Eight Essentials for Empowered Teaching and Learning, K-8: Bringing Out the Best in Your Students - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1510736956 ISBN 13: 9781510736955

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2018

Synopsis

Inspirational and practical, this book focuses on the quality of teaching and learning in elementary and middle school classrooms and helps teachers and students find more joy, satisfaction, and meaning in their work.

Experienced teacher Steve Reifman defines a quality classroom in reader-friendly terms, explains how to measure quality, and covers the conditions under which all students are empowered to reach their full potential. The author synthesizes key concepts from the fields of education, psychology, management, and personal growth to arrive at the eight essential elements of teaching, including realistic goal setting, assessment-oriented instruction, parent involvement, and teacher leadership. Written in an engaging personal voice and drawing upon the work of experts such as Stephen Covey, Howard Gardner, Ted Sizer, William Glasser, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Alfie Kohn, and Alan Blakenstein, this resource

Promotes student motivation and a classroom environment of trust and respect

Build higher-level thinking and group problem solving into the curriculum

Presents classroom applications, examples, anecdotes, and reproducible pages

Features ideas from practicing teaching for putting these essential ideas to work in the classroom

Eight Essentials for Empowered Teaching and Learning, K-8 motivates student teachers, beginning teachers, and veteran educators to become the most effective instructors they can be and achieve the best learning outcomes possible for their students.

About this title

From the Author

Steve Reifman has been an elementary school teacher for more than 13 years. He has experience working with students in all of the elementary grades, and he has taught in both public and private schools. Currently, Reifman teaches third grade at Roosevelt Elementary School in Santa Monica, California.

Review

""The book has many fine qualities???chief among them is a very desirable structure for helping teachers organize and maintain classrooms in which students are likely to flourish. This book goes a long way toward helping teachers acquire that competence."" -- C.M. Charles, Professor Emeritus (05/11/2007)

""The book has many fine qualities-chief among them is a very desirable structure for helping teachers organize and maintain classrooms in which students are likely to flourish. This book goes a long way toward helping teachers acquire that competence.""--C.M. Charles, Professor Emeritus

"Takes Gardner, Covey, Tomlinson, and wraps them all together in an approach that I find very motivating."--Karen Kersey, Second-Grade Teacher (05/11/2007)

""Contains information that is vitally important for the success of any classroom.""--Julie Duford, Fifth-Grade Teacher (05/10/2007)

""The book has many fine qualities chief among them is a very desirable structure for helping teachers organize and maintain classrooms in which students are likely to flourish. This book goes a long way toward helping teachers acquire that competence.""--C.M. Charles, Professor Emeritus (05/11/2007)"

""Gives us a format that we can develop into a philosophy or goal for our classrooms so our students become enthusiastic about learning. I could barely put this bookdown until I finished it. In fact, I am recommending it tomy principal.""--Debbie Halcomb, Fourth-Grade Teacher (05/10/2007)"

"The book has many fine qualities chief among them is a very desirable structure for helping teachers organize and maintain classrooms in which students are likely to flourish. This book goes a long way toward helping teachers acquire that competence."--C.M. Charles, Professor Emeritus (05/11/2007)"

"Takes Gardner, Covey, Tomlinson, and wraps them all together in an approach that I find very motivating."--Karen Kersey, Second-Grade Teacher (05/11/2007)

"Contains information that is vitally important for the success of any classroom."--Julie Duford, Fifth-Grade Teacher (05/10/2007)

"The book has many fine qualities--chief among them is a very desirable structure for helping teachers organize and maintain classrooms in which students are likely to flourish. This book goes a long way toward helping teachers acquire that competence."--C.M. Charles, Professor Emeritus (05/11/2007)

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1510736956
• ISBN 13: 9781510736955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192