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New in 2010!
Instructional
Practices That Maximize Student Achievement: For Teachers, By Teachers.
Second Edition (2010)
by William
Ribas, Ph.D., Jennifer Deane, Ph.D. and Scott Seider, Ed.D.

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New for 2010!
Order the one book with the most current and comprehensive
information for teachers and administrators on effective
instructional strategies in standards based teaching and
differentiated instruction. These are the strategies proven
to promote the highest levels of student achievement. The
2010 edition contains 40% new material with new sections on
teaching special education students and English language
learners. This book contains both universal strategies for
use across disciplines and content-specific strategies
unique to each discipline. It is based on the latest
research contained in 359 current educational books and
journal articles reviewed by the authors. This book also
contains hundreds of practical classroom application ideas
contributed by 40 educators from all grades in levels K-12.
The teacher contributors also include teachers with
experience in urban, suburban and rural schools.
525
pages
$54.95
Ribas Publications copyright 2010
ISBN 13:
978-0-9715089-5-8
"Instructional Practices That
Maximize Student Achievement should be to classrooms as Gideon’s is
to hotel rooms. Bill Ribas’ book simply captures the essence
of effective teaching and student learning in a well
organized, readable manner. It is of great use to anyone in
education-teachers, principals and superintendents alike.
The “Green Book,” as it is often referred to, can be found
in every administrator’s office in our school district and a
copy is given to each newly employed teacher. Additionally,
my tattered, highlighted and dog-eared version is within
arm’s length in my office and is used frequently when facing
matters of instruction and assessment. Furthermore I use it
as a guide for my own teaching, during the summer months,
with my Ph. D. candidates. I highly recommend this book for
anyone interested in gaining new insights into and
reinforcing best practices in the teaching-learning process.
My regret is that this book was not available when I first
taught."
–Dr. Paul DeMinico Superintendent of Schools,
Gilford, NH, School District
“Teacher to Teacher collaboration about
proven instructional practices is the heart of professional
development. Instructional Practices That Maximize
Student Achievement is a comprehensive guide for all
teachers to improve their teaching in the areas of classroom
management, differentiated instruction, ongoing assessment
and grading, curriculum planning, curriculum and technology
integration, student motivation, and communication with
parents. In the Watertown Public Schools we use Instructional Practices That Maximize Student Achievement
as a major resource in our Induction & Mentoring Program (www.watertown.k12.ma.us/wps/pd/NewTeacherInduction.html).
For first-year teachers (brand new or experienced teachers
new to our district) our mentors have developed and teach a
year-long professional development course based on the
skills and concepts vividly explained in the book. Our
teacher Induction program relies on this book to insure all
teachers who come to the Watertown Public Schools are able
to provide their students with the most current effective
strategies for insuring high levels of student achievement.
This book has been and continues to be a very important and
cost-effective resource for our professional development
programming.
I have also used this book each year with
my students at Harvard University in my Practicum Seminar
for Educational Technology. I use the book to help ensure
that pre-service Instructional Technology Teachers learn to
support classroom teachers as they integrate technology into
classroom practice and life at school.”
–Dr. Ann
Koufman-Frederick
Superintendent, Watertown, MA,
Public Schools
“A must read for all educators … Finally,
there is a resource for teachers (by teachers), that
provides a comprehensive, practical approach to maximizing
student achievement. This book invites educators to examine
current practice and prioritize planning, instruction and
assessment to increase student engagement and attainment.
Best Practice thinking in the areas of differentiated
instruction, brain research, assessment and motivation are
condensed into this one teacherfriendly manual. Time is very
valuable and in short supply. Educators are looking for ways
to work smarter in accomplishing instructional goals.
Reading this book is time well spent. I plan to share it
with every educator in my district!”
–Dr. Kristen Stringfellow
Superintendent, South Kingstown, RI, Public Schools
“I have been waiting 25 years for a book
like this. This is the first book that takes the thousands
of pages of professional literature (both research and
practice) on effective teaching and transforms it into an
easy to use resource. The day to day hustle and bustle that
exists in schools for teachers and administrators makes it
difficult to remain current in the many aspects of effective
teaching. Instructional Practices That Maximize Student
Achievement provides easy to use explanations and
examples from real classrooms on the areas of standards
based unit and lesson planning, assessing student learning,
classroom management, effective questioning strategies,
differentiating instruction, motivation, working with
parents, working with special education students, working
with English language learners, and brain based teaching. It
also includes models for effectively developing these
practices with easy to use protocols for peer observation,
lesson study, examining student work and other forms of
teacher directed professional development. The fact that
over 35 teachers and administrators participated in the
writing of this book has made it a practical tool teachers
can use daily to improve their classroom practice.”
–William Simmons
Principal, Oneida,
NY
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Teacher
Supervision and Evaluation That Works!!. Third Edition (2011)
by William B. Ribas
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New for 2011!
Effective teacher supervision and evaluation has been found
to be a significant factor in raising student achievement –
so much so, that recent federal laws such as Race to the Top
(RTT) have made effective teacher evaluation a pre-requisite
to receiving federal funding. Dr. Ribas has over 30 years of
experience as a teachers’ union official, school
administrator, and consultant improving teacher evaluation
in dozens of school districts. This book is used by school
districts in the U.S., Canada, and Europe as the core of
their work improving teacher supervision and evaluation. The
book incorporates Dr. Ribas’ 30 years of work into an
easy-to-follow program. It addresses the questions:
1. What do evaluators need to know and be able to
do to be effective?
2. What structures do districts need to have in
place to insure effective teacher supervision and evaluation
that raises student achievement in all of its schools?
3. How do districts develop a supervision and
evaluation system that raises student achievement? The
book contains hands-on, easy-to-use templates. It is filled
with sample documents from districts that are implementing
effective teacher supervision and evaluation. It contains
everything a district needs to transform teacher supervision
and evaluation into an effective program for raising student
achievement.
466
pages
$54.95
Ribas Publications copyright 2010
ISBN 13:
978-0-615-35147-6
“There are many books that talk
about supervision and evaluation of teachers, but only one
that serves as a functional and practical guide to the
actual practice. This researched-based book provides hands
on materials and experience based insight into the field of
formative and summative teacher evaluation. I have now had
the pleasure of using Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
at Works with a generation of school administrators. To
a person, they have found it a wonderful guide and resource
in improving their teacher evaluation skills. I encourage
you to use this book as a professional development resource
and also to help inspire the present and next generation of
school leaders in their efforts to provide best practice
teacher evaluation. The book is grounded in providing
administrators with multiple research-based strategies to
improve teaching and learning. Teacher Evaluation at
Works is a must for any of us that evaluate teachers
through the critical lens of improving our schools!”
—Dr. Keith Pfeifer, Superintendent of Schools, New
Hampshire Supervisory Union #75
“Every now and then a work is completed that is practical as
much as it is informative. William Ribas provides such a
work in his exceptional guide to teacher evaluation in
Teacher Supervision and Evaluation at Works!! This
research based book addresses both the technical and the
interpersonal aspects of teacher evaluation that serve both
the new as well as the experienced supervisor by providing
hands on materials and valuable insights to the critical
skill of teacher assessment. This book is a must for your
professional library.”
—Dr. Arturo Delgado, Superintendent, San Bernardino City
(CA) Uni ed School District
“Dr. Ribas’s book is a must-read for all school
administrators. It is the first book that successfully
integrates current research on teacher supervision and
evaluation with the practical knowledge of someone with 30
years experience as a supervisor and evaluator. It is lled
with practical suggestions for supervising and evaluating
low performing, average-performing and high-performing
teachers with the ultimate outcome of improving student
achievement. Its many templates and other easy to use
resources makes it a book that principals and other teacher
evaluators will go to dozens of times during the year.”
—William Simmons, Principal North Broadstreet School,
Oneida (NY) Public Schools
“This work by Dr. Ribas is a resource for anyone interested
in supervision and evaluation. Truly a tool for both
administrators and teachers intent upon improving their
skills, Teacher Supervision and Evaluation at Works!!
offers structured, thorough, user-friendly methods for
evaluating all educators. Both teachers and administrators
in our district feel that the Teacher Supervision and
Evaluation at Works!! approach has inspired positive
change in the culture of teacher evaluation in our
district.”
—Dr. Paul Dakin, Superintendent, Revere (MA) Public
Schools
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inquire about shipping cost.
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Inducting
and Mentoring Teachers New to the District
by William
B. Ribas
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Order
the one book your newly hired teachers, mentors, principals, and
induction coordinators need for the effective hiring and induction
of teachers new to your district. Many newly hired teachers, mentor
teachers, superintendents, human resources administrators and induction
coordinators have attended Ribas's all day workshops. Now you can
order a copy of his new book on the topic of recruiting, hiring,
and inducting (with mentoring) new teachers to the district. It
is the only book that addresses all facets of your hiring and induction
process. It contains all the information districts need to hire
and retain the best teachers. Topics include hiring tips, instructions
for running district orientation programs and building support teams,
mentor training, and training for the teachers you hire in the three
areas practitioners find are the leading cause of failure for teachers
new to a district (parent–teacher communication, establishing
classroom routines, and effective planning).
220
pages $39.95 ISBN10: 0-9715089-4-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-9715089-4-1
"It
is the first book for teachers and administrators that addresses
the needs of mentor teachers, newly hired teachers and principals
during the induction and mentoring process. Principals will
find the book's hiring tips, instructions for running district
orientation programs and guidelines for running a building
support team extremely helpful. Mentor teachers and newly
hired teachers will find it significantly increases the
effectiveness of their time together and their classroom
success. What I like most is that the mentor teachers, newly
hired teachers and the principal all are working from the
same book and the same information. It makes for the easy
coordination of an effective induction program."
—William
Simmons, Principal, North Broadstreet School, Oneida (NY)
Public Schools
"As
thousands of veteran teachers prepare to retire, how prepared
is your system for the teachers who will replace them? The
influx of large numbers of teachers into school systems,
coupled with the challenges of teaching in today's classrooms,
make strong induction programs a must. Dr. Ribas's book
arrives at the right time! It is an invaluable resource
that addresses all the key components of a comprehensive
induction program. District coordinators, building principals,
mentors and teachers new to a district will all find critically
important information in this complete resource."
— Karen DeRusha, Induction Program Coordinator,
Newton (MA) Public Schools
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Evaluation
Copy Policy
Faculty members
at accredited colleges and universities are each eligible to receive
an evaluation copy of Ribas Publications books for a period of
30 days. You will receive the copy with an invoice for the price
of
the book plus postage and handling. We will cancel the invoice
upon receipt of an order for 15 or more books or the return of
the book
within the 30 day period. To receive your evaluation copy, please
send or fax (to the address or fax number below) a letter on official
college stationery that includes
• book title
• ISBN
• your name, mailing address and daytime phone number
• course title
• semester the course will be offered
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Desk
Copy Policy
Faculty members at accredited colleges and universities are each
eligible to receive a desk copy of Ribas Publications books by attaching
a copy of the college bookstore order for 15 or more copies of the
book to a request letter. The letter must be on college stationery
and must include
• instructor’s name, mailing address and daytime phone
number
• course title and number
• semester the course will be offered
For questions
regarding evaluation copies or desk copies please e-mail Annmarie Flaherty.
Annmarie Flaherty
College Sales
Ribas Publications
9 Shermans Way
Westwood, MA 02090
FAX: 781-551-9120
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