Rigor In The Remote Learning Classroom

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000246353

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Rigor in the Remote Learning Classroom by Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

Learn how to keep the rigor and motivation alive in a remote learning or hybrid K–12 classroom. In this essential book, bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn shares frameworks and tools to help you move online without compromising the rigor of your instruction. You’ll learn... how to create a remote culture of high expectations; how to scaffold so students reach higher levels of learning; how to have students collaborate in different settings; and how to provide virtual feedback and deliver effective assessments. You’ll also discover how common activities, such as virtual field trips, can lack rigor without critical thinking prompts. The book provides practical strategies you can implement immediately to help all students reach higher levels of success.

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000803631

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Rigor in Your Classroom by Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

How can you ensure students are engaged and learning at deeper levels? This book from bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn is a treasure chest of more than 250 practical and effective tools that can be used across grade levels and subject areas to increase rigor, leading to higher levels of learning and success. Topics include scaffolding, differentiation, higher-level questions, high expectations, gradual release of responsibility, and more. This essential second edition offers more than 50 additional tools, updated research, and new topics such as teaching academic discourse, creating an environment of respect, and building students’ social and emotional learning. Rigor in Your Classroom will be your go-to resource throughout the school year, as you continually use new tools with your students. Bonus: The tools are accompanied by graphic organizers, charts, templates, and reproducibles for easy implementation.

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn,Bradley S. Witzel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000442366

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Rigor for Students with Special Needs by Barbara R. Blackburn,Bradley S. Witzel Pdf

This practical guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn and intervention expert Bradley S. Witzel provide helpful information on assessment, planning, co-teaching models, high expectations, common obstacles, and emphasizing positive outcomes. This second edition offers new, expanded instructional strategies for literacy and math, as well as strategies that work across subject areas. In addition, each chapter is filled with tools and examples to help you implement the ideas. Perfect for general and special educators and supervisors, the book also comes with a study guide so you can collaborate on the book with building or district colleagues. With the practical information in this book, you’ll understand how to teach with higher expectations and rigor so that all students can feel successful.

Author : Ronald Williamson,Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000359015

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Leadership for Remote Learning by Ronald Williamson,Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

Learn how to adapt leadership and keep motivation alive in a remote learning setting or hybrid school. In this essential book, bestselling authors Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn share frameworks and tools you can use to immediately make a difference in your school. You’ll learn how to do the following: Navigate the change process in remote learning Maintain a collaborative remote learning school Address equity issues in remote instruction Communicate effectively across online platforms Provide essential professional development remotely The chapter coverage ranges from school culture, to collaboration, to instructional leadership, to focusing on your own effective leadership. You will gain practical strategies and tips you can implement immediately to help your school and community flourish in a remote learning environment.

Author : Courtney-Dattola, Ashley
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799884071

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Handbook of Research on Adapting Remote Learning Practices for Early Childhood and Elementary School Classrooms by Courtney-Dattola, Ashley Pdf

Teaching is a demanding profession as there is constant fluctuation and evolution. A portion of teaching is the ability to be able to adapt to various environments, especially shifting from in-person instruction to online practices. Over the last few years, early childhood and elementary school classrooms have been thrust into hybrid and remote learning environments, and it is vital that educators and institutions adapt to new practices and create various outlets for teachers to be able to more adequately reach their young audience. The Handbook of Research on Adapting Remote Learning Practices for Early Childhood and Elementary School Classrooms is a critical resource to assist teachers as they develop online teaching practices and work to cater to young students so that they can receive the strongest benefits from their education. Through coverage of topics such as hybrid learning and parental involvement, paired with sample lesson plans, course formats, concepts, ideas, and additional components to further the body of research pertaining to remote learning, this book is tremendously beneficial to administrators, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Sean Ruday,Katie Caprino
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000614923

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Student-Centered Literacy Assessment in the 6-12 Classroom by Sean Ruday,Katie Caprino Pdf

In this practical and accessible book, you’ll learn how to create equitable and meaningful assessments in your instruction through an inquiry-based approach. Ruday and Caprino reimagine what asset-based literacy assessments can be and what they look like in practice by understanding that effective, asset-based literacy assessments must center on students: they must incorporate students’ unique perspectives, ideas, and experiences in meaningful and relevant ways. Instead of using assessments that focus on identifying what students don’t know, the practices presented in this book provide authentic opportunities for students to use what they do know to demonstrate their knowledge of important literacy concepts. The book is organized into three easy-to-use parts that cover: Key concepts of asset-based assessment Specific ways that these practices can be put into action Putting it all together in your own education context. A great resource for busy teachers, this book features a guide for teachers to use during professional development book studies and ready-to-implement templates when applying the assessment practices described in the book.

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn,Abbigail Armstrong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351708593

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Rigor in the 6–12 Math and Science Classroom by Barbara R. Blackburn,Abbigail Armstrong Pdf

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for middle and high school math and science teachers. Topics covered include: Creating a rigorous environment High expectations Support and scaffolding Demonstration of learning Assessing student progress Collaborating with colleagues The book comes with classroom-ready tools, offered in the book and as free eResources on our website at www.routledge.com/9781138302716.

Author : Rachelle Dene Poth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000453218

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Your World Language Classroom by Rachelle Dene Poth Pdf

Perfect for K–12 world language teachers, this book provides clear, fun and practical guidance on how to help students master language in the classroom using technology tools. Regardless of your level of technological proficiency as a teacher, this book will show you how to provide effective learning to students in in-person, online and hybrid environments and help you become more comfortable at using digital tools. With teacher vignettes sprinkled throughout, chapters are filled with ideas that will help you foster an inclusive, positive and student-centered classroom environment that supports students’ communication skills and social and emotional needs. Poth’s easy-to-use methods and strategies will help you create authentic, purposeful learning experiences that will prepare students to be risk-takers in a new language in and beyond the classroom.

Author : Ronald Williamson,Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000931297

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Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation by Ronald Williamson,Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation discusses a key issue for school leaders: motivating teachers to improve learning for students. Immense and unprecedented changes in education—primarily with the pandemic and "great resignation"—have affected all areas of teaching and learning, including teacher morale and motivation. This engaging book takes an in-depth focus on student learning as it relates to teacher motivation, providing specific examples of how to motivate teachers during challenging times. Specific tools, templates, and strategies are incorporated throughout the book to help leaders understand and act on issues of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, collaboration and trust, growth mindset, effective feedback, and more. Further, this text incorporates a broader look at how school leaders can shape their school and make it a place where teachers want to work, where they are committed to the success of students, and where they see themselves remaining well into the future. This timely book is appropriate for all school leaders, including teacher-leaders and district leaders.

Author : Benjamin Stewart Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000416473

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Better Questioning for Better Learning by Benjamin Stewart Johnson Pdf

Learn how to ask deeper questions and develop better questioning habits with this important resource. Author Benjamin Stewart Johnson takes you step by step through the key considerations and brain- based research to keep in mind when developing questions. He begins with an overview of why it’s important to understand participants’ thought process when being asked questions. He then shows how to set expectations for virtual questions and face- to- face questions; how to plan authentic, higher- order questions; how to scaffold and differentiate questions; and how to avoid zombie questions. In addition, he debunks myths such as wait time and points out the best ways to help learners support their answers, use questions to check for understanding, and more. Each section concludes by helping you create an action plan to improve your skills in a given area. Appropriate for teachers, instructional coaches, training facilitators, and specialists, the book can be used independently or in schoolwide book studies to help educators of all subjects and grades improve the depth and quality of their questioning.

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351185899

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Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom by Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

Learn how to differentiate instruction while maintaining a rigorous learning environment. In this practical book, rigor expert Barbara R. Blackburn shows that the differentiated classroom doesn’t mean extra work for top students and easy work for others; instead, you can have high expectations for all students and provide scaffolding so that everyone can reach success. She also addresses many of the greatest concerns teachers have about implementing differentiated instruction, including: How to manage your time so that you can create lessons, find resources, and grade assignments for students working at different levels; How to balance differentiated instruction and teaching standards; How to ensure rigor at all tiers of instruction; How to collaborate with teachers and other faculty members; How to differentiate homework and other out-of-class assignments; How to explain differentiated instruction to parents and families; And more... Each chapter includes practical tools and activities that you can use immediately to bring all students to higher levels of achievement. Many of these tools are available as eResources and can be downloaded for free from the book’s product page: www.routledge.com/9780815394471.

Author : Doug Lemov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119762935

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Teaching in the Online Classroom by Doug Lemov Pdf

A timely guide to online teaching strategies from bestselling author Doug Lemov and the Teach Like a Champion team School closures in response to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic resulted in an immediate and universal pivot to online teaching. More than 3.7 million teachers in the U.S. were suddenly asked to teach in an entirely new setting with little preparation and no advance notice. This has caused an unprecedented threat to children's education, giving rise to an urgent need for resources and guidance. The New Normal is a just-in-time response to educators’ call for help. Teaching expert Doug Lemov and his colleagues spent weeks studying videos of online teaching and they now provide educators in the midst of this transition with a clear guide to engaging and educating their students online. Although the transition to online education is happening more abruptly than anyone anticipated, technology-supported teaching may be here to stay. This guide explores the challenges involved in online teaching and guides educators and administrators to identify and understand best practices. It is a valuable tool to help you and your students succeed in synchronous and asynchronous settings this school year and beyond. Learn strategies for engaging students more fully online Find new techniques to assess student progress from afar Discover tools for building online classroom culture, combating online distractions, and more Watch videos of teachers building rigor and relationships during online instruction The New Normal features real-world examples you can apply and adapt right away in your own online classroom to allow you to survive and thrive online.

Author : Jane McIntosh Cooper,Leslie Michel Gauna,Christine Beaudry
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889743780

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COVID-19 and the Educational Response: New Educational and Social Realities by Jane McIntosh Cooper,Leslie Michel Gauna,Christine Beaudry Pdf

Author : Ronald Williamson,Barbara Blackburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317930679

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Rigorous Schools and Classrooms by Ronald Williamson,Barbara Blackburn Pdf

Turn your school into a student-centered learning environment, where rigor is at the heart of instruction in every classroom. From the bestselling author of Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word, Barbara Blackburn, and award-winning educator Ronald Williamson, this comprehensive guide to establishing a schoolwide culture of rigor is for principals and other administrators who seek to create the conditions in which rigorous classrooms flourish. School leaders will learn to manage a movement toward increased schoolwide rigor; engage teachers in conversations about improving instruction; build support for rigor among families and community members; learn methods for gathering meaningful data on student learning; and much more! With practical, ready-to-apply strategies, this book outlines and simplifies the steps toward achieving rigor at the school level. It represents a successful program that principals and administrators can use to put student learning first!

Author : Barbara R. Blackburn
Publisher : Eye On Education
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781596672260

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Rigor is Not a Four-letter Word by Barbara R. Blackburn Pdf

Reader-friendly and practical, Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Word is filled with tools you can use every day to raise the level of rigor in your classroom. These strategies can be incorporated immediately across content areas, grades, and subjects. Barbara Blackburn clearly defines what rigor is and how individual teachers can provide challenging learning experiences in their classrooms to prepare students for a better future.