Making Friends with Models of Teaching – what’s here and in the book Let’s discuss how to use the book and the support materials. First, how to structure personal study, cooperative study, or a course at a campus or at distance (as online). The opening sections and the first five chapters should be studied first. … Continue reading Introduction to Models of Teaching
PowerPoint Slides – What they are for. Twenty PowerPoint files are included here. They are for use by instructors and students. Each one focuses on central ideas underpinning the chapter. They can be used to open the study of a model or for review. However, they are not designed to carry a lecture on the … Continue reading Chapter Tutorials
The American Ad Federation and the US Army have teamed up for a nationwide campaign to engage parents in the effort to reduce school absentees. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/business/media/a-view-of-whats-missing-from-the-classroom.html?ref=education
This article details how teaching is changing to meet modern education objectives: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/09/5406542/california-moves-quickly-to-carry.html
Links to U.S. State Department of Education Websites and Standards Alabama Department of Education: http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp General Standards: http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=54 Technology Standards: http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=61&footer=sections Alaska Department of Education: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ General Standards: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/standards/ Technology Standards: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ContentStandards/Technology.html Arizona Department of Education: http://www.ade.state.az.us/ General Standards: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/contentstandards.asp Technology Standards: http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/technology/ Arkansas Department of Education: http://arkedu.state.ar.us/index.html General Standards: http://arkansased.org/teachers/frameworks.html California Department of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp General Standards: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ Colorado Department of Education: http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_home.htm General Standards: http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_stnd-access.htm Technology Standards: http://www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/stand.asp Connecticut … Continue reading Links to U.S. State Department of Education Websites and Standards
Links to U.S. State Specific Teacher Licensure Exam Preparation Alabama Department of Education: http://www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program: https://secure.act.org/app/wkalasecure/wkala PRAXIS Seriesâ„¢ State Requirements: http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/?vgnextoid= 338baf5e44df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=d378197a484f4010VgnVCM 10000022f95190RCRD Alaska Department of Education: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ PRAXIS Seriesâ„¢ State Requirements: http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509 /?vgnextoid= 358baf5e44df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=d378 197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD Arizona Department of Education: http://www.ade.state.az.us/ Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments®: http://www.aepa.nesinc.com/ Arkansas Department of Education: http://arkedu.state.ar.us/index.html … Continue reading Links to U.S. State Specific Teacher Licensure Exam Preparation
The Read-to-Succeed Curriculum  A Tier 2 Intervention  Inductive Teaching and Explicit Instruction in Read-to-Succeed (R2S) Combine to Make  a Balanced Tier 2 Program for Reading, Writing, and Literacy in All Subjects. This paper provides information about the program and the evidence on which it is based and the results it achieves. Schools and … Continue reading Read to Succeed Paper Two
A Guide to Research and Related Literature on Models of Teaching by Bruce Joyce and Emily Calhoun brucejoyce40@gmail.com   efcphoenix@aol.com  We have developed this partially-annotated bibliography to connect readers to the research and related literature that are directly relevant to models of teaching. A companion bibliography provides important items on school improvement, philosophical orientations toward … Continue reading A Guide to Research and Related Literature
Book Review: An Interview with Bruce Joyce About the New Edition of Models of Teaching Published in July 2014 by the Council of Chief State Officers State Consortium of Educator Effectiveness. Â Read more here.
Sourcebook This is a tiny sampler of information sources, some about macro-assessments of educational achievement in the United States and around the world, some about  the vast riches of mediated information we are lucky to have for ourselves and our students. Macro-studies of educational achievement. These gather large-scale data that provide useful perspectives for each … Continue reading Sourcebook