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#eWalkThrough: Digital System for Instructional Leadership
by Dr.Kelly Gillespie Visualization: Using Mental Images to Strengthen Comprehension
by Linda Zeigler |
This book explores the digital classroom observation system created by Dr. Kelly Gillespie and her team at Southwest Plains Regional Service Center. The power of the data collected through digital classroom observations provides instructional leaders with the data to motivate, nurture, and support both self-reflection and instructional conversations.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for one hour of college credit
This book is intended to help classroom teachers, reading specialists, and other professionals who are involved in creating and delivering high-quality reading instruction to students. The book's 57 lessons are presented within 13 goals and address: the digital age & intentional instruction, minds-on strategy, using higher-order thinking skills to attack complex text, and more.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for one hour of college credit
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Engaging Students With Poverty in Mind
by Eric Jensen |
Moving from Teaching with Poverty in Mind to the engagement of students is where this book study will lead your classroom. Jensen uses research, real school stories, and experiences to give practical application to the classroom.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for one hour of college credit |
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Along with Dave's Teach Like A Pirate, this book allows you to look at the learner and empower them to "collaborate, lead and succeed!"
P(eer collaboration), I(mprovement), R(esponsibility), A(ctive learning), T(wenty-first century skills), and E(mpowerment) are the keys with practical applications to have a student-led, engaged classroom! Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for one hour of college credit k study. |
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Teaching like a pirate has nothing to do with the dictionary definition and
everything to do with the spirit. Pirates are daring, adventurous, and willing to set forth into uncharted territories with no guarantee of success. They reject the status quo and refuse to conform to any society that stifles creativity and independence. Dave Burgess will tap into your inner PIRATE of teaching: P(assion) I(mmersion) R(apport) A(sk and analyze) T(ransformation) E(nthusiasm) COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for college credit Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. |
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Differentiation:
From Planning to Practice by Rick Wormeli In this book, Rick Wormeli takes readers step-by-step from the blank page to a fully crafted differentiation lesson. Along the way he shows middle and high school teachers the behind-the-scenes planning that goes into effective lesson design for diverse classrooms.
A thorough and practice guide, Differentiation: From Planning to Practice also provides an overview of the cognitive science behind differentiation as well as a more than two-dozen tools that make differentiation doable in the classroom. Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit.
Explicit Instruction:
Effective & Efficient Teaching by Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes The first four chapters of this book focus on the foundations of explicit instruction and the design of lessons using this model. The second four chapters address the organization and delivery of instruction, as well as the process of independent practice.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit.
COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for college credit |
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to purchase the book from Amazon.com COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for college credit 
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The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander
by Barbara Coloroso It’s the deadliest combination going: bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a glance at headlines across the country. In this updated edition of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, which includes a new section on cyberbullying, Barbara Coloroso, one of the world’s most trusted parenting educators, gives parents, caregivers, educators—and most of all, kids—the tools to break the cycle of violence.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit.
Readicide
by Kelly Gallagher "The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools."
This book investigates possible explanations of why many students go through school with a strong dislike for reading and what we can do to turn that around. Kelly Gallagher is a teacher in California and shares strategies he uses in his classroom. Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit. COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for college credit |
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Shouting Won't
Grow Dendrites by Marcia Tate This online book study expands the brain research of Dr. Marcia Tate's initial book, Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. Her twenty activities designed to involve students in the learning process are further expanded and encourage teachers to explore new ways to provide brain-based learning opportunities for their students.
Successful completion of this book study will earn 1.0 college credit.
COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for college credit |
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Teaching With Poverty in Mind
by Eric Jensen This course studies the effects of living in poverty and how it affects children, families and the community.
We will learn what teachers can do to help students living in poverty reach true academic success. Successful completion of this book study allows you to earn 1.0 college credit hour.
COST: $150 (payable to SWPRSC) + optional $90 (payable to MNU) for one hour college credit |