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1.9 Instructional Materials Leadership ensures that all instructional staff receives appropriate curriculum and instructional materials and are provided with professional development/training necessary to effectively use curricular, instructional, and data resources relating to the Arizona Academic Standards. 
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Related Resources Tools NEW! A Free Timer This activity allows the user to run a stopwatch on the computer screen. The stopwatch can either count from zero up or count down from a time specified by the user. While the stop watch is running, the user can press the record button to have the computer enter the current time in a list. The list can be used as a tool to collect data for experiments. Publisher: Shodor: A national resource for computational science education NEW! Presenter's Guide: Response to Intervention and SLD Identification This presenter’s guide is intended to support the PowerPoint slides by offering · Suggested background readings; · Talking points relative to each slide; · Suggested activities to enhance learning opportunities for participants; · Tips to facilitate the professional growth experience; and · Suggested readings for extension Publication Date: July 2007 Publisher: IDEA, NASDSE, US Office of Special Education NEW! Research Randomizer This site is designed for researchers and students who want a quick way to generate random numbers or assign participants to experimental conditions. Research Randomizer can be used in a wide variety of situations, including psychology experiments, medical trials, and survey research. The program uses a JavaScript random number generator to produce customized sets of random numbers. Publisher: Geoffrey C. Urbaniak and Scott Plous Acronym Finder Acronym Finder has over 60,000 entries in its data base. Publication Date: 1988-2008 Publisher: The Acronym Finder Hot Potatoes Activities and Quiz Maker The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence. Check out the Hot Potatoes licensing terms and pricing on the Half-Baked Software Website. Publisher: Half-Baked Software Inc. IDEAL IDEAL is a single access point to educational resources and information for all Arizona Educators. It provides access to professional development, standards based curriculum resources, collaborative tools and school improvement resources. Take a tour, visit the Home edition, explore AIMS Resources and then log in to access the full suite of resources! Publisher: Arizona Department of Education Articles NEW! Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center on Instruction This document developed by the Center on Instruction's Reading, Special Education and ELL Strands makes recommendations for improving literacy-related instruction in the content areas or across the entire school day, interventions for students reading below grade level, and recommendations for supporting literacy development in adolescent English language learners. Author: Joseph K. Torgeson et al. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Center on Instruction NEW! Delivering a Lecture This excerpt, from "Tools for Teaching", details several strategies for better lectures. Author: Barbara Gross Davis Publication Date: 1993 Publisher: Jossey-Bass NEW! Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices This guide offers strategies that teachers can use to increase the reading ability of adolescent students. The recommendations aim to help students gain more from their reading tasks, improve their motivation for and engagement in the learning process, and assist struggling readers who may need intensive and individualized attention. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance NEW! What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy This report suggests methods for improving adolescent learners reading and writings skills in the classroom. Author: Kris Anstrom and Trenace Richardson Tanya Shuy Rebecca J. Moak and Mary A. Campbell Peggy McCardle a Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NEW! How Spelling Supports Reading: And Why It Is More Regular and Predictable Than You May Think Dr. Moats sites the research that connects spelling and learning to read with similar knowledge structures and then provides “Key Content and Strategies for Kindergarten through Seventh Grade. Author: Louisa C. Moats Publication Date: Winter 2005-2006 Publisher: American Educators online NEW! Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Meta-Analysis with Implications for Practice This report focuses on interventions designed to improve students' use of reading comprehension strategies. It also considers the impact of interventions that target improved reading vocabulary, accurate decoding of unfamiliar words in text, and increased reading fluency. Author: Nancy Scammacca, Greg Roberts, Sharon Vaughn, Meaghan Edmonds, Jade Wexler Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Center on Instruction Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level This article summarizes the research on what struggling secondary readers need in order to build reading proficiency. The discussion is organized around four factors: (a) the motivation to read, (b) the ability to decode print, (c) the ability to comprehend language, and (c) the ability to transact with text. Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) Creating a Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle and High School Principals Thsi guide is designed to help school leaders use research on literacy practices to create a well-defined intervention plan that not only will improve the literacy of all students but also the long-range academic success of students. Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Association of Secondary School Principals Differentiation in Diverse Settings: A Consultants Experiences in Two Similar School Districts Dr. Tomlinson describes how two districts and their leadership pursue different approaches to addressing the issues of implementing differentiated instruction throughout their schools. Particular attention is given to outlining an effective leadership plan for success in meeting the needs of diverse learners through differentiation. Author: Carol Ann Tomlinson Publication Date: August, 2004 Publisher: American Association of School Administrators Hard Questions about Practice The author believes that educators need to look closely at the organizational and instructional practices in schools that affect the learning of students and adults, in order to effectively change practices and improve student learning. Instructional practice and the improvement of instructional practice are complex and require high levels of knowledge and skills across a number of important domains. Success requires that schools have structures that develop the knowledge and skills of administrators and teachers. Note: The full-text article may be read for free on the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the article by date in the Archived Issues section of the Educational Leadership area. Author: Richard F. Elmore Publication Date: 2002, May Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Helping Standards Make the Grade (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) Author: Thomas R. Guskey Publication Date: 2001, September Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Making Assessment Work for Everyone: How To Build on Student Strengths (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) Author: Patricia Kusimo, et al. Publication Date: 2000 Publisher: WestEd Q&A: What’s the Big Deal with Graphic Organizers? This article discusses the benefits of graphic organizers and how they can be used in a classroom setting. Author: Edwin Ellis Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Edwin Press Recommendations for Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics This paper provides a set of recommendations for developing classroom performance assessments and scoring rubrics. Author: Barbara M. Moskal Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation Teaching Science: Meeting the Academic Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students This article discusses ways for teachers to address the academic needs of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse. Author: Lynne E. Houtz Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: HighBeam Research The Learning-Centered Principal This article describes how the principal of Adlai Stevenson High School reorganized the school to support student learning. Teachers worked in teams and clarified the essential outcomes of their courses, developed common assessments, and analyzed student achievement data. Advisors and counselors worked together with teachers to devise interventions for struggling students. The systematic response to those who were not learning made it clear to students that school staff members expected them to learn. The focus on what students learned rather than what teachers were teaching led to the development of a culture intolerant of student failure and improved student achievement. Author: Richard DuFour Publication Date: 2002, May Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Useful Links NEW! Dr. Archer Video Series “Dr. Anita Archer is a talented author and beloved teacher of teachers. This video series is one of her many gifts to the educational community. Produced with support from the Sonoma County Office of Education, it is made available at no cost thanks to her generous spirit. The series addresses strategic literacy instruction in grades K-8 using a “research to practice” approach grounded in pragmatic real-world application. Each video is 4 to 8 minutes long, has a particular strategic focus, and was shot unrehearsed in real time. A short viewing guide is included for each video, providing guidance for viewing and feedback for post-viewing applications.” Sonoma County Office of Education Author: Dr. Anita Archer Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Sonoma County Office of Education NEW! Educational Java™ Programs This site was started in November of 1997 with the purpose of providing Java™ Applets that can be used as tools to help and enhance the education of children both at school and at home.(Description take directly from the site) Publication Date: 1997-1999 Publisher: Arcytech NEW! Instructional Strategies Online (Saskatoon Public School Division) This site includes information on concept maps, graphic organizers, Jigsaw, learning contracts, literature circles, RAFT, Readers' Theater, response journals, structured controversy, story mapping, synectics, Think Pair Share, Web quests, word walls, etc. Publisher: 2004-2008 Saskatoon Public Schools, Inc. All rights reserved. NEW! Making Sense in Social Studies This site includes information on carousel brainstorming, clock buddies, column notes, graphic organizers, history frames, inquiry charts, KWL, opinion –proof, questioning the author, RAFTs, selective highlighting, Think-Pair-Share, 3-2-1 summaries, word maps, and other strategies. Author: Raymond C. Jones NEW! National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives is a NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation. (Description taken directly from the site) Publication Date: 1999-2007 Publisher: Utah State University NEW! NCTM Illuminations This site provides dozens of virtual math manipulatives with lessons divided by grade level and aligned to NCTM standards. Lessons are detailed and include activity sheets. Publication Date: 2000-2008 Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NEW! Pattern Block Activities on the Web Dr. Margo Lynn Mankus shares her mathematics lessons, activities and blackline masters for manipulatives. Publication Date: 1998 Publisher: Margo Lynn Mankus NEW! Tiered Instruction/Intervention The site offers details and information on the RtI process and articles as well as descriptions of the three tiers. Publication Date: Retrieved November 2008 Publisher: RTI Action Network NEW! Tips from Teachers The COMP Resource Library contains “Tips from Teachers” where educators from around the country post helpful hints under the topics of Room and Materials Arrangement, Rules and Procedures, Managing Student Work and Accountability, Maintaining Good Student Behavior, Planning and Organizing Instruction, Conducting and Facilitating Instruction to Maintain Lesson Momentum, Getting the Year Off to a Good Start, Climate Communications and Self-Management. Publisher: COMP Classroom Organization and Mangement Program Acronyms in Education This is a list, arranged alphabetically, defining education acronyms Author: Schools Moving Up Publication Date: 1995-2007 Publisher: WestEd Federal Resources for Educational Excellence This site, created in 1997 by over 30 agencies, lists hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources in an easy to find format. Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Looking at Student Work This website provides useful information that can be used to increase the capacity of the instructional staff to effectively use curricular and data resources. The web site focuses on the examination of student work in ways that emphasize: • teachers looking together at student work with colleagues • focusing on small samples of student work • reflecting on important questions about teaching and learning • using structures and guidelines ("protocols") for looking at and talking about student work This site includes sample protocols for examining student work, articles, books and a virtual protocol that allows you to hear the "conversation" during a protocol. Links to other helpful websites that are related to examining student work are included. Tipping Point: From Feckless Reform to Substantive Instructional Improvement Author: Mike Schmoker Publication Date: 2004, February Publisher: Phi Delta Kappa International Other Resources Principals and Student Achievement—What the Research Says The author summarizes research on the behaviors of principals in successful schools, as well as the differences in principal leadership due to context (elementary vs. secondary, high vs. low socioeconomic schools) or gender. Twenty-six principal behaviors seen to contribute to student achievement are described. The Preface and Introduction can be read online. Note: The book is available for purchase from the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the book. Author: Kathleen Cotton Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Succeeding with Standards: Linking Curriculum, Assessment, and Action Planning (to edit this resource, contact WestEd) This book describes an approach to planning standards-based education and explores 11 components of linking state standards to classroom instructional practice. Sample standards, planning guides and tools, and a detailed action plan are also provided. Note: The book is available for purchase from the ASCD Web site. Use the URL above to locate the book. Author: Judy F. Carr and Douglas E. Harris Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved.  |
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