Facilitator's Guide to What Successful Teachers Do
- Neal A. Glasgow - San Dieguito Union High School District, California
- Cathy D. Hicks - San Dieguito Union High School District, California
Guide your teachers to greater proficiency with these research-based strategies for instruction, assessment, and classroom management!
This Facilitator's Guide to accompany the best-selling book, What Successful Teachers Do, by Neal A. Glasgow and Cathy D. Hicks, has been designed to provide staff developers and educational leaders with all the tools needed to design a workshop or study group based on the authors' 91 key strategies for improving and reenergizing classroom practice. This Facilitator's Guide follows the book closely, and features chapter-by-chapter study questions, activities, journal writing exercises, and practical application suggestions for each section.
Key topics from the book are examined, including discipline and classroom management, assessment, relating to students, working with special needs students, embracing diversity, and integrating technology in the classroom. In this essential resource, the authors follow up on the central themes from the book-the 91 strategies used by successful teachers-with clear examples for using them in instructional settings and tips for avoiding common pitfalls.
Highlights for the facilitator include:
- Chapter summaries
- Discussion questions
- Journal writing exercises
- Applications to daily practice
- Sample workshop agendas
- Timed activities
- Workshop evaluation forms
This Facilitator's Guide will help illuminate teachers' understanding and use of the strategies in What Successful Teachers Do, and provide opportunities for reflection and dialogue. It can be used for individual study and for groups of any size-pairs, small groups, and large groups.
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