Strategic Resources

This page contains both online and face to face resources for ongoing professional development, as well as resources that can be accessed at anytime to support instruction, classroom environment, engagement, and assessment. If you find a valuable resource you'd like to share, please contact our office so it can be added to this page.

Who Owns the Learning?

In Who Owns the Learning?, author Alan November uses his Digital Learning Farm model to show teachers how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create their own learning tools, and participate in work that has meaning to them and others. In his model, every student is a teacher and a global publisher.

This book:

Provides ideas and techniques to help students own and direct their learning
Uses real-life examples to illustrate how technology is revolutionizing instruction and learning
Offers useful QR codes throughout the text to take readers directly to important websites that supplement topics discussed in the book
Includes a Questions for Discussion section at the end of each chapter to help educators and study groups more deeply explore each chapter topic

Who is Alan November?

Alan November considers Who Owns the Learning?

What is the Value of a Teacher?

The Core Six

Enter The Core Six, six research-based, classroom-proven strategies that will help you and your students respond to the demands of the Common Core.

The Core Six Include: For Each Strategy, This Practical Book Provides:

Reading for Meaning * Reasons for using the strategy to address the goals of the Common Core
Compare & Contrast * The research behind the strategy
Inductive Learning * A checklist for implementing the strategy in the classroom
Circle of Knowledge * Multiple sample lessons that illustrate the strategy in action
Write to Learn * Planning considerations to ensure your effective use of the strategy
Vocabulary's CODE

What are the Core Six Strategies?

In this excerpt from the Core Six DVD, watch a teacher in the Cleveland, Ohio, area use the "vocabulary's code" strategy with her 8th graders to deepen their knowledge of domain-specific vocabulary.

California Department of Education

Professional Organizations for Educators