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What Works Best: Classroom Management
What Works Best: Classroom Management All teachers must deal with how to make the classroom function effectively and deal effectively with student disruption of learning. The resource gives teachers complete directions for dealing with 19 different ways that students cause difficulties for the teacher in the classroom.
How To Teach The Writers' Workshop
How To Teach The Writers' WorkshopThe Writers's Workshp is a highly effective way of teaching writing. This handbook gives step-by-step directions for teachers moving from the traditional teaching of writing to using the Writers' Workshop in the classroom. Four detailed units give great teaching ideas.

Meeting The Needs of Hard-To-Serve Students
Meeting The Needs of Hard-To-Serve StudentsWhen students cannot or will not function in the regular classroom schools need to take action. Filled with insight and ideas on how to meet the needs of these very difficult students, this handbook and download software lets schools and teachers put in place programs that work.
Getting Students To Hand In Work, Finished and On-Time
Getting Students To Hand In Work, Finished and On-TimeEvery teacher deals with students who continually miss deadlines for submitting work. Sometimes the work never appears. This handbook brings together the very best methods for changing student attitudes about getting their work in, finished and on-time.

Drama: Getting Assessment Right: Grades 9-12
Drama: Getting Assessment RightAssessing student achievement in Drama activities and classes can be difficult. This handbook gives drama teachers a wide range of tools to assess student achievement, even in the most subjective areas of the subject. Students and parents can see the basis for the teacher's marks.

Action Research for Teaching Excellence
Action Research for Teaching Excellence
Teachers who analyze what is happening in their classrooms know what produces better student achievement. This handbook shows teachers and principals how classroom based analysis works and how to implement it in classrooms.

Getting It Right In History Class: Grades 9-12
Getting It Right In History ClassMany students come to history class unaware of key skills essential for success. This handbook shows students the essential skills that history teachers are looking for and describes the key information for student success.

International Languages: Getting Assessment Right: Grades 9-12
Foreign Language: Getting Assessment RightTeachers of International Languages have a wide range of tools in this handbook to make assessment of student achievement clear to students and parents. Student Coaching Rubrics show students exactly what they need to do for success in International Language classes.

Boost Literacy: Grades 9-12
Boost Literacy SkillsWhen students reach the later grades and still have weak reading and writing skills they need help. Isolated lessons seldom work but more reading and writing in all subject areas can improve skills. This handbook gives teachers in all subject areas several tools and organizational charts to improve their students reading and writing skills. This happens during the teaching of the regular program.

Workplace Skills In The Classroom: Grades 9-12
Workplace Skills In The ClassroomWhat is happening in class and the skills students need in the workplace are not always evident to students. This handbook gives teachers the tools to build workplace skills and show students how their classroom work results in skills for employment.

Science: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, Report
Science: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, ReportDetailed four level achievement scales, and Student Coaching Rubrics, give teachers the tools for accurate, consistent and justifiable assessment of student achievement. Students see exactly why they receive a mark and what they need to do to improve it.

Visual Arts: Getting Assessment Right
Visual Arts: Grades 9-10: Getting Assessment RightAssessment of student achievement in visual arts can be subjective and difficult to explain to students. This handbook uses four level achievement charts for the key topics in visual arts. Students and parents see how students are assessed and what is necessary for higher achievement.

Introducing Visual Basic .NET In The Classroom: Grades 9-12
Introducing Visual Basic .NETThis Computer Studies resource handbook is filled with interesting projects for students learning Visual Basic .NET. The code is also available electronically so teachers and students can download it for adaptation and experimentation.

Mathematics: Grades 9-10: Getting Assessment Right
Mathematics: Grades 9-10: Getting Assessment RightThis handbook takes assessment of student achievement beyond totalling up marks from tests. Teachers use the four level achievement charts to make quick, accurate and clear judgements of student achievement. The Student Coaching Rubrics show students and parents exactly what is necessary to improve marks and move to a higher level of achievement.

Business: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, Report
Business: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, ReportDetailed achievement scales give teachers clear criteria to arrive at marks and comments for students. All the key components of the Business curriculum are described in detail with clear expectations for student achievement.

Health and Physical Education: Grades 9-10: Plan, Asses, Report
Health and Physical Education: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, ReportDetailed assessment scales showing four levels of achievement make assessing student achievement in Health and Physical Education classes quick and accurate. The assessment tools help teachers come to accurate, fair and justifiable marks for students.

French As A Second Language: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, Report
French As A Second Language: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, ReportFour levels of achievement for all the components in an FSL program are clearly described. Teachers use the achievement scales (rubrics) to assess student work and give marks and comments. Teacher marking is faster, more consistent and justifiable to students and parents.

Guidance: Grades 9-10: Plan, Assess, Report
GuidanceStudent acquisition of guidance skills is difficult to assess. This handbook gives clear assessment criteria for teachers to arrive at marks for student achievement in guidance. If marks are not necessary the achievement charts give students indicators of the key life skills they need in school and after graduation.

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