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Teachers Have It Easy
New Press, The 2006; US$ 16.95Since its initial publication and multiple reprints in hardcover in 2005, Teachers Have It Easy has attracted the attention of teachers nationwide, appearing on the New York Times extended bestseller list, C-SPAN, and NPR?s Marketplace , in addition to receiving strong reviews nationwide. Now available for the first time in paperback, this groundbreaking... more...
La Reconnaissance professionnelle en éducation
University of Ottawa Press 2009; US$ 19.99La recherche et la construction théorique de la reconnaissance professionnelle en éducation trouve dans ce volume sa première élaboration qui porte sur la distinction entre l?évaluation et la reconnaissance professionnelle. L?aversion pour l?évaluation dans l?éducation tient dans le fait que l?évaluation comme pratique vécue laissait à l?acteur le... more...
Assessing Teachers for Professional Certification
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 160.00Offers some of the many lessons that the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Board has learned about how to make a professional certification system for teachers manageable and affordable. more...
Supporting and Supervising your Teaching Assistant
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 100.00In this highly practical book the authors provide strategies for teachers to help them get the best out of their working relationship with their teaching assistant (TA). Topics covered include:. - what responsibilities can be delegated to the TA. - who's accountable for the work the TA does. - how to provide continuing professional development... more...
Stories from Novice Teachers
University Press of America 2010; US$ 26.99This book features novice teachers and how they were, or were not, mentored or inducted by schools. Using data collected over a three-year period, the cases inform school principals and district-level administrators of situations promoting or hindering new teacher growth, in order to lower attrition rates and foster student achievement. more...
Profit of Education
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 45.00America's public education system can be fixed if we are willing to rethink the teaching profession. We need to treat teachers as we do other skilled professionals, recruiting and retaining the best and rewarding them for success. And we need to raise teacher salaries 40 percentÑan increase that can pay for itself nine times over! more...
Finding Success the First Year
R&L Education 2010; US$ 35.99With everything from answers to frequent new-teacher questions and warnings of common new teacher pitfalls to specific strategies and veteran tricks useful for clawing back precious hours of the day, Matthew Johnson gives clear tips and clear reasons for them in a straightforward, jargonless voice and a mixture of practicality and philosophy. more...
Rookie Teaching For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 19.99Navigate politics, paperwork, and legal issues Find your instructional style and make learning fun for your students! Gain the upper hand on your first day of school! This friendly guide reveals what they didn't teach you in your education classes, offering practical advice and tons of real-life examples to help you set up and maintain an orderly... more...
Special Interest
Brookings Institution Press 2011; US$ 34.95Why are Americas public schools falling so short of the mark in educating the nations children? Why are they organized in ineffective ways that fly in the face of common sense, to the point that it is virtually impossible to get even the worst teachers out of the classroom? And why, after more than a quarter century of costly education... more...
Ultimate Teaching Manual
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 34.95Embarking on a teaching career is a bit like setting off on an exciting car journey. You've prepared as well as you could, but you have no way of knowing what hazards and pitfalls lie ahead. And when you're on the road on your own, you're going to need more than just a full tank of petrol. Ideal for visual learners, this full-colour handbook... more...









