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Evaluation
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New in 2010!
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New for 2010!
525
pages "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 “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 “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 “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
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Supervision and Evaluation That Works!!. Third Edition (2011)
New for 2011! 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.
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pages “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 For orders of 30 copies and over, call 781-551-9120 first to inquire about shipping cost.
Inducting
and Mentoring Teachers New to the District
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).
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pages "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."
"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."
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