8 essentials for empowered teaching & learning, K-8 : bringing out the best in your students /: bringing out the best in your students. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Eight essentials for empowered teaching and learning, K-8
• Further Information: Note: Steve Reifman.
• Other Names: Reifman, Steve
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; 1. Essential 1: Establishing a Sense of Purpose; The Overall Aim; Class Mission Statement; The Seven Life Roles; Personal Mission Statements; Key Points From Essential 1; 2. Essential 2: Determining Goals; What Is Quality?; Determining Student Goals; Key Points From Essential 2; Reflection Questions; 3. Essential 3: Building Quality Into the Process; The Inspection Role Play; The Writing Process Example; Guiding Approaches; Disciplinary Understanding; The Funds of Knowledge Approach; Differentiated Instruction; Multiple Intelligences; Wrapping Up the Story Writing Example; Building Quality Into the Process: Other Examples; The Yearlong Perspective; A Single School Day; Individual Lessons; Key Points From Essential 3; Reflection Questions; 4. Essential 4: Involving Parents; Nine Reasons to Make the Effort; Guiding Principles for Home-School Communication; Ways to Build and Maintain Relationships With Parents; Other Ways to Promote Working Together; Helping Parents Help Their Children; Back to School Night, Conferences, and Open House; Key Points From Essential 4; Reflection Questions; 5. Essential 5: Improving Continuously; Improving Our Habits of Character; Academic Improvement at the Individual Level; Academic Improvement at the Team Level; Increasing Enthusiasm Throughout the Year; Continuous Process Improvement: The Personal Spelling List Example; Individual Improvement Projects; Our Development as Professional Educators; Key Points From Essential 5; Reflection Questions; 6. Essential 6: Investing in Training; Key Points From Essential 6; Reflection Questions; 7. Essential 7: Nurturing Intrinsic Motivation; Classroom Parallels; The Problems With Rewards; Coming to Grips With These Findings; A Different Approach; Nurturing Forces of Intrinsic Motivation; Intrinsic Motivation: A Summary; Key Points From Essential 7; Reflection Questions; 8. Essential 8: Exercising Leadership; The Big Picture; Rounding Out the Leadership Skeleton; Conclusion; Key Points From Essential 8; Reflection Questions; Resource A: The Seven Life Roles; Resource B: Guiding Approaches; Resource C: Classroom Management Plan; Resource D: Using Student Handbooks; Notes; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 372.1102; Effective teaching; Learning, Psychology of; Classroom management; Teachers -- In-service training
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452294353; 1452294356
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.