Nine Best Practices that Make the Difference (In a Nutshell) - Softcover

Pete, Brian M.; Fogarty, Robin J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 163450352X ISBN 13: 9781634503525

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Educators Brian Pete and Robin Fogarty present research-based instructional ideas that encompass an essential repertoire for beginning and developing teachers as they become skilled professionals.

Through a meta-analysis of studies on instructional strategies, they have identified nine families of strategies that significantly increase student achievement. The results of this meta-analysis point educator to a proven pedagogy with teacher-tested, tried-and-true techniques that work to increase student achievement through cognitive and cooperative efforts.

The skills are organized in a 'framework for quality' that includes observable skills in four instructional areas:

• Creating an Environment for Learning,
• Teaching the Standards of Learning
• Structuring Interactions with Learning,
• Reflecting about the Learning.

This is useful reading for anyone who wants to develop as a teacher.

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Review

"Educators will find this an excellent collection of best practices that really work." (The Bookwatch, June 2007 2007-07-02)

About the Author

Brian M. Pete, co-founder of Robin Fogarty & Associates, comes from a family of educators-college professors, school superintendents, teachers and teachers of teachers. He has a rich background in professional development. Brian has worked with the adult learner in districts and educational agencies throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the GCC in the Middle East.  He has an eye for the “teachable moment” and the words to describe what he sees as skillful teaching. He delivers dynamic, humor-filled sessions that energize the audiences with engaging strategies that transfer into immediate and practical on site applications. Comments from school leaders often say that it is the best PD the staff  has ever had.
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Brian is co-author of: How to Teach Students to Think Within the Common Core, School Leaders Guide to Common Core Achieving Results,Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A PLC Approach, From Staff Room to Classroom: A Guide to Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, From Staff Room to Classroom II: The One-Minute PD Planner and  The Right to Be Literate: 6 Literacy Strategies for the 21st Century. His works in progress include two pieces, one on inquiry learning with a focus on Problem-based Learning and the other on how to explicitly teach thinking skills in IB International Schools.

Edition details

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163450352X
• ISBN 13: 9781634503525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120