Frontier Teachers

Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762751886
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Teachers written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-10-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If countless books and movies are to be believed, America's Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain men—a man's world. Here, Chris Enss, in the latest of her popular books to take on this stereotype, tells the stories of twelve courageous women who faced down schoolrooms full of children on the open prairies and in the mining towns of the Old West. Between 1847 and 1858, more than 600 women teachers traveled across the untamed frontier to provide youngsters with an education, and the numbers grew rapidly in the decades to come, as women took advantage of one of the few career opportunities for respectable work for ladies of the era. Enduring hardship, the dozen women whose stories are movingly told in the pages of Frontier Teachers demonstrated the utmost dedication and sacrifice necessary to bring formal education to the Wild West. As immortalized in works of art and literature, for many students their women teachers were heroic figures who introduced them to a world of possibilities—and changed America forever.

Author : Polly Welts Kaufman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300034028
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Teachers on the Frontier written by Polly Welts Kaufman and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses diary selections and letters to document the experiences of young, single women who journeyed west to teach pioneer children

Author : Chris Enss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493064789
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Teachers written by Chris Enss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If countless books and movies are to be believed, America's Wild West was, at heart, a world of cowboys and Indians, sheriffs and gunslingers, scruffy settlers and mountain men—a man's world. Here, Chris Enss, in the latest of her popular books to take on this stereotype, tells the stories of twelve courageous women who faced down schoolrooms full of children on the open prairies and in the mining towns of the Old West. Now with five new teachers covered and a new chapter, the second edition of Frontier Teachers brings these important stories to light. Between 1847 and 1858, more than 600 women teachers traveled across the untamed frontier to provide youngsters with an education, and the numbers grew rapidly in the decades to come, as women took advantage of one of the few career opportunities for respectable work for ladies of the era. Enduring hardship, the dozen women whose stories are movingly told in the pages of Frontier Teachers demonstrated the utmost dedication and sacrifice necessary to bring formal education to the Wild West. As immortalized in works of art and literature, for many students their women teachers were heroic figures who introduced them to a world of possibilities—and changed America forever.

Author : Tony Frontier
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416630104
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching with Clarity written by Tony Frontier and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeling overwhelmed—constantly, on a daily basis—has unfortunately become the status quo among educators. But it doesn't have to be. Schools need to stop adding more programs, strategies, activities, resources, projects, assessments, and meetings. Though they are often implemented with the best intentions, these things ultimately end up as clutter—that which inhibits our ability to help students learn. Instead, teachers need more clarity, which emerges when we prioritize our efforts to do less with greater focus. This isn't simply a matter of teachers doing less. Rather, teachers need to be intentional and prioritize their efforts to develop deeper understanding among students. In Teaching with Clarity, Tony Frontier focuses on three fundamental questions to help reduce curricular and organizational clutter in the interest of clarity and focus: * What does it mean to understand? * What is most important to understand? * How do we prioritize our strategic effort to help students understand what is most important? By prioritizing clear success criteria, intentional design, meaningful feedback, and a shared purpose, teachers can begin to clear away the curricular clutter that overwhelms the profession—and embrace the clarity that emerges.

Author : Sandra L. Myres
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826306265
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Westering Women and the Frontier Experience, 1800-1915 written by Sandra L. Myres and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains letters, journals, and reminiscences showing the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West.

Author : Ryan P. Randolph
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 0823962954
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Schools and Schoolteachers written by Ryan P. Randolph and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a brief description of what school was like on the American frontier, discussing the buildings, teachers, supplies, and challenges for a formal education.

Author : Linda Peavy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135052
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontier Children written by Linda Peavy and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vintage photographs accompany the stories of pioneer children and their families

Author : Robert J. Marzano
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416613196
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effective Supervision written by Robert J. Marzano and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Effective Supervision, Robert J. Marzano, Tony Frontier, and David Livingston show school and district-level administrators how to set the priorities and support the practices that will help all teachers become expert teachers. Their five-part framework is based on what research tells us about how expertise develops. When these five conditions are attended to in a systematic way, teachers do improve their skills: * A well-articulated knowledge base for teaching * Opportunities for teachers to practice specific strategies or behaviors and to receive feedback * Opportunities for teachers to observe and discuss expertise * Clear criteria for success and help constructing professional growth and development plans * Recognition of the different stages of development progressing toward expertise. The focus is on developing a collegial atmosphere in which teachers can freely share effective practices with each other, observe one another's classrooms, and receive focused feedback on their teaching strategies. The constructive dynamics of this approach always keep in sight the aim of enhancing students' well-being and achievement. As the authors note, "The ultimate criterion for expert performance in the classroom is student achievement. Anything else misses the point."

Author : Tony Frontier
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416622071
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter written by Tony Frontier and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In too many districts, evaluation of teachers ensures competence but does little or nothing to encourage and support expertise. In this thought-provoking and groundbreaking book, Tony Frontier and Paul Mielke address this issue head-on, combining the conceptual and the practical by offering a compelling vision of teacher growth, along with nearly three dozen step-by-step protocols for working with teachers. They present a powerful rationale for reconceptualizing teacher evaluation by creating a balanced system of three equally important components: * Reliable and valid evaluation. * Empowering and focused supervision. * Meaningful and purposeful reflection. Each component is discussed in terms of its purpose, premise, processes, practices, and payoffs. Revealing examples based on the authors’ experiences in classrooms across the country show what evaluation, supervision, and reflection look like when they’re not done well--and what they could look like if done more effectively. Providing insight and inspiration, Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter paves a clear path to better teaching and helps you acknowledge and support the hard work that teachers do every day to make learning come alive for their students.

Author : Kristin Kipp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118646606
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching on the Education Frontier written by Kristin Kipp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking guide to facilitating online and blended courses This comprehensive resource offers teachers in grades K-12 a hands-on guide to the rapidly growing field of online and blended teaching. With clear examples and explanations, Kristin Kipp shows how to structure online and blended courses for student engagement, build relationships with online students, facilitate discussion boards, collaborate online, design online assessments, and much more. Shows how to create a successful online or blended classroom Illustrates the essential differences between face-to-face instruction and online teaching Foreword by Susan Patrick of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning This is an essential handbook for learning how to teach online and improve student achievement.