Tools & Talk: Data, Conversation, and Action for Classroom and School
Improvement
By Michael Murphy
How do teachers and coaches start a conversation that will lead to improved practice? This book provides structures and
suggestions to answer that question for anyone who works with classroom teachers to find new ways to improve student learning. Murphy provides a
framework for conversations around the data, as well as prompts that allow coaches to discuss the findings in a collegial, collaborative way to encourage
teachers to think critically about their own practices. Discussion and data-gathering tools help educators examine critical factors that support optimal learning.
NSDC, 2009
Item Number - B425
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Price - $42.00
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$33.60
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Becoming a Learning School
By Joellen Killion and Patricia Roy
From setting the stage to engaging the community in understanding the purpose of
collaborative professional learning teams, this volume covers what leaders need to know to implement more effective
professional learning. Chapters focus on changing school culture, scheduling time, planning, using data, designs for
professional learning, facilitating collaborative professional learning teams, evaluating learning, and more. The roles of
central office administrators, the principal, and the coach in creating successful, effective learning teams are outlined.
NSDC, 2009
Item Number - B423
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Price - $60.00
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$48.00
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Team to Teach: A Facilitator's Guide to Professional Learning Teams
By Anne Jolly
This step-by-step book includes all the necessary guidelines for facilitators to help educators build a successful professional
learning team.
Written in plain, easy-to-read language, background sections set the stage for each of 10 chapters that steer groups through the
process.
A comprehensive set of tools, totaling 150 pages, will enable facilitators and learning team leaders to take the necessary actions
that will
lead to high-performing teams.
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B394
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Price - $50.00
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Member Price - $40.00
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Professional Learning for School Leaders
Edited by Valerie von Frank
A compilation of articles from a decade�s worth of NSDC�s newsletters and JSD that will aid school leaders in honing their skills for
instructional leadership.
This comprehensive collection is organized so that school leaders can explore the topic in chunks and learn from real examples.
Interspersed tools will help
leaders take action. A resource list provides additional opportunities for even further in-depth learning.
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B395
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Price - $32.00
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Member Price - $25.60
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Powerful Designs for Professional Learning, 2nd Edition
Edited by Lois Brown Easton
An expanded second edition of one of NSDC's most popular books introduces new chapters on classroom walk-throughs,
differentiated coaching,
dialogue, and video. Includes a CD-ROM with more than 270 pages of handouts (PDF files).
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B380
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Price - $80.00
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Member Price - $64.00
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The Learning Educator: A New Era for Professional Learning
By Stephanie Hirsh and Joellen Killion
This book helps readers understand what qualifies as effective professional learning, enables them to believe that this kind of
professional
learning is possible to achieve, and provides a blueprint that enables thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners to join
together in this crucial work.
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B372
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Price - $32.00
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Member Price - $25.60
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Creating a Culture of Professional Learning
Edited by Valerie von Frank
This compilation of articles from NSDC's newsletters andJSD is a comprehensive resource on creating a positive school culture.
The collection includes
descriptions of healthy cultures and specific information about how district and school leaders can take actions to create more
positive environments,
beginning with the audits provided and additional practical tools. A resource list provides additional, up-to-date references for
even more information.
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B382
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Price - $32.00
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Member Price - $25.60
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Finding Time for Professional Learning
Edited by Valerie von Frank
A compilation of articles and tools about time published in NSDC�s newsletters and JSD in the last decade. Includes suggestions
about
how to use the articles to guide the discussion about time in your school and district.
NSDC, 2008
Item Number - B379
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Price - $32.00
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Member Price - $25.60
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