Product Description: Active Learning and Engagement Strategies pulls together strategies from the books Instruction for All Students, Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners, and Why Didn't I Learn This in College? plus a few new ones. The exemplars are from participants int he workshop series based on the above books and from teachers ASK Group Consultants have had the opportunity to observe in action...read more

Product Description: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners is designed to help teachers build skillfulness in recognizing, respecting, and responding to the needs of the wide range of diverse students in today's classrooms. This book provides an array of strategies for use with gifted students, English language learners, and students with special needs...read more

Because participants in our workshop series, Instruction for All Students, often ask, "Why didn't we learn this in college?" that question provided the inspiration for the title of this new book for teachers new to the classroom. This title is in no way meant to condemn those who direct our collegiate experiences. The realities are that we may well have studied these topics and earned a good grade on a test over the theoretical aspects of this information but had no classroom teaching experiences on which to hook the information, that we took an alternative approach to entering the profession, that our focus was elsewhere at the time or perhaps, in fact, it was not taught. Whatever the case may be, teachers new to the classroom clearly need support and a repertoire of effective teaching strategies during their first years of classroom work. Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? is based on the constructs that: + the best management program is a good instructional program, + if the end we have in mind is student learning, we do not want to concentrate on control and compliance but rather on building learning centered environments, and + we need efficient and effective organizational systems for ourselves, our students, and our classroom.

Product Description: Instruction for All Students is used by over tens of thousands of educators around the world to implement instructional programs which help all students achieve at high levels. This book is based on the constructs that we as educators should have: + A sense of self-efficacy + A focus on clearly articulated standards and objectives + An ever growing repertoire of skills for teaching and assessing diverse learners + The use of data to make and assess instructional decisions + A mission to promote high standards and expectations for both students and educators + A commitment to collaborate with colleagues and parents Instruction for All Students includes chapters on: + The Big Picture + Lesson and Unit Design + Differentiation of Instruction + 21st Century Thinking Skills + Presentation Modes + Active Learning + Assignments + Assessing with Balance + Products and Perspectives + The Learning Environment + Collegial Collaboratio...read more