Special Education for All Teachers

Author(s): DAVID E HOUCHINS, Ronald P Colarusso, Colleen M O'Rourke, MELISSA LEONTOVICH, MARGARET FLORES

New 8th Edition!Good teachers have the desire and ability to assume and meet the challenge of successfully addressing the needs of diverse students in the general education classroom when provided with the necessary knowledge and resources.Special Education for All Teachers provides readers with rel...

Why TESOL? Theories and Issues in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Classrooms

Author(s): Eileen Ariza, MARIA COADY

Why TESOL? Fifth Edition, provides classroom and preservice teachers with a knowledge base to effectively teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms in today’s global environment. It provides in depth theoretical background, legal information, and application for teachers to address t...

Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources, and Common Core Connections

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski

Improving Reading is perhaps the most comprehensive, useful reading resource available. It is full of ideas for professionals who work with whole classes, individual students, or groups of students. The eight chapters correlate with the main components of a comprehensive reading curriculum and the C...

Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms

Author(s): Eileen Ariza, Noorchaya Yahya, Carmen Morales-Jones, Hanizah Zainuddin

Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms helps teachers effectively educate ELL students in their classrooms. This book provides English learners with the methodology to improve English and academic content proficiency as well as provide a vehicle...

Teaching Reading and Writing PreK-3: A Practical Approach

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski, Laurie Elish-Piper, Roya Qualls Scales

Effective literacy instruction lies at the intersection of theory and practice. But how does one combine these principles to design and implement effective reading and writing lessons that are accessible, engaging, and practical? Teaching Reading and Writing PreK-3 provides preservice teachers wi...

Basic Reading Inventory: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve and Early Literacy Assessments

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Laurie Elish-Piper, BETH JOHNS

Basic Reading Inventory provided valuable information that other district and state tests did not. Thank you for making this test available to our students!” Dr. Linda J. Button, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs  "I use Jerry Johns’ Basic Reading Inventory because I can assess any K-12 stud...

Developing IEPs: The Complete Guide to Educationally Meaningful Individualized Educational Programs for Students with Disabilities

Author(s): Keith J. Hyatt, John W Filler

Developing IEPs: The Complete Guide to Educationally Meaningful Individualized Educational Programs for Students with Disabilities focuses on the IEP process from both procedural and substantive perspectives as it relates to students from 3 through 21 years of age (information is congruent with the ...

Agents of Change: Guiding Teachers to Use Inquiry to Identify Challenges & Seek Solutions

Author(s): Christine J. Briggs

Educators face many challenges each day in their classrooms, and it is clear they want to address these challenges to improve the learning environment for themselves and their students. But what can be done to guide this improvement process and become Agents of Change?  Teacher inquiry is the key. I...

Keys for Literacy Innovations: Maximizing Student Success with Reading and Writing Connections

Author(s): Elaine Roberts, Debra Coffey

We hope you enjoy this book. You will note that our chapters highlight insights from The Secret Garden. Throughout the book, we will consider the ways Mary took care of plants in the secret garden to help them thrive just as she led Colin from a world of darkness to the joys of light and friendship....

The Teaching Profession

Author(s): KEVIN M JONES