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A school of our own : the story of the first student-run high school and a new vision for American education / by Levin, Samuel,author.(CARDINAL)414347; Engel, Susan L.,1959-author.(CARDINAL)408503;
Realize you need one -- Design it -- Build it -- Your first day -- Assume everyone is an intellectual -- Require mastery -- Overcome obstacles, together -- Open your door to the community."A School of Our Own tells the remarkable story of the Independent Project, the first student-run high school in America. Founder Samuel Levin, a high school junior who had already achieved international fame for creating Project Sprout-the first farm-to-school lunch program in the United States-was frustrated with his own education and saw disaffection among his peers. In response, he lobbied for and created a new school based on a few simple ideas about what kids need from their high school experience.The school succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations and went on to be featured in Newsweek, NPR, and the Washington Post. Since its beginnings in 2010, the Independent Project serves as a national model for inspiring student engagement. In creating his school, Samuel collaborated with Susan Engel, the noted developmental psychologist, educator, and author-and Samuel's mother. A School of Our Own is their account of their life-changing year in education, a book that combines poignant stories, educational theory, and practical how-to advice for building new, more engaging educational environments for our children"--
Subjects: Levin, Samuel.; Engel, Susan L., 1959-; Monument Mountain Regional High School (Great Barrington, Mass.). Independent Project.; Student participation in curriculum planning; Student participation in administration; Educational change;
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Distracted : why students can't focus and what you can do about it / by Lang, James M.,author.(CARDINAL)674525;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.Introduction: From distraction to attention -- Theories of distraction. A brief history of distraction ; Distracted in the classroom ; The tech ban debate -- Practices of attention. Communities of attention ; Curious attention ; Structured attention ; Signature attention activities ; Assessed attention ; Mindful attention -- Conclusion: The classroom as attention retreat."A decade ago, James Lang banned cell phones in his classroom. Frustrated by how easily they could sidetrack his students, Lang sought out a distraction-free environment, hoping it would help his students pay attention to his lessons. But after just a few years, Lang gave in. Not only was his no-cellphones policy ineffective (even his best students ignored it), he realized that he, like many of his fellow teachers, was missing an important point. The problem isn't phones. It's our antiquated notions of the brain. In Distracted, Lang makes the case for a new way of thinking about how to teach young minds based on the emerging neuroscience of attention. Although we have long prized the ability to focus, the most natural way of thinking is distraction. Our brains are designed to continually scan our environment, looking for new information, occasionally wandering off in different directions in search of new insights. This is not to say that iPhones are not good at distracting us, but that what they represent is in principle nothing new, because sustained periods of intense focus are not what humans are good at. Of course, we still do need to pay attention to learn. The problem is that we think of learning as a matter of managing distraction, when we should instead think of it as actively cultivating attention. This starts with letting go of technology bans, which are little more than a fig leaf applied to the objective difficulty of paying attention. But it involves more active ways of rethinking classroom conventions too. For example, rather than structuring lessons as 45 or 60-minute blocks of lecturing, teachers could segment their classes into a series of smaller lessons, with regular shifts in focus, appealing to the brain's interest in novelty. Simple changes can drastically improve students' performance, and in Distracted, Lang takes readers on a sprawling tour of how some of America's best teachers are improving student performance using concepts such as modular classrooms, flow states, and student-directed learning. Together, these insights offer a new way of thinking about how to not only more effectively teach a lesson plan, but to teach students the most important lesson of all: how to learn"--A decade ago Lang banned cell phones in his classroom, frustrated by how easily they could sidetrack his students. After just a few years, Lang gave in. Not only was his no-cellphones policy ineffective, he realized that like many of his fellow teachers he was missing an important point: The problem isn't phones. It's our antiquated notions of the brain. Here Lang makes the case for a new way of thinking about how to teach young minds based on the emerging neuroscience of attention. What iPhones represent is in principle nothing new, because sustained periods of intense focus are not what humans are good at. We should instead think of it as actively cultivating attention, and find active ways of rethinking classroom conventions that will teach students how to learn. -- adapted from publisher info
Subjects: Motivation in education.; Attention in adolescence.; Interest (Psychology); Effective teaching.; Classroom environment.; Active learning.; Problem-based learning.; Student participation in curriculum planning.; Cognitive neuroscience.;
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School libraries supporting students with hidden needs and talents : from ADHD to vision impairment / by Collins, Karla Bame,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.While school librarians are experts at collaborating with classroom teachers, too often they overlook the specialists in their buildings as key collaborative partners. Focusing on the many specialists who work with students, Karla Bame Collins provides information about their roles and responsibilities and discusses how school librarians can collaborate to improve learning for all students, including those with hidden disabilities that are not easily detected and may go undiagnosed. Because librarians work with every student, but may not always be informed about each student's particular needs, it's important for them to know whom in the school to turn to for information. Librarians will gain ideas for working with students to provide the best possible learning environment for each.This practical book looks at the whole school library environment--collection, instruction, space, and programming--and offers many ideas for librarians to collaborate with other educators and specialists for the good of all students.
Subjects: School librarians; School librarian participation in curriculum planning; School librarian-student relationships; School libraries; Libraries and children with disabilities;
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How to STEM : science, technology, engineering, and math education in libraries / by Gubnitskaia, Vera,1960-editor of compilation.(CARDINAL)399938; Smallwood, Carol,1939-editor of compilation.(CARDINAL)173318;
Includes bibliographical references and index.WonderWorks : Preschoolers Playing with STEM / by Carissa Christner -- Creating STEM Kits for Teen Programs / by Kelly Czarnecki -- Digging into Reading : A Worm's Perspective / by Barbara Fiehn and Jeanine M. Huss -- The Maker Movement, STEM and Libraries : How Libraries Large and Small Can Support Hands-On Math and Science Learning in Their Communities / by Cynthia Houston -- The STEM Kids Program and the FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) at the Grand Forks Public Library / by Aaron Stefanich and Laura Munski -- Animation Programs at the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library / by Michael Cherry -- How Not to Blow Up the Library : Planning and Facilitating a Homeschool Science Lab in Your Building / by Fred Kirchner -- Customizing the For-Credit Information Literacy Course for STEM Majors / Rosalia Petralia and Kathy Turner -- Kid-ventions with the U.S. Patent Library / by Barbara J. Hampton -- A Math Emporium Project / by Nastasha Johnson and Tiffany B. Russell -- The School Librarian Role in the FIRST® LEGO® League Team Project / by Karla Steege Krueger -- STEMming From Scratch : STEM Library Services for High School Students Enrolled as University Students / by Janna Mattson and Heather Groves Hannan -- How to Get Science Going / by Keary Bramwell -- Graphic Novels Ignite Imagination in the Sciences / by Melanie E. Hughes and Gary Pinkston -- Showcasing Scientific Research Outpu : New Audiences for Science Libraries / by Alvin Hutchinson -- Embedding Librarians into the STEM Publication Process / by Anne Rauh and Linda M. Galloway -- How NOT to Reinvent the STEM Wheel : Using Crowdsourcing and Community Partners / by Jennifer Hopwood -- Girls' Night Out : STEM Programs for Girls Only / by Kathleen J. Clauson -- Celebrating Geographic Information Systems through GIS Day @ Your Library / by Carol Patterson McAuliffe -- Fun Is Learning : Making an Interactive Science Café Series / by Karen Lauritsen -- How to Make Library Workshops Popular with Science and Engineering Students / by Giovanna Badia -- Learning About Future Stem Careers / by Eileen G. Harrington -- Take it from the Top : Cultivating Relationships with STEM Faculty to Connect with Students / by Shawn V. Lombardo and Barbara A. Shipman -- Grant Writing to Support STEM / by Susan P. Cordell and Reenay R.H. Rogers -- STEM on a Budget! / by Sarah Wright.
Subjects: Case studies.; Science and technology libraries; Science; Technology; Engineering; Mathematics; Library orientation for science students.; Libraries; School librarian participation in curriculum planning; Academic libraries; Libraries and education;
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Integrating multicultural literature in libraries and classrooms in secondary schools / by Hinton, KaaVonia,1973-(CARDINAL)550265; Dickinson, Gail K.(CARDINAL)380353;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.Using multicultural literature -- Cultivating young adult readers -- Classroom teachers/school library media team -- Race and ethnicity -- Gender and sexuality -- Religion -- Socio-economics -- Geographic orientation -- Language/country of origin -- Putting it all together -- Popular culture -- Advocating multiculturalism.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; American literature; Ethnic groups; High school students; Minorities; Multicultural education; School librarian participation in curriculum planning; Young adult literature, American; Young adult literature, American;
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Inspiring curiosity : a librarian's guide to inquiry-based learning / by Cassinelli, Colette,author.(CARDINAL)803889;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158).Creating a schoolwide culture of inquiry -- Librarian's role with inquiry-based learning -- Inspiring curiosity -- Developing effective questions -- Diving into the research process -- Publishing and performance tasks -- Assessment and inquiry tools -- Reflection for deeper learning -- Librarian's call to action --"Inspiring Curiosity is a practical guide for secondary school librarians as they collaborate with teachers and students to develop inquiry-based research projects. ... This book includes: ideas and resources to help librarians be more effective in research and inquiry; tips for developing search strategies, locating and curating resources, evaluating sources and celebrating students' inquiry beyond the traditional research paper; lessons and assessment ideas to keep librarians current on information literacy topics."--Back cover.
Subjects: Inquiry-based learning.; Libraries and teachers; Libraries and education; School librarian participation in curriculum planning.;
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Connecting with students online : strategies for remote teaching & learning / by Serravallo, Jennifer,author.(CARDINAL)486937;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171).Holding True to Priorities as We Move Online -- Partnering with Adults at Home -- Planning and Revising Curriculum Units for Online Instruction -- Managing Your Time Across a Day, Across the Week -- Setting Up Students' Independent Practice at Home -- Methods and Structures for Teaching Online.Holding true to priorities as we move online. Connection and relationships ; Emotional well-being ; Engagement ; Clear, strategic, and focused direct instruction ; Guided practice ; Access ; Assessment ; Balance -- Partnering with adults at home. Strategies. Welcome caregivers to your online classroom ; Survey students and families to understand needs ; Share the weekly schedule ; Share notes on students' work and progress ; Record how-to videos for using technology ; Offer advice about setting up learning space(s) at home ; Encourage caregivers to develop a schedule and/or routines ; Help families know what to do when things get frustrating -- Planning and revising curriculum units for online instruction. Strategies. Step 1: Identify goals and skill progressions ; Step 2: Find anchor texts ; Step 3: Try out what you'll ask students to do ; Step 4: Design assessments ; Step 5a: Map out daily reading lessons with goals and strategies ; Step 5b: Map our daily writing lessons with process and strategies ; Streamline and simplify:connect goals across reading and writing ; Plan for a monthly focus: genre, content, independent projects, or a mix ; Organize your curriculum and resources in a learning management system ; Approach your planning and teaching with flexibility and feedback -- Managing your time across a day, across the week. Strategies. Understand the pros and cons of synchronous and asynchronous teaching ; Invite your students online with you for some time each day ; Plan and record short whole-class micro lessons ; Host "office hours" for student- and caregiver- initiated response time ; Make a schedule for conferences and small groups ; Preserve space for professional learning and collaboration ; Map out a weekly schedule and set boundaries -- Supporting students' independent practice at home. Strategies. Ask students to read every day ; Give students access to paper books ; Adapt strategies for students who are reading e-books ; Adapt strategies for students who are listening to audiobooks and/or podcasts ; Create short text packets for shared reading experiences ; Rethink what it means to match readers with "just-right" texts ; Ask students to write every day ; Decide how your students will compose their writing ; Give students access to writing materials and tools ; Hold on (tightly) to writer's notebooks ; Set up a system for students to share some of their writing with you ; Ask students to do math every day ; Ask students to engage with content study every day ; Plan for students to create and move and play every day -- Methods and structures for teaching online. Strategies. Develop community agreements and norms for participating online ; Set yourself and your students up for videoconferencing ; Convert your live mini lessons to recorded micro lessons ; Make your micro lessons more engaging ; Monitor and guide students' independent practice ; Read aloud (live!) to build community ; Record read-aloud to engage, support comprehension, and collect data ; Study a mentor text for writing craft ; Confer with students live ; Confer with students when your schedules don't align ; Set up and support reading and writing partnerships and clubs ; Engage reading partnerships and clubs with "written conversations" ; Engage writing partnerships and clubs with written feedback ; Engage partnerships and clubs with asynchronous video "conversation" ; Meet with a small group of students with the same goal (strategy lessons) ; Move your guided reading online ; Apply the tech tools and strategies you've learned to lead any type of group online."The professional development for online teaching and learning that you've been asking for. An unprecedented pandemic may take the teacher out of the classroom, but it doesn't take the classroom out of the teacher! Now that you're making the shift to online teaching, it's time to answer your biggest questions about remote, digitally based instruction: How do I build and nurture relationships with students and their at-home adults from afar? How do I adapt my best teaching to an online setting? How do I keep a focus on students and their needs when they aren't in front of me? Jennifer Serravallo's Connecting with Students Online gives you concise, doable answers based on her own experiences and those of the teachers, administrators, and coaches she has communicated with during the pandemic. Focusing on the vital importance of the teacher-student connection, Jen guides you to: Effectively prioritize what matters most during remote, online instruction schedule your day and your students' to maximize teaching and learning (and avoid burnout) ; Streamline curricular units and roll them out digitally ; Record highly engaging short lessons that students will enjoy and learn from ; Confer, working with small groups, and drive learning through independent practice ; Partner with the adults in a student's home to support your work with their child. Featuring simplified, commonsense suggestions, 55 step-by-step teaching strategies, and video examples of Jen conferring and working with small groups, Connecting with Students Online helps new teachers, teachers new to technology, or anyone who wants to better understand the essence of effective online instruction. Along the way Jen addresses crucial topics including assessment and progress monitoring, student engagement and accountability, using anchor charts and visuals, getting books into students' hands, teaching subject-area content, and avoiding teacher burnout. During this pandemic crisis turn to one of education's most trusted teaching voices to help you restart or maintain students' progress. Jennifer Serravallo's Connecting with Students Online is of-the-moment, grounded in important research, informed by experience, and designed to get you teaching well -- and confidently -- as quickly as possible."--
Subjects: Teaching; Web-based instruction.; Computer-assisted instruction.; Computer managed instruction.; Educational technology.; Computers and literacy.; Internet in education.; Distance education.;
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Librarians as community partners : an outreach handbook / by Smallwood, Carol,1939-(CARDINAL)173318;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Academic connections : a college librarian reaches out to a middle school / by Margaret Keys -- Integrating manuscripts into the Michigan curriculum through archival outreach / by Marian Matyn -- Public school teacher workshops conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Mervyn H. Sterne Library / by Delores Carlito -- Secondary classroom instruction in Birmingham / by Delores Carlito -- Teaching American history : archivists partnering with public schools / by Sharon Carlson -- A different kind of science project : a partnership between a community college library and a high school media center / by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell -- Día de los niños, día de los libros / by Meryle Leonard -- Documenting the experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans : archivists partnering with oral historians / by Sharon Carlson -- Ethiopia reads / by Loriene Roy -- Homework club for English language learners / by Licia Slimon -- If I can read, I can do anything : a national reading club for Native children / by Loriene Roy -- Laptop literacy : language and computer literacy services to refugees in Burlington, Vermont / by Barbara A. Shatara -- The long journey to Vermont : immigration, cultural identity, and book discussions that build community / by Barbara A. Shatara -- Outreach to the Russian-speaking community at the Arapahoe Library District / by Katya B. Dunatov -- Outreach to newly enrolled African American college students / by Jamie Seeholzer -- Serving multicultural patrons at the Arapahoe Library District / by Katya B. Dunatov --Bake a book and they will come / by Iona R. Malanchuk -- Establishing a library docent program / by Mary H. Nino -- Friends in need : involving friends of the library in community outreach programs / by Vera Gubnitskaia -- Lifesaving library outreach / by Felicia A. Smith -- Planning a library anniversary celebration / by Mary H. Nino -- Reading matters in mentor : library services at the pools and beaches on Ohio's north coast / by Lynn Hawkins -- Small grants can have big rewards / by Chelsea Dinsmore -- Using a digitization project to produce a book for community outreach / by John R. Burch Jr. -- Using pilot projects for outreach / by Chelsea Dinsmore --Beyond the campus : information literacy instruction for the senior community / by Susan M. Frey -- Memoir writing for older adult groups / by Mark Donnelly -- Outreach to the senior community : one library's activities / by Bob Blanchard -- Sí se puede! = Yes we can! / by Meryle Leonard -- What boomers want : the future of outreach / by Ellen Mehling -- Better than one : collaborative outreach for homeschooled teens / by Catherine Fraser Riehle -- Children's initiative : establishing a successful partnership with a local public school system / by Vera Gubnitskaia -- Hundreds of high school students study at the library / by Tiffany Auxier -- Reaching out to create outreach programs among teen library patrons / by Maryann Mori -- Reaching out to student athletes, two students at a time / by Maureen Brunsdale -- Teen theater at the public library / by Licia Slimon -- Teens will respond / by Maryann Mori -- Upward bound outreach to talented high school students / by Jamie Seeholzer --Community groups join forces for family fun / by Tiffany Auxier -- Connecting with the community : partnering to deliver a storytime outreach / by Margaret Keys -- Creative partnerships with local organizations / by Ellen Mehling -- Dinner with the presidents : teaming up with the Yours Truly restaurant chain / by Lynn Hawkins -- Faraway places / by Uma Doraiswamy -- Fostering community engagement through a town and gown lecture series / by Susan M. Frey -- A friend in need : partnering with an employment center / by Elaine Williams -- Guest reader storytime : Fenton area outreach project / by Christine K. Heron -- Local artists-in-residence at your school library / by Jan Siebold -- Partnering for lifelong learning : a unique collaboration / by Catherine Fraser Riehle -- Partnering for dollars : using grant opportunities to build community and provide programming / by Karen Brodsky -- Partnering with a local park or historical agency / by Florence M. Turcotte -- Partnering with your local historical society / by Elaine Williams -- A university library reaches out to an entire community / by Iona R. Malanchuk.Freedom readers in a juvenile correctional facility / by Felicia A. Smith -- Has your public librarian been to prison? Participation in summer reading games / by Glennor Shirley -- Has your public librarian been to prison? Participation in shared grant projects / by Glennor Shirley -- Breathing life into the circus collection / by Maureen Brunsdale -- Bringing history to the people's fingertips : University of Florida digital collections and historical Florida newspapers / by Melissa Shoop -- They didn't teach me this in library school : managing a library art gallery / by Karen Brodsky -- Lights, camera, libraries / by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell -- Partnering with a local newspaper to digitize historical photographs / by John R. Burch, Jr. -- Michigan reads! Statewide outreach project / by Christine K. Heron -- Books that shape our lives : a community of readers / by Jan Siebold -- Collaboration creates a successful regional low-vision fair / by Bob Blanchard -- One community, one story / by Florence M. Turcotte -- SOKY Book Fest / by Uma Doraiswamy -- University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries and the Common Reading Program / by Melissa Shoop --
Subjects: Case studies.; Library outreach programs; Libraries and community; Libraries;
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What successful teachers do : 101 research-based classroom strategies for new and veteran teachers / by Glasgow, Neal A.,author.; Hicks, Cathy D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Effective teaching.; Motivation in education.; Teaching.;
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Preparing for college : practical advice for students and their families / by Rooney, John J.(CARDINAL)490452; Reardon, John F.(CARDINAL)490453; Will, Katherine Haley.(CARDINAL)595664;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Offers advice on choosing a college, undergoing the application process, uncovering the financial resources to pay tuition and expenses, and adjusting to the academic and personal challenges that first-year students face.
Subjects: College student orientation; Education;
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