Recommended Books

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Dayle's Favorites 
Finding Personal Balance
Finding Professional Balance
Growth and Change, Reform and Renewal

 

Dayle's Favorites

Picture (92x140, 6.6Kb) Bess, S. (1994).  Nobody don't love nobody: Lessons on love from the school with no name.  Carson City: Gold Leaf Press.  
 
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Codel E. R. (1999).  Educating Esm�: Diary of a teacher's first year.  Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

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Gordon, T. (1974).  T.E.T. Teacher effectiveness Training.  New York: David McKay Company, Inc.

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Kohn, A. (1999).  The schools our children deserve: Moving beyond traditional classrooms and tougher standards.  New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.  

Picture (40x60, 1.8Kb)    Kozol, J. (1985).  Illiterate America.  New York: Penguin Group.
Picture (92x140, 4.8Kb) Ohanian, S. (1999).  One size fits few: The follow of educational standards.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Picture (70x105, 2.2Kb) Palmer, P. J.  The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Picture (70x105, 2.7Kb) Pelzer, D. (1995).  A child called "it": One child's courage to survive.  Deerfield Beach: Health Communications.
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Pelzer, D. (1997).  The lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family.  Deerfield Beach: Health Communications.

Picture (92x140, 5.8Kb) Upham, D. A. & Trumbull, V. H.  (1997).  Making the grade: Reflections on being learning disabled.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

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Finding Personal Balance

Bly, C.  (1996).  Changing the bully who rules the world: Reading and thinking about ethics.  Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions.

Bryan, M., Cameron, J., & Allen, C.  (1998).  The artists way at work: riding the Dragon: Twelve weeks to creative freedom.  New York: William Morrow and Company.

Cameron, J.  (1998).  The right to write: An invitation and initiation into the writing life.  New York: Penguin Putnam.

Cameron, J. (1996).  The vein of gold: A journey to your creative heart.   New York: Putnam.

Cameron, J. (1992).  The artist's way: A spiritual path to higher creativity.   New York: Putnam.

Covey, S. (1989).  The seven habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change.  New York: Simon & Schuster.

Graves, D. H.  (1999).  Bring life into learning.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Graves, D. H.  (1998).  How to catch a shark and other stories about teaching and learning.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Palmer, J. P.  (1990).  The active life: A spirituality of work, creativity, and caring.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Palmer, J. P.  (1983, 1993).  To know as we are known: Education as a spiritual journey.  San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

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Finding Professional Balance

Atwell, N.  (1998).  In the middle: New understandings about writing, reading and learning.  2nd edition.  Portsmouth, Heinemann.

Avery, C.  (1993).  ...And with a light touch: Learning about reading, writing, and teaching with first graders.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Burke, J.  (1999).  The English teacher's companion.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Burke, J.  (1999).  I hear America reading: Why we read, what we read.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Kohn, A.  (1998).  What to look for in a classroom...and other essays.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kohn, A.  (1999).  The schools our children deserve: Moving beyond traditional classrooms and "Tougher standards."  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Kohn, A.  (1993).  Punished by rewards:  The trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, as, praise, and other bribes.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Kozol, J.  (1991).  Savage Inequalities: Children in America's schools.  New York: Crown.

Ohanian, S.  (1999).  One size fits few: The folly of educational standards.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Ohanian, S.  (2001).  Caught in the middle: Nonstandard kids and a killing curriculum.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Stiggins, R. J.  (2001).  Student-involved classroom assessment.  Upper Saddle River: Merrill-Prentice Hall Inc.

Tomlinson, C. A.  (2001).  How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms.  Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Tomlinson, C. A.  (1999).   The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners.  Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Fair Test:  National Center for Fair and Open Testing: http://www.fairtest.org 

Teachers Net:  The  Online Resource for Educators:  http://teachers.net 

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Growth and Change, Reform and Renewal

Block, P.  (2002).  The answer to how is yes: Acting on what matters.  San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Brandt, R.  (1998).  Powerful learning.  Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Bridges, L.  (1995).  Creating your classroom community.  York: Stenhouse.

Brooks, J. G. & Brooks, M. G.  (1993).  The case for constructivist classrooms: In search of understanding.  Alexandria: Association of supervision and Curriculum Development.

Combs, A., Miser, A., & Whitaker, K. S.  (1999).  On becoming a school leader: A person-centered challenge.  Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Brown, J. L. & Moffett, C.  (1999).  The hero's journey: How educators can transform schools and improve learning.  Alexandria: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Daniel, H., Bizar, M., & Zemelman, S.  (2001).  Rethinking high school: Best practice in teaching, learning, and leadership.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

Daniel, H. & Bizar, M.  (1998).  Methods that matter: Six structures for best practice classrooms.  York: Stenhouse.

DuFour, R. & Bizar, M.  (1999).  Professional learning communities at work: Best practices for enhancing student achievement.  Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Fullan, M.  (1999).  Change forces: Probing the depths of educational reform.  Philadelphia: Falmer Press.

Fullan, M.  (1999).  Change forces: The sequel.  Philadelphia: Falmer Press

Garmston, R. & Wellman, B.  (1999).  The adaptive school: A sourcebook for developing collaborative groups.  Norwood: Christopher Gordon Publishers.

Grady, M. P.  (1998).  Qualitative and action research: A practitioner handbook.  Bloomington: Phi Delta Kappa.

Howard, T., Benson, C., and Gooch, R.  (1999).  Electronic networks: Crossing boundaries/Creating communities,  Portsmouth: Heinemann Publishing.

Hubbard, R. S. & Power, B. M.  (1993).  The art of classroom inquiry: A handbook for teacher-researchers.  Portsmouth: Heinemann Publishing.

Hubbard, R. S. & Power, B. M.  (1999).  Living the questions: A guide for teacher researchers.  Portsmouth: Heinemann Publishing.

Keresty, B., O'Leary, S. and Wortley, D.  (1998).  You can make a difference: A teacher's guide to political action. Portsmouth: Heinemann Publishing.

MacKenzie, G.  (1996).  Orbiting the giant hairball.  New York: Penguin.

McBride, B.  (1996).  Entertaining an elephant: A novel about learning and letting go.  Huntington: University Editions, Inc.

Mostert, M.  (1998).  Interprofessional collaboration in schools.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Murphy, C. U.  & Lick, D. W.  (2001).  Whole-faculty study groups: Creating student-based professional development.  Thousand Oaks, Corwin Press.

Schlechty, P. C.  (1990).  Schools for the 21st century: Leadership imperatives for educational reform.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sergiovanni, T.  (1994).  Building community in schools.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sergiovanni, T. (1996).  Leadership for the schoolhouse: How is it different?  Why is it important?  San Francisco: Josey-Bass.

Sullivan, C. G.  (1992).  How to mentor in the midst of change.  Alexandria: Association for the Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Zemelman, D., Daniels, H. and Hyde, A.  (1993).  Best practices: New standards for teaching and learning in America's schools.  Portsmouth: Heinemann.

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