Practiced by teachers all across the U.S. and around the world, lesson study is widely recognized for the dynamic mix of learning opportunities it provides: <ul>
<li>classroom-based feedback on students' mathematical thinking and understanding </li> <li>mathematical knowledge for teaching and enrichment in the teaching craft </li> <li>collaborative observation research that addresses local challenges</li> <li>development of professional learning community</li> </ul>
The steps of the lesson study cycle are simple to follow, but its real power is in ongoing, rich team discussions. Strong leadership fosters a team's development as a learning community. A Mathematics Leader's Guide to Lesson Study in Practice helps mathematics leaders, coaches, administrators, and team members alike develop the momentum for deep professional learning. Jane Gorman, June Mark, and Johannah Nikula share the best practices they've learned in leading lesson study teams, training lesson study coaches, and launching lesson study programs in schools. Their Guide offers support for leaders and teams by focusing on three essential elements: <ul>
<li>Deepening your understanding of the goals, themes, and principles of lesson study and honing your capacity to apply that understanding</li> <li>Developing skills in the processes of the lesson study cycle</li> <li>Strengthening the connections of your work with the work of school, district, and the teaching profession in support of your growth and effectiveness as a professional. </li> </ul>
Readers will find a mix of practical advice, detailed guides to each phase of the cycle, stories of team practice, strategies for facilitation, and much more. They'll read first-hand how teams have moved from novices to mentors in lesson study, changing the professional culture in their schools. The Mathematics Leader's Guide is ideal for book study for teams who want to enrich their participation in lesson study. Taking teams beyond understanding how to get started, the Guide provides a resource to use across many cycles and years to continually deepen lesson study practice.

A Mathematics Leader's Guide to Lesson Study in Practice

Science & Math

Nikula, Johannah

Gorman, Jane

Mark, June

Mathematics

Heinemann

As educators across the U.S. and around the world know, lesson study gives teachers powerful classroom-based feedback that helps them evaluate their students' thinking and understanding. They become stronger instructional decision makers skilled at improving their own effectiveness. That translates into lasting benefits for teachers, students, and the entire school community. Through lesson study teachers develop a community for ongoing learning about mathematics and the craft of teaching. Through multiple cycles of lesson research they make real progress on long-term goals. Now, there is a ready resource to bring the benefits of lesson study to teachers in your school. Jane Gorman, June Mark, and Johannah Nikula have been leaders in lesson study for over a decade. They've helped novice and experienced lesson study teams enrich their professional learning. In Lesson Study in Practice: A Mathematics Staff Development Course, they share their wealth of experience and best practices. Their course offers a structured introduction to lesson study in a learn-by-doing format. Participants develop the mathematical knowledge for teaching that they need while they work through a full lesson study cycle. The course includes10 ready-to-go sessions complete with activities, professional readings, handouts, facilitator notes, and slides, DVD with video of the case study team in the classroom and in meetings, and comprehensive advice on organization, logistics, and the facilitation process. Both novice teams and experienced teams who want to enhance their practice are sure to find great value in the course and their instruction will be enriched. Give teachers and leaders a proven model for lasting learning and real results in improved practice.

Lesson Study in Practice: A Mathematics Staff Development Course

Blood ties have an American police detective in Poland investigating a suicide that may have been murder. A Philadelphia police detective visiting Poland gets involved when murder is suspected, and the local police turn away. Adam Kaminski, with a delegation to Philadelphia's sister city, is meant to be a polite observer only. But a good man doesn't walk away when he sees wrong being done, and he's not about to start now. Visiting his family's homeland, Adam's been warned by his superiors to be on his best behavior. In a country that has known centuries of wars and occupation, politics are complex and layered with old prejudices and loyalties impossible for foreigners to understand. But when Adam meets a Polish cousin in Warsaw who believes his daughter was murdered, Adam is troubled by the indifference of the police… and by the strange behavior of the delegation's Polish liaison. Adam begins uncovering clues that point to the killer, clues that lead him inexorably into an investigation of the intricate web of Polish politics and the legacy of the Secret Police. But the past isn't always black and white, as Adam is forced to accept as he learns more about the killer and about his own family legacy. Will looking into the murder only beget more murder?

A Blind Eye: An Adam Kaminski Mystery (Adam Kaminski Mystery Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Blue Eagle Press

On detail to the Philadelphia Police Department's Dignitary Protection Unit, Detective Adam Kaminski’s latest assignment is to babysit the senior senator from Pennsylvania as she visits Philadelphia with the French Ambassador to the United States. When the senator’s aide is shot as the group prepares to leave DC, the FBI assumes the senator was the target. The aide’s parents aren’t so sure. Sent to DC to find out what really happened, Adam finds himself facing down a powerful senator, a desperate architectural historian and a silver-tongued ambassador, all with an ambitious DCPD Officer who’s willing to do whatever it takes to get her man. Adam has to sift through the muck that is the dark side of DC politics to find the truth before the murderer slips safely back into the protective shelter of wealth and power.

A Thin Veil: Book 2 in the Adam Kaminski mystery series

To solve the murder of a Galway professor involved in investigations into ancient Irish history, a Philadelphia police detective in Ireland must first confront his own truths. Visiting Galway in an effort to strengthen his struggling romance and explore his family legacy, Philadelphia police detective Adam Kaminski stumbles onto a murder scene. Quite literally. Now he must solve the grisly murder of a university professor before he becomes a convenient scapegoat – or convenient target. Adam and Detective Superintendent Isabel Sayers delve into local power struggles, ancient legends and archaeological discoveries in their search for a murderer. But the only way to find the truth is to face their own fears.

What She Fears: Book 4 in the Adam Kaminski Mystery Series

Hurt by betrayal and reeling with doubts about his own judgment, Detective Adam Kaminski seeks a safe harbor on a pleasure cruise to Bermuda. But Adam's not the only passenger using the cruise to escape from his past. The calm of his vacation is shattered when crew discover the brutally murdered body of a wealthy passenger. Adam and his partner are convinced by the ship’s captain to help with the investigation, leaving Adam’s sister Julia to focus on further developing her skills in photography. The victim was a powerful patriarch on a family vacation, but Adam soon learns he had more enemies than friends. While every move the detectives make unearths more motives and more suspects, Julia knows the truth is often revealed in candid shots and captured glances. Exposing the bonds that connect the victim and his family to his homeland of Russia reveals darker connections and shadier activities—activities that challenge Adam’s sense of justice and place his sister squarely in the killer’s frame. Now Adam must catch the killer before the boat docks, without compromising himself or becoming a pale reflection of the man he thought he was.

A Pale Reflection: Book 5 in the Adam Kaminski Mystery Series

Her scones might be killer, but someone else was responsible for this murder. Now Anna must rely on the town’s gossip mill and her anthropology background to catch the real killer.\nIt all seemed so simple: fix up the Cape May Victorian mansion she’d inherited from Great Aunt Louise and re-open it as the exceptional B&B it used to be. Everything’s going great, until her very first guest turns up dead at the breakfast table, crumbs from Anna’s blueberry scones scattered on the lace tablecloth.\nAs the town’s gossips go into overdrive, Anna leaps into the fray to save her reputation, her business and Great Aunt Louise’s legacy.\nWith help from a handsome handyman eager to solve all of Anna’s problems and a young police officer new to murder investigations, Anna does her best to convince the town — and her future guests — that while her scones may be killer, someone else was responsible for this murder.

Scones and Scofflaws: Cape May Cozy Mysteries with a Twist, Book 1

When her friend's uncle is accused of murder, Anna McGregor dives into the boating life to prove his innocence. She soon learns that while lounging on a luxury yacht might be fun, matching wits with a killer can be deadly.Life has finally settled down for Anna. The Cape May B & B she inherited from her Great Aunt Louise is fully booked and Anna is looking forward to a successful summer. Her peace is shattered when a body washes up in Spicer Creek and the police focus their investigation on her friend's uncle. Determined to find the truth, Anna turns to skills she developed in her previous career in medical anthropology.Once again, Anna teams up with her best friend Sammy, her young cousin Eoin and the local librarian to use their knowledge of the town and its people to solve this crime. But the disappearance of two local teenagers reminds Anna this is the wrong time for free fishing trips or relaxing on a yacht enjoying a Bee's Knees cocktail. She needs to find the missing teenagers and identify the killer before anyone else gets hurt.

Boats, Bodies, and the Bee's Knees: Cape May Cozy Mysteries with a Twist, Book 2

When a love of wine becomes lethal, local B&B owner Anna McGregor discovers she's the town's connoisseurat defending the innocent and unmasking murderers. But if she goes after the killer, will the people she cares about most get crushed in the process? Anna loves the new life she's built for herself in Cape May, a town known for its historic beauty, picturesque beaches, developing wine culture and ... murder? Thanks to some previous successes - and a close relationship with a local patrolman - Anna finds herself pressured into accepting the task of proving a new friend's innocence in a tragic death at a local winery. Her investigation reveals an embarrassment of suspects, not to mention one too many potential victims. As always, Anna relies on help from her friends to find the truth. This time, though, offering help means breaking the rules. Now she must not only catch a killer but also save the reputation of one of her closest friends, all while getting ready to send her young cousin, Eoin, back to Ireland, trying to solve the riddle of her love life, and figuring out her future as a medical anthropologist.

Killers and Kir Royale: Cape May Cozy Mysteries with a Twist, Book 3

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