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Facilitator's Guide to What Successful Teachers Do

101 Research-Based Classroom Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers

Second Edition
By: Neal A. Glasgow, Cathy D. Hicks

Provide effective staff development that strengthens teaching effectiveness and boosts student achievement!

Designed to complement the second edition of Neal Glasgow and Cathy D. Hicks' bestseller, this guide is ideal for helping teachers hone instructional and classroom management skills based on research-based best practices. This guide gives you the tools for leading discussions about organizing curricular goals, designing lessons, and integrating assessment with instruction, and for demonstrating how to:

Create a culturally sensitive environment
Apply varied strategies to inspire reading and writing
Use technology to serve teaching goals
Develop positive family partnerships
Develop a professional identity and foster collegial relationships

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Product Details

Grade Level: K-12
ISBN: 9781412967082
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 32
Publication date: May 05, 2009

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Description

Provide effective staff development that strengthens teaching effectiveness and boosts student achievement!

Designed to complement the second edition of Neal A. Glasgow and Cathy D. Hicks' best-selling What Successful Teachers Do, this guide provides everything you need to work with teachers as they hone their instructional and classroom management skills based on research-based best practices. You will be able to guide participants in discussions about:

Developing a supportive and culturally sensitive learning environment
Organizing curricular goals, designing lessons, and delivering instruction
Integrating assessment with instruction to improve student performance
Selecting a variety of strategies to inspire student reading and writing
Using technology effectively to serve instructional goals
Developing positive family and community partnerships
Defining a professional identity and fostering collegial relationships

The chapter-by-chapter study guide follows the same format as the companion book and features:

Workshop activities
Discussion questions
Suggestions for practical applications
Prompts for journal writing
Chapter summaries
A sample workshop agenda
A workshop evaluation form

With the Facilitator's Guide to What Successful Teachers Do, Second Edition, you can enhance teachers' professional growth by helping them to incorporate tested strategies into their classroom practice, provide their students with the opportunity to learn in a safe and caring environment, and foster higher achievement outcomes.

Key features

New to the second edition:

Updated questions
Fresh activities
All new chapter on literacy instruction

Author(s)

Neal A. Glasgow

Neal A. Glasgow's experience includes serving as a secondary school science and art teacher both in California and New York, as a university biotechnology teaching laboratory director and laboratory technician, and as an educational consultant and frequent speaker on many educational topics. He is the author or coauthor of ten books on educational topics: What Successful Schools Do to Involve Families: Fifty Research-Based Strategies for Teachers and Administrators (2008), What Successful Literacy Teachers Do: 70 Research-Based Strategies for Teachers, Reading Coaches, and Instructional Planners (2007), What Successful Teachers Do in Diverse Classrooms: 71 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2006); What Successful Teachers Do in Inclusive Classrooms: 60 Research-Based Strategies That Help Special Learners (2005); What Successful Mentors Do: 81 Researched-Based Strategies for New Teacher Induction, Training, and Support (2004); What Successful Teachers Do: 91 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2003); Tips for Science Teachers: Research-Based Strategies to Help Students Learn (2001); New Curriculum for New Times: A Guide to Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning (1997); Doing Science: Innovative Curriculum Beyond the Textbook for the Life Sciences (1997); and Taking the Classroom to the Community: A Guidebook (1996).

Cathy D. Hicks

Cathy D. Hicks most recently directed the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program for the San Dieguito Union High School District in Southern California. She oversaw an induction program supporting beginning teachers. She served for ten years on the executive board of the California Association of School Health Educators (CASHE) and has been an adjunct faculty member at California State University at San Marcos. She is co-author of five books: What Successful Teachers Do: 91 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2003); What Successful Mentors Do: 81 Research- Based Strategies for New Teacher Induction, Training, and Support (2005); What Successful Teachers Do in Inclusive Classrooms: 60 Research-Based Strategies That help Special Learns (2005); and What Successful Teachers Do in Diverse Classrooms: 71 Research-Based Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers (2006); What Successful Teachers Do: 101 Research-Based Strategies for new and Veteran Teachers (2009).She is a frequent presenter on educational topics both at the state and national level. She taught Physical Education and Health at both the middle and high school level for more than 25 years. During that time, she was involved in the California State Mentor Teacher Program and mentored new teachers in her district for more than 17 years. Her energy, enthusiasm, and passion for teaching and supporting new teachers reinforce the career path she chose in elementary school. She believes the most effective teachers are the ones who never settle for “good enough,” but continue to grow, stretch, reflect, create, collaborate, and take risks throughout their teaching career.

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Introduction

How to Use the Guide

Chapter-by-Chapter Study Guide: What Successful Teachers Do: 101 Research-Based Classroom Strategies for New and Veteran Teachers, Second Edition, by Neal A. Glasgow and Cathy D. Hicks

Preface

1. Interacting and Collaborating With Students

2. Managing the Classroom Environment, Time, and Discipline

3. Organizing Curricular Goals, Lesson Plans, and Instructional Delivery

4. Using Student Assessment and Feedback to Maximize Instructional Effectiveness

5. Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom

6. Integrating Technology in the Classroom

7. Enhancing Reading and Literacy Skills

8. Developing a Professional Identity

9. Fostering a Positive Relationship With Families and Community

Sample Meeting, Workshop, or Seminar Agenda

Sample Evaluation Form

References

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