Create and sustain a learning environment where students thrive and stakeholders are accurately informed of student progress. Clarify the purpose of grades, craft a vision statement aligned with this purpose, and discover research-based strategies to implement effective grading and reporting practices. Identify policies and practices that render grading inaccurate, and understand the role grades play in students’ future success and opportunities.
When fourth-grade Katie turns into her unfair track coach, she gives all the members of the team a chance to compete, including the slowest runner in her class.
In this book you will learn new methodologies to grow your small to medium-sized business and outsmart your competition. Real life strategies help to create efficiencies within your company that will ultimately put your competition at a significant disadvantage.
Packed with awe-inspiring facts, this hilariously informative guide will make readers laugh their sports socks off! From boxing to boccia, find out just what it takes to compete in every sport in the summer games. You’ll discover what makes each sport great — and not so great — as well as what skills and equipment you’ll need to start practicing like a pro!
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 experience helping hundreds of teachers and leaders to answer questions such as: • How do you develop short- and long-terms goals for professional performance and student growth? • How can you build self-efficacy for teaching? • How can you communicate self-awareness and purpose about teaching and student performance? • How can you develop a deeper understanding of teaching standards? The author also establishes five primary areas of professional improvement and breaks these areas into smaller components on which to focus your attention. Get a blueprint to improve self-performance and student achievement with the insights and lessons in this training guide for educators.
Katie thinks the fourth grade is awesome! She’s making lots of friends and just joined the new track team. But Katie thinks her new track coach is simply unfair! She only puts in the fastest runners, leaving Katie on the bench. But when Katie turns into Coach Debbie, she decides to give all the kids a chance.
Madaras published Ready, Set, Grow; A 'What's Happening to My Body?' Book for Younger Girls in 2003 to widespread acclaim. Now, in her uniquely straightforward, warm, and funny style, Madaras introduces On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A 'What's Happening to My Body?' Book for Younger Boys. Responding to real-life questions and concerns from younge...
Recognizing a need for puberty education books for younger children, award-winning author Lynda Madaras published Ready, Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Girls in 2003 to widespread acclaim. Now, in her uniquely straightforward, warm, and funny style, Madaras introduces On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys. Responding to real-life questions and concerns from younger boys about their changing bodies, Madaras covers a wide range of topics at a reading and understanding level that's just right for them: the growth of sex organs, body hair, and facial hair; weight and height spurts; the unwelcome appearance of acne and body odor; shaving; circumcision; erections and ejaculation; feelings about puberty; and bullying.
Beginning physical education teachers, teacher candidates, and student teachers will be well-prepared for that first teaching position with this book at their side. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! A Guide for Beginning Physical Education Teachers was written to help the teacher candidate transition from the university to a teaching position. This handbook is also a valuable reference for any physical education teacher who is considering a move to a new school. Part I On Your Mark covers the basic components of the search for a teaching job including developing a teaching philosophy, a sample cover letter and resume, references, the application process, how to use a teaching portfolio as a marketing tool, and interview strategies. A list of questions likely to be asked by the interviewer and a list of questions that should be asked of the interviewer will help the teacher candidate handle interviews like a pro! Part II Get Set provides advice on developing a classroom management plan and record-keeping techniques. The book gives recommendations on developing protocols and procedures, developing a system of consequences, preventive behavior management, and motivational techniques. An entire chapter focuses on designing a record-keeping system that can help a single teacher track every child in the school! Sample grade book pages are pictured along with a notation system key. Part III Go! provides tips on getting acquainted with school personnel and the facility, keeping lines of communication open with students and parents, and how to deal with the complexities of a school's culture, both inside and outside the building. A five-page orientation guide provides a very comprehensive list of information and questions that teachers new to a school should ask. The final chapters of the book give tips on developing professional development goals and an action plan, maintaining a teaching portfolio, networking with other professionals, and balancing personal and professional life.
