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Voices of Experience:
Perspectives from Successful Middle Level Leaders

Sue Swaim & Patti Kinney

Read this new leadership book and "listen" in on a conversation between two successful veteran school leaders, Sue Swaim and Patti Kinney. Sometimes funny, often poignant, but always wise and deeply personal, this book describes how two real principals make good things happen in real schools.

Published by NMSA
P5871 $25.00

Love Me When I’m Most Unlovable

Robert Ricken

The thoughts in this book, poems if you choose to call them that, are emotions expressed to the author during his 30 very rewarding years of working with young adolescents. These expressions are the sincere reflections and sentiments of young people as they struggle toward adulthood.

Published by NMSA
P5833 $12.00

Implementing And Improving Teaming: A Handbook For Middle Level Leaders, 2nd Edition

Jerry Rottier

One of NMSA's best sellers has been greatly expanded from the original edition in 1996. The author thoroughly explores the powerful potential of teaming in all its aspects. He walks us through the rationale, various scheduling and organizational arrangements, and the fundamental characteristics of effective teams. Roles of the team leader, the principal, the staff, all key players in the teaming concept, are fully explored.

Published by NMSA
P2114 $30.00

Essential Questions—With Answers—for Middle Level Teachers

Nine Middle Level Educators

The Just For Teachers series speaks to all middle level teachers. These brief, focused, and very readable monographs on topics of importance for teachers are serious and professional, yet playful, informative, even inspirational. Each title is addressed to classroom teachers, and most are written by teachers. Nine middle level teachers allow us an up-close and personal view of their take on various aspects of teaching young adolescents in today’s middle level schools. Veteran and novice middle level teachers will learn much from these dedicated and expert teachers.

Published by NMSA
P5820 $13.00

Mr. DeVore's Do-Over: A little story for teachers

David L. Puckett

Mr. DeVore’s Do-Over is a charming tale—but very true to life—of how a teacher made a difference in a student’s life. This attractive little book makes a great gift for any middle school teacher.

Published by NMSA
P5784 $14.00

Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

The Definitive Middle School Guide

Imogene Forte & Sandra Schurr

This comprehensive, research-based guide provides the perfect overview for educators, administrators, and others concerned with middle school success. Major topics include: nuts and bolts of middle grades education, interdisciplinary teaming, advisory, cooperative learning, creative and critical thinking skills, assessment, and interdisciplinary instruction.

Published by Incentive Publications
P1226 $29.99

More Than I Ever Imagined

Nancy Feigenbaum

There is no lack of advice for teachers—from the questionable to the inane. Don't smile until Christmas. Eat right and get enough exercise. Wear sensible shoes. The wisdom Nancy Feigenbaum offers sound advice and many opportunities to reflect on the hundreds of decisions they make every day. The lessons presented here are not gimmicks, or a laundry list of quickly forgotten "tricks of the trade." She makes us think critically about more significant aspects of teaching—thoughtful and careful planning that connects students to their learning authentically.

Published by NMSA
P5832 $13.00

Taking Teaming to the Next Level

Jerry Rottier

It's time to take teaming to the next level by renewing our understanding of its benefits, considering team size, recognizing the research that supports it, that the curriculum planning done by teams is fundamental to meaningful reform, the high correlation between the amount of common planning time and gains in student achievement and that effective teams help improve many other aspects of a school. And here is a resource that will assist in achieving that goal.

Published by NMSA
P5420 $9.00

Teacher Teams That Get Results
61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities

Gayle H. Gregory & Lin Kuzmich

Sustaining results-oriented team efforts is hard work, and achieving diversified solutions to complex issues over time requires commitment and creativity. To support the momentum of learning communities, Teacher Teams That Get Results: 61 Strategies for Sustaining and Renewing Professional Learning Communities provides an illustrated collection of ready-to-use tools and examples of plans in action for results-oriented faculty and staff.

Focusing on the where, what, why, how, and when to use each of the 61 strategies, best-selling authors Gayle H. Gregory and Lin Kuzmich offer the tools your team needs to succeed.

Published by Corwin Press
P5848 $40.95

Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know (2nd Edition)

Trudy Knowles and Dave F. Brown

Blending research with realistic applications, Trudy Knowles and Dave Brown present background information on adolescent development, a concise review of the history of the middle-level movement, and a model of middle-level reform that changes the way we view curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Also included is a review of organizational changes in the middle school such as teaming, advisory groups, and flexible scheduling.

Published by Heinemann
P4300 $30.00

Coming of Age:
The Education & Development of Young Adolescents

Kenneth Brighton

Interesting, personal, and practical, this book is a fresh resource for educators and parents who want to improve their understanding of what makes these no-longer-children-but-not-yet-fully-adolescents tick.

Published by NMSA
P5830 $25.00

H.E.L.P. for Teachers (of 10 packs)

Judith Baenen and Jack Berckemeyer

This fun, easy-to-read pamphlet will help teachers of 10 to 15 year olds recognize, understand and deal with these gifts and challenges of middle school teaching and keep moving forward. This pamphlet will provide the inspiration for teachers to re-connect to young adolescents.

Published by NMSA
P5780 $12.00 (package of 10)

WOW What A Team!:
Essential Components for Successful Teaming

Randy Thompson and Dorothy VanderJagt

This book examines 12 essential components of productive teams. Each chapter demonstrates a strategy for creating high-impact team performance, and provides an activity to guide teammates as they implement the strategy. This book is designed to help experienced teams, as well as those just beginning to explore the concept of teaming.

Published by Incentive Publications
P4650 $16.95

Reaching and Teaching Middle School Learners

Penny A. Bishop and Susanna W. Pflaum

Written for new and veteran teachers of grades 4-8, the unique framework of this book takes its cue from the students themselves by using their own words and drawings, combined with the authors’ action research, insightful analysis and shared experiences.

Published by NMSA
P5803 $28.95

Meet Me in the Middle:
Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher

Rick Wormeli

The author lays out a clear vision of what responsive middle level teaching should be. This is a book for all reasons—help for the novice teacher, support for the mid-career teacher wanting to improve her craft, and inspiration and confirmation for the later–career teacher as well. Part I creates a culture of learning, leading to Part II and many specific ideas on promoting higher student achievement through innovative and accomplished practice. Part III cycles back to the middle school context—effective teams, teacher-student advisories, outdoor adventures, and working with parents.

Published by NMSA
P4820 $23.00

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