Books published by Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

In this follow-up to the popular What Works in Schools, Robert J. Marzano discusses the research-based strategies that every teacher can use to effectively manage the classroom and help students take responsibility for their own behavior.

In this engaging and well-researched book, Myron Dueck reveals troubling issues related to traditional approaches and offers numerous examples of educators at all levels who are transforming assessment by using tools and methods that engage and empower students.

Every day, teachers need the best resources and forms of support because students deserve the best we as educators can offer. An instructional playbook aims to serve as that kind of support: a tool that coaches can use to help teachers match specific learning goals with the right research-based instructional strategies.

With the right planning and support, dynamic collaborative learning can thrive everywhere. In this book, educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Almarode explain how to create and sustain student learning communities.

Combines updated research and real-world stories to demonstrate how it takes only one teacher to make a difference in student performance. The approach presented expands the classic three-part curriculum-instruction-assessment framework by adding one key ingredient: feedback.

By focusing on key questions, school leaders can find a path through the complex decisions they encounter every day. What If I'm Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership guides you past the pitfalls of split-second instinct, groupthink, prejudice, and the rush to judgment.

School improvement can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be. In this fully revised and updated second edition of The Learning Leader, Douglas Reeves helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalize on their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, and reset their mindset and priorities to achieve success.

Presents reflective questions that encompass the breadth and depth of the assistant principalship - from finding your leadership 'lane' to thriving and being an asset to your principal. Baruti Kafele infuses the book from beginning to end with personal anecdotes and accounts of both failures and successes from his years as an assistant principal.

When children of color enter their classrooms each year, many often encounter low expectations, disconnection, and other barriers to their success. In The Innocent Classroom, Alexs Pate traces the roots of these disparities to pervasive negative stereotypes which children are made aware of before they even walk through the school door.

In this revised edition, Carl Glickman and Rebecca West Burns synthesize their experience in teacher education and supervision into a comprehensive guide to supporting teacher growth and student learning. Embedded in every page are the essential knowledge, skills, approaches, and methods that leaders need to drive instructional improvement.

Details how teachers can shift from a "behaviour management" mindset (that punishes students for "bad" behavior or rewards students for "good" or "compliant" behavior) to an approach that supports all students - even the most challenging ones - with kindness, creativity, acceptance, and love.

Co-teaching has been increasingly adopted to support students in the general education classroom. After 20 years of field testing, we know what works - and what doesn't. In this guide, co-teaching and inclusion experts Toby Karten and Wendy Murawski detail the best practices for successful co-teaching and ways to troubleshoot common pitfalls.

With warmth and wisdom informed by her experience as a school administrator, autism educator, clinician, and parent, Barbara Boroson provides a holistic look at the challenges students on the spectrum face in the areas of anxiety, executive function, sensation, communication, socialization, engagement, and cognitive acquisition.

Expanding on the authors' original framework's concepts of actions and school culture, this book incorporates new insights for addressing equity, trauma, and social-emotional learning. These fresh perspectives combine with lessons learned from high-poverty, high-performing schools to form the updated and enhanced Framework for Collective Action.

Unpacks the cognitive science underlying research-supported learning strategies so you can sequence them into experiences that challenge, inspire, and engage your students. As a result, you'll learn to teach with more intentionality - understanding not just what to do but also when and why to do it.

Explores the how and why of self-determined learning - which emphasizes autonomy and choice, turning over ownership for learning to students by supporting them in engaging in activities that are of personal value to them, thus enabling them to act volitionally.

Reflects the dream of a true partnership in listening, learning, and leading together. When the potential of voice is fully realized, schools will look and feel different. Cooperation will replace competition and conflict, collaboration will replace isolation, and confidence will replace insecurity.

Argues that schoolwide success starts with relationships - not only between students and adults, but also among all adults up and down the education hierarchy. It's by leveraging these relationships that educators can influence outcomes and effect real change.

Aimed at educators from preK to high school, The Power of Place is a definitive guide to developing programs that will lead to successful outcomes for students, more fulfilling careers for teachers, and lasting benefits for communities.

Sharing the wisdom gained from colleagues and her own experience as a principal, Jen Schwanke offers an engaging, accessible account of the ups and downs of the job, along with helpful, step-by-step suggestions for how to reinvigorate a flagging career and restore the joy that comes with making a school the best that it can be.

Offers educators a practical guide for navigating design thinking's invigorating challenges and reaping its considerable rewards. The authors dig deep into the five-stage design thinking process, highlighting risk factors and recommending specific steps to keep you moving forward.

Thanks to unprecedented advances in brain science, we know more about the brain today than ever before. But what does that science tell us about how we learn? How can we capture the power of neuroscience research so that it benefits our students? Judy Willis and Malana Willis answer these questions with clarity and insight.

Far too often, our students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. In Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors Jay McTighe and Harvey Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves.

Offers educational leaders a comprehensive and accessible guide to best practices for supporting students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in a school environment that embraces equity.

Provides a structure to begin meaningful conversations about race, culture, bias, privilege, and power within the time constraints of an ordinary school. The 56 exercises include activities, discussions, and readings in which to engage during each of the four quarters of the school year.

Dispels ten common misconceptions about ELLs and gives teachers the information they need to help their ELLs succeed in the classroom. From her perspective as a teacher of English as a second language, Barbara Gottschalk gives teachers a crystal-clear understanding of how to reach ELLs at each stage of English language acquisition.