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		More Than 100 ways to Learner-Centered Literacy, 2nd Ed


		Now with a new section for Literacy Coaches. This reseach-based, student-centered resource provides beginning and experienced teachers with practical strategies and classroom-tested methods for building literacy skills for all learners. This updated second edition incorporates current recommendations from the National Reading Panel and includes a new section specifically designed for Literacy Coaches, packed with effective strategies for sharing expertise and improving instruction. By Laura Lipton with Deborah Hubble Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, ©2008 6x 9, Softcover, ISBN 978-1-4129-5784-7 pp. 186 $28.95



		Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, 2nd


		An invaluable reference for mentors of beginning teachers, this guide offers structures, strategies and tools for developing expertise in teaching. Sections include specific information about the mentor's role, the needs of beginning teachers and the attributes of effective mentor-protégé relationships. Tips for maximizing time and attention, an extensive resource section and blackline masters to support developmental interactions make this book a must-have for mentors. Laura Lipton & Bruce Wellman; with Carlette Humbard Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, Copyright © 2001 Softcover ISBN 0-9665022-2-1 pp. 146 $26.95 (see order info for volume discounts)



		Learning-Focused Mentoring: A Professional Development Resource Kit


		More than 24 hours of professional development in 16 detailed, easy-to-follow teaching outlines. Each module includes participants manuals, PowerPoint slides and other support materials. 8 Awareness modules provide a solid introduction to mentoring concepts and the tools for developing learning focused relationships between mentors and beginning teachers. * Skill Developement modules build on their respective awareness topics to extend and consolidate the tools and techniques of skillful mentoring. The Resouce Kit, packaged in a 12"x13" nylon carrying case includes: A 3-ring binder with: 16 detailed teaching outlines Resources on adult learning Presentation tips and tools A CD containing: Printable masters for all teaching outlines and participant manuals Printable blackline masters for related workshop materials PowerPoint slides for each session A DVD with video clips illustrating ley concepts and tools A set of 3 27"x49" nylon banners for wll display of essential mentoring concepts A copy of Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships Developed by Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman Each kit sells for $945.00



		Making Mentoring Work: An Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Action Tool


		Dozens of tools help you support and challenge new teachers within the context of these three goals Mentoring to develop the professional capacities of new teachers Mentoring to help new teachers start, structure, and sustain their thinking Mentoring to develop teachers' flexibility in a classroom where there is constant interaction Practical tools and templates help you guide and evaluate your mentoring efforts along a continuum of interaction: from coaching to collaborating to consulting. Based on the latest theory and school-tested approaches, this product is an excellent companion to: Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning Focused Relationships Questionnaires, self-evaluations, and checklists illuminate the stages of developing expertise and explore specific strategies, approaches, and patterns for supporting emerging beginners. By Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman Alexandria. VA:ASCD, ©2003 3-Ring Binder, ISBN 0-87120-751-6 $100.00



		Effective Mentoring: Building Learning Focused Relationships


		For beginning teachers the benefits of skillful mentoring includes increased confidence as instructional problem-solvers and decision makers. For experienced teachers, mentoring a colleague increases understanding and rekindles a love for learning. We don't learn to teach, we learn from our teaching. This video course helps you to: Understand the roles, responsibilities, and intentions of the mentor/the growth agent. Identify the functions of a learning-focused relationship, offering support, creating challenge, and facilitating a professional vision. Explore the stances for navigating across a continuum of interaction, including coaching, consulting, and collaborating. Apply verbal and non-verbal tools for establishing and sustaining learning-focused relationships. Investigate templates for producing effective planning, reflecting, and problem solving. Connect the needs of beginning teachers with the hallmarks of teaching expertise and long-time commitment to the profession. With Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman Sandy, UT: The LPD Video Journal of Education and TeachStream, ©2003 1 video DVD, 1 Implementation Guide, 1 Audio CD, includes Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, 2nd Ed ISBN 1-58740-134-7 $475.00



		Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry


		This timely book offers school leaders a practical toolkit for structuring and facilitating collaborative inquiry with and about data. This resource presents a three-phase model that supports groups in discovering assumptions, promotes data-focused investigations and develops shared understandings of both problems and possible solutions. Readers will increase their confidence and skill in facilitating data-driven dialogue by applying these easy-to-follow directions for tools and techniques. Blackline masters, relevant resources, print and on-line references increase the usability and value of this book. This is the guide for educators committed to data-driven planning processes that develop shared responsibility for continuous improvement in student learning. Bruce Wellman and Laura Lipton, Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, Copyright 2004 Softcover ISBN 0-9665022-3-x pp. 192 $28.95 (see order form for volume discounts)



		ChartArt: 32 Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies


		Now anyone can make eye-catching flipcharts and overheads by slipping these easy-to-use graphics beneath a sheet of chart paper or blank transparency and tracing the images. Adapt and combine the pictures to create dozens of graphic design effects. Each image comes with tips for use as well as visual and conceptual idea banks to guide and inspire user creativity. Printed on durable stock and three-hole punched for easy filing and retrieval, ChartArt is an invaluable resource for presenters, facilitators, educators and all others who work with groups. Images by Michael Buckley Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, ©2002 32 81/2 X 11 images with illustrated tips for use $21.95 (see order info for volume discounts)



		ChartArt Volume 2: 50 Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies


		Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies With 50 new images ChartArt now offers even more ways for you to add eye-catching, fun and useful designs to your flipchart presentations. As in volume one, each image comes with tips for use as well as visual and conceptual idea banks to guide and inspire user creativity. Printed on durable stock and three-hole punched for easy filing and retrieval, ChartArt is an invaluable resource for presenters, facilitators, educators and all others who work with groups. Images by Michael Buckley Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, ©2008 50 81/2 X 11 images with illustrated tips for use $27.95 (see order info for volume discounts) Buy both volumes for $44.95 and save



		ChartArt Volume 1 and Volume 2 Combo


		Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies With 50 new images ChartArt now offers even more ways for you to add eye-catching, fun and useful designs to your flipchart presentations. As in volume one, each image comes with tips for use as well as visual and conceptual idea banks to guide and inspire user creativity. Printed on durable stock and three-hole punched for easy filing and retrieval, ChartArt is an invaluable resource for presenters, facilitators, educators and all others who work with groups. Images by Michael Buckley Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, ©2008 50 81/2 X 11 images with illustrated tips for use $27.95 (see order info for volume discounts) Buy both volumes for $44.95 and save



		Groups At Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning


		This indispensable resource for developing skillful groups includes more than 78 field-tested strategies for structuring time-efficient, task-focused meetings and work sessions. The strategies are organized by six functions reflecting the major activities that engage productive groups: 1) activating 2) assessing, goal-setting and planning 3) dialogue and discussion 4) generating ideas 5) summarizing and synthesizing 6) text and information processing Each strategy description includes clear directions for application, including necessary materials, time frames and suggested group size. Tips for facilitation, examples for use and ideas for extensions are also provided. Print and web resources and an included CD with PowerPoint® slide directions for each strategy, duplication masters for tracking learning and recording sheet masters for session participants increase the usability of this book, reduce preparation time for busy professionals and maximize the learning potential for all. Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, Copyright 2011 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9665022-7-5 pp. 102 $32.95 (see order form for volume discounts)



		Got Data? Now What? Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry


		Got Data? Now What? presents powerful principles, field-tested strategies, and practical tools for using data to focus group conversations. Group leaders will learn how to guide their teams in data-driven problem solving and decision-making to drive continuous improvements in student learning. This resource helps data teams identify what's relevant to talk about and offers ways to transform struggling groups into powerful communities of learners. The book explores three challenges that school teams face: Committees without community Time without tools Data without deliberation Each chapter includes exercises for individual and group reflection, additional resource suggestions and reproducible forms for all inventories, tools and templates. By: Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman. Solution Tree Press, ©2012 Softcover, ISBN 978-1-936765-03-4 pp. 136 $24.95


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Pathways to Understanding: Patterns & Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom, 3rd Ed		More Than 100 ways to Learner-Centered Literacy, 2nd Ed
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MENTORING AND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING


Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, 2nd Ed		Learning-Focused Mentoring: A Professional Development Resource Kit
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Mentoring Matters Banner Set		Mediational Mats
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Making Mentoring Work: An Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Action Tool		Effective Mentoring: Building Learning Focused Relationships
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ORGANIZATION AND GROUP DEVELOPMENT


Groups At Work: Strategies and Structures for Professional Learning		Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry
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The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups, 2nd Ed		Got Data? Now What? Creating and Leading Cultures of inquiry
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CHARTART


ChartArt: 32 Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies		ChartArt Volume 2: 50 Traceable images for flip charts and overhead transparencies
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ChartArt Volume 1 and Volume 2 Combo
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		Pathways to Understanding: Patterns & Practices in the Learning-Focused Classroom, 3rd Ed


		Based on a three-phase framework for learning and teaching, this practical resource is filled with classroom-tested strategies and innovative ideas for structuring learning-focused classrooms. Blackline masters and detailed strategy descriptions make these effective teaching tools accessible to new and experienced teachers alike. Laura Lipton & Bruce Wellman Sherman, CT: MiraVia, LLC, Copyright © 1998 Softcover ISBN 0-9665022-0-5 pp. 128 $24.95 (see order info for volume discounts)



		Mentoring Matters Banner Set


		Display these eye-catching banners in your Mentoring Matters seminars: Illustrate key content Support visual memory Provide reference for introducing new material Increase retention of important ideas Three 27 x 49 inch durable nylon banners with gromments are easy to transport, handle and display. Packaged in a reusable plactic pouch these vibant teaching aids will enhance your learning-focused workshops. $99.95



		Mediational Mats


		This simple to use exercise "mat" provides a format for workshop instruction on mediational questions. A great teaching and learning tool. Organizes critical information on learning-focused questions Supports learning with graphic cues Provides follow-up ideas for independent practice Developed by Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman. 25 - 8 1/2 x 11 2-sided sheets. MiraVia, LLC, Sherman, CT © 2005 $18.99/ea



		The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups, 2nd Ed


		Turn to this authoritative guide for a wealth of specific tools you can use immediately to develop collective understanding, make decisions, respond to conflict, and develop high performance groups. Recipient of the 1999 National Staff Development Book Award, this volume blends theory and practical strategies for facilitating groups and enhancing the skills of group members. By: Robert Garmston and Bruce M. Wellman Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, ©2009 Hardcover, ISBN 978-1-933760-27-8 pp. 335 Includes CD-ROM $74.95