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1. Seven Simple Secrets

   What the BEST Teachers Know and Do!, 2nd Edition

   By Annette Breaux, Todd Whitaker

   Want to know a secret? Regardless of what classroom challenges, standards or initiatives you’re faced with from year to year, there are seven keys to great teaching that never change—and that are often overlooked! In this bestselling book, internationally-acclaimed authors Annette Breaux and Todd...

   Published June 2nd 2014 by Routledge
2. Dealing with Difficult Teachers, Third Edition

   By Todd Whitaker

   This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. Learn how to handle staff members who gossip in the teacher's lounge, consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested, send an excessive number of student...

   Published July 9th 2014 by Routledge
3. Bringing the Common Core Math Standards to Life

   Exemplary Practices from High Schools, 2nd Edition

   By Yvelyne Germain-McCarthy, Ivan Gill

   As high school math teachers shift to the Common Core State Standards, the question remains: What do the standards actually look like in the classroom? This book answers that question by taking you inside of real Common Core classrooms across the country. You’ll see how exemplary teachers are...

   Published November 12th 2014 by Routledge
4. The Fearless Classroom

   A Practical Guide to Experiential Learning Environments

   By Joli Barker

   Students learn better when they aren’t afraid to take risks and make mistakes. In this book, teacher and popular blogger Joli Barker shows you how to make K-8 students fearless in the classroom so they can engage in deeper learning. You’ll discover how to abandon the notion of the teacher as the...

   Published November 13th 2014 by Routledge
5. Less Is More in Elementary School

   Strategies for Thriving in a High-Stakes Environment

   By Renee Rubin, Michelle Abrego, John Sutterby

   In this era of rigorous standards, testing, and overcrowded curricula, many teachers are left wondering how they’re ever going to cover the material. Less Is More in Elementary School offers realistic solutions by providing ways teachers can streamline their curriculum, get the most out of...

   Published October 28th 2014 by Routledge
6. Beyond the Classroom

   Collaborating with Colleagues and Parents to Build Core Literacy

   Edited by Nanci Werner-Burke

   Go beyond the walls of your classroom to build literacy and achievement. In this insightful book, you’ll discover how you can better meet the rigorous goals of the Common Core by opening new lines of communication with colleagues, parents, and students. Each chapter centers around an action project...

   Published October 9th 2014 by Routledge
7. Formative Assessment Leadership

   Identify, Plan, Apply, Assess, Refine

   By Karen L. Sanzo, Steve Myran, John Caggiano

   This exciting new book is for school leaders who are interested in transforming their school and district practices. Discussing issues that impact students, teachers within their classrooms, and the larger school community, Formative Assessment Leadership explores how leaders can implement...

   Published September 23rd 2014 by Routledge
8. Job-Embedded Professional Development

   Support, Collaboration, and Learning in Schools

   By Sally J Zepeda

   In today’s schools, teachers are frequently called on to adapt new curricula and instructional practices in their classrooms. Making sense of the complexities of teaching occurs primarily during the work day, and instead of relying on before or after school one-size-fits-all professional...

   Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge
9. Easy and Effective Professional Development

   The Power of Peer Observation to Improve Teaching

   By Catherine Beck, Paul D'Elia, Michael W. Lamond

   Given the current economic climate and budget constraints facing schools, funding for professional development is continually reduced. And yet administrators still need to find methods to implement new instructional initiatives, such as the Common Core State Standards. This important book provides...

   Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge
10. What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches

    A Playbook of Instructional Strategies

    By Nathan Barber

    The strategies used by winning coaches on the field can bring success to classrooms, too! In What Teachers Can Learn From Sports Coaches, you’ll uncover that the athletic arena and the classroom have more in common than you think. Author Nathan Barber demonstrates how many of the principles of...

    Published August 20th 2014 by Routledge
11. Focus on Text

    Tackling the Common Core Reading Standards, Grades 4-8

    By Amy Benjamin

    As schools shift to the Common Core, many English language arts teachers are left with questions about how their classrooms should look. Is fiction out? Can I still do strategy instruction? Does close reading mean deliberating on each word? Finally, there’s a resource with all of these answers and...

    Published June 25th 2014 by Routledge
12. Reinventing Writing

    The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever

    By Vicki Davis

    In this much-anticipated book from acclaimed blogger Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher), you’ll learn the key shifts in writing instruction necessary to move students forward in today’s world. Vicki describes how the elements of traditional writing are being reinvented with cloud-based tools. Instead...

    Published June 5th 2014 by Routledge