Overview
Welcome to the Professional Development Series entitled: Helping Every Child Succeed.
The six modules in this series are listed below. Enjoy learning together as a faculty with your goal wanting to become more effective educators in order to help every student learn and grow. What a privilege that Jesus has given us every day!
Module 1 - Brain-based Learning
Directions
Inservice Video
Handout
Extensions – Optional Extension Resources
Children’s Literature
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch it, Shape it. (2010)
A Walk in the Rain with a Brain (2004)
Resource Books
12 Brain/Mind learning principles in action: Third Ed. (2016)
Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom (2011)
How the Brain Learns: Sixth Ed. (2017)
Module 2 - Fostering a Growth Mindset
Directions
Inservice Video
Handout
Extensions – Optional Extension Resources
Children’s Literature
Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden. Pattou, E. (2001)
Gumption! Atheneums Books for Young Readers. Broach, E. (2010)
The Little Engine That Could. Piper, W. (2005)
Resource Books
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential. Dweck, C.S. PH.D. (2006)
The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher’s Month-By-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve. Brock, A. & Hundley, H. (2016)
The Growth Mindset Playbook: A Teacher’s Guide to Promoting Student Success. Brock, A. & Hundley, H. (2017)
Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Culture of Success and Student Achievement in Schools. Ricci, M.C. (2013)
Ready-to-use resources for Mindsets in the Classroom: Everything Educators Need for Building Growth Mindset Learning Communities. Ricci, M.C. (2015)
Module 3 - Cooperative Learning
Directions
Inservice Video
Handout
Extensions – Optional Extension Resources
Module 4 - Portfolio Assessment
Directions
Inservice Video
Handout
Extensions – Optional Extension Resources
Module 5 - Grading Techniques
Directions
Inservice Video
Handout
Extensions – Optional Extension Resources
Books
Brookhart, S. M., (2004). Grading. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Brookhart, S. M., (2008). How to give effective feedback to your students. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Brookhart, S. M., (2011). Grading and learning: Practices that support student achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solutions Tree Press.
Brookhart, S. M., (2013). How to create and use rubrics for formative assessment and grading. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Guskey, T.R. & Bailey, J.M. (2010). Developing standards-based report cards. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Guskey, T.R., (2015). On your mark: Challenging the conventions of grading and reporting. Bloomington, IN: Solutions Tree Press.
Wormeli, R. (2006). Fair isn’t always equal: Assessing and grading in the differentiated classroom. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
Brown, F., & Knowles, T. (2014). What every middle school teacher should know. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Articles
Brookhart, S. M., (2011). Starting the conversation about grading. Educational Leadership, 69(3); 10-14
Brookhart, S. M., (2017). How to give effective feedback to your students (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Brookhart, S. M., (2017). How to use grading to improve learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Jung, L.A., & Guskey, T.R., (2010). Grading the exceptional learners. Educational Leadership, 67(5), 31-35.
Module 6 - Rethinking Homework
Directions
Inservice Video
