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B 96474B 96474 101 Ways to Create Real Family Engagement
Grade Lvl: T Author: Constantino, Steven
Length: 197 Copyright: 2008

In order to engage all families, Dr. Steve Constantino claims that a cultural revolution must first occur. Provides strategies and exercises to help schools begin making the tough cultural changes. Readers then learn how to build on that new cultural foundation and create the relationships that motivate family involvement, and ultimately create sustainable family engagement.
101 Ways to Create Real Family Engagement T  
B 95861B 95861 3-Minute Motivators, Revised Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Paterson, Kathy
Length: 160 Copyright: 2014

Subtitle: More than 200 Simple Ways to Reach, Teach, and Achieve More than You Ever Imagined. These quick activities provide a positive break, refocus attention, remove excess energy, introduce a lesson, reward good behavior, wake up lethargic minds, release frustration, etc. Some are designed for individuals or small groups, and others are for the whole class. Includes Tech Too Motivators; Stress Attack Motivators; Calm Down Motivators; Get Moving Motivators; Sound & Movement Motivators; and Pencil & Paper Motivators. The motivators involve some element of learning in areas including, but not limited to, memory enhancement, creativity, social awareness, personal stress management, mathematical awareness, communication, & wellness.
3-Minute Motivators, Revised Edition T  
B 96655B 96655 4 Disciplines of Execution : Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
Grade Lvl: T Author: McChesney, Chris
Length: 326 Copyright: 2012

Presents a simple formula for achieving the goals that every individual or organization needs to reach, which primarily includes identifying and honing four secrets of perfect execution: focus on the wildly important; act on the lead measures; keep a compelling scoreboard; and create a cadence of accountability. Goal setting in personnel management. Management (Business & Economics).
4 Disciplines of Execution : Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals T  
B 97596B 97596 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sharma, Robin
Length: 314 Copyright: 2018

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduces the 5am Club concept over twenty years ago. Concepts are based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health, and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.
5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life T  
B 96859B 96859 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom: Research-Based Strategies for Engaging All Students
Grade Lvl: T Author: Seidlitz, John / Perryman, Bill
Length: 115 Copyright: 2011

Provides a seven step process that creates a language-rich interactive classroom environment in which all students can thrive. Topics include differentiating instruction for students at a variety of language proficiencies, keeping all students engaged, and creating learning supports.
7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom: Research-Based Strategies T  
DVD 2654DVD 2654 Age of Stupid (2 Parts)
Grade Lvl: S Author:
Length: 89 Copyright: 2010

Tells the story of a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching documentary footage of seven real people from now, and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance? Runaway climate change has ravaged the planet by 2055. Actor Peter Postlethwaite plays the founder of The Global Archive, a storage facility located in the (now melted) Arctic, preserving all of humanity's achievements in the hope that the planet might one day be habitable again. Or that intelligent life may arrive and make use of all that we've achieved. He pulls together clips of archived news and documentary footage from 1950-2008 to build a message showing what went wrong, and why. Two DVD set includes English captions and 11 subtitles language options for the main feature. Extras include a making-of documentary, 8 extended interviews, 8 short climate films. Local food production. Effect of oil industry on local world economies and quality of life. Effect of plastics. Consumerism. CC.
Age of Stupid (2 Parts) S  
B 126808B 126808 Ambitious Girl
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Harris, Meena
Length: 40 Copyright: 2021

A girl sees a woman labeled as having too much ambition, but when the girl considers its definition she finds herself inspired and realizes ambition is required to make changes to the world and have her voice be heard. Self-awareness. Story in rhyme. Women's studies. IL K-3.
Ambitious Girl KP  
B 97406B 97406 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Grade Lvl: T Author: Clear, James
Length: 306 Copyright: 2018

A leading expert on habit formation reveals practical strategies to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. Behavior modification. Social psychology. Self-control. Personal growth.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones T  
B 121178B 121178 Be Positive!
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Meiners, Cheri J
Length: 35 Copyright: 2013

Introduces young readers to ways of thinking and acting that will help them feel good about themselves and their lives, stay on course when things don't go their way, and contribute to other peoples happiness, too. Optimism. Positive psychology. Positive outlook. From the series Being The Best Me. Lexile 510 IL Pres-1. |
Be Positive! KP  
B 97467B 97467 Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Education
Grade Lvl: T Author: Couros, George
Length: 177 Copyright: 2021

In Because of a Teacher, more than fifteen of today’s leading educators remember the teachers and administrators who inspired and supported their careers. Through a series of heartfelt and uplifting stories, they reflect on their early years teaching, offering advice and strategies suited to first-year teachers and longtime educators alike. These personal stories offer hope for new teachers, encouragement for educators tiptoeing into burnout, and reassurance that the work you’re doing right now will inspire generations to come.
Because of a Teacher: Stories of the Past to Inspire the Future of Educatio T  
B 126940B 126940 Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Obama, Michelle
Length: 403 Copyright: 2021

Young reader adaptation of: Becoming / Michelle Obama. An autobiography of lawyer and American First Lady Michelle Obama. African American. Women's studies. Memoir. Iowa Teen Award 2022-2023. IL 7-12. AR 7.3. Lexile 1080.
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers IJS  
B 97275B 97275 Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
Grade Lvl: T Author: Achor, Shawn
Length: 272 Copyright: 2013

In The Happiness Advantage, Harvard trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. This book is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals. In this book, Achor reveals five actionable, proven strategies for changing our lens to positive: - The Most Valuable Reality: See a broader range of ideas and solutions by changing the details on which your brain chooses to focus - Success Mapping: Set goals oriented around the things in life that matter to you most, whether career advancement or family or making a difference in the world - The X-spot: Use success accelerants to propel you more quickly towards those goals, whether finishing a marathon, reaching a sales target, learning a language, or losing 10 pounds - Noise-Canceling: Boost the signal pointing you to opportunities and possibilities that others miss - Positive Inception: Transfer these skills to your team, your employees, and everyone around you Mastering these 5 strategies is an opportunity to create an renewable source of positivity, motivation, and engagement.
Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happine T  
B 91354B 91354 BEST Practices: Behavioral and Educational Strategies For Teachers
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 145 Copyright: 1996

Strategies for Grades 1-12 designed to improve motivation, academic performance, and discipline through techniques such as cooperative learning, homenotes, overcorrection, contracts, group contingencies, peer tutoring, and time-out. Based on program developed by the Utah State Office of Education, BEST Practices offers 12 concise descriptions of best educational practices.
BEST Practices: Behavioral and Educational Strategies For Teachers T  
B 97463B 97463 Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future
Grade Lvl: T Author: Leinwand, Paul / Matt Mani, Mahadeva
Length: 270 Copyright: 2022

Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era. Digital transformation is critical. But winning in today's world requires more than digitization. It requires understanding that the nature of competitive advantage has shifted and that being digital is not enough. Authors Paul Leinwand and Matt Mani take readers inside twelve companies and how they have navigated through this monumental shift: from Philips's reinvention from a broad conglomerate to a focused health technology player, to Cleveland Clinic's engagement with its broader ecosystem to improve and expand its leading patient care to more locations around the world, to Microsoft's overhaul of its global commercial business to drive customer outcomes. Other case studies include Adobe, Citigroup, Eli Lilly, Hitachi, Honeywell, Inditex, Komatsu, STC Pay, and Titan.
Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape t T  
B 97276B 97276 Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being
Grade Lvl: T Author: Achor, Shawn
Length: 237 Copyright: 2018

In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in isolation - pushing others away as we push ourselves too hard - we are not just limiting our potential, we are becoming more stressed and disconnected than ever. Just as happiness is contagious, every dimension of human potential - performance, intelligence, creativity, leadership ability and health - is influenced by those around us. So when we help others become better, we reach new levels of potential, as well. Rather than fighting over scraps of the pie, we can expand the pie instead. Small Potential is the limited success we can attain alone. BIG Potential is what we can achieve together. Here, Achor offers five strategies - the SEEDS of Big Potential--for lifting the ceiling on what we can achieve while returning happiness and meaning to our lives. Collective efficacy.
Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achieveme T  
B 96823B 96823 Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments
Grade Lvl: T Author: Jacobs, Heidi Hayes / Alcock, Marie Hubley
Length: 200 Copyright: 2017

The authors propose a new approach to pedagogy as the basis for the bold moves teachers and leaders need to make to engage all learners and prepare them for now and into the future. They examine every aspect of K–12 education, including teacher roles, curriculum, instruction, and assessment, as well as the physical and virtual learning spaces that engage 21st century teachers and learners. Provides proposals and practical strategies for change.
Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments T  
B 95203B 95203 Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kittle, Penny
Length: 174 Copyright: 2013

A guide to reducing student apathy towards reading and books providing strategies to increase volume, capacity, and complexity, to help students deepen their thinking about reading, and related topics. Teenagers Books and reading. Chapters: Teenagers want to read--if we let them -- Understanding readers and reading -- Building stamina and fluency -- Opening doors into reading -- The power of the book talk -- Conferences -- Responding to reading -- Nurturing interdependent readers in a classroom community -- Creating a school community of readers.
Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers T  
B 94071B 94071 Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
Grade Lvl: T Author: Miller, Donalyn
Length: 227 Copyright: 2009

Sixth grade teacher Donalyn Miller describes the instructional approach she uses to turn children into readers, based on a combination of individual choice, a program of independent reading, a collection of high-interest books, and appropriate and authentic reading behavior modeling.
Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader: Awakening the Inner Reader in E T  
B 121179B 121179 Bounce Back!
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Meiners, Cheri J
Length: 35 Copyright: 2014

Instructs young children on how to build the skills of perseverance, patience and resilience while recovering from losses and other setbacks, outlining strategies for building a positive outlook and seeking help from supportive people. Resilience (Personality trait). From the series Being The Best Me. Lexile 360 IL Pres-1. |
Bounce Back! KP  
KM 13542KM 13542 Boys in the Boat (2 Parts) (25 Books)
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Brown, Daniel James
Length: 227 Copyright: 2015

Subtitle: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics. Classroom set of 25 books. The true story of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler. Rowers. University of Washington Rowing History. Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany). Perseverance (Literary Theme). Young Readers edition adapted from the adult best-seller The Boys in the Boat (2013) by Gregory Mone. Also includes a large print Wonderbook. Novel Study. AR 6.9 RC 8.5 Lexile 1000 IL 6-10.
Boys in the Boat (2 Parts) (25 Books) IJS  
B 121257B 121257 Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Brown, Daniel James / Mone, Gregory
Length: 227 Copyright: 2015

True story of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler. Rowers. University of Washington Rowing History. Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany). Perseverance (Literary Theme). Young Readers edition adapted from the adult best-seller The Boys in the Boat (2013) by Gregory Mone. AR 6.9 RC 8.5 Lexile 1000 IL 6-10.
Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win IJS  
B 94743B 94743 Brain Breaks for the Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gay, Michelle
Length: 48 Copyright: 2009

Contains step-by-step instructions for over forty breathing and movement activities designed to help students in kindergarten through fifth grade refocus their minds and energy, each with a sequence of photographs.
Brain Breaks for the Classroom T  
B 96650B 96650 Breaking Through!: Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Grade Lvl: T Author: Mosatche, Harriet S / Lawner, Elizabeth
Length: 281 Copyright: 2016

Even with increased pressure to involve more girls in STEM areas in education, parents are often left wondering what they can do to encourage their daughter's love of science, math, and technology from fading. Topics range from how role models can make a difference to finding non-stereotypical toys and taking trips that inspire STEM discovery and engagement. Includes research evidence and real-life examples from girls and women. Sex differences (Psychology). Girls- Education United States.
Breaking Through!: Helping Girls Succeed in Science, Technology, Engineerin T  
B 94459B 94459 Building Parent Engagement in Schools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ferlazzo, Larry
Length: 87 Copyright: 2009

Offers educators practical suggestions on how they can promote increased parental involvement in the classroom and at home, which has been proven to have a positive impact on a child's school success. Each chapter begins with an Aesop's fable whose theme leads to the educational topics. Chapters: What Is Parent Engagement?; Home Visits; Technology and Family Literacy; Parent Engagement through Schools-Community Gardens; and Schools and Community Organizing.
Building Parent Engagement in Schools T  
KM 11780KM 11780 Children's Storybook Guidance Book with CD
Grade Lvl: T Author: Weber, Stefani
Length: 0 Copyright: 2012

Resource provides descriptions, reproducible activities with worksheets, and discussion questions for each of the 42 counselor-recommended children's guidance storybooks. These supplementary guidance lessons are designed to add to a counselor's effectiveness in helping children identify with characters and problems or conflicts presented in each story and can provide other creative insights and tips. Topics include anger management; bullying; feelings; paying attention; empathy; gossiping; loss; Internet safety; self confidence; secrets to success. Bibliotherapy. For grades K-8. Two-week loan period.
Children's Storybook Guidance Book with CD T  
KM 11250KM 11250 Choosing My Behavior
Grade Lvl: T Author: Crissey, Pat
Length: 0 Copyright: 2007

Combines an elementary behavior curriculum with reproducible activity sheets, role-plays, and games for reinforcement. Includes adaptations for nonreaders. Each unit addresses common classroom behavioral issues along with management strategies for reinforcing positive behavior. Unit titles: Taking Time to Think: Dealing with Impulsive Behavior; Choosing to Learn: Increasing Motivation and On-Task Behavior; Choosing What to Say: Dealing with Tattling, Complaining, and Being Rude; Choosing to Follow Directions: Increasing Compliant Behavior; and Choosing to Keep My Cool: Dealing with Agressive Behavior. Strategies for preventing specific behaviors. Quick tips for teachers. Contents: guide (curriculum binder with reproducible activity sheets); fold-out game board; two dice; six playing pieces; and two sets of cards. Two-week loan period.
Choosing My Behavior T  
B 96645B 96645 Classroom Management Secret: And 45 Other Keys to a Well-Behaved Class
Grade Lvl: T Author: Linsin, Michael
Length: 191 Copyright: 2013

Shows how to manage a classroom to inspire good behavior in students and create a joyous learning experience. Teacher-student relationship.
Classroom Management Secret: And 45 Other Keys to a Well-Behaved Class T  
B 93033B 93033 Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write (5th Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Cunningham, Patricia / Allington, Richard
Length: 278 Copyright: 2011

Chapters: Creating Classrooms That Work; Creating Enthusiastic, Independent Readers; Building the Literacy Foundation; Fostering Fluency; Teaching Phonics and Spelling Patterns; Building Vivid, Vital, and Valuable Vocabularies; Developing Thoughtful Comprehenders; Developing Ready, Willing, and Able Writers; Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum; Assessment; Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Learners; and Inside Classrooms That Work. Describes a day in a kindergarten classroom, a day in a primary classroom, and a day in an intermediate classroom.
Classrooms That Work : They Can All Read and Write (5th Edition) T  
B 97477B 97477 Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Success
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kafele, Baruti K
Length: 144 Copyright: 2013

Offers lessons and insights for teachers to inspire a passion to learn in their students by focusing on the teacher's attitude, relationship, and compassion for students, along with the learning environment and the cultural relevance of instruction. Replete with practical strategies and illustrative anecdotes drawn from the author's 20-plus years as a teacher and principal in inner-city schools, Closing the Attitude Gap offers a wealth of lessons and valuable insights that educators at all levels can use to fire up their students' passion to learn.
Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Succes T  
B 97562B 97562 Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Grade Lvl: T Author: Stanier, Michael Bungay
Length: 227 Copyright: 2016

In this book coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how--by saying less and asking more--you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.
Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever T  
B 94064B 94064 Comprehension Collaboration: Inquiry Circles
Grade Lvl: T Author: Harvey, Stephanie
Length: 322 Copyright: 2009

Subtitle: Inquiry Circles in Action. Authors: Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels. Offers teachers a comprehensive overview of cross-curricular projects that emphasize collaboration and help students create inquiry circles that will expand their research skills and broaden their knowledge of various subjects. Inquiry-based learning. Active learning.
Comprehension Collaboration: Inquiry Circles T  
B 95100B 95100 Comprehension That Works: Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension
Grade Lvl: T Author: Brassell, Danny
Length: 144 Copyright: 2008

Describes classroom-tested strategies designed to help students better understand what they read, including comprehension procedures for before, during, and after reading. Comprehension strategies for grades K-6.
Comprehension That Works: Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to T  
B 94414B 94414 Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms
Grade Lvl: T Author: Bailey, Becky
Length: 328 Copyright: 2015

Provides an introduction to Conscious Discipline, a brain-based social-emotional intelligence classroom management program designed to give teachers the discipline skills they need to address the emotional and social issues of children and build pro-social behaviors. Emphasizes creating schools based on safety, connection and problem-solving which will then lead to academic success. Positive behavior.
Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms T  
B 97220B 97220 Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives
Grade Lvl: T Author: Cavanaugh, Anese
Length: 292 Copyright: 2016

Reveals the secrets of IEP―Intentional Energetic Presence―for transforming your workplace and your life. The key to any company’s success lies in its culture. This game-changing guide shows you how to shape and revitalize this culture―by setting the tone, engaging the team, and creating a dynamic working environment that encourages growth, productivity, and innovation. It all starts with you… Using the book’s unique IEP Method, readers can: Be the kind of leader people want to follow―not have to follow Craft your intention―and make a real impact Unleash your energy―and watch it spread like wildfire Unlock greater collaboration in your teams―and greater leadership in your people Show up for Others―by setting yourself up for success Bring out the best in everyone―including yourself Create a contagious work culture that people want to catch!
Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Orga T  
B 97261B 97261 Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want
Grade Lvl: T Author: Cavanaugh, Anese
Length: 329 Copyright: 2020

In Contagious Culture (B 97220) Anese Cavanaugh suggests it is possible to create an energized and engaged organizational culture that spreads from person to person. Now, in Contagious You, she hones in on the individual, showing us how each of us is contagious in our own way and stressing the importance of leading with intention to achieve positive results. For individuals who seek to create change, or felt sucked into the drama and chaos of a toxic work environment, this book will advance the notion that everyone at an organization is a leader – for good or for bad – and that leaders have tremendous power to influence those who follow their example. The quality of our leadership is based upon our intentions, energy, and presence.
Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact T  
B 97604B 97604 Cornfields to Gold Medals
Grade Lvl: T Author: Showalter, Don / Van Mullem, Pete
Length: 305 Copyright: 2023

Subtitle: Coaching Championship Basketball, Lessons in Leadership, and a Rise from Humble Beginnings. Blending personal narrative with practical guidance, Cornfields to Gold Medals delivers well-traveled leadership principles for on and off the court. Coach Don Showalter’s rise to international recognition as a coach can be traced to his time at the helm of USA Basketball’s Junior National Team, where he went 62-0 and brought home 10 gold medals. Yet, for all his international success he remains grounded in the Midwestern values that shaped his character; principles have made him a passionate ambassador for the sport of basketball and one of its great teachers. Cornfields to Gold Medals is an all-American story that takes the reader on Showalter’s life journey through the sport he has coached for nearly half a century. It begins humbly, on a family farm perched atop the rolling hills of southeastern Iowa, and extends to gymnasiums in every corner of the world.
Cornfields to Gold Medals T  
B 93350B 93350 Creating Positive Support Groups for At-Risk Children: Ten Complete Curriculums for the Most Common Problems Among Elementary Students, Grades 1-8
Grade Lvl: T Author: Dennison, Susan
Length: 433 Copyright: 1997

Curriculum guide has over 125 interventions that are therapeutically sequenced for ten different support group problems. Includes social skills enhancement, self-esteem building, children of family life changes, children of substance abusers, anger/conflict resolution, traumatized children, stress management, learning performance, and school motivation/attitude enhancement support groups. Specific guidelines are provided for the set-up, goal development, sequencing of themes and actual intervention ideas.
Creating Positive Support Groups for At-Risk Children: Ten Complete Curricu T  
B 122124B 122124 Creative Successful Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Rooke, Margaret
Length: 235 Copyright: 2016

Well-known British people with dyslexia from the arts, sport and business worlds share their stories and advice...describing the difficulties they faced in childhood, how they were able to overcome them and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Dyslexics- Interviews. Learning or processing style. IL 9-12.
Creative Successful Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories JS  
DVD 1204DVD 1204 Crimes of Obedience (Day 3)
Grade Lvl: S Author:
Length: 51 Copyright: 2001

How far will people "go along to get along?" Day three at The Human Zoo finds yesterday's winning team in command of the losers, a difficult situation that sparks a bitter clash of wills that ends with the underdogs turning the tables on their oppressors. Using the Zoo crew as a case study, this program investigates the strange power of obedience. In addition, other researchers perform experiments that reveal how easily authority, when viewed as infallible, can lead people into errors of judgment and antisocial behavior. Footage of Stanley Milgram's controversial obedience experiment at Yale University is provided as well. 51 minutes. From the series Human Zoo, a reality based experiment that tracks the behavior of 12 subjects isolated in a country house in Britain for three days. One-week loan period.
Crimes of Obedience (Day 3) S  
B 97567B 97567 Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change
Grade Lvl: T Author: Grenny, Joseph / Patterson, Kerry
Length: 224 Copyright: 2023

Fewer than one in eight behavior change efforts is successful―and most produce nothing more than wasted resources and organization-wide cynicism. The solution to this challenge isn’t easy, but it is simple. It’s all about the strategic application of influence―systematic and intentional actions aimed at helping people improve results by changing their behavior―a practice most leaders have yet to fully understand and embrace. Crucial Influence walks you through the process of identifying the personal, social, and structural levers that influence both motivation and ability, then engaging these levers for directed behavior change.
Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behav T  
B 97565B 97565 Culture Playbook: 60 Highly Effective Actions to Help Your Group Succeed
Grade Lvl: T Author: Coyle, Daniel
Length: 218 Copyright: 2022

Building a team has never been harder than it is right now. How do you create connection and trust? How do you stay focused on your goals? In his years studying the ways successful groups work together, Daniel Coyle has spent time with elite teams around the world, observing the ways they support each other, manage conflict, and move toward a common goal. In The Culture Playbook, he distills everything he has learned into sixty concrete, actionable tips and exercises that will help your team build a cohesive, positive culture. Great cultures, Coyle has found, are built on three essential skills: safety, vulnerability, and purpose. Within this framework, he shows us how we can better serve our teammates, ourselves, and our shared purpose.
Culture Playbook: 60 Highly Effective Actions to Help Your Group Succeed T  
B 95792B 95792 Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sheninger, Eric
Length: 227 Copyright: 2014

Provides a framework for leading educational transformation with technology. Digital leadership is a strategic mindset and set of behaviors that leverages resources to create a meaningful, transparent, and engaging school culture. It takes into account recent changes such as ubiquitous connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization to shift how schools have been run and structured in the past. Suggests how to use free social media tools to improve communication, enhance public relations, and create a positive brand presence. Discusses how to integrate digital tools into the classroom to increase student engagement and achievement.
Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times T  
B 96482B 96482 Discipline with Dignity (3rd Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Curwin, Richard
Length: 252 Copyright: 2008

Presents discipline techniques to help handle behavior problems in the classroom.
Discipline with Dignity (3rd Edition) T  
B 97126B 97126 Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters.
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Stanier, Michael . Bungay
Length: 200 Copyright: 2010

Even the best performers are spending less than a fraction of their time doing "Great Work"―the kind of innovative work that pushes us forward, stretches our creativity, and truly satisfies us. Michael Bungay Stanier, Canadian Coach of the Year in 2006, is a business consultant who’s found a way to move us away from bad work (and even good work), and toward more time spent doing great work. The exercises are "maps"―brilliantly simple visual tools that help you find, start and sustain Great Work, revealing how to: Find clues to your own Great Work―they’re all around you Locate the sweet spot between what you want to do and what your organization wants you to do Generate new ideas and possibilities quickly Best manage your overwhelming workload Double the likelihood that you’ll do what you want to do All it takes is ten minutes a day, a pencil and a willingness to change. Do More Great Work will not only help you identify what the Great Work of your life is, it will tell you how to do it.
Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters. KP  
B 120781B 120781 Doable: The Girls' Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Reber, Deborah
Length: 197 Copyright: 2015

Presents an accessible aproach to tackling goals for teenage girls using a step-by-step method. Lexile 1160 IL 7-12.
Doable: The Girls' Guide to Accomplishing Just About Anything JS  
B 121180B 121180 Dream On!: A Book About Possibilities
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Meiners, Cheri J
Length: 35 Copyright: 2016

Shares encouraging advice and activity suggestions for children to promote the creative and responsible use of their imaginations, touching on subjects ranging from self-esteem and a sense of purpose to goal-setting and integrity. From the series Being The Best Me. Lexile 550 IL Pres-1. |
Dream On!: A Book About Possibilities KP  
B 94844B 94844 Drive: Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Grade Lvl: T Author: Pink, Daniel
Length: 260 Copyright: 2009

Examines three elements of motivation. Describes how to put them into action in order to achieve high performance and satisfaction in the workplace, school, and at home.
Drive: Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us T  
B 96656B 96656 Energize Your Meetings With Laughter
Grade Lvl: T Author: Feigelson, Sheila
Length: 100 Copyright: 1998

Explains how to make meetings more productive by using lighthearted humor and fun. Meetings Planning.
Energize Your Meetings With Laughter T  
B 94639B 94639 Energizing Brain Breaks
Grade Lvl: ST Author: Sladkey, David
Length: 54 Copyright: 2009

Collection of 50 quick activities (1-2 minutes) designed to combat mental and physical fatigue. Includes individual, partner and group activities. All activities challenge/stimulate the brain and require movement of the body.
Energizing Brain Breaks ST  
B 125646B 125646 Energy Bus for Kids: A Story about Staying Positive and Overcoming Challenges
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Gordon, Jon
Length: 48 Copyright: 2012

George is having a bad day until he gets on the Energy Bus and learns how to stay positive and overcome his challenges. The Energy Bus For Kids presents five rules for the "Ride of Your Life." Teaches kids how to fuel your ride with positive energy. Shares with kids how to love the people you share your journey with and how to enjoy the ride. Positive kids become positive adults. Encourage kids to get on the Energy Bus and infuse their lives with a newfound vision, attitude, and positivity.
Energy Bus for Kids: A Story about Staying Positive and Overcoming Challeng KPI  
B 96332B 96332 Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gordon, Jon
Length: 172 Copyright: 2007

Discusses ten methods for approaching one's work and personal life positively, in ways that facilitate accomplishment and motivate others. Teams in the workplace- Management.
Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy T  
B 96818B 96818 Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement
Grade Lvl: T Author: Jensen, Eric
Length: 197 Copyright: 2013

Contains practical strategies for raising achievement in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Ac T  
B 121181B 121181 Feel Confident!
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Meiners, Cheri J
Length: 35 Copyright: 2013

Encourages children in different situations to be confident in life. Empowers children to recognize their individual worth and develop confidence in themselves, their abilities, and the choices they make. Children learn that they can speak up, expect and show respect, try new things, and believe in themselves. Confidence-building skills of accepting yourself, asking for what you need, making decisions, solving problems, and communicating are also discussed. From the series Being The Best Me. Lexile 380 IL Pres-1. |
Feel Confident! KP  
B 97511B 97511 Find Your Yellow Tux: How to Be Successful by Standing Out
Grade Lvl: T Author: Cole, Jesse
Length: 303 Copyright: 2018

Whether in school, factories, or corporate offices, people are in a mad rush to the middle, going about their business and fitting in. The problem is, while you may feel as if you're doing your own thing, you're not--you're doing what's expected of you. To stand out, take whatever you think is normal, and do the exact opposite. In Find Your Yellow Tux, Jesse Cole, in-demand speaker and baseball ringleader, shares how you can achieve amazing things by doing the unexpected. Using examples from his life and the lives of his heroes - P.T. Barnum, Walt Disney, and MLB owner Bill Veeck - Cole shows how to reinvigorate your goals, reignite your passions, and excel in business and beyond.
Find Your Yellow Tux: How to Be Successful by Standing Out T  
DVD 1203DVD 1203 Following the Herd (Day 2)
Grade Lvl: S Author:
Length: 50 Copyright: 2001

In this program--day two at The Human Zoo--the group is divided into two separate but distincly unequal teams in order to study the concept of herd mentally. In a struggle to reconcile their conflicting loyalties, the subjects make some hard choices as yesterday's group bonding dissolves into adversarial team rivalry. In addition, other researchers examine clique mentality, bystander apathy, and diffusion of responsiblity. As a counterpoint, the effects of positive herd behavior are illustrated by a Weight Watchers support group. Archival footage of the controversial 1971 Stanford University "prison" experiment is also included. 50 minutes. From the series Human Zoo, a reality based experiment that tracks the behavior of 12 subjects isolated in a country house in Britain for three days. One-week loan period.
Following the Herd (Day 2) S  
B 90577B 90577 Freedom Writers Diary
Grade Lvl: ST Author:
Length: 280 Copyright: 1999

Subtitle: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. Tells the story of how young English teacher Erin Gruwell confronted the problem of racial and ethnic intolerance in her classroom, and features excerpts from the diaries of her students, now known as The Freedom Writers. Toleration. AR 6.4. The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide is number 90578.
Freedom Writers Diary ST  
B 90578B 90578 Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gruwell, Erin
Length: 245 Copyright: 2007

Erin Gruwell, instructor of the "unteachable" Long Beach, California, high school students who came to be known as the Freedom Writers, describes the elements of her teaching method and philosophy and presents over 50 lessons and activities along with related excerpts from Freedom Writer journals. The Freedom Writers Diary is number 90577.
Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide T  
B 97341B 97341 Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gray, Dave / Brown, Sunni
Length: 290 Copyright: 2010

Full of practical, proven solutions to common workplace challenges, Gamestorming is a toolkit for inventors, explorers and change agents who want to use design thinking to navigate successfully in complex and uncertain knowledge and information spaces. This book includes more than 80 games to help you break down barriers, communicate better, and generate new ideas, insights, and strategies. Supplied with tools and techniques to: Overcome conflict and increase engagement with team-oriented games, Improve collaboration and communication in cross-disciplinary teams with visual-thinking techniques, Improve understanding by role-playing customer and user experiences, Generate better ideas and more of them, faster than ever before, Shorten meetings and make them more productive, Simulate and explore complex systems, interactions, and dynamics and Identify a problem’s root cause, and find the paths that point toward a solutio.
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers T  
B 96658B 96658 GRIT to Go: Classroom-Ready Resources to Motivate Growth Mindsets
Grade Lvl: T Author: Grant, Jim / Grant, Caleb
Length: 166 Copyright: 2016

Grit is the determination to achieve long-term goals, often against difficult odds. The word grit is often used as an umbrella term to describe being resilient, persistent, and having the will to deal with and overcome obstacles. Because learning is often a challenge, a student's grit can make the difference between failing and making the grade. Students who develop grit can improve their academic performance through strengthened resiliency and perseverance. Grit traits become good habits that enable students to persist in the face of adversity, setbacks, and disappointments when pursuing their goals in school and out. Book provides a roadmap for incorporating grit-building into an existing curriculum. Discusses the key attributes of grit, the connection between motivation and grit, and shows the explicit connections between grit qualities and improvements in students attitude and performance. Presents dozens of explicit classroom-ready strategies for building the grit capacity of students that foster motivation and strengthen perseverance, and raise academic performance. Includes flexible strategies to differentiate instruction for all learners. Details the benefits of allowing students to struggle and even fail from time-to-time, and how to motivate them to recover from failures. Includes classroom routines for goal setting and reporting. Reproducible pages.
GRIT to Go: Classroom-Ready Resources to Motivate Growth Mindsets T  
B 96825B 96825 Growing a Growth Mindset: Unlocking Character Strengths through Children’s Literature
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sheehan, Kevin / Ryan, Jessica
Length: 212 Copyright: 2017

Provides teachers with an innovative approach to teaching children the positive psychology constructs that underlie self-belief, goal motivation, and happiness.
Growing a Growth Mindset: Unlocking Character Strengths through Children’s T  
KM 12513KM 12513 Growth Mindset Kit (Books)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ricci, Mary Cay / Dweck, Carol
Length: 0 Copyright: 2016

Kit contains three professional books: 1.Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck; 2.Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Culture of Success and Student Achievement in Schools by Mary Cay Ricci; 3.Ready-to-Use Resources for Mindsets in the Classroom: Everything Educators Need for School Success by Mary Cay Ricci; also includes 20 picture books for students. Three-week loan period.
Growth Mindset Kit (Books) T  
B 125651B 125651 Hard Hat for Kids: A Story About 10 Ways to Be a Great Teammate
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Gordon, Jon / Gallagher, Lauren M
Length: 48 Copyright: 2019

Mickey is a spunky talented basketball lover who has always dreamed about playing on her school's team. On the first day of practice, she learns of a special award given to the best teammate and soon discovers that there is a big difference between being the best player and being the best teammate. What follows is a story about selflessness, hard work, and compassion, and a clear lesson on putting the team first. Stories about me. Teamwork. IL Pres-3.
Hard Hat for Kids: A Story About 10 Ways to Be a Great Teammate KP  
B 121183B 121183 Have Courage!
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Meiners, Cheri J
Length: 35 Copyright: 2014

Counsels children on how to develop assertiveness skills that will help them do what they believe is right, sharing advice for distinguishing between helpful and harmful things that others say while taking reasonable risks and speaking out. From the series Being The Best Me. Lexile 390 IL Pres-1. |
Have Courage! KP  
B 96739B 96739 Heart of Autism: Motivational Intervention Strategies for Caregivers & Professionals
Grade Lvl: T Author: Abeles, Jennifer
Length: 162 Copyright: 2006

A guide to autism intervention that provides twenty practical strategies for caregivers and professionals. Chapters include: 1.Burying Myths, Embracing Truths 2.Stories of Hope and Joy 3.The Difference is a Gift 4. Making Peace With Autism 5.Your Chance to Shine 6.Realism Meets Inspiration 7.The World Around You 8.Lead to Succeed 9. Autism & the Divine.
Heart of Autism: Motivational Intervention Strategies for Caregivers & Prof T  
B 121166B 121166 Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Pelzer, Dave
Length: 158 Copyright: 2005

Offers practical advice to teenagers on overcoming hardships, facing problems head-on, and rising above their circumstances to achieve greatness. Explains how teenagers can move beyond current personal suffering, past problems, and painful memories to understand the importance of making choices, regain control of their lives, and never giving up on themselves. Resilience (Personality trait). Adolescent psychology. Child abuse- Psychology. IL 7-12.
Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges JS  
B 97439B 97439 High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 248 Copyright: 2021

The High 5 Habit is a self-improvement book that aims to help anyone who deals with self-limitations take charge of their life by establishing a morning routine, ditching negative talk, and transforming their life through positivity and confidence. Educator self-care. Positive psychology. Personal growth. Success. Self-help
High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit T  
B 94761B 94761 Highly Engaged Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: Marzano, Robert
Length: 224 Copyright: 2011

Offers advice to help teachers use careful planning and specific strategies to generate high levels of attention and engagement in the classroom, explaining how teachers can incorporate movement, build positive relationships with students, connect lessons to their lives and encourage them to apply knowledge. From the Classroom Strategies series. Authors: Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering.
Highly Engaged Classroom T  
DVD 2508DVD 2508 Hope for Underachieving Kids
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fay, Jim
Length: 141 Copyright: 2000

Subtitle: Opening the Door to Success with Love and Logic. Jim Fay and his son, Dr. Charles Fay, discuss strategies for reaching the most apathetic kids. Topics include traditional techniques (rewards, punishments) that make the problem worse; how the brain rewards learning; plan for reaching kids who just don't seem to care; tools for preventing battles over schoolwork and homework; what to do when a child brings home a poor report card; how to respond when a child says, "I don't care;" and how to lay the foundation for life-long learning.
Hope for Underachieving Kids T  
KM 12517KM 12517 HOPS Interventions: Professional's Manual and Parent's Workbook
Grade Lvl: T Author: Langberg, Joshua M
Length: 0 Copyright: 2014

Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) Interventions was built to give practitioners hands-on support for struggling students. Teaches the skills to approaching each student individually and reinforcing positively, both at home and school. Topics addressed include: Homework recording and completion; long-term project planning; guidelines for setting clear expectations; time management techniques; steps to improve family-school collaboration and ways to improve executive functioning skills. Kit contains: HOPS Intervention Workbook 2nd edition, Reproducibles for preview, and Parent's Guide.
HOPS Interventions: Professional's Manual and Parent's Workbook T  
B 90709B 90709 How the Brain Learns Mathematics, Second Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sousa, David
Length: 245 Copyright: 2015

Explains how to apply cognitive mechanisms to improve student's understanding of mathematics. Includes various ways to differentiate instruction for preschool through secondary school students. Examines number sense, lesson planning, how technology affects attention and memory, ways to detect difficulties, & ELL instruction. Provides connections to the national standards.
How the Brain Learns Mathematics, Second Edition T  
DVD 2788DVD 2788 How to Develop a Professional Learning Community: Passion and Persistence
Grade Lvl: T Author: DuFour, Richard
Length: 6 Copyright: 2002

Motivational DVD provides an overview of important PLC components using music, memorable quotes, and lighthearted humor to create a motivating experience that connects your staff to the heart of PLCs. This DVD has been used in Richard DuFour’s presentations designed for administrators, teachers, and other school staff members.
How to Develop a Professional Learning Community: Passion and Persistence T  
B 125571B 125571 How to Read a Book
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Alexander, Kwame
Length: 32 Copyright: 2019

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end. Poetry. Diversity. IL K-3.
How to Read a Book KP  
B 96768B 96768 Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
Grade Lvl: T Author: Engel, Susan
Length: 232 Copyright: 2015

The author claims that despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. The Hungry Mind is an exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school. Children naturally possess an active interest in knowing more about the world around them. But what begins as a robust trait becomes more fragile over time, and is shaped by experiences with parents, teachers, peers, and the learning environment. Susan Engel highlights the centrality of language and question-asking as crucial tools for expressing curiosity. She also uncovers overlooked forms of curiosity, such as gossip―an important way children satisfy their interest in other people. Although curiosity leads to knowledge, it can stir up trouble, and schools too often have an incentive to squelch it in favor of compliance and discipline. Balanced against the interventions of hands-on instructors and hovering parents, Engel stresses the importance of time spent alone, which gives children a chance to tinker, collect, read about the things that interest them, and explore their own thoughts. In addition to providing a theoretical framework for the psychology of curiosity, The Hungry Mind offers educators practical ways to put curiosity at the center of the classroom and encourage children’s natural eagerness to learn.
Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood T  
B 125949B 125949 I Knew You Could Do It!
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Tillman, Nancy
Length: 32 Copyright: 2019

An illustrated, rhyming celebration of everyday accomplishments and milestone events, from the viewpoint of an adult who always believed the child would succeed. Success fiction. Encouragement. Stories about me. Rhyme. IL Pres-3.
I Knew You Could Do It! KP  
B 92627B 92627 I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Reynolds, Marilyn
Length: 134 Copyright: 2004

Subtitle: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers. Marilyn Reynolds shares techniques she has used to turn unmotivated students into lifelong readers and offers teachers advice on how they can do the same for their students.
I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers T  
KM 11382KM 11382 Improving Reading: Interventions, Strategies, and Resources 5th Ed
Grade Lvl: T Author: Johns, Jerry / Lenski, Susan
Length: 0 Copyright: 2010

Subtitle: Interventions, Strategies, and Resources by Jerry L. Johns and Susan Lenski. Provides step-by-step instruction for over 200 research-driven reading interventions and strategies for teachers from kindergarten through high school to energize their existing instruction with average students, as well as students who struggle with reading and need intervention. CD has over 200 reproducible pages for classroom use, student activities, resources and websites. Teacher resources on CD for each chapter including Dolch Lists, Sequence Maps, Student Checklists, Book Lists, Alphabet Books, Pattern Books, and Picture Book. Contents: book and CD-ROM. Two-week loan period.
Improving Reading: Interventions, Strategies, and Resources 5th Ed T  
B 95853B 95853 Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources and Common Core Connections, 6th Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Johns, Jerry / Lenski, Susan
Length: 534 Copyright: 2014

Resource presents over 200 strategies & interventions for use with whole classes, individual students, or groups. The eight chapters correlate with the main components of a comprehensive reading curriculum and the Common Core. Chapter 1. Motivation, Engagement, Interests, and Attitudes. Chapter 2. Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, and Beginning Reading. Chapter 3. Phonics, Decoding, and Word Recognition. Chapter 4. Fluency and Effective Oral Reading. Chapter 5. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use. Chapter 6. Comprehension Strategies. Chapter 7. Comprehending Fictional Texts. Chapter 8. Comprehending Informational Texts. Book includes access to website with reproducibles & other resources (see page xvi for web ID)
Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources and Common Core Connections, 6th E T  
B 99870B 99870 Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes With Prompts To Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sweeney, Jacqueline
Length: 64 Copyright: 1997

Provides the source for each quotation, ideas for discussion starters, occasional historical context notes, and brief biographies for some of those quoted. Sources range from Michael Jordan to Mother Teresa. Grades 4-8.
Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes With Prompts To Spark S T  
B 90179B 90179 Interventions
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 34 Copyright: 2000

A bank of interventions for use with students (elementary and secondary) in groups or as individuals in the areas of reading (fluency, comprehension), math (computation, reasoning, basic facts, time, place value), study skills (graphic organizers, test preparation), and social behaviors. Includes motivation assessment scale.
Interventions T  
KM 11410KM 11410 iOpeners: Understand Persuasive Devices GR P/R
Grade Lvl: P Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2005

Contents: two teaching plans (one for each title) and six copies of two nonfiction books from the series iOpeners: Water Wise (persuasive; GR level P; Lexile 650: and Try It! (persuasive; GR level R; Lexile 670). Comprehesion Skill: Understand Persuasive Devices.
iOpeners: Understand Persuasive Devices GR P/R P  
B 97289B 97289 Jump Ship: Ditch Your Dead-End Job and Turn Your Passion into a Profession
Grade Lvl: T Author: Shipp, Josh
Length: 240 Copyright: 2013

Jump Ship is a step-by-step guide through one of life's most difficult and most important transitions. Leaving behind an unsatisfying job and embarking upon a new career can open up a world of fulfillment, but it isn't easy. As a role model and mentor to tens of thousands of young professionals, Shipp has seen the impact that a new career can have on a person's life. This book will help readers discover their truest priorities and provide them with the resources to succeed. Filled with powerful stories and practical guidance, to help you face down your fears and take the plunge. Personal growth. Self-help. Vocational guidance.
Jump Ship: Ditch Your Dead-End Job and Turn Your Passion into a Profession T  
KM 13537KM 13537 Just Look Up (30 Books)
Grade Lvl: IJST Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2020

What are the most important messages ALL kids need to hear in today’s world? The questions kids are asking today are big. • Why am I here? • How can I feel less alone? • Am I enough? • What’s the point of any of this? As educators and adults, how are we responding? Combining humor, authenticity, heart, and soul, international speaker Joe Beckman shares five specific phrases he believes all kids (and adults) need to hear. The result is a refreshing, authentic, and down-to-earth approach to finding self-worth (Love YOU), resilience (Push Through), confidence (Fail On), joy (Yeah Toast!), and maybe most importantly, human connection (Just Look Up). Classroom set of 30 books and 3 steps to communication guide. IL 4-10.
Just Look Up (30 Books) IJST  
B 97351B 97351 Just Look Up: Five Life-Saving Phrases Every Human Needs to Hear
Grade Lvl: T Author: Beckman, Joe
Length: 154 Copyright: 2020

What are the most important messages ALL kids need to hear in today’s world? The questions kids are asking today are big. • Why am I here? • How can I feel less alone? • Am I enough? • What’s the point of any of this? As educators and adults, how are we responding? Combining humor, authenticity, heart, and soul, international speaker Joe Beckman shares five specific phrases he believes all kids (and adults) need to hear. The result is a refreshing, authentic, and down-to-earth approach to finding self-worth (Love YOU), resilience (Push Through), confidence (Fail On), joy (Yeah Toast!), and maybe most importantly, human connection (Just Look Up).
Just Look Up: Five Life-Saving Phrases Every Human Needs to Hear T  
DVD 1759DVD 1759 Leadership
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 5 Copyright: 2001

Subtitle: Uncommon Reminders for Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others. Program is from the series Priorities for Life. White text on black screen (with background music) presents inspirational messages that focus on what matters most in leadership and life. Offers a reminder that priority results can be achieved through people who have untapped potential for trust, energy, commitment, and ingenuity.
Leadership T  
B 97578B 97578 Leadership is a Relationship: How to Put People First in the Digital World
Grade Lvl: T Author: Erwin, Michael S / DeVoll, Willys
Length: 195 Copyright: 2022

An insightful collection of interviews with leaders who have succeeded by prioritizing the wellbeing of other people. The book features fresh stories from leaders like Olympic legend Kerri Walsh Jennings, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Bob McDonald, and visionary principal Dr. Virginia Hill, the book also shows how educational leaders can become relationship-based leaders and thrive in our chaotic, digital world. The book offers readers concrete strategies for combating the depersonalization of the Information Age and strengthening our connections with other people.
Leadership is a Relationship: How to Put People First in the Digital World T  
DVD 1280DVD 1280 Leadership Success
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 70 Copyright: 2004

A student leadership curriculum consisting of a 70-minute DVD and an accompanying CD-ROM (in Microsoft Word format) with downloadable lesson plans and activities. Topics include: fundamentals, types of leadership, prejudices, goal setting, cornerstones, Q&A session, communication. One-week loan period.
Leadership Success JS  
B 97278B 97278 Learner-Centered Innovation: Spark Curiosity, Ignite Passion and Unleash Genius
Grade Lvl: T Author: Martin, Katie
Length: 341 Copyright: 2018

What if education could be better—for students and for educators? Our changing world demands creative thinkers and collaborative problem solvers, but too often, schools stifle growth and discovery in favor of getting through the curriculum or preparing for “the test.” Learning opportunities and teaching methods must evolve to match the ever-changing needs of today’s learners. When we tell kids to complete an assignment, we get compliance. When we empower learners to explore and learn how to make an impact on the world, we inspire problem solvers and innovators. This required change in education involves more than providing training for administrators and teachers to implement new curriculum or programs and resources; it demands that we, as teachers and leaders, create an environment where learners at every level are empowered to take risks in pursuit of learning and growth rather than perfection. Instructional and education works. Project method in teaching.
Learner-Centered Innovation: Spark Curiosity, Ignite Passion and Unleash Ge T  
B 97354B 97354 Learning Curve: Lessons Learned on Leadership, Education, and Personal Growth
Grade Lvl: T Author: Smith, Jared R
Length: 334 Copyright: 2021

Personal development is not easy. Learning Curve pushes back against conventional literature by discussing the real, behind-the-scenes challenges of a developing school leader. Blending authentic anecdotes with relevant research, Learning Curve transforms complicated life principles into useful pearls of wisdom. Learning Curve serves as a practical resource for motivated, everyday school leaders.
Learning Curve: Lessons Learned on Leadership, Education, and Personal Grow T  
B 96652B 96652 Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results
Grade Lvl: T Author: Reeves, Douglas B.
Length: 205 Copyright: 2006

Contains a collection of tactics and strategies appropriate for teaching and guiding students to achieve their best efforts in the classroom. The author introduces the Leadership for Learning Framework, which challenges readers to consider that student achievement is more than a set of test scores. The framework helps leaders distinguish between "Lucky" educators, who achieve high results but don't understand their actions, and "Leading" educators, who achieve high results and understand how their actions influence their success. Educational evaluation- United States.
Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results T  
B 128254B 128254 Letters to a Young Athlete
Grade Lvl: S Author: Bosh, Chris
Length: 231 Copyright: 2021

The former NBA player reflects on the lessons he learned from basketball legends such as LeBron James, Kobe Bryan and Pat Riley, and offers a path for young athletes pursuing the same journey. 24-25 Iowa High School Book Award. Sports. Autobiography. Conduct of life. Vocational guidance. IL 11-12.
Letters to a Young Athlete S  
B 97258B 97258 Life Word: Discover Your One Word to Leave a Legacy
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gordon, Jon / Britton, Dan
Length: 98 Copyright: 2017

Discover a word that will significantly impact your life and legacy. Life Word reveals a simple, powerful tool to help you identify the word that will inspire you to live your best life while leaving your greatest legacy. In the process you’ll discover your why which will help show you the way to live with a renewed sense of power, purpose and passion. Leadership. Conduct of life.
Life Word: Discover Your One Word to Leave a Legacy T  
B 95238B 95238 Literacy and Learning Lessons From a Longtime Teacher
Grade Lvl: T Author: Routman, Regie
Length: 174 Copyright: 2012

Routman shares 100 lessons for literacy & learning regarding practices and actions that lead to high reading and writing achievement. Includes explicit strategies and useful ideas that will lead to highly effective instruction and assessment in diverse classrooms and schools. Some topics: creating a meaningful environment, doing more demonstrations, becoming an active listener, rewarding persistence, reading aloud, instilling a determination to learn, doing more frontloading, designing homework, using simple rubrics, doing shared reading, making parents partners, depending on formative assessment, etc.
Literacy and Learning Lessons From a Longtime Teacher T  
B 14943B 14943 Little Engine That Could
Grade Lvl: K Author: Piper, Watty
Length: 20 Copyright: 1930

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, was the Little Engine's response to the train that needd help over the mountain. He thought he could do it and he did. AR 3.5. Follett RL 2.0. RC 3.9. Lexile 680.
Little Engine That Could K  
B 97462B 97462 Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life
Grade Lvl: T Author: Buckingham, Marcus
Length: 301 Copyright: 2022

Author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best, both at work and in life. Individuals have long been told to "Do what you love." Sounds simple, but the real challenge is how to do this in a world not set up to help you. Most of us actually don't know the real truth of what we love what engages us and makes us thriveand our workplaces, jobs, schools, even our parents, are focused instead on making us conform. Buckingham shows readers how to break free from this conformity, how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love. How can you use love to reveal your unique gifts? How can you pinpoint what makes you stand out from anyone else? How can you choose roles in which you'll excel? Make lasting change for your team, your company, your family, or your students. Love, the most powerful of human emotions, the source of all creativity, collaboration, insight, and excellence, has been systematically drained from our lives our work, teams, and classrooms. It's time we brought love back in. Love and Work shows readers how.
Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for t T  
B 126635B 126635 M is Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Rose, Tiffany
Length: 40 Copyright: 2019

Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in. Conduct of life. Juvenile fiction. Alphabet. Success. IL Pres-3. AR 3.4.
M is Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child KP  
B 126098B 126098 Make It a Good Day
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Universe, Jennifer
Length: 32 Copyright: 2018

Offers easy ideas to make each day a good one. The useful, twenty-four-hour tips offered can be practiced on both good days and the harder ones. A guide to creating a positive routine. Self-help. Motivation. Success. Social emotional learning. IL Pres-3.
Make It a Good Day KP  
B 96492B 96492 Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching
Grade Lvl: T Author: Boaler, Jo
Length: 320 Copyright: 2016

A guide to the information, techniques, and activities that can be put in place to make math more enjoyable and achievable for all students. Provides practical strategies to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Math anxiety.
Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math T  
B 90701B 90701 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Grade Lvl: T Author: Dweck, Carol
Length: 276 Copyright: 2006

Reveals how personal mindsets affect and control every aspect of one's life. Offers advice on how to promote success and personal fulfillment.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success T  
KM 906KM 906 Mindsets in the Classroom Poster Set
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ricci, Mary Cay
Length: 0 Copyright: 2016

From encouraging perseverance, to teaching students about how their brains work, to quotes about learning from failure, the Mindsets in the Classroom Poster Set helps schools looking to implement the ideas in the book, Mindsets in the Classroom by Mary Cay Ricci. When students believe that dedication and hard work can change their performance in school, they grow to become resilient, successful students. This set contains six posters (11" x 17").
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B 96671B 96671 Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Culture of Success and Student Achievement in Schools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ricci, Mary Cay
Length: 170 Copyright: 2013

Inspired by the popular mindset idea that hard work and effort can lead to success, Mindsets in the Classroom provides educators with ideas for ways to build a growth mindset school culture, wherein students are challenged to change their thinking about their abilities and potential. The book includes a planning template, step-by-step description of a growth mindset culture, and "look-fors" for adopting a differentiated, responsive instruction model teachers can use in their classrooms.
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B 96870B 96870 MindUP Curriculum: Grades 3-5: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning—and Living
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 160 Copyright: 2011

A curriculum for teachers that presents fifteen lessons for students, in grades third through fifth, on how the brain can improve behavior and learning. Lessons include focused awareness, mindful listening, and expressing gratitude. Fosters social & emotional awareness. Each lesson begins with background information on the brain, introducing a specific area of concentration with an activity in which students can see concrete examples of how their brain functions. Offers strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities helps one extend the benefits of MindUP.
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B 96871B 96871 MindUP Curriculum: Grades 6–8: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning—and Living
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 160 Copyright: 2011

This curriculum features 15 lessons that use information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The program was developed not only to expand students' social & emotional awareness, but also to improve their academic performance. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities helps one extend the benefits of MindUP.
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B 96869B 96869 MindUP Curriculum: Grades PreK–2: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning—and Living
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 160 Copyright: 2011

A curriculum for teachers that presents fifteen lessons for students, in grades Pre-K through second, on how the brain can improve behavior and learning. Lessons include focused awareness, mindful listening, and expressing gratitude. They foster social & emotional awareness. Each lesson offers strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. All lessons begin with background information on the brain, introducing specific areas of concentration, each with an activity in which children can see concrete examples of how their brain functions. The lessons fit into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help extend the benefits of MindUP.
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KM 7572KM 7572 MotivAider
Grade Lvl: KPIJST Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2004

An electronic device that automatically provides children with private reminders to engage in desired behavior or stay on task. Attending. Attention. Motivation. Contents: operating instructions, MotivAider, and booklet: Helping Kids Change Their Own Behavior. Vibrating timer.
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B 95172B 95172 Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn: Positive Classroom Management Strategies
Grade Lvl: T Author: Korb, Rich
Length: 167 Copyright: 2012

Offers strategies and techniques for motivating and engaging students with defiant and disruptive behavior problems.
Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn: Positive Classroom Man T  
B 99633B 99633 Motivating the Uncooperative Student
Grade Lvl: T Author: Taylor, John
Length: 44 Copyright: 1990

Subtitle: A Guidebook For School Counselors. Practical guide for overcoming attitudinal, academic, and personal discouragement blocks to school participation in under-productive students. Includes study skills, counseling techniques, strategies for working with power-oriented and rebellious students, and methods for reducing teacher-pupil conflicts.
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B 91647B 91647 Motivating Underachievers: 220 Strategies For Success
Grade Lvl: T Author: Coil, Carolyn
Length: 112 Copyright: 2001

Chapters deal with building self esteem, improving study skills, motivation, working with the parents of underachievers and the importance of flexibility and change within the school system.
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DVD 2671DVD 2671 Motivation Breakthrough
Grade Lvl: T Author: Lavoie, Richard
Length: 0 Copyright: 2008

Subtitle: Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child (approximately 74 minutes). Richard Lavoie demonstrates six basic motivational styles and strategies for inspiring the most withdrawn and reluctant student. He explains how to motivate an apathetic or a learning-disabled student. Topics: All human behavior is motivated; performance inconsistency, learned helplessness; rewards; and punishment. Includes audio setup options for Spanish audio and/or subtitles. Contains a special feature: Competition (approximately 15 minutes).
Motivation Breakthrough T  
B 97564B 97564 Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Grade Lvl: T Author: Wiseman, Liz
Length: 360 Copyright: 2017

Explores why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams while others amplify it to produce better results.
Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarte T  
B 97528B 97528 New Art and Science of Teaching Mathematics
Grade Lvl: T Author: Lang-Raad, Nathan D / Marzano, Robert J
Length: 143 Copyright: 2019

Reenvision the groundbreaking New Art and Science of Teaching framework for math classrooms. Readers will discover myriad math strategies, tools, and methods of teaching mathematics for every step of the process, from articulating learning targets and conducting math lessons to engaging students, tracking progress, and celebrating successes.
New Art and Science of Teaching Mathematics T  
B 96930B 96930 Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Grade Lvl: T Author: Holiday, Ryan
Length: 224 Copyright: 2014

The book draws its inspiration from stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy of enduring pain or adversity with perseverance and resilience. Stoics focus on the things they can control, let go of everything else, and turn every new obstacle into an opportunity to get better, stronger, tougher. As Marcus Aurelius put it nearly 2000 years ago: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Ryan Holiday shows us how some of the most successful people in history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—have applied stoicism to overcome difficult or even impossible situations. Their embrace of these principles ultimately mattered more than their natural intelligence, talents, or luck.
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DVD 1930DVD 1930 Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Grade Lvl: IJST Author:
Length: 4 Copyright: 2006

A short music video (to the music of Breakaway) offers an inspirational message to students as well as teachers. Images of notable people with short, superimposed phrases about their early life help us see that they started out as seemingly ordinary people, or even underdogs in life, who may have been discouraged from following their dreams, but when, through their own efforts and determination, became quite extraordinary. Includes Helen Keller, Chuck Yeager, John Lennon, Thomas Edison, Cesar Chavez, Steve Jobs, J.K. Rowling, Jerry Yang, Neil Armstrong, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Wald Disney, Rosa Parks, Dwight Eisenhower, George Lucas, Michelle Kwan, John Wooden, Danica Patrick, Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, Mother Theresa.
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things IJST  
B 97361B 97361 Permission To Be Great: Increasing Engagement in Your School
Grade Lvl: T Author: Butler, Dan
Length: 142 Copyright: 2021

Permission to be Great, author Dan Butler articulates success stories, proven leadership practices, engagement enhancers, and reflective questions to support educators and school leaders to lead their school or district toward positive change. This book provides practical and specific ideas for combating burnout behaviors and, instead, initiating higher levels of energy, involvement, and efficacy among educators in our schools. Now that we know the truth about burnout, it is time to embark on the path toward authentic engagement; our educators and our students deserve it!
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B 97219B 97219 Phrases for Growth Mindset: A Teacher's Guide to Empowering Students through Effective Praise and Feedback
Grade Lvl: T Author: Brock, Annie / Hundley, Heather
Length: 160 Copyright: 2018

In other words : phrases for growth mindset : a teacher's guide to empowering students through effective praise and feedback. Learn how to effectively bring growth mindset into your community and classroom by choosing impactful language. Empower students through purposeful praise and feedback. The book provides readers with strategies, helpful tips and go-to phrases for helping students transition thoughts, words and actions into the growth-mindset zone. Designed for ease of use and packed with over a hundred specific examples, this book offers a “say this, not that” approach to communication that will help you model and cultivate growth mindset in the classroom.
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B 96333B 96333 Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gordon, Jon
Length: 103 Copyright: 2012

A business fable in which the big dog teaches the negative dog how to feed positivity each day, and as the negative dog puts positive lessons into practice he changes his attitude, and improves himself and those around him. Positivism.
Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity T  
B 96863B 96863 Positive Psychology in the Elementary School Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: O'Grady, Patty
Length: 365 Copyright: 2013

Presents the basics of positive psychology to educators and provides interactive resources to enrich teachers’ proficiency when using positive psychology in the classroom. O’Grady underlines the importance of teaching the whole child: encouraging social awareness and positive relationships, fostering self-motivation, and emphasizing social and emotional learning. Through the use of positive psychology in the classroom, children can learn to be more emotionally aware of their own and others’ feelings, use their strengths to engage academically and socially, pursue meaningful lives, and accomplish their personal goals.
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B 95971B 95971 Power Cards: Using Special Interests to Motivate Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome and Autism
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gagnon, Elisa
Length: 63 Copyright: 2001

Step-by-step book shows parents and educators how to help change an unwanted or inappropriate behavior by capitalizing on the special interests that characterize children and youth with Asperger Syndrome. A brief, motivational text related to the child s special interest or a highly admired person is combined with an illustration, which is then made into a bookmark or business card- sized Power Card that the child can refer to whenever needed. For younger children, the special interest or hero is incorporated into a short story.
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B 97084B 97084 Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gordon, Jon
Length: 198 Copyright: 2017

We are not positive because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. As a leader, you will face numerous obstacles, negativity, and tests. There will be times when it seems as if everything in the world is conspiring against you and your vision seems more like a fantasy than a reality. That’s why positive leadership is essential! Positive leadership is not about fake positivity. It is the real stuff that makes great leaders great. The research is clear. Being a positive leader is not just a nice way to lead. It's the way to lead if you want to build a great culture, unite your organization in the face of adversity, develop a connected and committed team and achieve excellence and superior results. Professional book.
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KM 12017KM 12017 Pre-Referral Intervention Manual, Fourth Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: McCarney, Stephen / Wunderlich, Kathy Cummins
Length: 687 Copyright: 2014

On book cover: The Most Common Learning and Behavior Problems Encountered in the Educational Environment. Provides a direct response to state mandated pre-referral intervention activities. It may be used by a teacher or group of educators, such as a Teacher Assistance Team, to develop a comprehensive plan of intervention strategies for a student. Includes CD with Appendix pdf files.
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B 97011B 97011 Promoting Student Happiness: Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Suldo, Shannon M
Length: 273 Copyright: 2016

Shows how interventions targeting gratitude, kindness, character strengths, optimistic thinking, hope, and healthy relationships can contribute to improved academic and social outcomes in grades 3-12. It provides a 10-session manual for promoting subjective well-being--complete with vivid case examples--that can be implemented with individuals, small groups, or whole classes. Factors that predict youth happiness are discussed, evidence-based assessment tools presented, and ways to involve teachers and parents described. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the volume includes 40 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print these materials, plus online-only fidelity checklists and parent and teacher notes.
Promoting Student Happiness: Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools T  
B 92715B 92715 Quality Questioning: Research-Based Practice to Engage Every Learner
Grade Lvl: T Author: Walsh, Jackie Acree / Sattes, Beth Dankert
Length: 182 Copyright: 2005

Examines the quality of the questions that teachers ask their students and offers strategies that will prompt student responses and advance their educational development. Inquiry. The authors are co-developers of Questioning and Understanding to Improve Learning and Thinking (QUILT).
Quality Questioning: Research-Based Practice to Engage Every Learner T  
B 95464B 95464 Quantity and Quality: Increasing the Volume and Complexity of Students' Reading
Grade Lvl: T Author: Wilde, Sandra
Length: 142 Copyright: 2013

Presents ways to add reading time to curriculum. The author maintains that the reading of books as the center of the literacy curriculum is the secret to academic achievement. Shows how to get students reading more throughout the school day and how to guide them into increasingly complex texts. Describes how to work with beginning readers, Ells, struggling readers, and reluctant readers. Discusses documenting readers' progress.
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KM 8KM 8 Quote This! A Collection of Illustrated Quotes for Educators
Grade Lvl: T Author: Hodges, Diane
Length: 99 Copyright: 2008

A collection of inspirational quotes and reflective sayings designed to influence, encourage, and motivate educators, with illustrations on the accompanying CD-ROM that can be used in PowerPoint presentations, memos, newsletters, banners, and more.
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B 95841B 95841 Reading & Learning Strategies: Middle Grades Through High School
Grade Lvl: T Author: Lenski, Susan / Wham, Mary Ann
Length: 350 Copyright: 2011

Fourth edition is based on the 2010 IRA Professional Standards. Provides content-relevant teaching strategies for implementation with middle and secondary students. Includes examples from various content areas, assessment ideas, & reproducible pages. Chapters: Learning with Texts; Fostering Motivation and Reading Engagement; Building Vocabulary; Word Study; Comprehending Literary Texts; Understanding Informational Texts; Reading Critically; & Studying.
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B 97244B 97244 Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
Grade Lvl: T Author: Miller, Donalyn / Kelley, Susan
Length: 273 Copyright: 2014

Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess five key reading habits that cultivate a lifelong love of reading. Miller offers strategies, lesson plans, management tools, and comprehensive lists of recommended books. Reading in the Wild offers a number of ideas for helping students build capacity for a lifetime of "wild" reading.
Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Read T  
B 90782B 90782 Reading Is Funny!: Motivating Kids to Read
Grade Lvl: T Author: Anderson, Dee
Length: 216 Copyright: 2009

Subtitle: Motivating Kids to Read with Riddles. Authors shares hundred of riddles themed by subject along with best practices and tips. Topics include bulletin boards that promote reading, sharing riddles, games, using riddles for public relations, puppets and puppet skits, riddles about animals, zoos, birthdays, creepy creatures, holidays and seasons, sports, etc.
Reading Is Funny!: Motivating Kids to Read T  
B 95948B 95948 Rethinking Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs
Grade Lvl: T Author: Vatterott, Cathy
Length: 180 Copyright: 2009

Examines the controversy over the effectiveness of homework and suggests teachers revise homework practices to ensure quality assignments and differentiation and encourage completion by deemphasizing grades and implementing strategies and support programs.
Rethinking Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs T  
B 97525B 97525 Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking Through Actionable Instruction and Assessment
Grade Lvl: T Author: Hess, Karin
Length: 194 Copyright: 2023

A practical and systematic approach to deepening student engagement, promoting a growth mindset, and building a classroom culture that truly supports thinking and learning. Cognitive learning. Educational tests and measures. Motivation in education.
Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking Through Actionable Instruction T  
B 94583B 94583 Rigor is Not a Four-Letter Word
Grade Lvl: T Author: Blackburn, Barbara
Length: 178 Copyright: 2008

Presents strategies and techniques teachers can use to introduce more challenging learning opportunities in their classrooms, and discusses the importance of having high expectations for students, and acting appropriately on those expectations to encourage success.
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B 96932B 96932 Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Grade Lvl: T Author: Brown, Brene
Length: 312 Copyright: 2017

Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, P T  
DVD 2860DVD 2860 Schools That Change Communities
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 58 Copyright: 2012

Professional resource for reimagining the role of the school as part of its community. Explores how the community can be a resource for teaching and learning. Looks at five exemplary programs across the country that illustrate the possibilities. These cover a diverse group of public schools that are engaging students in learning by solving real-world problems in their communities. Neighborhoods become living classrooms where students engage in hands-on investigations. The results are students who are committed to learning and have a stronger sense of civic responsibility besides the benefits to the community. Inquiry learning.
Schools That Change Communities T  
B 97104B 97104 Slight Edge
Grade Lvl: T Author: Olson, Jeff
Length: 280 Copyright: 2013

The Slight Edge is a way of thinking, a way of processing information that enables you to make the daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. Learn why some people make dream after dream come true, while others just continue dreaming and spend their lives building dreams for someone else. It’s not just another self-help motivation tool of methods you must learn in order to travel the path to success. It shows you how to create powerful results from the simple daily activities of your life, by using tools that are already within you. The Slight Edge isn’t just the story, but also how the story continues to create life-altering dynamics—how a way of thinking, a way of processing information, can impact daily choices that will lead you to the success and happiness you desire. The Slight Edge is “the key” that will make all the other how-to books and self-help information that you read, watch and hear actually work.
Slight Edge T  
KM 13255KM 13255 Slight Edge - 20 books (2 PARTS)
Grade Lvl: ST Author: Jeff Olson / Editors of the Success Foundation
Length: 0 Copyright: 2013

The Slight Edge is a way of thinking, a way of processing information that enables individuals to make the daily choices that will lead to the success and happiness they desire. Learn why some people make dream after dream come true, while others just continue dreaming and spend their lives building dreams for someone else. The Slight Edge by Olson is not just another self-help motivation tool of methods individuals must learn in order to travel the path to success. It shows how to create powerful results from the simple daily activities of your life, by using tools built within every person. Kits contains 20 copies of Slight Edge by Jeff Olson and 18 copies of Success for Teens: Real Teens Talk About Using the Slight Edge by John Olson. Self-accountability. Success. Leadership. IL 10-12.
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B 96457B 96457 Smart Girls in the 21st Century: Understanding Talented Girls and Women
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kerr, Barbara / McKay, Robyn
Length: 398 Copyright: 2014

The authors offer valuable information and advice on giftedness, achievement, self-actualization, and more. They examine bright girls' development, types of intelligence, differences in generations, eminent women, barriers to achievement, education & growing talent, adolescence & college, gifted minority girls & women, twice-exceptionalism, and career guidance. Gifted women- Longitudinal studies. Self-actualization (Psychology).
Smart Girls in the 21st Century: Understanding Talented Girls and Women T  
B 97566B 97566 Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
Grade Lvl: T Author: Covey, Stephen M.R
Length: 374 Copyright: 2018

Stephen M. R. Covey shows how trust—and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees, and all stakeholders—is the single most critical component of a successful leader and organization.
Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything T  
B 96929B 96929 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Grade Lvl: T Author: Sinek, Simon
Length: 256 Copyright: 2011

In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY -- the third most popular TED video of all time. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action T  
B 123683B 123683 Step Forward With Curiosity
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Welbourn, Shannon
Length: 24 Copyright: 2017

Without curiosity, we may never have known the world's greatest inventions or discovered its most amazing places. This empowering title offers helpful ideas, practical tips, and inspiring stories about how being curious about the world around you can help you reach your goals. Inspirational stories of individuals show how their curiosity led them to regularly ask questions and seek answers leading them to uncover new and exciting things. Learn how to make curiosity a habit that will help you step forward. Whole chld. Mindset and mindfulness. Nonfiction picture book. Step Forward! series.
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B 123682B 123682 Step Forward With Optimism
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Miller, Reagan
Length: 24 Copyright: 2017

Optimism allows you to be positive about your future, and always be hopeful that you will reach your goals. Without it, you might give up on chasing your dreams! This inspiring book looks at the life-changing effect optimism has in our world, and gives you tips on how to keep your head up even when situations feel tough. Learn how to have a positive outlook so you can step forward with optimism and believe that anything is possible! Whole child. Mindset and mindfulness. Nonfiction series: Step Forward! IL K-4. Lexile 790.
Step Forward With Optimism KPI  
B 121720B 121720 Stickley Sticks to It!: A Frog's Guide to Getting Things Done
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Miles, Brenda
Length: 0 Copyright: 2015

Book introduces children to a frog whose feet stick to everything they come into contact with but who learns the importance of persevering despite obstacles. When it comes to homework, projects, and goals, Stickley the frog is a flexible thinker who never gives up. Perseverance- Fiction. IL K-3.
Stickley Sticks to It!: A Frog's Guide to Getting Things Done KP  
B 94984B 94984 Strategies for Learning: Empowering Students for Success, Grades 9-12
Grade Lvl: ST Author: Rooney, Karen
Length: 146 Copyright: 2010

Provides techniques designed to help struggling students (in general and special education) including those with attention problems, learning disabilities, and underachievement issues improve their grades and develop solid study skills in areas that include vocabulary, reading, spelling, writing, math, word problems, grammar, foreign language, note taking, time management, and organization.
Strategies for Learning: Empowering Students for Success, Grades 9-12 ST  
B 92561B 92561 Strategies for Struggling Readers (2nd Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Meyerson, Maria
Length: 131 Copyright: 2006

Provides step-by-step research-based strategies and tools designed to help struggling readers and writers in elementary and middle school. Deals with improving interest, attitude, and motivation of struggling readers and writers, improving word recognition, and improving fluency and comprehension. Includes reproducible forms: Observation Form; The Literacy Interview; The Goldilocks Plan; Biography Interview Questionnaire; Repeated Reading Graph; Listening Center Activities; Prediction Web Template; and Story Retelling Assessment.
Strategies for Struggling Readers (2nd Edition) T  
B 96443B 96443 Super Better: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient--Powered by the Science of Games
Grade Lvl: T Author: McGonigal, Jane
Length: 480 Copyright: 2015

SuperBetter is an approach developed by game designer Jane McGonigal that shows people how to deal with life's challenges by using positive psychology and learning to be gameful. A gameful mind-set means bringing the same psychological strengths a person displays when playing games to real-world goals. Seven rules to live by make up the SuperBetter method: 1.Challenge yourself. 2.Collect and activate power-ups. 3.Find and battle the bad guys. 4.Seek out and complete quests. 5.Recruit your allies. 6.Adopt a secret identity. 7.Go for an epic win. Includes stories & data from people who have used the SuperBetter method to get stronger in the face of illness, injury, and other major setbacks, as well as to achieve goals like losing weight, running a marathon, and finding a new job.
Super Better: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver T  
B 97292B 97292 Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Grade Lvl: T Author: Heath, Chip / Heath, Dan
Length: 305 Copyright: 2010

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say authors Chip and Dan Heath. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems, the rational mind and the emotional mind, that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort but if it is overcome, change can come quickly. In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people, employees and managers, parents and nurses have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results. A story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counter intuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard T  
KM 11932KM 11932 Systematic Supervision: Schoolwide PBS for Everything Elementary
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 70 Copyright: 2010

Introduces PBS and trains the whole school community - staff, students, and parents. This Positive Behavior Support program shows how to reduce problem behavior, establish expectations and create a positive schoolwide environment. DVD has 6 video modules which show how to apply Systematic Supervision and PBIS in a specific setting and demonstrate both positive and negative examples of teacher responses to student behavior. DVD contents: Introduction (12 minutes) Common Areas (9 min), Playgrounds (8 min) School Buses (8 min), Conclusion: Teamwork & Data Collection (4 min); Families (6 min) Students (7 min) video, Play It Safe, introduces students to school rules. Has online printables. Kit also includes Viewer's Guide. Audience: elementary school teachers, paraprofessionals, common area supervisors, and parents.
Systematic Supervision: Schoolwide PBS for Everything Elementary T  
B 126966B 126966 Tales of Courage and Kindness
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Andrus, Aubre
Length: 270 Copyright: 2021

A collection of empowering original short stories featuring your favorite Disney Princesses and Frozen Queens. 14 short stories in all. Fantasy. IL K-4.
Tales of Courage and Kindness KPI  
B 95443B 95443 Teach Like a PIRATE: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator
Grade Lvl: T Author: Burgess, Dave
Length: 177 Copyright: 2012

Book is based on Dave Burgess's "Outrageous Teaching" & "Teach Like a PIRATE" seminars. The author encourages teachers to take risks & rediscover the passion for teaching. He describes how to develop creative presentations that capture students' interest; how to establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in the classroom; and transform the class into a life-changing experience for students.
Teach Like a PIRATE: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, an T  
B 94942B 94942 Teach With Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gruwell, Erin
Length: 265 Copyright: 2007

Erin Gruwell, the teacher of the Freedom Writers, reflects on her experiences working with troubled teens and shares information about her students' futures after high school. High school teachers. Teenagers California.
Teach With Your Heart: Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers T  
B 96708B 96708 Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: Hall, Pete / Simeral, Alisa
Length: 177 Copyright: 2015

Presents tools for self-reflection. Looks at how teachers can improve their impact by attending to the way they think about their practice. The difference between learning a skill and being able to implement it effectively resides in one's capacity to engage in deep, continuous thought about that skill. The authors provide tools specifically made to enhance self-reflection on professional practice, including the Continuum of Self-Reflection and the Reflective Cycle. Teachers will be able to assess their current self-reflective tendencies, identify opportunities to reflect on their instruction, and begin to forge a path toward continuous growth and educational excellence.
Teach, Reflect, Learn: Building Your Capacity for Success in the Classroom T  
B 94778B 94778 Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers into Successful Learners
Grade Lvl: T Author: Cleveland, Kathleen
Length: 233 Copyright: 2011

Book by Kathleen Palmer Cleveland is a response to growing concerns about a crisis in boys academic achievement. Presents findings from four large-scale studies about how boys learn best and combines these findings with insights about ongoing social and learning-style factors that affect learning in the classroom, plus lesson plans and anecdotes from real teachers working across all grade levels and subject areas. Cleveland's Pathways to Re-Engagement is a framework for decision making in the classroom. The Pathways model seeks to: Replace the underachieving boy's negative attitudes about learning; Reconnect each boy with school, with learning, and with a belief in himself as a competent learner; Rebuild learning skills that lead to success in school and in life; and Reduce the need for unproductive and distracting behaviors as a means of self-protection.
Teaching Boys Who Struggle in School: Strategies That Turn Underachievers i T  
B 94943B 94943 Teaching Hope: Stories From the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gruwell, Erin
Length: 353 Copyright: 2009

Features the testimonies of 150 teachers trained in the Freedom Writers method who share their experiences teaching students in and out of traditional classrooms. Teacher-student relationship anecdotes.
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B 96347B 96347 Teaching the Male Brain: How Boys Think, Feel, and Learn in School, Second Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 352 Copyright: 2015

Presents research in neuroscience and developmental psychology to explain why boys learn differently. Guide translates theory into tested strategies that are ready to use. Features include a discussion of cognitive gender differences and how they relate to education; an analysis of the benefits and challenges of single-sex classrooms; techniques for differentiating learning in co-ed classrooms; strategies for reaching boys with ADHD, learning disabilities, social and emotional differences, and more; plus case studies.
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KM 12592KM 12592 Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success (Books)
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Graham, Stedman
Length: 250 Copyright: 2000

Presents advice and exercises for teenagers to help them lead fulfilling lives, covering such factors as self-esteem, goal setting, motivation, and risk taking. Kit contains 20 copies of the book by Stedman Graham. RC 6.7 Lexile 990 IL 7-12. 4-week loan period.
Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success (Books) JS  
B 97381B 97381 Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
Grade Lvl: T Author: Stone, Douglas / Heen, Sheila
Length: 348 Copyright: 2015

Teaches us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning. We swim in an ocean of feedback from bosses, colleagues, customers, community, but also family, friends, and in-laws. All have “suggestions” for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development but we dread it and often dismiss it. Receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life’s blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace.
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well T  
B 94843B 94843 Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner
Grade Lvl: T Author: Himmele, Persida / Himmele, William
Length: 133 Copyright: 2011

Subtitle: Making Every Student an Active Learner by Persida Himmele and William Himmele. Provides ways to actively and cognitively engage students in the learning process. Recommends an alternative to stand-and-deliver teaching. Presents an overview of TPT, specific steps for using the technique, and ideas for going beyond surface-level comprehension to ensure high-order thinking. Addresses how TPTs can function as formative assessments. Emphasizes the need to establish a classroom culture conducive to student interaction and to create classroom communities that honor student differences and promote peer acceptance.
Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner T  
KM 11520KM 11520 Tough Kid Tool Box
Grade Lvl: T Author: Jenson, William
Length: 0 Copyright: 2009

Provides resources for teachers on how to motivate and manage tough students. Contents: book and CD-ROM (with reproducible tools in English and Spanish). Two-week loan period.
Tough Kid Tool Box T  
B 97563B 97563 Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others
Grade Lvl: T Author: Covey, Stephen M.R / Kasperson, David
Length: 343 Copyright: 2023

Most organizations, teams, schools, and families today still operate from a model of “command and control,” focusing on hierarchies and compliance from people. Given the changing nature of the world, the workforce, work itself, and the choices we have for where and how to work and live, this way of leading is drastically outdated. Covey offers a simple yet bold solution: to shift from this “command and control” model to a leadership style of “trust and inspire.” People don’t want to be managed; they want to be led. Trust and Inspire is a new way of leading that starts with the belief that people are creative, collaborative, and full of potential. People with this kind of leader are inspired to become the best version of themselves and to produce their best work.
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DVD 2940DVD 2940 Unlocking Your Potential: Grit, Determination, and Mindset
Grade Lvl: JST Author:
Length: 20 Copyright: 2017

Video encourages teens to see challenges as opportunities for growth. Focuses on the personal accounts of several young people and emphasizes the tenets of researcher Carol Dweck-- success comes in large part from effort and hard work instead of inborn ability. “I just can’t do this.” That’s the reaction of too many students when they face academic and personal challenges. As a result, these students struggle to reach their goals. Informs students how to discard the "I can’t" mindset and replace it with the "I can" mindset. Program explores how intelligence and talent can be developed through hard work and persistence. It emphasizes the importance of embracing challenges and viewing failure as a way to learn. Students are encouraged to evaluate their own mindsets and to think about the importance of grit and determination in their own lives. Contains 23 page PDF guide.
Unlocking Your Potential: Grit, Determination, and Mindset JST  
B 96834B 96834 Visual Literacy: Learn to See, See to Learn
Grade Lvl: T Author: Burmark, Lynell
Length: 115 Copyright: 2002

Book examines the effect on education of a primarily visual world. A guide to teaching visual literacy--the ability to interpret and create visual information--to K-12 students, which discusses typefaces and fonts, color, design tips, presentations, visually welcoming classrooms, and the "digital playground." Offers tips and strategies for effective presentations-- by both teachers and students.
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B 123977B 123977 What Do You Do With a Chance?
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Yamada, Kobi
Length: 44 Copyright: 2017

What do you do with a chance? Especially one that seems too big or too wild or just out of reach? Do you hold back? Do you act like you don't care? Do you let it slip away? This is the story of some remarkable chances and the child who doesn't know quite what to do with them. But the more chances come around, the more the child's fascination grows. And then, one day, a little courage makes all the difference in the world. Series fiction: What Do You Do With A....? Mindfulness and mindset. Courage. Chances. IL K-3. AR 2.7.
What Do You Do With a Chance? KP  
B 92264B 92264 What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 things That Matter Most
Grade Lvl: T Author: Whitaker, Todd
Length: 130 Copyright: 2004

Describes 14 practices the author has identified as characteristic of great teachers, and discusses the benefits of learning from the most effective educators. Teacher effectiveness. Teacher-student relationships.
What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 things That Matter Most T  
B 121469B 121469 What Gritty Kids Do When No One Is Looking
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Grant, Jim / Grant, Caleb
Length: 32 Copyright: 2016

Provides a look at kids representing 13 key characteristics of grit in their everyday lives. Each of the characteristics is presented with a quotation. Includes: courage, tenacity, hard work, optimism, resilience, social intelligence, gratitude, conscientiousness, perseverance, delayed gratification, persistence, self-control, and open-mindedness. IL K-4.
What Gritty Kids Do When No One Is Looking KPI  
B 97349B 97349 What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Grade Lvl: T Author: Winfrey, Oprah / Perry, Bruce D
Length: 302 Copyright: 2021

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand. Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” Life changing events. Resilience. Psychic trauma. Professional book.
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing T  
B 91769B 91769 When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How To Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs
Grade Lvl: T Author: Delisle, Jim
Length: 278 Copyright: 2002

Topics include self-image and self esteem, perfectionism, multipotential, depression, feelings of "differentness," and stress. Suggests ways to help gifted underachievers and those who are bored with school and ways to encourage healthy relationships. Explains how teachers can make it safe to be smart by creating the gifted-friendly classroom.
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How To Meet Their Social and E T  
B 95407B 95407 When Teaching Gets Tough: Smart Ways to Reclaim Your Game
Grade Lvl: T Author: Mendler, Allen
Length: 189 Copyright: 2012

Offers teachers practical strategies for dealing with unruly students, difficult parents, and classroom distractions. Effective teaching. Teacher effectiveness.
When Teaching Gets Tough: Smart Ways to Reclaim Your Game T  
B 95439B 95439 Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids: (and the rest of your class, too)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Biffle, Chris
Length: 281 Copyright: 2013

Presents games & activities that involve the student's whole brain which reduce the mental area left over to create disruptions. The author's techniques can be used with any grade to teach any subject; they are designed to improve teaching performance and make instruction more entertaining and engaging. A central strategy in Whole Brain Teaching: the more educational fun teachers can introduce into classrooms, the more students will learn, & the fewer opportunities there will be for challenging behavior.
Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids: (and the rest of your class, too T  
B 126801B 126801 World Needs Who You Were Made to Be
Grade Lvl: KPI Author: Gaines, Joanna
Length: 32 Copyright: 2020

Follows a group of diverse children as they each build their very own hot-air balloons. As the kids work together, leaning in to their own skills and processes, to fill the sky with beautiful colors, we discover that the same is true for life-it's more beautiful when our differences are celebrated. Individuality. Stories about me. Self-acceptance. IL K-4.
World Needs Who You Were Made to Be KPI  
B 127343B 127343 Year We Learned To Fly
Grade Lvl: KP Author: Woodson, Jacqueline
Length: 32 Copyright: 2022

By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world. Siblings. Self-management. Story about me. African American. Imagination. IL K-3. AR 3.9.
Year We Learned To Fly KP  
B 122528B 122528 You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your World
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Penn, Maya
Length: 206 Copyright: 2016

Maya shares her journey to becoming an artist, designer, philanthropist, and business owner. She provides a creative blueprint for teens and young adults, along with the tools she used to build an authentic, exciting, and connected life, and offers creative prompts for cultivating success. Self-realization. Social action. IL 5-10.
You Got This!: Unleash Your Awesomeness, Find Your Path, and Change Your Wo IJS