Books Being a voracious reader, I spend many hours reading books for teachers, by teachers. This list is mostly in reverse chronological order. "ATPE Book Club" indicates books read for Texas CEUs. Understanding Preschooler Development (Puckett & Black) Teaching with Love & Logic (Jim Fay) How Children Learn (John Holt) Letters to a Young Teacher (Jonathon Kozol) ATPE Book Club Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) The Global Achievement Gap (Tony Wagner) Making The Grade: Reinventing America's Schools (Tony Wagner) The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" (Alfie Kohn) Smart Kids, Bad Schools: 38 ways to save America's Future (Brian Crosby) The Trouble with Boys (Peg Tyre) ATPE Book Club The Case Against Homework (Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish) Nation of Wimps (Hara Marano) The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy (Nicholas Lemann) Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory (Constance Kamii) Math Power (revised edition) (Patricia Clark Kenschaft) Raising Life Long Learners (Lucy Caulkins) Get It Together (Tim Erickson, 2005) Innumeracy and Beyond Numeracy (John Allen Paulos 98,92) Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics (Liping Ma) Mathematics Their Way Math By Kids (Susan Richman) | Workshops Project S.A.V.E Workshop (2011 online) NY Child Abuse Mandated Reporters (2011 online) PBIS on Teacher2Teacher (2011 online) Games in Learning and Education (2011- Origins Con) Handwriting Without Tears (2008) California Kindergarten Association Conference (2008) California Kindergarten Association Conference (2007) Memberships NCTM 2005-Present ATPE 2008-2009 CKA 2006-2008 |