| Contents |
Quality classroom leaders & setting the stage for a successful school year -- What are you going to teach them? -- High expectations and differentiation : the closest thing to a silver bullet -- Assessing school and classroom climate -- Student mobility and attendance -- Time on task and the importance of student engagement -- Understanding the multiple intelligences -- Accessing background knowledge -- Vocabulary: all teachers need to teach it and teach it well -- Did they learn it? What evidence do you have? -- Struggling students : what is RTI, and what does it have to do with my teaching? -- The role of "coaching" in education and why teachers need to be open to it -- Essentials in writing : another thing every teacher needs to know how to do -- Professional development for teaching and learning -- How to present information to your peers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2011034889 |
| ISBN | 9781610480710 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1610480716 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781610480727 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1610480724 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781610480734 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 1610480732 (electronic) |
