory to think about multiculturalism and its impacts, inclu...

Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music - Paperback

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by Anabel Maler (Author)We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challenges to this sound-based definition. Performances of sign language music are defined culturally as music, but they do not necessarily make sound their only--or even primary--mode of transmission. How can we analyze and understand sign language music? And what can sign language music tell us about how humans engage with music...

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Mathematics Strategies for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions in a PLC at Work(r): (Develop Your Students' Grade-Level Mathematical Reasoning and Problem - Paperback

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by Sarah Schuhl (Author), Mona Toncheff (Author), Jennifer Deinhart (Author)Discover how your collaborative team can ensure all students learn grade-level mathematics during Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction. This valuable guide provides preK-12 teachers with ready-to-use tools and strategies to help students communicate using mathematical language and develop number sense, conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, mathematical reasoning, problem solving, and more. PreK-12 educators can use ...

It Doesn't Matter How We Talk - Paperback

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by Laura Payne (Author)'It Doesn't Matter How We Talk' is a colourful and engaging call-and-response picture book which introduces children to the different ways that people communicate. The book was written and illustrated by an NHS Speech and Language Therapist and is a valuable resource for families, Speech and Language Therapists, teachers, and early years practitioners, providing a simple way to facilitate open conversations about disability, diversity, and acceptance with young children...

Cambridge International as & a Level Media Studies Coursebook with Digital Access (2 Years) - Paperback

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by Ian Marshall (Author), Nicola Naisbett (Author), Tina Stoklosa (Author)This series supports the Cambridge International AS & A Level Media Studies syllabus (9607). Media shapes our understanding of the world. Enable your learners to develop a critical understanding of international media as they explore this vast and varied field, from production processes and technologies to media power and regulation. With a skills-based approach, the coursebook with digital access guides learners th...

Technical Vocational Education and Training in Jamaica: Achievements, Impact, and Challenges - Paperback

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by Disraeli M. Hutton (Editor), Hope Mayne (Editor), Raymond A. Dixon (Editor)Edited by three leading experts in the field and with contributions from other experienced scholars, this book provides a historical perspective of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Jamaica, highlighting some of TVET's significant achievements in terms of the evolution of the programmes in schools and training institutions, its impact on workforce development and the economy, and key issues that ...

What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise? - Paperback

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by Baruti K. Kafele (Author)Can I in good conscience refer to myself as an instructional leader in my school?Bestselling author and award-winning educator Baruti K. Kafele is known for his insight into leadership practices and his focus on deep reflection as a way to become a more effective school leader. In this thought-provoking book, he turns his attention to instructional leadership--a crucial, complex, and sometimes neglected facet of leading a school.Kafele contends that the primary pur...

The U.S. Naval Institute on Leadership Ethics: U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Book - Paperback

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by Timothy J. Demy (Editor)This volume focuses on naval leadership and ethics with respect to the individual leader and how his or her values and actions affect military cohesion, mission success, and the profession of arms. Moving beyond the "right and wrong" of personal ethics to examine the broader field of professional military ethics, this carefully selected collection of relevant materials from the Naval Institute's vast collection of articles recognizes the range of experience, perspec...

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Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong, and the Essentials - Paperback

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by Kelly Ngo (Author)In Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong and the Essentials, Kelly Ngo presents the first book-length study in English of the Essentials for Bringing about Order from Assembled Texts (Qunshu zhiyao 群書治要), a rulership anthology that became renowned for its model of governance in ancient and early modern East Asia. The Essentials is one of the earliest Chinese anthologies designed to educate rulers in cultivating an ethical character and governing the state....