Mandy Stalets – författare

Get past the knowing-doing gap and confidently implement standards-based learning. This book offers a comprehensive look at what standards-based learning looks like in action, from creating formative assessments to using data to inform instruction to transitioning to standards-based grading systems. Instead of comparing students to each other, standards-based learning compares students'' proficiency to performance standards and education targets. Each chapter offers readers a well-thought-out action plan for implementation and effective strategies for communicating with students and parents about the classroom changes that will occur during the transition.

Use this book as your action plan for implementing standards-based learning:

Explore concrete steps for putting standards-based grading, instruction, and learning into action.Implement schoolwide change beginning with classroom practices.Address common implementation mistakes and challenges.Effectively sequence units and align them with unpacked standards.Create effective proficiency level scales and rubrics.

Contents:Introduction Chapter 1: Standards-Based Learning in Action Chapter 2: Standards Alignment in Action Chapter 3: Formative Assessment in Action Chapter 4: Effective Feedback in Action Chapter 5: Meaningful Homework in Action Chapter 6: Self- and Peer Assessment in Action Chapter 7: Summative Assessment in Action Chapter 8: Redos, Retakes, and Reassessment in Action Chapter 9: Proficiency Scales and Rubrics in Action Chapter 10: Standards-Based Reporting in Action Epilogue References and Resources Index

Maximize student self-efficacy and growth by providing high-quality feedback students can act on. In Coaching Your Classroom, authors Garnet Hillman and Mandy Stalets share a fresh perspective on effective classroom feedback for all grade levels and content areas. Explore the parallels between teaching students and coaching athletes, and then learn how you can coach every student to success every day.

Use this book to implement effective classroom communication and student feedback:

Analyze the impact of learning-centered classroom language and formative assessment on student learning.Understand the importance of effective communication in the classroom, as well as how giving feedback works and what a student-centered culture looks like.Embrace the qualities of actionable classroom feedback and examine the effect on student engagement and intrinsic motivation.Learn how to deliver individualized next steps and support students through the feedback loop and the gradual release of responsibility.Read real-world accounts and examples from teachers who have successfully coached their classrooms with effective classroom communication.

Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Adopt a Language of LearningChapter 2: Coach Every StudentChapter 3: Craft High-Quality FeedbackChapter 4: Utilize Feedback MethodsChapter 5: Ensure Productive ResponseChapter 6: Employ Self- and Peer AssessmentEpilogueReferences and Resources