Author: Thomas B. CorcoranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Secondary
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Search for Successful Secondary Schools
Author: Thomas B. CorcoranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Secondary
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Search for Successful Secondary Schools
Author: Tom CorcoranPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Secondary
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Best Practices from High-Performing High Schools
Author: Kristen C. WilcoxPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 080777183X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
In their second collaboration, Wilcox and Angelis tell the stories of high school educators who embody best practices in their day-to-day activitiespractices that consistently lead to higher student academic achievement across the core subjects for all students. This book shares results of a multi-case study of how some high schools consistently deliver better student performance, including improved four-year graduation rates. These schools have learned how to successfully adapt to the climate of increased (and increasing) accountability. Best Practices from High-Performing High Schools is for anyone who strives to ensure that all teens graduate from high school and are ready to succeed in college, in their careers, and in life.
The Shopping Mall High School
Author: Arthur G. PowellPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The second report from "A Study of High Schools," based on interviews with teachers, students and parents.
Successful Secondary Schools
Author: Bruce L. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Search for Successful Secondary Schools
Author: Thomas B. CorcoranPublisher: Research for Better
ISBN: 9781566020121
Category : Education, Secondary
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Dyslexia-Successful Inclusion in the Secondary School
Author: Lindsay PeerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136627979
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Increasingly dyslexia is becoming a whole-school issue. The responsibility for addressing the needs of dyslexic students no longer rests with one individual but is the responsibility of all school staff - subject specialists and school management. This timely book addresses this need by providing specific guidance to secondary school staff on how to support dyslexic students within different subject areas and within the principles and practices of inclusion.
Rethinking High School
Author: Harvey DanielsPublisher: Boynton/Cook
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Organized around eleven fundamental choices that all secondary schools must make, this book serves as a checklist, an agenda, and a study guide for high school reform.
Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors
Author: Carla F. SheltonPublisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483361152
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
"Middle and high school counselors will find this book to be very helpful for its practical and hands-on approach." —Karen Thompson, Assistant Professor Psychology & Counseling Valdosta State University "This is a great collection of resources to aid secondary school counselors." —John Littrell, Professor of Counselor Education/Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Iowa State University "This is an outstanding addition to the field." —Greg Brigman, Professor of Counselor Education Florida Atlantic University "The material is especially helpful because of the separation in grade levels. I often find it difficult to find material specifically designed for transitions from ninth to tenth grade AND from sixth to seventh. This is one of the most valued sections of the book for me." —Judy Buchholz, Ninth-Grade School Counselor D. W. Holmes Junior High School, CA "This is a major contribution to best practices in school counseling." —Gerald Monk, Professor of Psychology & Counseling San Diego State University "...an invaluable resource for school counselors." —Barbara Blackburn, ASCA Secondary Vice President and President Elect Innovative and essential strategies for charting a course toward an effective secondary school counseling program! The recent wave of accountability reform movements has largely overlooked the needs of middle and high school counselors, yet has generated daunting pressure for guidance programs to be standards-based and data-driven. Written from the perspective of a practicing, certified counselor, this guide contains essential information needed to implement the American School Counselor Association′s National Model and smoothly transition from service-based to program-based counseling. The book affirms that the school′s guidance and counseling program play an integral role in the instructional program and overall school success. Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors centers on six best practices and highlights specific action plans and examples for each one, allowing counseling staff to easily implement the comprehensive programs outlined. Key features include: Time-saving checklists, surveys, and forms Straightforward tactics for applying six best practices Strategies for stress management Tips for writing successful letters of recommendation An extensive resource and Web site list From evaluation, advisement and communication, to career education, transition, and professional development, this user-friendly text features relevant and proven solutions for counselors′ primary concerns.
The Successful High School Writing Center
Author: Dawn FelsPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 9780807752531
Category : Creative writing (Higher education)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book highlights the work of talented teachers and tutors who connect theory and practice with the lessons they learned from working with students in their high school writing centers. The authors offer innovative methods for secondary and post-secondary educators interested in adolescent literacy, English Language Learners, new literacies, writing center pedagogy and evaluation, embedded professional development, differentiated instruction, and cross-institutional collaboration. The Successful High School Writing Center demonstrates how writing centers help school communities that serve diverse student populations grapple with the realities that come with literacy education. Depicting real-life writing centers as leaders in literacy education, the accounts presented will enrich the work of teachers, writing center directors, writing center tutors, and student writers in socially significant ways. Book Features: Models of writing centers and literacy centers that explicitly integrate reading and writing across the curriculum. Creative strategies from a diversity of schools, models, and students served. Literacy-based, collaborative research projects for writing center evaluation. Helpful forms.