Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 172
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Trim: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8
978-1-4758-3562-5 • Hardback • August 2017 • $60.00 • (£39.95)
978-1-4758-3563-2 • Paperback • August 2017 • $30.00 • (£19.95)
978-1-4758-3564-9 • eBook • August 2017 • $28.50 • (£18.95)
Oran Tkatchov's educational career has included such roles as a middle school teacher, high school teacher and charter school director. He has an additional 11 years of experience directing, presenting and providing professional development in the areas of special education, leadership and school/district improvement at the Arizona Department of Education. He currently supports professional learning initiatives for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. He received his M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University, is a Level 1 Google Certified Educator and a certified facilitator for the National Institute for School Leadership.
Shelly Pollnow received her Ed.D. in Policy and Administration from Arizona State University, her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction and Elementary Education from Arizona State University and her B.S. in Business Administration from Grand Canyon University. She has spent over 20 years of her education career in Arizona teaching diverse learners in Grades 1 through 6 as an inclusion classroom teacher as well as a gifted program teacher. Dr. Pollnow has also been involved in professional development for teachers and has nationally presented her research on implementing professional development in formative assessment at the classroom level. She has been the Arizona Director of the National Assessment of Educational Progress and international assessment programs since 2011 and has served on the Formative Assessment for Students and Teachers CCSSO SCASS since 2012.
Setting the Stage for a Successful School YearClassroom Management and a Culture of Learning What Are You Going to Teach Them?High Expectations and DifferentiationSupporting School and Classroom ClimateStudent Mobility and Attendance Time on Task A Deep Dive in Student EngagementMultiple Intelligences and a Growth MindsetAccessing Background Knowledge to Assist LearningReading Instruction for All TeachersWriting Instruction for All TeachersAssessment for Learning and of LearningStruggling Students: What Is an Intervention?The Role of Coaching in EducationProfessional Development for Teaching and LearningHow to Present Information to PeersSome Parting Words from the AuthorsBibliography
About the Authors
[This book] has captured the core of learning principles that every educator and parent should read. Combining social, emotional, academic, and accountability skills as an essential part of their education will help children be highly contributing members of society as they become adults.
— Marcia R. Meyer, founder and CEO of The Be Kind People Project
In the ever-changing field of teaching, this book captures the most important snapshots of the teaching field. This is a must-have for every new teacher's bookshelf.
— Susan Breen, 14-year veteran teacher of English
Success for Every Student explains the art, practice, and science of teaching and learning in a comprehensive yet comprehensible manner. The book is more explanatory than instructional, more practical than theoretical, more advisory than directive. It's an excellent resource that can be used to provide professional coaching, guidance, and training to new and experienced teachers and administrators at any grade level or point in their professional career.
— Erik M. Francis, MEd, MS., professional education specialist and author of “Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning”