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Today's administrators must recognise that every school also has staff members with diverse learning styles, intelligences, motivations, skill levels and interests. Differentiated Leadership uses the knowledge of brain-compatible learning and applies the principles to the staff, as well as to the students.

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Implement and sustain a high-performing PLC. Each book in the Solutions for Professional Learning Communities series – authored by renowned PLC experts – is packed with user-friendly solutions for you and your entire team. You'll discover practical, research-based strategies for committing to districtwide implementation, investigate why strong leadership is a crucial element of successful PLCs, and explore tools and techniques for monitoring progress to ensure far-reaching, lasting results.
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This bundle includes the following titles that will help you build your capacity as a leader and improve the culture at your school and district: The Principal Influence: A Framework for Developing Leadership Capacity in Principals by Pete Hall, Deborah Childs-Bowen, Ann Cunningham-Morris, Phyllis Pajardo and Alisa Simeral; Leading with Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and District Improvement by Mike Schmoker; The Principal 50: Critical Leadership Questions for Inspiring Schoolwide Excellence by Baruti K. Kafele; and School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker.

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Along with the failure of 'zero tolerance' policies to resolve issues of school safety and a new understanding of children's disruptive behaviour, educators are changing the way they view children's academic and social problems. In response, the trauma-sensitive schools movement presents a new vision for promoting children's success. This book introduces this approach and provides F-5 educators with explanations of current research and dozens of ideas. Integrating research on children's neurodevelopment and educational best practices, this book will build the capacity of teachers and administrators to successfully manage the behaviour of children with symptoms of complex developmental trauma.

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In Defence of Read-Aloud reinforces readers' confidence to continue the practice of reading aloud and presents the research base to defend the practice. Steven Layne also offers practical insights to strengthen practice and provides practical advice about how to use read-alouds effectively. Leading researchers in literacy provide position statements; authors of professional books share insights on books they love; leaders of large literacy organisations write about their favourite read-alouds; award-winning authors share the powerful behind-the-scenes stories of their greatest books; and real classroom teachers and librarians speak about books that have lit up their classrooms and libraries around the world.

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Social networks are a growing part of our daily lives. These powerful and diverse online communities also have the potential to be robust learning platforms. The challenge many educators face is how to incorporate and maximise social learning networks to serve them in the classroom and in their professional lives. In Let's Get Social, authors Carlson and Raphael show you how easy - and fun! - social learning can be. Using the popular educational social network Edmodo, they demonstrate the many ways this powerful tool can enhance instruction, share knowledge and create an extended network of colleagues.

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Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs is groundbreaking. It offers teachers and school leaders a practical, comprehensive model for building successful professional learning communities (PLCs), drawing from the extensive research and experience of its authors to present a clear and compelling look at the future of PLCs. Beginning with essential theory, the authors then detail the practical steps that collaborative teams can take to transform their schools. If you are an educator in the process of developing your school as a PLC, this book is an invaluable resource. Learn More

Revolutionise the walkthrough to focus on the endgame of teaching: student learning. Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart present the proven practice of formative walkthroughs that ask and answer questions that are specific to what the student is learning and doing. Drawing upon their research and extensive work with F-12 teachers and administrators, the authors delve into the learning target theory of action and show you how to develop a schoolwide collaborative culture that enhances the learning of teachers, administrators, coaches and students. Detailed examples of how formative walkthroughs work across year levels and subject areas, and useful templates are provided.

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This series offers in-depth research-based instructional strategies that can be used in the classroom to enhance student achievement. Classroom teachers as well as building- and district-level administrators will benefit from sharing the knowledge in this library and building capacity as a staff to implement strategies for school improvement.

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ASCD Arias publications provide concise answers to challenging questions that you need to solve today—in a convenient format that you can read in one sitting and immediately put into practice. They’re the next-generation, immediate-need resources for everyone committed to the success of each learner.

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