Transform your teaching practice with this powerful approach to professional growth! Teacher inquiry can play a critical role in professional staff development across all grade levels and subject areas. Now this updated bestseller offers both an in-depth examination of teacher inquiry as well as step-by-step instructions, giving prospective and ...
Published to coincide with Dr. Neifert's newest hardcover Dr. Reassuring and supportive, this indispensable guide covers every aspect of parenting from conception to age five.
The first infant child-care guide written by a female doctor who is also a mother. A pediatrician and assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dr. Neifert is the mother of five children ranging in age from 9 to 17.
A guide to nature's favourite visitors, this book includes paintings of birds in flight, perched and at feeders. The text provides common and scientific names for 50 species - from the great honed owl to the red-breasted nuthatch.
This title contains powerful tools for facilitating teachers in professional development and optimizing school improvement efforts! This step-by-step guide presents specific strategies for coaches who work with professional learning communities (PLCs) that practice action research, better known as 'inquiry-oriented PLCs.' This resource illustrates ...
While much has been written about the effectiveness of action research for improving the practice of teachers, few resources exist for leading principals through the process to strengthen their professional development and their role in school improvement efforts. Best-selling and award-winning author Nancy Fichtman Dana guides principals in ...
No bird is common, if we use "common" to mean ordinary. But birds that are seen more commonly than others can seem less noteworthy than species that are rarely glimpsed. In this gathering of essays and illustrations celebrating fifty of the most common birds of the Upper Midwest, illustrator Dana Gardner and writer Nancy Overcott encourage us to ...
Itty and Bitty are back! The silly, mini duo from "Itty and Bitty: Two Miniature Horses" is here again, this time at home on the farm. Children and horse lovers will laugh aloud at the zany antics of these delightful minis, as they mix it up with the dogs and big horses at Steele Away Farm. Pint-size but full of attitude, Itty and Bitty are best ...
'When teachers network, they become a social force for the good of society and each child in their classrooms. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about teaching and teacher development' - Mary M. Brabeck, Dean and Professor of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University. 'This ...
Although the many common birds of the Upper Midwest are lovely to hear and see, there is no doubt that the uncommon birds attract more attention. In this gorgeously illustrated companion to their "Fifty Common Birds of the Upper Midwest", which provided a new appreciation of the not-so-ordinary beauty and lifeways of familiar birds, illustrator ...
Itty and Bitty are a delightfully odd equine couple -- Bitty's a bit of a slob, while persnickety Itty loves to show off. Though opposites, they're best friends, and no matter what they do --- watch TV, dance a jig, even drive a car -- trouble follows! Dana Bauer's whimsical watercolor illustrations are full of the visual puns children love.
'Uses metaphor to connect the reader in a personal way with the intricacies of mentoringA'a powerful catalyst for reflection.'A'Hal Portner, Educational Consultant'Sets the stage for the reader with a thoughtful, proactive context for carrying on the work of mentor.'A'Tom Ganser, Director, Office of Field Experiences, University of Wisconsin ...
'Uses metaphor to connect the reader in a personal way with the intricacies of mentoringA'a powerful catalyst for reflection.'A'Hal Portner, Educational Consultant'Sets the stage for the reader with a thoughtful, proactive context for carrying on the work of mentor.'A'Tom Ganser, Director, Office of Field Experiences, University of Wisconsin ...
Meet Kali: Kali is a little black lab with an important job to do. She is a humanitarian mine detection dog. It's her job to find dangerous mines that lay hidden in the ground in her homeland of Cambodia. When a young boy becomes sick, Kali must prove that she has the qualities of a top mine detection dog and carefully lead the boy, his father, ...
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