Readings

Main Text

Saphier, Jon, and Robert Gower. The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills. Acton, MA: Research for Better Teaching, 1997. ISBN: 1886822069.

Suggested Readings

Bloom, Benjamin S. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1956. ISBN: 0582280109.

Dalton, J., and D. Smith. "Extending Children's Special Abilities - Strategies for Primary Classrooms." Victoria, Australia: Australian Government Booklet, 1986.

Costa, Arthur L., and Bena Kallick. Assessment in the Learning Organization: Shifting the Paradigm. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995. ISBN: 0871202506.

Stuart, Lynn F. Assessment in Practice: A View from the School. Wellesley, MA: Teachers 21, 2003. ISBN: 0971558728.

Emmer, Edmund T., Carolyn M. Evertson, and Murray E. Worsham. Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2002. ISBN: 0205349951.

Marzano, Robert J., Debra Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock. Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001. ISBN: 0871205041.

Zmuda, Allison, and Mary Tomaino. The Competent Classroom: Aligning High School Curriculum, Standards, and Assessment - A Creative Teaching Guide. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2001. ISBN: 0807740225.

Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. New York, NY: Jossey-Bass, 1997. ISBN: 0787910589.

Smith, Rick. Conscious Classroom Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2004. ISBN: 1889236500.

Wormeli, Rick. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 1571103554.

Wilen, William, Margaret Ishler, Janice Hutchison, and Richard Kindsvatter. Dynamics of Effective Secondary Teaching. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2003. ISBN: 0205395368.

Wong, Harry K., and Rosemary T. Wong. The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher. Mountain View, CA: Harry K. Wong Publishers, 1997. ISBN: 0962936022.

Boyer, Ernest L. High School: A Report on Secondary Education in America. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1985. ISBN: 0060912243.

Sizer, Theodore R. Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School. Boston, MA: Mariner Books, 1997. ISBN: 0395755352.

Suskind, Ron. A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League. New York, NY: Broadway Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 0767901266.

Tomlinson, Carol Ann. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001. ISBN: 0871205122.

Fried, Robert L. The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2001. ISBN: 0807031437.

Delpit, Lisa. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New York, NY: The New Press, 1996. ISBN: 1565841808.

Senge, Peter, Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Timothy Lucas, Bryan Smith, Janis Dutton, and Art Kleiner. Schools That Learn. New York, NY: Currency Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 0385493231.

Sizer, Theodore R., and Nancy Faust Sizer. The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1999. ISBN: 0807031208.

Jones, Fred. Tools for Teaching. Santa Cruz, CA: Fred Jones Publishing, 2000. ISBN: 0965026302.

Marzano, Robert J. Transforming Classroom Grading. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2000. ISBN: 0871203839.

Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000. ISBN: 013093058X.