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From time to time during each school year, as an alternative to our new materials list, we will publish a
bibliography on a topic of current interest. All the listed items are available in our Learning Resources Library.
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New Resources for Winter 2010!
ROE SchoolWorks
Bibliography
To order either go through Lincoln Trails Library System
or contact “library@roe9.k12.il.us”
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Difficult Decisions: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen, ISBN 0-14-02-8852-X, Penguin Books, 1999.
Whether we're dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with our spouse about money or child-rearing, negotiating with a difficult client, or simply saying "no", or "I'm sorry", or "I love you", we attempt to avoid difficult conversations every day. No matter how competent we are, we all have conversations that cause anxiety and frustration. This book can help. Based on fifteen years of research at the Harvard Negotiation Project, this book walks you through a step-by-step approach for how to have you toughest conversations with less stress and more success. It shows you how to prepare yourself; how to start the conversation without defensiveness; and how to keep it constructive and focused regardless of how the other person responds. You'll learn how to:
* Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation;
* Interpret the significance of what is said -- and what is not;
* Identify the erroneous but deeply ingrained assumptions that keep you stuck;
* Manage strong emotions -- yours and theirs;
* Spot ways your self-image affects the conversation -- and ways the conversation affects your self-image.
Filled with examples from everyday life, this book will help you at home, on the job, or out in the world. It is a book you'll turn to again and again for advice, practical skills, and reassurance.
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Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization
Yong Zhao, ISBN 978-4166-0873-8, ASCD, 2009.
This remarkable book will forever change the debate about what's wrong and what's right with American education and where it should be going. Based on his own experience as a student in China and as a parent of children attending school in the United States, Zhao skewers conventional wisdom while setting straight the recent history and current state of US schools. To make his case, Zhao explains:
* Why the perceived weaknesses of American education are actually its strengths.
* How reform proponents, business executives, and politicians have misjudged American education.
* Why China and other nations in Asia are actually reforming their systems to be more like their American counterparts.
* What really matters for an education system and what really counts as educational excellence.
With an extraordinary command of facts and thought leadership, Zhao describes how schools have to keep pace with a world that is being dramatically transformed by globalization, the "death of distance," and digital technology. Instead of falling in line with mandates for standardization, his prescription is for educators to
* Expand the definition of success beyond math and reading test scores.
* Personalize schooling so that every student has opportunity to learn.
* View schools as enterprises that embrace globalization and digital technology.
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Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making; Second Edition
Sam Kaner et al, ISBN 978-0-7879-8266-9, Community at Work, 2007.
And now this classic book is better – much better. Completely revised and updated, this second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques:
* Two powerful new chapters on agenda design
* A Full section devoted to reaching closure
* More then twice as many tools for handling difficult situations
* 70 brand new pages and over 100 pages significant improved |
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Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work
Leslie Yerkes, ISBN 978-1-57675-408-5, Berrett-Koehler, 2007.
* Proves that organizations can use fun to increase employee and customer retention, motivate individuals and teams, and improve overall productivity
* Completely revised and updated to show how the companies profiled in the first edition have continued to thrive by combining fun and work
* From the coauthor of the bestselling book on fun in the workplace, 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work (75,000 copies sold)
Leading-edge organizations have discovered that fun can--and does--translate into bottom line success. By harnessing the power of fun, companies find they can better retain employees and customers, motivate teams, improve productivity, increase innovation, and create a sense of community.
Leslie Yerkes details precisely how eleven successful companies--including Southwest Airlines, Pike Place Fish, Isle of Capri Casinos, EmployEase, and Prudential--have integrated fun into the normal course of business. This new edition provides updates on how these same companies have grown, prospered, and continued to thrive--in spite of national tragedies, natural disaster, growing competition, and changing economic conditions--in part because of the culture they have created through what Yerkes calls "The Fun/Work Fusion."
Yerkes illustrates eleven principles--from capitalizing on the spontaneous to hiring good people and getting out of their way--that will inspire you to inject a sense of playfulness and joy into your workplace. Full of real-life examples, strategies, ideas, resources, tools, tips, and techniques, Fun Works will help any company in any industry become a place where people love to work.
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Teaching Class Clowns (and What They Can Teach Us)
William Watson Purkey, ISBN 1-4129-3725-6, Corwin Press, 2006.
Leverage the unique humor of class clowns to improve classroom management and student motivation!
This first-of-its-kind resource shows teachers, administrators, and counselors how to teach these unique yet at-risk learners while also leveraging their blend of humor and intelligence to inject joy and enthusiasm into the classroom. Written by a veteran educator (and self-described class clown), this concise guide combines laugh-out-loud writing with the author’s field-tested expertise to help educators:
* Identify the four "signature" tendencies of class clowns
* Employ practical classroom strategies to keep instruction moving
* Prevent class clowns from acting out by understanding how to teach them
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This is Your Brain on Joy
Dr. Earl Henslin, ISBN 978-0-7852-2873-8, Thomas Nelson, 2008.
A break-through guide to help people experience lasting joy by restoring brain health.
What does the latest research in brain science and brain imaging say about our ability (or inability) to experience joy and happiness? Is our lack of joy a sin problem or a brain problem? In this life-altering book, Dr. Earl Henslin reveals that to enjoy our lives to the fullest, to become more loving, more Christ-like, we need to become more capable of healing and nourishing our brains. Many problems, long thought of as spiritual in nature--anger, depression, mood swings, anxiety, addictions--are often the result of a sick brain that cannot comprehend a good and loving God. This Is Your Brain on Joy shares exciting new findings in neuroscience that are spiritually sound, showing us how to care for our brains so we not only more effectively use them to glorify God but also experience His love.
* Identifies and gives advice on controlling the 5 mood centers of the brain
* Reveals the apostle Paul's real secret of Joy
* Offers a practical list of "joy boosters"
* Features easy to understand knowledge about brain function
* Contains numerous pictures of actual brain scans
* Foreword by Dr. Daniel Amen |
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Dealing with Difficult People: The Results Driven Manager
ISBN 978-1-59139-634-5, Harvard Business School, 2005.
To deal with difficult people: avoid conflicts and negativity, foster positive behavior, and motivate underperformers. Managers are under increasing pressure to deliver better results faster than the competition. Meeting today's tough challenges requires complete mastery of a full array of management skills, from communicating and coaching to public speaking and managing people. The Results-Driven Manager series is designed to help time-pressed managers hone and polish the skills they need most. Concise, action-oriented, and packed with invaluable strategies and tools, these timely guides help managers improve their job performance today--and give them the edge they need to become the leaders of tomorrow. |
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Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, Elementary School
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0843-1, 2009.
Video scenes from elementary school classrooms illustrate what successful teachers do in all four domains of effective practice. Whether your focus is on teacher preparation or advanced professional development, here’s a great tool to ensure that you’re following a research-based teaching framework and an observation process that is used by thousands of schools. One 30-minute DVD. |
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Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, Middle School
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0844-8, 2009.
Video scenes from middle school classrooms illustrate what successful teachers do in all four domains of effective practice. Whether your focus is on teacher preparation or advanced professional development, here’s a great tool to ensure that you’re following a research-based teaching framework and an observation process that is used by thousands of schools. One 30-minute DVD. |
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Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, High School
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0845-5, 2009.
Video scenes from high school classrooms illustrate what successful teachers do in all four domains of effective practice. Whether your focus is on teacher preparation or advanced professional development, here’s a great tool to ensure that you’re following a research-based teaching framework and an observation process that is used by thousands of schools. One 30-minute DVD. |
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How to Informally Assess Student Learning
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0783-0, 2005.
A critical element for teachers to know in every class is who among their students is ready to move on and who needs additional help. Here's a video program that explores informal assessment techniques teachers can use for any grade level and subject area to determine students' needs and adjust instruction to meet those needs. Teachers demonstrate a variety of techniques that they use, including:
* Quick, on-the-go techniques, such as hand signals and white boards
* Observation and eavesdropping as students work
* Exit cards that guide teachers in planning learning experiences for the next day
* Journals that provide an avenue for students to reflect on their learning
* Weekly letters with student reactions on what they learned, where they are comfortable, and where they are struggling |
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The Art and Science of Teaching, Part I Effective Instructional Strategies
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0701-4, 2008.
The Art and Science of Teaching, Part II Effective Instructional Strategies
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0702-14, 2008.
The framework of action steps from ASCD's breakthrough guide The Art and Science of Teaching comes to life in this series of DVDs, so educators can see exactly how to implement this comprehensive approach and promote high levels of student achievement. Robert J. Marzano explains the scientific basis for effective teaching, the three main teacher-level factors that influence student achievement, and the relationship between teaching as an art and as a science. An embedded professional development plan with a PowerPoint presentation and teacher handouts is included. Two 45 minute Videos. |
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Never Work Harder Than Your Students: The Journey to Great
ASCD, ISBN 978-1-4166-0899-8, 2009.
Bring Robyn R. Jackson, the author of ASCD’s wildly popular book Never Work Harder Than Your Students, to your school with this DVD. In her uniquely engaging and thought-provoking way, Robyn explains how any teacher can develop the qualities and mindset of a great teacher. Video scenes from real classrooms take you through each of the seven principles described in her book. Show how teachers in all grade levels can apply these practices in their classrooms and bring them all together to ensure that students take more responsibility for their learning. As Robyn describes how her core teaching approach makes instructional decisions more automatic and effortless, she offers numerous tips that can help teachers in every subject, including
* The key to knowing where your students are.
* Making learning goals concrete.
* Supporting students before they falter.
* The importance of feedback.
* Why to spend more time planning than teaching.
More of Robyn’s insights are included in an embedded professional development program that includes PowerPoint slides and handout.
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