Opening Doors to Equity

Tonya Ward Singer

ISBN 10: 145229223X / ISBN 13: 9781452292236

Editore: SAGE Publications Inc, US, 2015

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The transformative professional learning design that advances equity in your school! How do we make educational equity a reality, lesson by lesson? This compelling book is a call to action, focused on observation-based professional learning to elevate teaching practice. Learn how to bring team observation into the classroom to test, refine and transform instruction so that students of all backgrounds achieve. Ideal for classroom teachers, grade-level team facilitators, department chairs, and all education leaders, this guide shows how to: Create a culture of deep collaboration that closes opportunity gaps among students Effectively redesign instruction to reach culturally and linguistically diverse learners, using observation data and shared best practices Center instructional conversations on developing students' skills for college and career success, including hard-to-assess skills Including video clips of actual teams, Tonya Ward Singer's powerful and practical book promises to become a catalyst that will inspire educators as leaders of positive change. "This exceptionally valuable book provides a clear process I can use to engage with my colleagues around learning. I appreciated the ideas and practical information that will ensure that my professional learning group focuses on student learning as evidenced in real lessons.  The tools that Tonya Singer provides are useful and relevant, not to mention tried and true." -Douglas Fisher, Professor San Diego State University, CA   "I recommend this book without hesitation. . . Gone are the days for teachers to be working 'behind closed doors'  . . . Go forth and TEACH like the world works--collaboratively with teams!" -Harriet Gould, Adjunct Professor Concordia University, Lincoln, NE.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Opening Doors to Equity
• Editore: SAGE Publications Inc, US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 145229223X
• ISBN 13: 9781452292236
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 520 grammi

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Riassunto

The transformative professional learning model that advances equity in your school!

How do we make educational equity a reality, lesson by lesson? Author Tonya Singer shows how team observation and learning can strengthen schools and support educational achievement by all students. Including video clips of actual teams, this book helps to:

•  Implement best practices for observation-based professional learning
•  Work as a team to create a culture of deep collaboration that closes opportunity gaps among students
•  Use observation-based data to better reach culturally and linguistically diverse learners
•  Develop and implement strategies that build students’ skills for future success

 

 

Informazioni sull?autore

Tonya Ward Singer, M.F.A., is a professional learning leader with a deep commitment to ensuring diverse learners excel with rigorous expectations. She consults nationally helping K-12 educators realize new possibilities in language and literacy learning to close opportunity gaps for ELs and students in poverty. 

Tonya has taught at multiple grade levels as a classroom teacher, reading teacher, and EL specialist, and has extensive experience helping school leaders transform learning at scale.  Her choice work is supporting educators in launching and sustaining site-based, continuous inquiry around live lessons.  She has been collaborating extensively with multiple districts developing, testing, and refining observation inquiry, the focus of this book.

An expert in pedagogy for linguistically diverse learners, Tonya has co-authored curriculum for international publishers including Scholastic, Longman and Oxford University Press.  She thrives on leveraging research and innovation to solve educational challenges, and inspiring others to do the same.