EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
Barbara Blackburn
BOOKS FOR TEACHERS
Available in: PAPERBACK, E-BOOK, and BUNDLED
Barbara Blackburn shares the secrets to getting started, maintaining momentum, and reaching your goals. Learn what rigor looks like in the classroom, understand what it means for your students and get the keys to successful implementation. Learn how to use rigor to raise expectations, provide appropriate support, and meet the Common Core State Standards - whether or not rigor is mandated in your district! This book is filled with practical, use-the-next-day strategies for all grade levels and subject areas. Use the ideas to raise the level of learning for all of your students!
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Turn your school into a student-centered learning environment, where rigor is at the heart of instruction in every classroom. From the bestselling author of Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word,
Barbara Blackburn, and award-winning educator Ronald Williamson, this comprehensive guide to establishing a school-wide culture of rigor is for principals and other administrators who seek to create
the conditions in which rigorous classrooms flourish.
School leaders will learn to:
- Manage a movement toward increased school-wide rigor
- Engage teachers in conversations about improving instruction
- Build support for rigor among families and community members
- Learn methods for gathering meaningful data on student learning
- And much more!
With practical, ready-to-apply strategies, this book outlines and simplifies the steps toward achieving rigor at the school level. It represents a successful program that principal and administrators can use to put student learning first!
For available electronic formats, excerpt, table of contents, and ordering information click here to be taken to Eye Of Education's website.
Review by Howard M. Miller, Mercy College, New York
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"I am a teacher at Benjamin Banneker High School in College Park, Georgia. This past January, our principal gave us - as a gift- a copy of your book, "Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word". Many of our staff just thought of the book as just another mind-numbing task in the midst of all the other "duties and responsibilities" we are bogged down with. There has been so much talk about how we (teachers) are not challenging our students at the level of cognition mandated by our state standards. Honestly, I was a little frustrated because I wasn't quite sure if my courses and instruction would be considered "Rigorous". I really wanted to know more about "RIGOR"- what it was, what it looked like in practice, etc. So, I started reading your book one Saturday evening. To my surprise, I was hooked on page #1, "...students reflect our perspective of them." To make a long story short, I gathered some teachers together and we have started a "Teacher Book Talk". We read one chapter per week and discuss our personal thoughts and issues that we have in our practice and classrooms at our weekly "dine and talk" sessions. Our school is on its way to the top as we had never met AYP status until 2009. Your book has inspired the members of our group to be better teachers. Your book has made "RIGOR in the classroom" real and attainable to teachers who are struggling to manage, engage, and motivate students. The resources cited in the book are AWESOME. This book has inspired us to dig deeper and more strategically to meet the vast and diverse needs of our students. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge and expertise."
--Zuri K. Adili, Teacher
Benjamin Banneker High School
College Park, Georgia
This book focuses on basic strategies you can integrate into everyday instruction in every subject area and across grade levels. It shows teachers how to motivate and engage students. The practical examples in this book make it easy for you to apply these strategies in your own classroom. It presents lively stories about how teachers help their students succeed. You'll meet teachers of all types, from preschool to high school, and you'll hear the voices of real students. If you'd like to see more details, read a excerpt, view electronic formats and ordering information click here.
"I am an elementary school principal (grades 4-5) and curriculum director (grades PK-12) for a district of about 1840 students. I attended four of your presentations. At the beginning of the year staff meeting I shared the story "What does a teacher make?" from your Classroom Motivation from A to Z book. I also shared with my son who will be a sophomore at the University of Iowa the chart of Amateur vs. Pro Learners. He recognized that he was an amateur the beginning of last school and by the end of the school year he had become more of a professional learner (learned survival skills). I love your book!! Thanks for your help."
--Sue Ruch, Principal,
Adams Elementary School
This book presents strategies you can integrate into everyday instruction in every subject area and across grade levels. It shows teachers how to motivate and engage students with instructional strategies that promote learning. There are 26 chapters in this book, one for each of the letter of the alphabet. The practical examples make it easy to implement these strategies. If you'd like to see details like excerpts, table of contents, and ordering information click here.
This book offers strategies, activities, and tools to help teachers and reading specialists teach elementary and middle school students to become better readers, writers, speakers, and listeners. Written in a lively and accessible style with one chapter for each letter of the alphabet, this book offers practical advice and fully realized examples to improve your lesson plans. To see excerpts, chapter heading, and ordering information click here.
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