20 Principles of Teaching Excellence by Walker Buckalew
(Online at the ISM Bookstore for $30/$20 Consortium OR $15.00 by calling Leanne at ISM, 302-656-4944—special code ELETTER)
Again, the product of enormous research carried out by ISM in private-independent schools and providing the framework for what great teachers know and understand.
Put Lemov and Buckalew together and you have a powerhouse.
Mission Based Advisory 2nd Edition by Roger Dillow
(ISM online at the Bookstore $69/$48.30 or $39.00 if you phone Leanne at 302-656-4944—special code ELETTER)
Character education in upper schools is delivered through a great advisory program. It's not too hard to imagine the content, but what about the faculty who are supposed to deliver it? Based on a decade of experience of working with independent schools, this book provides a detailed set of ideas and exercises to engage, educate, and inspire your faculty.
Difficult Conversations by Patton and Stone (amazon.com $10.88)
Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott (amazon.com $10.88)
These two books provide both the theoretical underpinnings for conversation practice as well as highly doable and believable ways to approach conversations of various kinds. Do your faculty have trouble with tempestuous parents? Read these books and you can teach them how to approach, move through, and get out of any situation!
