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Simplifying Response to Intervention

Four Essential Guiding Principles

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos,Chris Weber

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Simplifying Response to Intervention

Four Essential Guiding Principles

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos,Chris Weber

The sequel to Pyramid Response to Intervention advocates that a successful RTI model begins by asking the right questions to create a fundamentally effective learning environment for every student. RTI is not a series of implementation steps, but rather a way of thinking. Understand why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail. Then learn how to create a focused RTI model that works.

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Solution Tree Press

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1935543679

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Uniting Academic and Behavior Interventions

Soving the Skill or Will Dilemma

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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Uniting Academic and Behavior Interventions

Soving the Skill or Will Dilemma

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

Ensure students acquire the academic skills, dispositions, and knowledge necessary for long-term success. The authors examine effective academic and behavior supports and offer a step-by-step process for determining, targeting, and observing academic and behavior interventions. You’ll discover how to work in collaborative teams using a research-based framework to provide united and simultaneous interventions to students at risk.

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Solution Tree Press

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1936764903

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Pyramid Response to Intervention

RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don't Learn

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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Pyramid Response to Intervention

RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don't Learn

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM process. Written by award-winning educators from successful PLC schools, this book demonstrates how to create three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—to address student learning gaps. You will understand what a successful program looks like, and the many reproducible forms and activities will help your team understand how to make RTI work in your school.

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Solution Tree Press

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1934009903

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9781934009901

My Greatest Years

A True to Life Inspirational Story and How to Book

By: Mike Mattos

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My Greatest Years

A True to Life Inspirational Story and How to Book

By: Mike Mattos

Learn how this fun loving, thrill seeking entrepreneur worked only six and a half months and partied for five and a half months per year.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412006228

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9781412006224

Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

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Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea

By: Mike Brown,Barbara Humberstone

Despite the fact that the sea covers 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, and is integral to the workings of the world, it has been largely neglected or perceived as marginal in modern consciousness. This edited collection disrupts notions of the sea as ’other’, as foreign and featureless, through specific, situated accounts which highlight the centrality of the sea for the individuals concerned. Bringing together academics who combine scholarly expertise with lived experiences on, in and with the sea, it examines humans’ relationships with the sea. Through the use of auto-ethnographic accounting, the contributors reflect on how the sea has shaped their sense of identity, belonging and connection. They examine what it is to be engaged with the sea, and narrate their lived, sentient, corporeal experiences. The sea is a cultural seascape just as it is physical reality. The sea shapes us and we, in turn, attempt to ’shape it’ as we construct various versions of it that reflect our on-going and mutable relationship with it. The use of embodied accounts, as a way of conveying lived-experiences, and the integration of relevant theoretical frames for understanding the broader cultural implications provide new opportunities to understand seascapes.

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Routledge

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1317058542

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9781317058540

Force: Animal Drawing

Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators

By: Mike Mattesi

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Force: Animal Drawing

Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators

By: Mike Mattesi

This 10th Anniversary Edition of Force: Animal Drawing: Animal Locomotion and Design Concepts for Animators offers readers an enlarged and an enhanced selection of images that apply FORCE to animals. With larger images, readers can better appreciate and learn how to bring their own animal illustrations to life. New drawings and facts about the animals create a more comprehensive edition for your library. Readers will also adapt key industry techniques that will help personify animal animations as well as endowing their creations with human-like expressions and unique animal movement. content can be found at DrawingFORCE.com Key Features: • This full-color 10th Anniversary Edition makes FORCE even easier to understand through great diagrams and illustrations • Color-coded page edges help you find more easily the animal you want to draw • Learn about key specifications for each mammal such as their weight range, food they eat, and how fast they run • Video content can be found at DrawingFORCE.com Mike Mattesi has authored four FORCE books, published in numerous languages and utilized around the world to inspire and educate artists on the concept of FORCE. He has instructed FORCE Drawing for more than twenty-five years and inspired thousands of artists. Simultaneously, he has been contributing his skills as a professional artist on numerous award-winning projects in varied capacities and has collaborated with Pixar, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Consumer Products, Marvel Comics, Hasbro Toys, ABC, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, DreamWorks/PDI, Zynga, the School of Visual Arts, Beijing University, Art Center, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, San Jose State University, the Academy of Art University, Nickelodeon, LeapFrog, and many others. His students occupy all fields of the art industry and have themselves gained prestige for their abilities. Visit Michael at DrawingFORCE.com; connect with him on Facebook at DrawingFORCE.com with Mike Mattesi and at Instagram @michaelmattesi; or email him directly at mike@drawingFORCE.com. Learn more about FORCE at: DrawingFORCE.com

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CRC Press

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1000384802

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Happiness and the Good Life

By: Mike W. Martin

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Happiness and the Good Life

By: Mike W. Martin

What is happiness? How is it related to morality and virtue? Does living with illusion promote or diminish happiness? Is it better to pursue happiness with a partner than alone? Philosopher Mike W. Martin addresses these and other questions as he connects the meaning of happiness with the philosophical notion of "the good life.

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Oxford University Press

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0199845220

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Bob's Burgers Vol. 4: Pan Fried

By: Jeff Drake,Brian Hall,Rachel Hastings,Mike Olsen,Anneliese Waddington,Timothy Hopkins

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Bob's Burgers Vol. 4: Pan Fried

By: Jeff Drake,Brian Hall,Rachel Hastings,Mike Olsen,Anneliese Waddington,Timothy Hopkins

Feast your eyes on new mouth-watering stories of the Belcher family, the stars of Fox Television's fan-favorite animated sitcom! Written and illustrated by the fine folks at the Emmy Award-winning studio Bento Box Entertainment, the continuing comic book hijinks of parents Bob and Linda and ragamuffins Tina, Gene, and Louise will surely satisfy fans of all ages. You've never seen daydreams quite like those of the Belchers, as Louise finds herself sucked into a videogame, Gene's rhymes climb to new heights in Jack and the Gene-stalk, and Tina takes a fateful trip to Tinagan's Island... and that's just for starters!

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Dynamite Entertainment

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152410051X

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Risk in the Global Real Estate Market

International Risk Regulation, Mechanism Design, Foreclosures, Title Systems, and REITs

By: Mike C. I. Nwogugu

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Risk in the Global Real Estate Market

International Risk Regulation, Mechanism Design, Foreclosures, Title Systems, and REITs

By: Mike C. I. Nwogugu

Essential reading for professional investors, risk managers, regulators, central bankers, and real estate professionals, Risk in the Global Real Estate Market: International Risk Regulation, Mechanism Design, Foreclosures, Title Systems, and REITs takes an international look at the ways in which U.S.-style constitutional laws, financial laws, and real estate laws in various countries affect global economics and risk; and analyzes specific constraints that deter market development such as Asset Liability Matching, inappropriate financial products, land title systems, inefficient constitutions and human biases. The sub-prime mortgage crisis (that began around 2006) and the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 disrupted the economies of various countries and exposed many of the psychological, social, and economic problems inherent in the legal/risk infrastructure for mortgages, land title systems, REITs, securitization, and pensions. In this remarkable new book, Michael Nwogugu explains how these processes and statutes are unconstitutional and inefficient, and how they influence demand for housing, real estate prices, retirement savings, household wealth, consumer disposable income, marriage opportunities, job markets, crime, and regional economic growth. The resulting major economic and public health problems have continued to reduce the quality-of-life of nations, and continue to cause permanent declines in wealth, increases in crime and delinquency, high divorce rates, depression, and inadequate job creation, among other problems. The book examines a range of fields—including mechanism design, psychology, risk finance, and corporate governance; and emphasizes Constitutional economics as a distinct dimension of risk analysis. Risk in the Global Real Estate Market makes a compelling case about how constitutional torts increase information asymmetry, transaction costs, agency problems, and compliance costs, as well as inefficiency in real estate transactions. These problems, the book argues, are not unique to the United States, but also affect Commonwealth countries and other nations that have developed regulations that are similar to, or are based on U.S. commercial, securities, and or constitutional laws. Risk in the Global Real Estate Market presents a novel analysis of the sub-prime crisis (that first began in 2006), the failure of securitization (CMBS/MBS) markets, the Global Financial Crisis, and socio-economic problems caused by traditional mortgages and securitization. The book reveals that many of the statutes and processes that define mortgages, foreclosures, securitization, and REITs in the United States (and many common-law countries and nations that have adopted American-style real estate regulations) are fundamentally unconstitutional and inefficient, and have lasting negative effects on consumer psychology, the demand for real estate, price discovery in property markets, economic growth, and quality of life. The book examines the nature of constitutional torts and property rights as the foundation for business transactions and economic growth within the context of risk regulation, interstate commerce, takings, and legislation. Risk in the Global Real Estate Market introduces new theories of consumer psychology and institutional dynamics in real estate transactions; presents new theories of takings, and also surveys psychology/psychiatry studies (based on data from various countries) that confirm the harmful effects of mortgages, securitization, and foreclosures. Using elements of mechanism design, Michael Nwogugu develops new efficient financial products (Mortgage-Alternatives products), and presents a policy framework for a unified “Mortgage-Alternatives” market for the CEE/CIS region and China. He also explains why Asset Liability Matching hinders lending, capital formation and risk management, especially in developing countries.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118177711

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9781118177716

Paddling Southern Wisconsin

83 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

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Paddling Southern Wisconsin

83 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

Paddling Southern Wisconsin will guide you down some of the state's most alluring rivers, immersing you in its shifting landscape and infinite beauty.

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Big Earth Publishing

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1931599777

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9781931599771

Dublin

By: Mike Lynch,Dublin Heritage Center

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Dublin

By: Mike Lynch,Dublin Heritage Center

Nestled in the wooded hills east of the San Francisco Bay, Dublins sprawling valley has welcomed people from a variety of backgrounds throughout its rich history. At the heart of the tri-valley region, this former agricultural area has grown exponentially over the years, forming a modern city with a solid community-oriented heritage. From Californias first native inhabitants, through the Spanish and Mexican periods, to the arrival of the first American settlers, Dublin has long been at the crossroads of culture and settlement.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439618291

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Late Victorian Holocausts

El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

By: Mike Davis

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Late Victorian Holocausts

El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World

By: Mike Davis

This global environmental and political history “will redefine the way we think about the European colonial project” (Observer). “ . . . sets the triumph of the late 19th-century Western imperialism in the context of catastrophic El Niño weather patterns at that time . . . groundbreaking, mind-stretching.” —The Independent Examining a series of El Niño-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe in the last third of the 19th century, Mike Davis discloses the intimate, baleful relationship between imperial arrogance and natural incident that combined to produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. Late Victorian Holocausts focuses on three zones of drought and subsequent famine: India, Northern China; and Northeastern Brazil. All were affected by the same global climatic factors that caused massive crop failures, and all experienced brutal famines that decimated local populations. But the effects of drought were magnified in each case because of singularly destructive policies promulgated by different ruling elites. Davis argues that the seeds of underdevelopment in what later became known as the Third World were sown in this era of High Imperialism, as the price for capitalist modernization was paid in the currency of millions of peasants’ lives.

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Verso Books

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1859843824

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Results Now 2.0

The Untapped Opportunities for Swift, Dramatic Gains in Achievement

By: Michael J. Schmoker,Mike Schmoker

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Results Now 2.0

The Untapped Opportunities for Swift, Dramatic Gains in Achievement

By: Michael J. Schmoker,Mike Schmoker

Decades of research clearly show what works in schools, yet a huge gap persists between those instructional best practices and what is widely taught—and not taught—in classrooms today. In Results Now 2.0, Mike Schmoker expands on his bestselling book and offers a broader, deeper analysis of the entire K–12 education system and how it can improve. He describes a systemic buffer of policies, pedagogy, and initiatives that prevents everyone—teachers, students, and parents—from understanding our collective failure to align instruction with evidence of what works. We need to bridge the gap between proven practice and common practice. By focusing on the fundamental elements of curriculum, literacy, and effective instruction, Schmoker offers hope for the future. He describes schools that have successfully used evidence and strategic practice to remove the buffer, and he shows how schools can improve—quickly. This book is a call for both educators and the public to demand transparency and fidelity to the most effective actions that transform our schools and help us see results now.

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ASCD

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141663200X

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9781416632009

Paddling Illinois

64 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

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Paddling Illinois

64 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

Grab your paddle and enjoy Illinois' beautiful rivers. This comprehensive guidebook--the only one for Illinois--features 64 trips on 33 rivers. Rivers covered include Cashe, Des Plains, Embarras, Fox, Galena, Mackinaw, Middle Fork, and Spoon. This is the ultimate guide for canoe or kayak enthusiasts of all abilities.

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Big Earth Publishing

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0915024772

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Paddling Northern Wisconsin

85 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

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Paddling Northern Wisconsin

85 Great Trips by Canoe and Kayak

By: Mike Svob

Whether you want to paddle gently through a stretch of cool pines, meander through marshland or navigate raging rapids, Paddling Northern Wisconsin will help you find the appropriate river. Every type of canoeing and kayaking opportunity is represented: quietwater, whitewater, intimate streams and wide, powerful rivers. Intended for novice, intermediate and advanced paddlers alike, this book is especially for those who love nature and scenic beauty and wish to see it preserved. You'll find: € Precise maps showing roads, put-ins and take-outs, significant rapids, mileage, and other information. € Detailed description for each trip, so you have a good idea of what you will see along the way. € General summaries covering camping opportunities, water levels, shuttle routes, access points, canoe rentals, and/or shuttle services (when available). € References to additional sources of information regarding fishing opportunities, river reading and maneuvers and special safety factors.

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1931599866

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How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder

The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse

By: Mike Gilbert

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How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder

The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse

By: Mike Gilbert

You Don't Know the Full Truth About O.J. Simpson and the Murders that Gripped a Nation. But Mike Gilbert does, and after nearly two decades of being O.J. Simpson's sports agent, business advisor, and trusted confidant, Gilbert is breaking his silence and telling the full story of the man he idolized, but now despises. Gilbert's shocking tale is unlike anything you've read before; it isn't his "version" of what happened--it's the unvarnished truth. The truth about O.J., the murders, and the infamous trial. Not as Gilbert imagined or would like it to be, but how it actually was. Gilbert doesn't spare anyone, not even himself--he helped deceive the jury and feels deeply responsible for the "Not Guilty" verdict.

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Simon and Schuster

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1596980648

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Pyramid Response to Intervention

RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don't Learn

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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Pyramid Response to Intervention

RTI, Professional Learning Communities, and How to Respond When Kids Don't Learn

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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Solution Tree Press

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1934009903

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RTI at Work Plan Book

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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RTI at Work Plan Book

By: Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

Create a path to success for every student with the support of our RTI at Work(TM) Plan Book by experts Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos. Broken down into 40 weekly planning pages, the plan book helps individuals and collaborative teams stay on top of various responsibilities, tasks, and goals as they implement a three-tiered approach to effective intervention. Also included are reproducibles, tools, and activities designed to improve teamwork and strengthen daily practice. Use this RTI at Work teacher planner to guide your student intervention plan and instructional strategies: Review the foundational ideas and basic concepts of RTI education and the RTI at Work process. Recognize the positive cultural shifts that occur in schools by implementing response to intervention (RTI) within a professional learning community (PLC). Learn best practices for using the forms and reproducibles included in the book to meet daily RTI goals. Read inspiring RTI at Work success stories from real teachers and principals. Acquire references and resources for further study of RTI at Work and PLC at Work(R).

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Solution Tree

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1949539512

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My Greatest Years

A True to Life Inspirational Story and How to Book

By: Mike Mattos

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My Greatest Years

A True to Life Inspirational Story and How to Book

By: Mike Mattos

Learn how this fun loving, thrill seeking entrepreneur worked only six and a half months and partied for five and a half months per year.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412006228

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9781412006224

Best Practices at Tier 3

Intensive Interventions for Remediation, Elementary

By: Paula Rogers,W. Richard Smith,Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

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Best Practices at Tier 3

Intensive Interventions for Remediation, Elementary

By: Paula Rogers,W. Richard Smith,Austin Buffum,Mike Mattos

In Best Practices at Tier 3: Intensive Interventions for Remediation, Elementary, authors Paula Rogers, W. Richard Smith, Austin Buffum, and Mike Mattos provide grades K-5 educators research-based response to intervention (RTI) strategies to meet the needs of students who have fallen the furthest behind in the classroom. These students struggle with what is being taught currently in the classroom as well as the basic, foundational skills that are taught in previous school years. The best way educators can intervene when students struggle is by implementing an effective RTI process through a supportive professional learning community (PLC) framework. By reading Best Practices at Tier 3, educators will learn how to improve their school's Tier 3 intensive interventions so that students receive the support they need to learn at the highest levels"--

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Solution Tree

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1943874395

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9781943874392

Learning by Doing

A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work

By: Richard DuFour,Rebecca Burnette DuFour,Robert E. Eaker,Thomas W. Many,Mike William Mattos

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Learning by Doing

A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work

By: Richard DuFour,Rebecca Burnette DuFour,Robert E. Eaker,Thomas W. Many,Mike William Mattos

In the third edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work®, authors Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos provide educators with a comprehensive, bestselling guide to transforming their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs). In this revised version, contributor and Canadian educator Karen Power has adapted the third edition for Canadian educators, emphasizing how Canadian educators can effectively improve learning for each student across their unique and widely diverse provinces and territories. Rewritten so that the scenarios, research, and language appropriately meet the needs of Canadian educators, this version is packed with real-world strategies and advice that will assist readers in transforming their school or district into a successful PLC.

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Solution Tree

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1949539474

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9781949539479

Best Practices at Tier 2

Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support, Elementary

By: Sharon V. Kramer,Bob Sonju,Austin G. Buffum,Mike William Mattos

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Best Practices at Tier 2

Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support, Elementary

By: Sharon V. Kramer,Bob Sonju,Austin G. Buffum,Mike William Mattos

The best way elementary educators can intervene when students struggle is by implementing the response to intervention (RTI) process. This system ensures that every student receives the additional time and support necessary for success. In Best Practices at Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support, Elementary, authors Bob Sonju, Sharon V. Kramer, Mike Mattos, and Austin Buffum offer grades K-5 teachers proven RTI strategies for responding to students who need additional support after core instruction. The authors explain that a school functioning as a professional learning community (PLC) is essential to effectively implementing RTI. Using this book, teachers and administrators will discover fundamental practices and tools to support students through a schoolwide, collaborative effort. This book belongs to a series that dissects each tier of the RTI pyramid. By reading Best Practices at Tier 2, educators discover practical strategies and ideas for successfully responding to students when they do not learn"--

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Solution Tree

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1942496834

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9781942496830

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work

Proven Insights for Sustained, Substantive School Improvement

By: Richard DuFour,Rebecca Dufour,Robert Eaker,Mike Mattos,Anthony Muhammad

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Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work

Proven Insights for Sustained, Substantive School Improvement

By: Richard DuFour,Rebecca Dufour,Robert Eaker,Mike Mattos,Anthony Muhammad

This is the second edition of Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour's sequel to their best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement (DuFour & Eaker, 1998). A merging of research and practice, it offers leaders and educators specific, practical recommendations for transforming their schools into PLCs so their students learn at higher levels and their profession becomes more rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling"--

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1952812577

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It's About Time [Secondary]

Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School

By: Mike Mattos,Austin Buffum

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It's About Time [Secondary]

Planning Interventions and Extensions in Secondary School

By: Mike Mattos,Austin Buffum

Carve out effective intervention and extension time at all three tiers of the RTI pyramid. Explore more than a dozen examples of creative and flexible scheduling, and gain access to tools you can use immediately to overcome implementation challenges. These books are full of examples from real schools that have achieved these results without using additional resources or extending the school day.

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1936763060

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Simplifying Response to Intervention

Four Essential Guiding Principles

By: Austin Buffum,Mike William Mattos,Chris Weber

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Simplifying Response to Intervention

Four Essential Guiding Principles

By: Austin Buffum,Mike William Mattos,Chris Weber

In this sequel to the bestselling Pyramid Response to Intervention, authors Buffum, Mattos, and Weber advocate that an effective RTI model begins by asking the right questions. RTI is not a series of implementation steps to cross off a list, the authors suggest, but rather a way of thinking about how educators can ensure that each child receives the time and support needed to succeed in school and in life. When educators base their thinking about RTI on four essential guiding principles, they will find the most effective answers to implementation questions. The four essential principles of pyramid response to intervention explored in the book are:1.Collective responsibility¿A shared belief that the primary responsibility of each member of the organization is to ensure high levels of learning for every child2.Concentrated instruction¿A collaborative process that focuses teacher teams on the skills and knowledge most important to the student and his or her future3.Convergent assessment¿An ongoing process of collecting targeted information to add depth and breadth to the understanding of each student¿s individual needs, obstacles, and points of learning leverage4.Certain access¿A systematic process that guarantees every student will receive the time and support needed to learn at high levelsDrawing from their experiences working with hundreds of schools across North America, the authors explain why bureaucratic, paperwork-heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-driven approaches fail¿and then show how to create an RTI model that works. They address both academics and behavior in each chapter, and provide considerations for district leadership as well.The authors begin by presenting an inverted version of the RTI pyramid that narrows the focus to each individual child. In their re-envisioned pyramid, the work of RTI is divided between collaborative teacher teams and two schoolwide teams: a leadership team and an intervention team. Together, the whole school assumes collective responsibility for the learning of every student. They build structures of collaboration by creating learning-focused teams, embedding time for collaboration into the school day, and developing forms and processes that support, rather than overwhelm, those who do the work of RTI.To create an effective program of concentrated instruction, collaborative teacher teams define essential learnings that every student must master, establish what proficiency would look like, design common formative assessments, and administer instruction and intervention in Tiers 1 and 2 on universal academic skills such as reading, writing, and number sense. The schoolwide intervention team, composed of members with a variety of expertise and experience, takes responsibility for supporting students who struggle due to issues of motivation, attendance, behavior, and English language proficiency. The schoolwide team also provides support to students with intensive needs at Tier 3.In convergent assessment, teacher teams assess in a sequence of identifying students who need help, determining specific student needs and the appropriate interventions, monitoring the results of interventions, and extending or revising the intervention based on the results of progress monitoring. The authors debunk common myths about universal screening and thoroughly explain the role of common formative assessments in the RTI process. Collaborative teams also build a toolbox of interventions. The authors define the characteristics of effective interventions, explain the difference between Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, and offer a compelling rationale for determining who should deliver an intervention: asking, who on our staff is best qualified to meet this child¿s needs? Ultimately, the point of RTI is to ensure that every child has certain access to the support he or she needs to be successful. The authors describe how to ensure that processes have been established to ensure certain access to interventions and, when necessary, to special education identification.

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Solve jigsaw puzzle

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216

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Solution Tree

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ISBN 10

1935543660

ISBN 13

9781935543664

Book's by Mike Mattos

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