If you view learners as capable, creative and cognitive, if you view yourself as a facilitator rather than a director of learning, if you believe that the act of learning should be joyful - even euphoric - and if you hold the belief that the intent of education is not only for knowledge acquisition but for knowledge production, then ... read on!

Pathways to Understanding: Patterns and Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom, 3rd Edition

Laura Lipton

Bruce Wellman

Pathways Publishing

An invaluable reference for mentors of beginning teachers, this guide offers structures, strategies and tools for developing expertise in teaching. Sections include specific information about the mentor's role, the needs of beginning teachers and the attributes of effective mentor-protÃ©gÃ© relationships. Tips for maximizing time and attention, an extensive resource section and blackline masters to support developmental interactions make this book a must-have for mentors.

Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships

Education & Teaching

Carlette Humbard

Schools & Teaching

MiraVia, LLC

An invaluable reference for mentors of beginning teachers, this guide offers structures, strategies and tools for developing expertise in teaching. Sections include specific information about the mentor's role, the needs of beginning teachers and the attributes of effective mentor-protégé relationships. Tips for maximizing time and attention, an extensive resource section and blackline masters to support developmental interactions make this book a must-have for mentors.

Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide To Learning Focused Relationships

Carrlette Humbard

This timely book offers school leaders a practical toolkit for structuring and facilitating collaborative inquiry with and about data. This resource presents a three-phase model that supports groups in discovering assumptions, promotes data-focused investigations and develops shared understandings of both problems and possible solutions. Readers will increase their confidence and skill in facilitating data-driven dialogue by applying these easy-to-follow directions for tools and techniques.

Data-Driven Dialogue A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry

MiraVia

Leading Groups

Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting, and utilizing school data. This book introduces data teams to the essential definitions and descriptions of data types and offers methods for gathering school data, including survey questions for efficient data collection, group work structures, strategies, and tools to turn data-based decisions into goal-oriented, productive action plans. This compelling guide will help you confront data obstacles and turn struggling committees into powerful communities of learners. 
 Benefits 
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<li>Apply each chapter s content with the Exercise Your Learning sections to successfully use and interpret school data.</li> <li>Learn more about each chapter s topic in the Extend Your Learning sections, which suggest additional websites and resources for data-based discussions.</li> <li>Discover relevant, team-related anecdotes in each chapter s Data Story.</li>
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 Contents 1 Developing Cultures of Collaborative Inquiry 2 Introducing the Collaborative Learning Cycle 3 Avoiding Reality Wars 4 Knowing the Data Fundamentals 5 Developing High-Performing Groups 6 Moving From Dialogue to Discussion to Decision Making 7 Evolving Decisions Into Action References and Resources

Got Data? Now What?: Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry - A practical book for teacher teams on gathering and interpreting assessment and other school data

Solution Tree

Lead skillful groups and effective learning communities using 78 field-tested strategies for structuring time-efficient, task-focused meetings. Reduce preparation time and maximize the learning potential for all by using the authors' six functions for productive groups: activating; assessing, goal setting and planning; dialogue and discussion; generating ideas; summarizing and synthesizing; and text and information processing. Discover facilitation tips, rich examples, and extension ideas. This book will help K-12 group leaders: <ul> <li>Receive clear directions for strategy application, including necessary materials, time frames, and group sizes</li> <li>Experiment with strategies and design elements in low-risk situations to refine their practice</li> <li>Reduce preparation time by accessing ready-made recording sheet masters and PowerPoint slides </li> <li>Discover tips for facilitation and collaboration, examples for use, and ideas for extensions</li></ul> Contents: About This Book Strategies for Activating Strategies for Assessing, Goal Setting and Planning Strategies for Dialogue and Discussion Strategies for Generating Ideas Strategies for Summarizing and Synthesizing Strategies for Text and Information Processing Additional Resources References Resources

Groups at Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning (Tools to design and prepare productive and efficient meetings with groups)

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Solution Tree Press

Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator’s Guide to Collaborative Inquiry, Second Edition (A facilitator’s guide to collaborative inquiry and school improvement)

Learning-Focused Supervision Developing Professional Expertise in Standards-Driven Systems, Second Edition (Enhance teacher effectiveness through learning-focused supervision)

Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, Third Edition(Establish a learning-focused mentor-teacher relationship)

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