EMPOWERING DISCIPLINE by Vicki Phillips Third Edition (Revised and Expanded, (c) 2011)

Most school discipline programs have one thing in common; their primary goal is to CONTROL student behavior. This tends to work with the majority of students; however there remains a group with whom nothing seems to work--so we label these students as "at-risk" and attempt to tighten our control.

The author of this book, Vicki Phillips, was principal of an award-winning alternative school for at-risk students for twenty-two years. Since all of her students were at-risk, she had to come up...

Use this publication to explain to everyone in your organization why the best way to evaluate teaching performance is to use a balanced approach that includes multiple measures. Drawing from research conducted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the experiences of nearly 3,000 teachers across the United States, the authors Explain why it's critical to measure effective teaching, ensure high-quality data, and invest in improvement. Describe multiple ways to identify effective teaching and provide teachers with actionable, reliable information they can trust to continuously improve their...