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When Students Fail to Learn
I am thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of my dear friend's second book! Catherine Glaude, author of the acclaimed guide, Protocols for Professional Learning Conversations, has written a new book called When Students Fail to Learn: Protocols for a School-Wide Response. I'm sure this collection of protocols will be a valuable tool for schools seeking ways to help their most challenging students.
Here's a sample protocol called "Vision Energizer" that captures the essence of the book. It can be used with an entire school faculty - as an energizer at the start of a meeting or a debrief at the meeting's end. The purpose of this protocol is to remind everyone of the school's vision, to celebrate successes, to debrief progress, or to discuss challenges. Copies of Catherine's new book will be available from Connections Publishing this month (July, 2010). For more information, go to: When Students Fail to Learn.
All My Best,
Anne
"Never let the fear of failure be an excuse for not trying."
~ Amber Deckers
An our award-winning two-book set called, Classroom Assessment: What's Working in High Schools?, you can read how Melissa Noack used Catherine Glaude's ideas to help students give each other high quality feedback - and had remarkable success in her high school Arts classes. This is available at: Classroom Assessment: What's Working in High Schools?.
To see a calendar of events that Anne is presenting in 2010, please go to the: Events Calendar.
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