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An in-depth account and model of antiracist professional development for white practicing teachers.
Antiracist professional development for white teachers often follows a one-size-fits-all model, focusing on narrow notions of race and especially white privilege at the expense of more radical analyses of white supremacy. Frustrated with this model, Zachary A. Casey and Shannon K. McManimon, both white teacher educators, developed a two-year professional...
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In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching. Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings....
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Igniting the Love of Learning; in response to educators who are already fans of her bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams, the originator of Question Thinking, presents a compelling model for creating a classroom environment infused with curiosity, creativity, and caring. Through a moving story of a teacher on the verge of burnout, Adams demonstrates the powerful influence our mindsets have on how we interact with our students,...
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In Culturize, author and education leader Jimmy Casas shares insights into what it takes to cultivate a community of learners who embody the innately human traits our world desperately needs, such as kindness, honesty, and compassion. His stories reveal how these "soft skills" can be honed while meeting and exceeding academic standards of twenty-first-century learning.
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We differentiate instruction to honor the reality of the students we teach. They are energetic and outgoing. They are quiet and curious. They are confident and self-doubting. They are interested in a thousand things and deeply immersed in a particular topic. They are academically advanced and "kids in the middle" and struggling due to cognitive, emotional, economic, or sociological challenges. More of them than ever speak a different language at home....
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Although much has changed in schools in recent years, the power of differentiated instruction remains the same--and the need for it has only increased.Today's classroom is more diverse, more inclusive, and more plugged into technology than ever before. And it's led by teachers under enormous pressure to help decidedly unstandardized students meet an expanding set of rigorous, standardized learning targets. In this updated second edition of her best-selling...
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The authors of the classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge bring their expertise to higher education, offering five practices that can make any college or university leader into an exemplary leader.
Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic bestseller The Leadership Challenge (over 2. 7 million copies sold), James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a...
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Goal takes evidence-based strategies to provide easy-to-digest, self-help exercises to improve any classroom.
This book is a must-read for any teacher or leader seeking to add to his or her instructional toolbox, set and achieve goals, enhance communication skills, and ultimately increase self-performance and student achievement.
Tova Davis, Ed.D., founder of Northstar Educational Consulting Group in Atlanta, draws on her...
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In The Intentional 5 - VERGE - Confessions of a Disciplined Thought, O.B. Amaechi activates the power within you to push forward in life with intentionality. The stories O.B. shares about his experiences will not only motivate you to surmount challenges but will encourage you as a reader to act, looking more intently at the inner you.
When we are intentional about...
Demonstrating Vulnerability
Understanding your Experiences
Nourishing your Relationships
Expressing...
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For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced abruptly in 1979 when she began teaching. That year, she discovered that some of the students in her seventh-grade language arts classes could pronounce all the words, but couldn't make any sense of the text. Others couldn't even pronounce the words. And that was the year she met a boy named George.
George couldn't read. When George's parents asked her to explain what their...
12) Liderazgo
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Nadie nace como líder natural. Pero, ¿qué es lo que transforma a algunas personas en el tipo de individuos magnéticos que inspiran a otros a seguir? El liderazgo no es un misterio. Es una habilidad que se puede aprender. Lleno de prácticos métodos comprobados, esta pequeña guía indispensable le ayudará a desatar el potencial de liderazgo. El experto en éxito Brian Tracy ha ayudado a miles de personas a convertirse en líderes excepcionales...
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Los gerentes son juzgados por los resultados que entregan- y más que nada, esos resultados giran en torno a la habilidad de delegar y supervisar. Te sorprenderás cuan eficiente y fácil de manejar se convierte tu equipo cuando hayas dominado estas habilidades. Esta práctica guía de bolsillo revela estrategias comprobadas para estimular el desempeño y la productividad de tus empleados. Cuando se hace de la forma correcta, la delegación y supervisión...
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Can serving others be addictive? If so, who's the one that's addicted? The customer or the service provider? This book will show how the service provider can transform their routine from a JOB to a passion and addiction. This handbook is designed to be a quick read with easy-to-understand principles and practical suggestions for elevating their service to gold standard levels. Whether the reader is new to providing customer service OR they are an...
15) Gerencia
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La fortaleza de cualquier organización está determinada por la calidad de sus gerentes. Lo que ellos hacen y cómo lo hacen es la determinante clave del éxito corporativo. ¿Quiere llegar a ser valioso para su empresa?Aumente su capacidad de administración. La buena noticia es que los grandes gerentes se hacen... no nacen. Cuando usted descubre lo que la mayoría de los gerentes exitosos saben, desatará los secretos para convertir incluso a trabajadores...
16) Mercadotecnia
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El éxito o el fracaso de tu negocio depende del suceso o del fracaso de tus esfuerzos de mercadotecnia.Si puedes identificar lo que tus clientes quieren, necesitan, y pueden costear-y se los das-entonces obtendrás resultados asombrosos.Lleno de la sabiduría característica de Brian Tracy, esta guía indispensable contiene 21 ideas poderosas que puedes usar inmediatamente para mejorar tus resultados estratégicos de mercadotecnia. Lleno de estrategias...
17) Enduring Urgency
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This book is a call to action and a toolbox. You have gifts and the world needs you to identify, understand, and employ your gifts. Today.
There is important work to be done and we do not have forever on this earth, so we should do good when we can where we are with what we have, knowing improvement will take time and we will face challenges.
Important work: children need to be raised, people need to be loved and educated, homes need to be built,...
18) Motivación
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Como gerente, una de tus responsabilidades más importantes es motivar a tus empleados a dar lo mejor. Los gerentes que crean ambientes positivos, gratificantes y de mucha energía reducen el absentismo y los reemplazos, mientras incrementan dramáticamente la productividad y calidad.En Motivación, el experto en éxito Brian Tracy se basa en sus décadas de experiencia para sacar lo mejor de los demás al proveer 21 de los métodos más rápidos...
19) X Factor
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Looking for that critical edge in your presentations? Learn how to engage, connect, and inspire with this unique and powerful approach.
Are you a presenter searching for a blueprint to wow bosses and clients? Longing to convey information in a long-term and meaningful way? Do you have great ideas but struggle to move peers to action? As the world's only economist turned Bollywood-dancing business storyteller, bestselling author and speaker Yamini...
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Shine Bright Like a Diamond
I want you to shine so brightly that we can see you from space, I know you can do it.
I'm sharing 32 years in business, 10,432 clients, educated 137,000 people in open speaking events, featured as a guest speaker at 2,832 events, created 432 training programs, and orchestrated 7,436 Diamond opportunities for her clients, invested in 241 projects. Multi Award winner including Entrepreneur of the Year, Ambassador for Australia...