Dear Big Brother is story of a young woman remembering all the unforgettable memories she shared with her older brother during their adolescence. She gently recalls playful times, important lessons and the support she received from her big brother when she needed it most. Now its time to return the love as she reminds him, "Dear Big Brother, I hope you know... not all brothers are like you" as she devises a letter him to acknowledge all the good he has brought to her life.

Are we Australians a lonely bunch? If so, why? What's causing it, who is affected by it, and what is it doing to us physically and mentally?After two years of research for a book on mental health, Joel Ramirez pivoted to talking about loneliness after realising it was a major issue in our society. As someone who went through chronic loneliness and severe depression, Joel writes about how he overcame these debilitating illnesses, drawing insight from his interviews with leading expe...

This self-study Exam preparation guide and its accompanying online course for the PaaS Certification Exam contains everything you need to test yourself and pass the Exam. All Exam topics are covered and insider secrets, complete explanations of all PaaS subjects, test tricks and tips, numerous highly realistic sample questions, and exercises designed to strengthen understanding of PaaS concepts and prepare you for Exam success on the first attempt are provided.Included with your pu...

In November 2008, John Hattie’s ground-breaking book Visible Learning synthesised the results of more than fifteen years research involving millions of students and represented the biggest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning.Visible Learning for Teachers takes the next step and brings those ground breaking concepts to a completely new audience. Written for students, pre-service and in-service teachers,...

Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy.Is your school climate promoting meaningful change? Recent research suggests that Collective Efficacy (CE) is the number one factor influencing student achievement.CE—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and improve student learning—is changing the educational ecosystem. A faculty with high Collective Efficacy show greater effort and persisten...

The demand on multi-line reps to sell Life insurance has never been higher. Through my coaching, conducting sales interviews, and accompanying reps on joint sales calls, I've experienced the prospect interviews collected in this book. Many times after sharing these experiences while coaching or during a seminar, I've been told "You should put that in a book!" Well, now I have. The skills, concepts, and knowledge I put forth will help you become a skilled interviewer, build strong relationship...

Make professional learning unforgettable!Teaching busy adults can be a daunting task. How do you grab their attention, make material memorable, and create experiences that immediately improve their professional practice? Expert Marcia Tate knows how adults learn best and shares 20 professional development strategies that work.What you′ll find in the 2nd edition:20 brain-based learning strategies proven to engage adults and boost long-...

In his latest book, bestselling author Gregory Michie critiques high-stakes schooling and provides a powerful alternative vision of teaching as a humanistic enterprise, students as multidimensional beings, and schools as spaces where young people can imagine and become, not just achieve. Drawing on his experiences over the past two decades as a classroom teacher, community volunteer, researcher, and teacher educator in Chicago's public schools, Michie offers compelling accounts of teaching...

In schools where young English language learners speak a variety of home languages, welcoming them into the classroom can be very challenging for the teacher and her English-speaking pupils. This long awaited book, written by teachers well experienced in addressing the needs of this young and vulnerable group, will come as a boon to new teachers presented with a multilingual classroom for the first time.

How great groups make great schoolsTraining leaders how to conduct effective meetings is important, but it′s not enough to ensure that the professional development process is valuable. This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators′ skills, and optimize the group′s most precious resource—its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that ar...

Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching, theorizing the students’ learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Both a study of the influence of issues such as ge...

"Anyone who reads this book for personal reasons or adopts it for his or her school will soon discover the wealth of information it contains."—Dr. Carol A. Mullen, Editor, The Mentoring and Tutoring Journal"This book is thorough, informative, helpful, collegial, and supportive. A ′must-have′ and great guide for everyone involved in professional development, training, or consulting."—Genny DiTrani, Professional Development ConsultantNe...