Empowering Excellence : Creating Positive, Invigorating Classrooms in a Common Core Environment /

Teachers, administrators, and education professors will find ideas that will transform classrooms into places where students are filled with confidence and empowered to strive for excellence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halstead, Jeff
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Shift 1: Make a Positive First Impression; Shift 2: Teach with Passion; Shift 3: Build Optimism and Growth Mindsets; Shift 4: Make Grading Meaningful; Shift 5: Build Success-Step-by-Step; Shift 6: Grade by Mining Student Data; Shift 7: Assess Work Ethic Separately; Shift 8: Communicate Progress Clearly; Shift 9: Channel the Desire for Improvement; Shift 10: Reflect, Revise, and Differentiate; Shift 11: Apply Formative Feedback Liberally; Shift 12: Celebrate Success; Closing; References; Index; About the Author.