Books

Available through the SERC Library

Gill, V. (2001). The eleven commandments of good teaching: Creating classrooms where teachers can teach and students can learn. 2^nd Ed. CA: Corwin Press. (view in card catalog)

Scheidecker, D., & William, J. (1999). Bringing out the best in students: How legendary teachers motivate kids. CA: Corwin Press.
(view in card catalog)

Krovetz, M (1999). Fostering resiliency: Expecting all students to use their minds and hearts well. CA: Corwin Press.
(view in card catalog)

Lunenburg, F. (2000). High expectations.An action plan for implementing goals 2000. CA: Corwin Press. (view in card catalog)

This book offers a blueprint for helping schools and students achieve high standards. It provides school leaders with action strategies for beginning or revisiting their reform efforts. Discussion of specific strategies for school leaders is included. References are provided at the end of each chapter for additional readings.

Ladson – Billings, G. (1994). The dreamkeepers: Successful teachers of African American children. CA: Jossey-Bass. (view in card catalog)

In this book, Ladson-Billings illustrates the inspiring influence of a select group of teachers who keep the dreams alive for African American students. Her portraits, interwoven with personal reflections, challenge readers to envision intellectually rigorous and culturally relevant classrooms that have the power to improve the lives of not just African American students but all children.

Tools:

DVD & Facilitators guide

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Writer/Producer) (2005). Breaking through barriers to achievement. Alexandria, VA: Author

This DVD and guide provide four programs to assist strengthening student achievement. Program 1, Understanding the Role of Resiliency explains the strong link between achievement and resiliency, Program 2, Building Resiliency in the Classroom, reveals the teaching strategies and classroom practices that boost achievement by fostering resiliency in students, and Program 3, Sustaining Resiliency in Students, explores the characteristics of resiliency in depth through the profiles of several resilient students. Two workshop formats with handouts and readings give you many options for presenting a compelling program to audiences throughout your school community. (view in card catalog)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Writer/Producer). (2006). Best practices in action: Using analogies to enhance background knowledge. Alexandria, VA: Author.

This 28 minute DVD is designed to be used in teacher inservices, meetings or workshops to demonstrate the use of analogies to build student background knowledge of academic subjects. This is a research-based instructional strategy. Teaching students to identity similarities and differences by creating analogies can help them apply this higher order thinking process as they study new information. A Texas Teacher of the Year demonstrates how she uses analogies in her diverse 3rd grade classroom as she introduces material in a social studies lesson. (view in card catalog)