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Education - Classroom Management
This program focuses on the nuts and bolts of structuring and executing an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting that is tied to the Common Core State Standards. Watch as a school team - composed of a school principal, special education teacher, language arts teacher, and math teacher - meets with the parent of a special needs student, Trevor, and engages in an annual review that uses the Common Core State Standards to help inform his goals. The video features seven segments and includes bonus tips for getting the most out of the meeting.
DVD / 2013 / 45 minutes
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Race to the Top and the Common Core State Standards have put real-world learning and 21st century skills front and center. See how educators are using technology and project-based learning to bring relevance and rigor into their classrooms.
DVD / 2013 / 45 minutes
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The Classroom Instruction That Works framework for research-based instruction has helped countless schools and districts on their roads to academic success. Now you can see firsthand exactly how one district is using the nine instructional strategies that have shown to raise student achievement. This DVD series brings to life the Instructional Planning Guide from the second edition. Join coauthor Ceri Dean and a group of elementary, middle, or high school educators as they put the framework's strategies to work. Sit in on a planning session between Dean and the teachers and support personnel. Then watch how the lessons unfold with students - through success and challenge. And listen in as the team reflects on what they learned from using the strategies. Here's your opportunity to show teachers in your school or district how to immediately take classroom practice to a higher level of effectiveness.
DVD / 2012 / 50 minutes
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The Classroom Instruction Tthat Works framework for research-based instruction has helped countless schools and districts on their roads to academic success. Now you can see firsthand exactly how one district is using the nine instructional strategies that have shown to raise student achievement. This DVD series brings to life the Instructional Planning Guide from the second edition. Join co-author Ceri Dean and a group of elementary, middle, or high school educators as they put the framework's strategies to work. Sit in on a planning session between Dean and the teachers and support personnel. Then watch how the lessons unfold with students - through success and challenge. And listen in as the team reflects on what they learned from using the strategies. Here's your opportunity to show teachers in your school or district how to immediately take classroom practice to a higher level of effectiveness.
DVD / 2012 / 50 minutes
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The Classroom Instruction Tthat Works framework for research-based instruction has helped countless schools and districts on their roads to academic success. Now you can see firsthand exactly how one district is using the nine instructional strategies that have shown to raise student achievement. This DVD series brings to life the Instructional Planning Guide from the second edition. Join co-author Ceri Dean and a group of elementary, middle, or high school educators as they put the framework's strategies to work. Sit in on a planning session between Dean and the teachers and support personnel. Then watch how the lessons unfold with students - through success and challenge. And listen in as the team reflects on what they learned from using the strategies. Here's your opportunity to show teachers in your school or district how to immediately take classroom practice to a higher level of effectiveness.
DVD / 2012 / 50 minutes
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By Lynn Murray
Connected Schools, the only DVD on the market documenting the wiring of American schools.
This DVD will demonstrate effective uses of technology for K-12 classrooms that will help American students thrive in the connected world. Schools must teach students about digital citizenship, accountability and appropriate Internet use, collaboration, evaluating sources, tech tools, and knowledge creation. This DVD highlights innovations that any teacher can integrate into classroom life. The hardware and applications will change, but the principles will remain true. It's not all about the technology - it's about the learning.
The rate of technological development is exponential; it keeps speeding up. The more we speed up communication and access, the more we interact with people all over the world. This is a two-edged sword, fostering collaboration and increasing competition. Businesses and services are no longer limited by geographic boundaries. The whole world is connected in real-time. To prepare students for globalization, schools must change their environments and strategies, and engage the digital world students live in every day. We need to do new things in new ways. Our students need new skills and capabilities. We have to learn to live and thrive in this world in order to prepare our students for active citizenship, satisfactory work lives, and life-long learning
DVD / 2012 / 136 minutes
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By Leonard Burrello
More and more students need to make up credits to stay on course toward graduation. The failure to accumulate the credits, especially early in one's academic career, provides the best picture of a potential dropout. And we all know what lacking a high school diploma means in terms of job opportunities and earning power. We found a credit recovery program at Crown Point High School in Indiana that goes beyond the obvious. Here the program is also about redemption. Such programs offer a second chance for the school - and its teachers - to re-engage students who have lost their bond with their classmates, coursework, and mentors, but most importantly, their own future. This program is about discipline. It's about character. It's about persistence. And it's about directing students down a path toward post-school success. Forum director Leonard Burrello spent a day with CRL director Jonathan Haas discussing Crown Point's program philosophy and student orientation process. With a rock solid, technology-driven virtual curriculum covering five subject areas, Haas describes how the CRL carries out its mission from interventions and the referral process, to data collection and student monitoring and counseling. And Haas reviews the software applications that allow CRL programs to flourish.
DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2012 / 42 minutes
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Administrative leaders have performed observations of teaching practice for years, but those observations have often been seen as superficial at best and subjectively biased at worst. And yet, observation, when done well, can play a vital role in increasing teacher effectiveness, and has become an important part of teacher evaluation systems. What can teachers really gain from being observed in the classroom? And what should the observers be looking for? In Effective Supervision: Supporting the Art and Science of Teaching DVD, researcher and author Robert J. Marzano presents a framework for observing classroom instruction based on the questions and frameworks he first laid out in the best-selling book The Art and Science of Teaching (see inside). Marzano presents a detailed observation protocol and demonstrates how to use it - not only as a tool for analyzing classroom instruction, but also as a starting point to encourage professional dialogue among teachers. As you observe teachers in a variety of classrooms, Marzano and a panel of teachers identify critical aspects of instruction that can help all teachers move their practice from good to great. The interplay between the lessons and the discussions will yield "aha" moments for teachers of all ages and subject areas. This is an essential tool for supervisors, administrators, coaches, and teacher leaders, and can also assist professional learning communities in their ongoing work.
DVD / 2012 / 55 minutes
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Designed to help school leaders to successfully implement the Commom Core standards, this DVD shows examples of effective ways to empower teachers to make necessary shifts in curriculum planning and instructional practice. In scenes from all kinds of schools, explore ways to address the essential challenges of adopting the new standards, including
How to roll out information without overwhelming staff.
How to balance ongoing needs with the need to adopt new standards.
How to anticipate and overcome roadblocks to your implementation.
Seeing what real educators do in the field to turn the promise of the Common Core standards into reality will spark a solutions-driven discussion and inspire you and your colleagues to take on the challenges of systemic change.
DVD / 2012 / 45 minutes
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Teachers are an asset to our society, educating our children ensures the success of our future. The age of the Internet and other information technologies has assisted in the classroom by providing access to a world of knowledge and the tools in which to teach. Ensuring easy access to education is a key motivator in the education sector, helping to improve the lives of those who previously had little opportunity to learn. Today, laptops are distributed to the impoverished, tutors are available online and children in remote areas visit their classroom via webcam. Technology is giving teachers, tutors and lecturers across all levels of education a chance to reach a larger audience and the tools in which to encourage, engage and fascinate students.
DVD / 2012 / (Senior High - College) / 24 minutes
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If your school or district is like most others, you're addressing the challenge of implementing new curriculum and assessments based on the Common Core State Standards. Use this DVD to help you scale up your efforts systemwide. That's where this DVD comes to your rescue. Drawing from the popular Understanding by Design (UbD) framework, the DVD explains an approach to implementing the Common Core standard that ensures a results-oriented curriculum with fidelity to the standards. UbD authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe introduce key concepts from UbD that apply to implementing the Common Core standards. Experts on curriculum design explain how to unpack standards for developing a powerful improvement plan focused on desired outcomes. Hear educators from the field describe using the UbD framework to align curriculum with assessments. Explore how to use UbD's backward-design approach to create units and lessons that reflect the Common Core standards' rigorous goals. Both English language arts and literacy standards and content and practice standards for mathematics are addressed throughout the program. Whether your school is already well versed in UbD framework or not, showing this DVD at your next Common Core or professional learning community (PLC) meeting is an ideal way to get staff members at all levels to focus on a practical plan for meeting the challenge of the Common Core standards.
DVD / 2012 / 55 minutes
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For many young people, the school environment is a place of learning, creating friendships, forging an identity and searching for a direction in life. However, there are some students who have difficulty in actively engaging in the learning process and therefore run the risk of not completing their school education. 'The Empty Desk' is a practical and informative program that focuses on how educators can identify and assist students at risk. It introduces what 'student at risk' is, examines the causes of disengagement and provides strategies that educators can use in the classroom to build a strong teacher student relationship. Also featured are interviews with teachers from The Pavilion School, Melbourne.
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DVD / 2010 / 22 minutes
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Hosted by Dr. Marilyn Friend
Instructional Power is a collection of simple yet effective strategies and ideas for increasing student engagement and participation. You'll see elementary, middle school, and high school teachers and students in action though filmed in co-taught classes; these techniques are easily adaptable for use by any teacher.
This DVD give teachers and administrators looking for ways to add "punch" to their instruction that can help improve student outcomes. It's a great starting point for conversations about classroom use of simple technology, the importance and feasibility of differentiation during instruction, and the impact that brisk pacing and high levels of student participation combine to boost student outcome.
DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2010 / 32 minutes
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Hosted by Dr. Marilyn Friend
The Forum's Co-Teaching Video Series presents nationally renowned co-teaching expert Dr. Marilyn Friend. More Power: Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms, builds on the six co-teaching approaches Dr. Friend made famous in the Forum's Power of 2 DVD by presenting seven key dimensions of effective instructional practices across K-12 settings. This next generation of co-teaching empowers teachers and gives students a richer and deeper classroom experience. This DVD incorporating evidence-baced strategies, demonstrates how to get more power from your co-teaching to improve outcomes for all students.
The seven dimensions shown are:
Assessment & Planning (23:30)
Content, Materials, & Technology (26:00)
Instructional Environment (19:40)
Instructional Presentation (19:00)
Student Participation (15:30)
Evaluation of Performance (19:10)
Adult Interactions (18:10)
Review
"I am excited about this video for staff development. It will take us beyond the initial components of co-teaching and into the next level of instruction." - Alexa Tate, Educational Consultant, Edwardsville, IL
DVD / 2010 / 160 minutes
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Hosted by Dr. Marilyn Friend
Releasing the Power is the next training video in the Forum's Co-Teaching Video Series. Leaders at the Charlotte-Mecklenberg School District decided that to meet achievement and accountability standards mandated in federal education law, they had to do something very different. If students with IEPs continued to be educated largely in special classes and resource rooms, those students would have a difficult path to success. Releasing the Power illustrates how the Charlotte-Mecklenberg School District researched, created, and implemented a district-wide co-teaching initiative. Today CMS is an exemplary model of what can happen when a district releases the power of two.
First on this DVD, CMS Superintendent and his top deputy for Special Education discuss the district's inclusive Facilitator's Guide PDF /practices and co-teaching journey from conception through implementation. Then you'll hear CMS principals discuss, in practical detail, the expectations, challenges, and supports necessary to ensure all students are learning in co-taught classrooms. DVD includes a digital viewing guide and a rubric for judging the fidelity of your implementation using a framework developed by Professor Friend.
DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2010 / 59 minutes
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It is vital for teachers to consider the language used in their subject area from an ESL learner's point of view. This informative program helps teachers accommodate ESL learners with real-life classroom examples and practical strategies. We explore how teachers can consider the language demands of their lessons and use non-verbal cues to enhance language comprehension. We then explain how language modeling builds learner confidence and how to differentiate between language and content when correcting. Finally we demonstrate the "Think- Pair-Share" strategy for concept checking and discuss the importance of integrating cognitive taxonomies and learning styles to build thinking skills.
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DVD / 2010 / 24 minutes
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No matter how hard you have studied and trained, the reality of teaching your first class - 'flying solo' - is challenging, rewarding and intimidating in equal parts. This program is an honest and informative introduction to what you can expect in those crucial early days; and how to make a success of it. Featuring candid interviews with experienced teachers who have done the hard yards already, the program offers practical advice for beginning teachers on how to navigate your first week on the job, the vital role of senior colleagues in the working life of a new teacher, the importance of extracurricular activities and strategies for building a rapport with your students. It also examines a range of classroom management techniques, how to deal effectively with difficult students, embracing diversity, the parent-teacher process and the personal qualities you need to take control, enjoy the job and get the best from your students. This program is a brilliant introduction to a job that rewards like no other.
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DVD / 2008 / 24 minutes
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Being a teacher today is an incredibly rewarding experience - but it can also be stressful. Maybe it's long hours or a heavy workload, possibly it's the particular school environment, perhaps it's even parental pressure creating the stress. Whatever the cause, it's vital that you approach your teaching career with an awareness of the aspects of the job that can cause stress and be informed about finding a healthy balance between work and life. In this program we follow a typical day in the lives of two teachers - experienced professionals who have got the balance right. Through them, this professional development program explores the areas that affect teacher's physical, emotional and social wellbeing in reducing stresses and anxiety. It will examine the importance of healthy eating, physical activity, wellness and mind matters and their essential role in achieving optimal health within the teaching profession.
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DVD / 2008 / 23 minutes
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One of the biggest challenges facing teachers today is classroom management and dealing with difficult students. This program provides practical help, offering some effective, preventative strategies, as well as ways to deal with difficult behaviour when it occurs. Covering pre-planning - establishing the rules, pre-planning - other strategies, routine, seven steps of behaviour management, the behaviour interventions pyramid, depersonalising behaviour sanctions and reflection, and written by teachers in the know, this is a great professional development tool for any new teacher, or any teacher wanting to brush up on essential classroom skills.
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DVD / 2007 / 27 minutes
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As educators search to bring success to all students, they must come to know the backgrounds and cultural norms of each one and make the necessary adjustments to meet all of those needs.
With this dynamic program, all educators will expand their ability to reach students from diverse backgrounds as they
Meet the learning requirements of all students.
Gain insight into the unique characteristics of African American, Latino, Native American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Islander students.
Develop strategies and classroom practices to maximize learning among each group.
Explore ways to design instruction that helps each student make connections to the curriculum, so learning becomes meaningful and relevant.
Address beliefs, biases, and expectations.
Develop the ability to make necessary adjustments in the learning for individual students.
Observe schools and teachers who have "figured it out," and have proven track records.
The 4 Powerful Programs in each edition include:
Program 1 Closing the Achievement Gap
Introductory program designed for use with all stakeholders, board members, the community, administrators, teachers, and staff .
Introducing 10 schools that have closed their achievement gaps, and the Equity Framework, based on the practices of the successful schools that have an attitude of, “No Excuses.”
Program 2 Leadership
No Excuses begin with leaders, both administrators and teachers, who build equity, provide clear vision and direction, create accountability and sustain innovation.
Program 3 School Culture
Create a culture of success by institutionalizing high expectations, a clear focus on students, safe and motivating environment, and strong collaboration among all staff.
Program 4 Teaching and Learning
Engage students in a rigorous, standard’s-driven, culturally relevant curriculum. Use assessment data to modify teaching and guide interventions
4 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CDs) / 2006 / 228 minutes
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As educators search to bring success to all students, they must come to know the backgrounds and cultural norms of each one and make the necessary adjustments to meet all of those needs.
With this dynamic program, all educators will expand their ability to reach students from diverse backgrounds as they
Meet the learning requirements of all students.
Gain insight into the unique characteristics of African American, Latino, Native American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Islander students.
Develop strategies and classroom practices to maximize learning among each group.
Explore ways to design instruction that helps each student make connections to the curriculum, so learning becomes meaningful and relevant.
Address beliefs, biases, and expectations.
Develop the ability to make necessary adjustments in the learning for individual students.
Observe schools and teachers who have "figured it out," and have proven track records.
The 4 Powerful Programs in each edition include:
Program 1 Closing the Achievement Gap
Introductory program designed for use with all stakeholders, board members, the community, administrators, teachers, and staff .
Introducing 10 schools that have closed their achievement gaps, and the Equity Framework, based on the practices of the successful schools that have an attitude of, “No Excuses.”
Program 2 Leadership
No Excuses begin with leaders, both administrators and teachers, who build equity, provide clear vision and direction, create accountability and sustain innovation.
Program 3 School Culture
Create a culture of success by institutionalizing high expectations, a clear focus on students, safe and motivating environment, and strong collaboration among all staff.
Program 4 Teaching and Learning
Engage students in a rigorous, standard’s-driven, culturally relevant curriculum. Use assessment data to modify teaching and guide interventions
4 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CDs) / 2006 / 265 minutes
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It's a challenge that every teacher has to face: how to handle a difficult group of students. Even experienced teachers can quail at the thought of facing another period with a particular class whose behaviour is dominated by a group of uncooperative, non-achieving students. This program illustrates a set of practical, do-able steps that teachers can implement to diffuse students' behaviour, get them working and bring real change to the classroom environment.
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DVD / 2004 / 29 minutes
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This video will target customized practices that are most effective in classrooms that seek to challenge gifted/high achieving students.
DVD / 2003 / 50 minutes
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Expectations of parents, teachers and peers all have a tremendous influence on kids - in sports, in school and in life. Get viewers talking about what everyone seems to expect for their future, and what they should expect for themselves.
DVD / 2004 / Approx. 22 minutes
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This course will give you the knowledge and skills to apply previously learned choice theory concepts to commonly occurring classroom discipline problems. As a course outcome, you will develop a personalized plan designed not only to solve discipline problems but also to help students take responsibility for their own behavior.
In this course, you will learn to:
solve commonly occurring discipline problems that keep you from teaching and other students from learning.
deal with recurring discipline problems and help troubled students plan for improved behavior.
create and use a classroom discipline plan designed to prevent problems from occurring.
2 DVDs
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This course will give you the theory and skills to teach students how to take responsibility for their own behavior in school. It will lead you through a series of learning activities designed to instruct you in how to teach your students the concepts of Choice Theory and to plan and implement a program of Responsibility Training in your classroom.
In this course, you will learn how to:
determine why some students choose to misbehave.
implement a proven approach to improving student behavior.
effectively use "Time Outs" to improve behavior.
2 DVDs
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This course focuses on teaching students responsible behavior by combining social-emotional learning (SEL) with choice theory. Included are SEL strategies to help students regulate their behavior (restrain impulses, manage stress and anger, self-evaluate, plan effectively, and persevere) and get along with others (take others1 perspective, empathize, demonstrate manners and social skills).
In this course, you will learn how to:
create and use specific, engaging strategies for teaching the emotional and social skills all students need.
integrate SEL into the academic curriculum.
learn skills to deal with any discipline situation no matter how intense.
integrate character education into their classroom instruction.
gain cooperation and prevent discipline problems
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The following are the main topics covered in this video:
Strategic Teaching
The Elements of Engaging Instruction
Positioning Yourself as an Explorer with students
Collaborating with Colleagues
DVD / Approx. 48 minutes
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Topics covered in this disc are:
Enhancing learning with student practice.
Getting the most out of feedback.
Assessing skills and progress.
Providing closure to instruction.
DVD / 39 minutes
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With Max Thompson and Julia Thomason
Understand the framework to create Learning-Focused Schools based on research-proven practices which include:
Using the Learning-Focused toolbox.
Creating essential questions.
Developing the acquisition lesson with opening strategies and cognitive teaching activities.
Engaging in guided practice.
Designing assignments and using rubrics.
Extending and refining lessons and culminating activities with closure strategies.
Discovering how a focus on learning will build student achievement.
Viewing numerous successful classroom examples.
2 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CD) / 66 minutes
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With Max Thompson and Julila Thomason
Understand the framework to create Learning-Focused Schools based on research-proven practices which include:
Using the Learning-Focused toolbox.
Creating essential questions.
Developing the acquisition lesson with opening strategies and cognitive teaching activities.
Engaging in guided practice.
Designing assignments and using rubrics.
Extending and refining lessons and culminating activities with closure strategies.
Discovering how a focus on learning will build student achievement.
Viewing numerous successful classroom examples
2 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CD) / 73 minutes
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With Max Thompson and Julila Thomason
Understand the framework to create Learning-Focused Schools based on research-proven practices which include:
Using the Learning-Focused toolbox.
Creating essential questions.
Developing the acquisition lesson with opening strategies and cognitive teaching activities.
Engaging in guided practice.
Designing assignments and using rubrics.
Extending and refining lessons and culminating activities with closure strategies.
Discovering how a focus on learning will build student achievement.
Viewing numerous successful classroom examples.
2 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CD) / 68 minutes
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The following are the main topics covered in this program:
How Is Lesson Study Different from Other Collaboration Models?
Why Should I Take Part in a Lesson Study?
What Difficulties Could I Face and How Can I Overcome Them?
What Does a Lesson Study Look Like in Practice?
DVD / Approx. 26 minutes
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Featuring Phillip Schlechty
The critical need in today's schools is to transform them from organizations that produce compliance and attendance to those that nurture attention and commitment The result is highly engaged classrooms that facilitate greater student achievement. - Philip C. Schlechty
This program will show you how to achieve the goals you have set by
Recognizing the core of business of the school which is to design engaging academic work for students.
Distinguishing the levels of student engagement: Engagement, Strategic Compliance Retreatism, and Rebellion.
Learning about the 'Working on the Work' school where teachers work together to create meaningful and engaging learning activities.
Ovserving the difference between te Highly Engaged, the Well Managed, and the Pathological classrooms.
Creating capacity and examining beliefs about student learning and teachingto shape the vision and drive the mission.
Observing how to design word for student engagement integrating the Design Qualities: Content and Substance; Affirmation of Performance; Organization of Knowledge; Affiliation; Product Focus; Novelty and Variety; Clear and Compelling Product Standards; Choice; Protection from Adverse Consequences; Authenticity; Consequences to Intitial Failures.
DVD (With Implementation Guide, Audio CDs) / 98 minutes
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Presented by Mary Montle Bacon
By understanding the world of poverty that some children come from, educators will gain tools to help students achieve in schools that are designed by middle class values.
In this dynamic program, teachers and administrators will recognize the adjustments necessary to meet the needs of all students as they learn to
Accept the differences that students bring and acknowledge the middle class values that frame schools.
Understand why some children do not adapt well in school and recognize the variations in learning readiness and preparation.
Accommodate differences in instructional approaches.
Adjust the school environment to respond to the characteristics poor students bring to the classroom.
Recognize the strengths of the children and their families.
Create strategies and environments to engage students and help them bridge the gap between their world and the school's.
Affirm differences by connecting students with real world situations to expand their thinking skills.
Raise expectations, recognizing all students have the ability to achieve at any level they desire.
Engage families, learn what they value, honor their beliefs regarding school and work to win their support.
Close the economic achievement gap.
2 DVDs (With Implementation Guide, Audio CDs) / 116 minutes
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