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Money matters: world's leading entrepreneurs reveal their top tips to success / by Torres, Adam,editor.; Eng, Alexander.; Spears, Antonio DeShawn.; Shamoiel, Dr.Ben.; Frank, Billy,Jr.,1931-2014.(CARDINAL)548871; Sagar, Chirag.; Yeo, Elizabeth.; Ponzo, Emanuele.; Albi, Francisco A. Martin.; Reyes, Geovanni Oseguera.; Chen, Jennifer Y.; Wilder, Dr. K.C.; Razi, Keyan.; Reynoso, Patrick.; Denkin, Todd.; Fischer, Ty.;
"In these pages, through inspiring stories, you'll discover...how to create a clear path for growth; why ever business should act like a media company; how to build community to last a lifetime; lessons learned from professional soccer; how to maintain a well-connected brain for peak performance; how to create harmony through union in business; and much more."
Subjects: Money.; Leadership.; Entrepreneurship.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Nurses / by Minden, Cecilia,author.(CARDINAL)466315; Armantrout, Linda M.,author.(CARDINAL)474939;
Nursing is a demanding job and requires skill, patience, and a gentle touch. Kids learn about the professionals who take care of them when they're ill and help them maintain their overall health. Exciting pictures and informative text provide readers with a new appreciation for the nurses who care for our communities. --Publisher's description.Hello, my name is Amber -- I could be a nurse! -- Learn about this neighborhood helper! -- Who can become a nurse? -- Meet a nurse! -- Where can I learn to be a nurse? -- What does a nurse need to do the job? -- Where does a nurse work? -- Who works with nurses? -- When do ER nurses help people? -- I want to be a nurse! -- Why don't you try being a nurse?Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index.640LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Nurses; Nursing;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Using social media to build library communities : a LITA guide / by Young, Scott W. H.,editor.; Rossmann, Doralyn,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Building communities of library users -- Picking a platform and finding a voice / Lisa Bunker -- From broadcast to conversation in an academic library / Laura Little, Andrew Lopez, Jessica McCullough, Rebecca Parmer -- Find us on Facebook : the evolution of social media at a community college library / Dana A. Knott and Angel M. Gondek -- Social media and healthcare : building and sustaining communities for patients and providers / Patricia J. Devine -- Adding value with advertising : using paid promotions to build your online community / Chris Chan and Joanna Hare -- Part 2. Building communities of library professionals -- Building communities of practice in the library profession / Katie Elson Anderson -- Building a personal learning network / Stony Evans -- Part 3. Transforming community into action--social media and social justice -- The urgency and agency of #OccupyNassau : actively archiving anti-racism at Princeton / Jarrett M. Drake -- Cultivating critical dialogue on Twitter / April M. Hathcock.In Using Social Media to Build Library Communities, a constellation of perspectives are brought together to explore community building through social media. This book will guide library professionals who want to take social media beyond marketing and promotion to build an engaged community of library users.
Subjects: Online social networks; Online social networks; Libraries and community.; Libraries and community; Librarians; Social media.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Are you LGBTQ? / by Nagle, Jeanne,author.(CARDINAL)653194; Dunbar, Robert E.,author.(CARDINAL)515306;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Orientation and identification -- History of the gay rights movement -- Science and studies -- LGBTQ and society -- Special threats to LGBTQ teens -- LGBTQ and the law -- Information and support -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- For more information -- Further reading -- Index.Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer or Questioning. Each of these terms has an individual meaning and a community around it. Through interviews with professionals as well as those in the LGBTQ community, you can learn not only the definition of each of these words, but also what it means on a greater scale. This text will provide you with answers to many of your questions about sexuality and help you learn to accept others and yourself.Grades 5-8.
Subjects: Sexual minorities; Sexual minority youth; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.; LGBTQ+ youth.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Reading with writing in mind : a guide for middle and high school educators / by Charron, Nancy,1949-author.(CARDINAL)352154; Fenton, Marilyn,1948-author.(CARDINAL)352153; Harris, Margaret,1944-author.(CARDINAL)352152;
Includes bibliographical references.Reading to Improve Student Writing: Take Time to Notice--Looking and Learning -- Take Time to Notice--An Artist's Choices -- Take Time to Notice--Comparison of Two Works of Art -- Noticing the Writer's Choices--Reading Poems -- Noticing the Writer's Choices--Reading Fiction -- Noticing the Writer's Choices--Reading Nonfiction -- Determining Connotation vs. Denotation--Taking the Temperature of Words -- Identifying Three Kinds of Questions -- Using the I-Search Paper -- Reading and Writing in the Content Areas: Using the SOAPSTone Strategy -- Role-playing -- Using Primary Documents -- Using Letters, Diaries, and Other Primary Sources -- Applying the Concept of Essential Questions in Content Areas -- Implementing Socratic Seminars -- Reviewing the Textbook -- Journaling -- Authentic Content Area Writing -- Focus and Logic through the Essay: How Meaning is Constructed in E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake" -- Form Supports Meaning -- Conversion of a Narrative to an Essay -- Finding Significance in Literature -- Brainstorming in Response to Essential Questions -- Reading for Persuasive Writing: The Argument: Checklist for Close-Reading -- The Face-Off -- The Scaffolded Oral Presentation -- A Panel Discussion -- Staging the Trial -- Defending Preference -- Write by Reading Poetry: Less is More -- "Found" Poetry -- From Prose to Poetry -- Playing with Meter -- Learning from e.e. cummings -- Poems Using Metaphor -- Letter Poem -- History and Poetry -- Songs as Poetry -- Inference -- Providing Literacy to All Students -- Reading and Reflecting on One's Own Writing -- Closing the Literacy LoopGood writing begins with good reading. This book is written on the premise that students must embrace reading as a part of the full process of good writing. It may be used by classroom teachers (Grades 6-12) individually or collectively as members of a professional learning community, by pre-service teachers in a literacy course, or by other educators working to support literacy in the classroom. Interdisciplinary discussions relate to all types or genres of reading and writing. This book offers practical lessons and ideas for teaching and motivating all learners using Universal Design for Learning principles. Formatting provides additional ideas for challenged students, including students with special needs, accelerated learners, and English Language Learners, and is aligned with Common Core State Standards for content subjects as well as for language arts. It takes ideas that were formerly reserved for the upper echelon of students in English language arts and reformulates teaching approaches to reach students across the learning spectrum and in all disciplines. All teachers need to be involved in raising the literacy bar, and this book provides activities and strategies for use in the classroom that can promote success for all learners. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Composition (Language arts); Composition (Language arts); English language; English language; Reading (Middle school); Reading (Secondary);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Challenged but not defeated : strategies for coping with autism, schizophrenia, and abuse / by Kuser, R.V.;
"R.V. Kuser is a profoundly autistic man who works as a Teacher, Developmental Specialist, and Autism Coordinator in Winston Salem, NC. He is on a lifelong quest for ways to overcome personal difficulties with communication, behavior, and cognitive perception while integrating into school and professional communities. The strategies he has learned and developed are detailed in this book, which is targeted (but not limited to) parents, caregivers, and educators in the special-education community. R.V. discusses subjects such as tools and techniques for daily living, tips for keeping the adult mind focused, dealing with the dynamics of childhood friends and play, adolescent social situations and teamwork, creating better focus and visualization, enhancing learning, and ultimately finding one's niche in the world. He unflinchingly deals with painful personal history such as schizophrenia, sexual abuse, and therapy. R.V. emerges as a Victor (which, coincidentally, is also his middle name!) over the challenges that life has dealt him. Join him in exploring how children and adults on the autism spectrum can learn to embrace their individuality and find their voices in today's world."
Subjects: Autism.; Schizophrenia.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Learning to teach : -- not just for beginners : the essential guide for all teachers / by Shalaway, Linda; Beech, Linda(CARDINAL)317737;
Includes bibliographical referencesIntroduction -- A good place to start : classroom organization and management -- Children as learners -- Motivating students : effective teaching strategies -- Assessment and evaluation -- Teaching kids to care -- Home-school-community connections -- Teachers helping teachers -- Reflective teaching : thinking and growing professionally -- Conclusion -- Important terms about teaching and learningAn essential guide for all teachers, "Learning to Teach--Not Just for Beginners" offers a wealth of great strategies for all those who desire to instruct others as a career
Subjects: Activity programs in education; Teaching; Teaching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Whole person librarianship : a social work approach to patron services / by Zettervall, Sara K.,author.(CARDINAL)805849; Nienow, Mary C.,author.(CARDINAL)805850;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Relationships are the new reference collection -- Partners in the library -- Social work students: "Living the dream" in the library -- Full-time library social workers -- Advocating for change -- Sustainable practice -- Future Directions -- Appendix A: PIE chart worksheet -- Appendix B: Community needs assessment -- Appendix C: Learning contract template -- Appendix D: Sample intake form -- Appendix E: Sample staff survey -- Appendix F: Reflective practice worksheet."Highlights the connections rapidly being made between librarians and social workers and explains how to create those partnerships"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Libraries and community; Public services (Libraries); Public services (Libraries); Librarians; Library employees; Social workers; Social service;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Broadchurch : a novel [sound recording] / by Kelly, Erin1976-(CARDINAL)341684; Chibnall, Chris;
Read by Carolyn Pickles. In the sleepy British seaside town of Broadchurch, Detective Ellie Miller has just returned from vacation, only to learn that she2s been passed over for a promotion at work in favor of outsider Alec Hardy. He, escaping the spectacular failure of his last case, is having trouble finding his way into this tight-knit community. But professional rivalry aside, both detectives are about to receive some terrible news: eleven-year-old Danny Latimer has been found murdered on the beach.
Subjects: Audiobooks. ; Mystery fiction.; Policewomen ; Murder ;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lean learning : how to achieve more by learning less / by Flynn, Pat(Online business consultant)author;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) and index.Introduction: you know too much -- Inspiration overload and the art of selective curiosity -- Choosing action over information -- The power of champions: harnessing mentorship and community -- Protect your progress -- Voluntary force functions -- Persist or pivot? -- Micro mastery and quantum leaps -- From learning to leading -- Conclusion: you know enough to begin."Navigate the chaos of information overload and supercharge your efficiency with Lean Learning, a groundbreaking guide that reveals a counterintuitive approach to success: winning by learning less. From an early age, we're taught that more is better. More money, more information, more skills. But times have changed. What was once valuable has now become a burden, and if information alone were the answer, we'd all be exactly where we want. In today's fast-moving world, the difference between success and failure is not in what you know but in what you do with what you know. Lean Learning equips you with the tools to do just that, propelling you towards your goals with greater efficiency, purpose, and results. Pat Flynn, a seasoned and serial entrepreneur and business mentor to millions, draws on his own experiences and of those who have successfully implemented his techniques. Lean Learning isn't just about absorbing information efficiently-it's about reshaping your approach to knowledge altogether. This book teaches you how to identify what's essential for your growth and eliminate all the distractions that tend to bog you down. Lean Learning stands out in a crowded productivity space by focusing not just on "working smarter" but on revolutionizing the way we absorb, process, and use information every single day. It's a perfect read for entrepreneurs, professionals, and lifelong learners who are ready to cut through the chaos and start making real progress. Backed by Flynn's extensive entrepreneurial success real-life case studies, Lean Learning offers a transformative approach to mastering any skill and achieving more with less. It is a perfect reading companion for fans of Great at Work, Digital Minimalism, and Building a Second Brain"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Success in business.; Self-management (Psychology); Learning strategies.; Self-managed learning.; Ability.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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