Powerful Practices for Educators: Quotable Quote

Monday, June 8, 2015

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

Books for Educators

Being an Effective Mentor (Jonson)
Cultures Built to Last, Systemic PLCs at Work (Dufour and Fullan)
Embedded Formative Assessment (Wiliam)
Engaging Teachers in Classroom Walkthroughs (Kachur, Stout, Edwards)
Flip Your Classroom (Bergmann and Sams)
Flipped Learning (Bergmann and Sams)
Focus (Schmoker)
From Standards to Success (O'Shea)
Getting Teacher Evaluation Right (Darling-Hammond)
Hanging In: Strategies For Teaching The Students Who Challenge Us Most (Benson)
Leaders of Their Own Learning (Berger)
Leading Change in Your School (Reeves)
Leading Learning Communities, Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do (NAESP)
Leading with Focus (Schmoker)
Learning that Lasts (Berger)
Linking Leadership to Student Learning (Leithwood)
Mathematical Mindsets (Boaler)
Mindset (Dweck)
Our Country's Founders (Bennett)
Power of Teacher Rounds, The (Troen, Boles)
Readicide (Gallagher)
Reading Reconsidered (Lemov)
Results Now (Schmoker)
Taking Action, Implementing Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices (Smith, Margaret S., Series Editor)
Team to Teach (Jolly)
The Reading Strategies Book (Serravallo)
This I Believe (NPR)
Write LIke This (Gallagher)