Related Materials – Eastern Middle School - DEMO
In the Classroom and Beyond
Information available from the NEA Professional Library, Distribution Center, P.O. Box 2035, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-2035, (800) 229-4200. www.nea.org
Parker, Glen M., Team Players and Teamwork, Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1966.
Working Together To Improve Schools. Reviews key strategies for improving schools, and shows how education support professionals in many places have integrated their work into a total team effort to achieve excellence. Discusses how ESP contribute to instruction and enhance communication with parents and others in the school community and help bring about important new approaches.
Building Safe and Orderly Schools (Video and Resource Guide).
Gerlach, Kent, Let’s Team Up! A Checklist for Paraeducators, Teachers, and Principals.
The Healthy School Handbook, edited by Norma L. Miller, Ed., D. 1995.
Learning Circles: Creating Conditions for Professional Development, Corwin Press, Inc., 1998.
Maurer, Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, 1994.
Miller, Patrick W. Nonverbal Communications, Third Edition, 1988.
Smith, Steve, Build That Team, Quest Worldwide Education, Ltd., 1997.
Stiggins, Richard J., Classroom Assessment for Student Success, NEA Professional Library. www.nea.org/ books/
Learning Styles
Information available from the NEA Professional Library.
Nunn, Rebecca O. and Janet O. Gallaher, Inspiring Tranquility, 1998.
Presseisen, Robert J. Sternberg, Kurt W. Fischer, Catherine C. Knight, and Reuven Feuerstein, Learning and Thinking Styles, 1990.
Rafoth, Mary Ann, Inspiring Independent Learning, 1999.
Rafoth, Mary Ann, Linda Leal, and Leonard DeFabo, Strategies for Learning and Remembering, 1993.
Reiff, Judith C., Learning Styles, 1992.
Parent and Community Development
Building Parent Partnerships (available from the NEA Professional Library). Building Partnerships for Student Learning, NEA. www.nea.org/partners/pocket.html
Helping Your Child Series (a guide for families and caretakers of children from infancy through age six. Suggests everyday activities to encourage childrens’ love of reading and strengthen learning skills). Available from the U.S. Department of Education. www.ed.gov./pubs/parents/hyc.html
Family, School, Community Partnerships (a series of brochures for parents that cover how to help children succeed in school, discipline, television viewing, and the teen years). NEA Affiliate Capacity Building, 202-822-7155.
Parents are Powerful (published by the Center for Law and Education, a booklet for parents of children in preschool through high school on standards, key federal programs, Title 1, children with disabilities, vocational education, school-to-work, and community action. Also available in Spanish). NEA Affiliate Capacity Building, 202-822-7155.
Whole Child, Whole Village (produced by NEA and The Learning Channel, describes the tangible and intangible benefits that abound when communities and schools work together). Available from the NEA Professional Library.
Working Together To Improve Schools (handbook, available free on the web, that reviews key strategies for improving schools. Illustrates how education support professionals have integrated their work into a total team effort to achieve excellence. Demonstrates how ESP contribute to instruction and enhance communication with parents and others in the school community). www.nea.org/books/idea/
School Improvement Resources
Information available from the NEA Professional Library.
Herman, et. al., An Educator’s Guide to Schoolwide Reform, 1999.
DiVicenzo, Joe, and Fred Ricci, Group Decision Making, 1999.
Sullo, Robert, Inspiring Quality in Your School, 1997.
Seidel, Walters, Kirby, Olff, Powell, Scripp, Veenema, Peer Support, 1997.
Kerchner, Charles Taylor, Julia K. Koppich, and Joseph G. Weeres, Taking Charge of Quality, 1998.
Glatthorn, Allan A., Teachers as Agents of Change, 1992.
Teachers as Leaders, edited by Carol Livingston, 1992.