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Jody Spiro

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Title: Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales

ISBN: 9780470635629

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: December 2010

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Jody Spiro, Ed.D., has worked with schools, districts, nonprofits and governments in the U.S. and abroad on leading change. She currently serves as Interim Director of Education at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and as a senior program officer at The Wallace Foundation where she works with education leaders across the United States. Previously, Spiro held leadership positions at large organizations in the private, public, non-profit, university, philanthropic and international sectors. She has seen firsthand that the approach laid out in this book applies in all these venues. Spiro presents frequently on the topic of leading change at conferences such as: ASCD, The National Staff Development Council, The National Council of State Legislatures, The National Association of State Boards of Education, and The Council of Chief State School Officers.

Author Website:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jody-spiro/a/ab/510

Tom Payzant

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Title: Urban School Leadership

ISBN: 9780787986216

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: December 14, 2010

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Tom Payzant (Boston, MA) is Professor of Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  Prior to this he served as Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools for ten years. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education during the Clinton Administration. Dr. Payzant also served as Superintendent in four communities prior to Boston. In 2004, he received the  Richard R. Green Award for Excellence in Urban Education from the Council of Great City Schools. Currently, Dr. Payzant consults, trains, and speaks with school leaders across the nation. He also teaches at the Broad Foundation’s Superintendent Academy.

Author Website:

http://128.103.178.26/faculty_research/profiles/profile.shtml?vperson_id=215

Sandra Rief

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Title: How To Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD: Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780787972950

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: March 2005

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Sandra F. Rief, M.A., (San Diego, CA) is an internationally known teacher trainer, educational consultant, and author specializing in Learning Disabilities, ADHD, and behavioral issues. Her past books include the best-selling How to Reach and Teach All Children in the Inclusive Classroom (20,000 sold) and How to Reach & Teach Children with ADD/ADHD (200,000 sold).

Author Website: 

http://www.sandrarief.com

Whitney Hoffman

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Title: The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists

ISBN: 9780470952399

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: August 30, 2011

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Whitney Hoffman (Chadd’s Ford, PA) is CEO and Director of Hoffman Digital Media and creator of the successful LD Podcast (www.ldpodcast.com). On her LD Podcast Hoffman has interviewed top names in the special education field including Russell Barkley, Robert Brooks, Rick LaVoie, Peter Wright of Wrightslaw, Tom Brown (Yale), Dale Brown of LD Online, etc. Her web site, www.WhitneyHoffman.com, gets 1,000+ unique visitors daily. Hoffman is on the Professional Development Committee for the Kennett Consolidated School District, and she speaks regularly before education and business audiences on the use of social media platforms to create communities of learning.

Author Websites:

http://www.whitneyhoffman.com

http://differentiatedinstruction.co

Charles Fadel

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Title: 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

ISBN: 9781118157060

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: January 20, 2012

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Charles Fadel (Boston, MA) is a global education thought leader and expert, author, and inventor, with several affiliations:

  • Visiting Practitioner at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  Visiting Lecturer at MIT IAP program and Wharton/UPenn ‘s CLO program.  Member of the President’s Council at Olin College. Senior Fellow, Human Capital at The Conference Board.
  • Vice-chair of the Education committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
  • Formerly Global Education Lead at Cisco Systems, and its liaison with UNESCO and the World Bank.
  • Board member at Innovate/Educate.  Former board member at the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and Change the Equation.
  • Co-author of a best-selling book titled “21st Century Skills” now being translated into mandarin Chinese, Russian and Korean http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/index.php
  • Angel investor with Beacon Angels  http://beaconangels.wordpress.com/members/

He has worked on education projects with more than thirty countries and states, both developed and developing.  His work spans Schools, Higher Education, and Workforce Development.  He has been featured by National Public Radio, the CBC, Huffington Post, and many other media.

Charles has been awarded five patents, and worked in the ICT industry (semiconductors, and systems) for 20+ years in his career.  He holds a BS in electronics/physics with a minor in neuroscience, and a MBA in international marketing.

Author Website:  

http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/index.php

Jenifer Fox

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Title: The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists

ISBN: 9780470952399

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: August 30, 2011

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Jenifer Fox, is the author of the Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists.
 She is currently the  Head of the Clariden School in Southlake, Texas where she is implementing  state of the art project based learning curriculum where that focuses on personalized learning and differentiated instruction using real world projects. As an educational leader, Fox is a turnaround and strategic advancement expert.  Her work includes expanding enrollments, boosting sustainability through rigorous and successful fund raising and taking i schools to the next level through coordinated strategic plans focused on the organization’s strengths. Fox is widely considered the international leader in developing strengths-based curriculum for youth. Fox is also an expert at integrating curriculum and technology and is creating online, project-based platforms for youth.  Ms Fox served for twenty-five years as an administrator and teacher.

Fox holds a masters degree in education from Harvard University, an undergraduate degree from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and master of arts (MA) in Writing from Middlebury College, Fox is a certified public school teacher and principal who has been widely published and made numerous expert appearances on television, radio, and in print.  She is often invited to speak before audiences of parents and educators throughout the world, and has spoken at Ted X events, The Up Houston Experience, The GAP FOundation, Microsoft Corporation, The Fairfax Public Schools in VA, The Sedelco Public Schools in PA, The SSATB, The North Carolina Medical Alliance, and The Willow Creek Conference for Youth. She is the founder of the non-profit organization The Strengths Movement in Schools.

Author Website:

http://www.strengthsmovement.com

Katherine S. McKnight

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Title: The English Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12, Second Edition

ISBN: 9780470525135

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: March 1, 2011

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Katie McKnight (Chicago, IL) is a nationally recognized expert in adolescent literacy, inclusive classrooms, Common Core State Standards, and integrating technology in the 21st century classroom. She began her career in education as a high school teacher in Chicago over 20 years ago. Currently, Katie’s work brings her to schools and classrooms all over the United States where she shares proven, practical models and strategies that develop the literacy skills of all students. Katie has published seven books that support teaching and learning strategies that engage all learners in reading and writing for the 21st century.  Her titles include the best selling The Teacher’s Big Book of Graphic Organizers, Hands-On Grammar, and The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom.

Katie regularly presents on the following topics:  Reaching and Teaching Reluctant Adolescent Readers; Content Area Literacy Strategies (including connections to Common Core Standards); Common Core Standards and What These Mean for the 21st Century Classroom, k-12; Common Core Standards, Differentiated Instruction, Technology, and Literacy=The 21st Century Classroom, grades k-12; The Common Core: Where to Begin & How to Integrate with Differentiated Instruction; Wikis, Blogging, Podcasts and More Technology Tools for Literacy (K-12); Differentiating Instruction with Technology; IPADS and Mobile Technologies for the 21st Century Classroom; Teaching Reading and Writing in the Inclusive Classroom (Grades 6-12); Differentiating Reading and Writing Instruction at the Middle School and High School Level; Using Improv in the Classroom to Teach Content (grades k-12); Web 2.0 Tools for the 21st Century Classroom (grades k-12);  Teaching Writing and Grammar with Multiple Intelligences (grades 5-12)

Author Website:

http://katherinemcknight.com

Stephen Fink

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Title: Leading for Instructional Improvement: How Successful Leaders Develop Teaching and Learning Expertise

ISBN: 9780470542750

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: February 2012

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Stephen Fink, Ed.D. (Seattle, WA) is the Executive Director of the Center for Educational Leadership (CEL), and Affiliate Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education, University of Washington.  Stephen has worked for many years with school district leaders focusing on the school district as the “unit of change” – particularly on developing the systems level leadership capacity for eliminating the achievement gap.  In pursuit of this seemingly elusive goal, his particular interest and expertise is in helping school district leaders dramatically improve the quality of instruction in every school and in every classroom.  In addition to directing CEL, Stephen provides facilitation and executive coaching for superintendent and district level leaders in a number of CEL partnerships.  He has also been affiliated for the last twenty years as a senior consultant for the Panasonic Foundation’s urban school district partnership program focusing on school district reform in numerous medium and large urban school districts across the country.  Prior to coming to the University of Washington he spent 12 years as an Assistant Superintendent in the Edmonds School District (WA), and was a principal and special education teacher in Idaho and Los Angeles.

Author Website:

http://www.k-12leadership.org

Cecil R. Reynolds

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Title: The Energetic Brain: Understanding and Managing ADHD

ISBN: 9780470615164

 
 

Topic/Genre: Education

 

Publication Date: January 13, 2012

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Cecil R. Reynolds, Ph.D (Austin, TX), is a widely known and respected name in the special education and school psychology fields. He speaks at nearly 100 events per year with audiences ranging from 40 to 400. Currently a professor of Educational Psychology, professor of Neuroscience, and distinguished research scholar at Texas A&M University, he is the author or editor of more than 40 books including The Encyclopedia of Special Education and The Handbook of School Psychology.

Author Website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Reynolds

Jerome Schultz

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Title: Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It

ISBN: 9780470902981

Topic/Genre: The Stress/Learning Connection/Child Mental Health/Education

Publication Date: August 9, 2011

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Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. (Boston, MA), has practiced clinical neuropsychology for 30 years and is currently on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. A former middle school teacher, Schultz specializes in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of youth with learning disabilities and ADHD. In addition to his clinical work and teaching, Schultz is an active presenter at national and international conferences such as CHADD and LDA, and consults to schools and organizations on educating children with special needs. A contributor to numerous web sites (FamilyEducation.com, LDOnline.org, and InsideADHD.org), Schultz serves on several boards, including Learning Disabilities Association of America.

Author Websites:

www.jeromeschultz.com

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