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Intelligence & Compassion in Action is a tool to empower the aspiring social entrepreneur, with real guidance as to how, and why, social entrepreneurship works. It expounds a new Seven Pillar methodology, inspired by the wisdom of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter. Written by the founder of The Elfenworks Foundation, Dr. Lauren Speeth, who lives the lessons she teaches in this book daily, the insights within these pages have come from Speeth's...
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A pre-test to diagnose your PS Skills, How to use this book, "Just the Facts", continues the usage from Becoming a Police Officer (2009), which provides synergy with that title. Appendices-ideas include a sample on-line application, sample physical agility requirements and study programs, and sample police academy curricula.
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Building a professional learning community (PLC) is not a journey taken alone. That's where the guiding coalition comes in. With clear, practical guidance, this resource examines every aspect of how to create, develop, and sustain this essential leadership team. Each chapter includes next steps, FAQs, and reflections carefully designed to help you overcome common roadblocks as you move from current practice to best practice.
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The purpose of this book is to identify bottlenecks for young financial professionals' career development. This is not another "how-to" written by a life coach or a business trainer whose professional development went far from the corporate financial practitioner's world. Instead, this book offers what those do not: a voice from the trenches-the real-life experience and hard-earned wisdom of how certain actions, situations, and decisions can lead...
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The need for primary through upper elementary teachers continues to grow-as does the competition for top jobs! Taking the Praxis II: Elementary Education Content Knowledge test is an essential part of becoming a primary- or secondary school teacher in many states, and Praxis II: Elementary Education Content Knowledge will give you an extra advantage to score well on the test.
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The heat pounds, knees buckle, palms sweat, and voice turns raspy. Public speaking can be absolutely the most frightening experience of your life, or, at least, a bothersome chore. But it doesn't have to be. Thanks to expert presentation coach Marion Witz, you can learn to make presentations with great aplomb - and actually enjoy yourself in the process! In this easy-to-understand, entertaining book, Marion Witz: -Discusses the best way to prepare...
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In this book, we'll discuss your value as a content creator and why you don't need millions or even hundreds of thousands of followers to participate in brand deals. Whether you're looking to bring in side income, get free products for your hobby or travel around for no cost, this book will give you actual working tips and tricks to make it happen. This book is no-frills. I could have made it hundreds of pages long but that's a waste of both of our...
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Describing property and appraising it are essential concepts to master for passing the Real Estate License Exam, because a legal description of a property is a necessary component for both a real estate sales contract and a lease. Peterson's Master the Real Estate License Exam: Describing Property and Appraising It provides you with important real estate information on the metes and bounds system, lot and block system, rectangular survey system, categories...
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Confront the issues that profoundly affect teachers, administrators, and students. From cover to cover, this collection is packed with examples of effective strategies for 21st century classrooms. Discover the shift in day-to-day practice that must occur to prepare students for college and careers, and look forward to what exemplary professional practices will be crucial in deepening student learning as the 21st century progresses.
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Principals are instrumental in the teacher's understanding of a differentiated classroom. This valuable resource gives administrators the knowledge and skills needed to enable teachers to implement and sustain differentiation. Learn information and strategies to jump-start, guide, and coach teachers as they respond to the needs of diverse students, including students with special needs, students with attention deficit disorder, gifted learners, and...
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Rethink your teaching practice with six mindset shifts that will transform how you approach the job, ensuring that you can sustain your energy and effectiveness while empowering and supporting learners.
Traditional approaches to the practice of teaching are unsustainable. Too many educators are disengaging, burning out, and leaving the profession in response to stressors both inside and outside of schools. And high teacher turnover has a negative...
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When Brian Stephens asked me to help him organize a book of his years of experience in public school professional development, I was excited but overwhelmed by the prospect. I couldn't imagine a better use of my skills and passions as a writer, editor and educator. But in his fashion, his completion goals were ambitious. I told him, "But, Brian, I've been writing my own book for a decade." He was undeterred. He started writing chapter after chapter....
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In teaching, when do we have instances of grace, or as the dictionary defines it, courteous goodwill? Are those instances going against what we've been trained to do when teaching, or against what the norms are of academia? Throughout this book, Drs. Candice Price and Miloš Savić have conversations and essays about how they've learned to believe in radical grace for their students. Going through their own personal stories, they provide reasons for...
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In this excellent resource, Tom Burton shares his experiences and knowledge gained from leading an exemplary middle school. His insights into the art of leading to achieve are profound and memorable. He challenges us to see beyond the data to the developmental needs of young adolescents and gives us practical strategies for infusing our schools with character and caring. This resource will help school leaders -Decide their purpose -Craft a vision...
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You have most probably found me because you are already in the industry, or because you are looking to change or start your career in property styling and renovations.
One of the main reasons I have written this book is to help share what I have learned because you may have already discovered, there is not another book like this one, on the market. Regardless of where you are at before we begin, I would like to pose the following questions.
Do you...
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Looking Backat SECOM is the culmination of a long series of human interest columns with that title by Dr. Melnick, published in the schools magazine COM Outlook. In addition, Dr. Melnick has added some personal insights about why and how this osteopathic medical school came about. And he presents some views of the earliest days of its founding.A major portion of this work is the re-publishing of those original columns, and he has added a brief overview...
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Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide reaching. In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a practical blueprint...
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In this collection, Canadian scholars articulate a response to their collective concerns about the impact of global policy on teacher education, provoking a far-reaching dialogue about teacher education in and for our times.
The first two decades of the new millennium have witnessed unprecedented appraisal, analysis, and educational policy formulations related to teaching (K—12) across the Western world. In turn, teacher education has been greatly...
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What really motivates students to learn? What gets them interested-and keeps them interested-in pursuing knowledge and understanding? Recent neuroscientific findings have uncovered the source of our motivation to learn, or as neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp terms it, the drive to seek. Seeking is what gets us out of bed in the morning, the engine that powers our actions, and the need that manifests as curiosity. Informed by new findings on the nature...
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Any teacher can be a master teacher. So says Robyn R. Jackson, author of the best-selling Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching. In this book for school leaders, Jackson presents a new model for understanding teaching as a combination of skill and will and explains the best ways to support individual teachers' ongoing professional development. Here, you'll learn how to meet your teachers where they are and help...