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June 8, 2007

C O N T E N T S

1) New on DVD from Debbie Diller
2) Author Conversations: The Sisters
3) New Study Guide for Strategies That Work
4) PD Corner: Learning communities
5) Recharge at a summer institute

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1) New on DVD from Debbie Diller
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In her new DVD Stepping Up with Literacy Stations, Debbie Diller
coaches children and their teachers through an innovative
management and learning system that fosters purposeful,
independent work.

Building on the ideas in her best-selling book Practice with
Purpose, Debbie demonstrates how stations can be used to help
upper-elementary students with content-area literacy and
standardized tests. Viewers will learn how to plan lessons and
changes to stations, work with students through mini-lessons, and
tackle station management with students' help.

The DVD package includes 90 minutes of video plus a 50-page
Viewing Guide with workshop suggestions and tools. You can
download the Viewing Guide and watch sample video clips here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0475.asp?r=n114

Stepping Up with Literacy Stations is shipping now. Be sure to
include it in your 2007-08 staff development plans!

Stepping Up with Literacy Stations: Design and Instruction in
Grades 3-6 * Debbie Diller * 90-min. DVD + Viewing Guide * $295.00
 http://www.stenhouse.com/0475.asp?r=n114

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2) Author Conversations: The Sisters
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In today's podcast, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser ("The Sisters")
discuss their new thinking since The Daily Five was published last
year, and how it influenced the development of their new DVD The
Daily Five Alive! Listen here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/sisters07.asp?r=n114

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3) New Study Guide for Strategies That Work
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We've just posted the Study Guide for the new edition of
Strategies That Work, by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. It's
been thoroughly updated to reflect new chapters and sections in
the book, and includes new study group discussion questions and
suggested classroom applications. Download it now:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0310.asp?r=n114
(Click the "Study Guide" link at the beginning of the book
description.)

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4) PD Corner: Learning communities
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"There is more than a verbal tie between the words common,
community, and communication....try the experiment of
communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience to
another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will
find your own attitude toward your experience changing."
--John Dewey

Is your school a supportive learning community? What defines a
learning community? "Induction into Learning" answers these and
other questions as it outlines components of true learning
communities. Published by the National Commission on Teaching and
America's Future, this paper is a must-read for those interested
in establishing a school culture that reflects the ideals of
professional learning communities:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdnctaf.htm

The National Staff Development Council hosts an information-rich,
annotated bibliography of resources addressing professional
learning communities. Many of the entries, such as Hord's article
describing staff development and the change process, are available
online:

http://www.nsdc.org/standards/learningcommunities.cfm

Diane Sweeney's book Learning Along the Way can show you how to
individualize professional development by building an authentic
learning environment that meets the needs of all teacher-learners.
Especially helpful are the protocols Sweeney and colleagues
developed to guide professional discussions. Read Chapter 1, "The
Principles of Professional Development," online:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0343.asp?r=n114
(Scroll down to the links in the Table of Contents.)

Finally, check out the Professional Learning Communities Institute
at Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools. Scroll down the page and
click the video link to see and listen to Rick DuFour's short
video defining professional learning communities. Most interesting
in his presentation is the idea that teachers separate the work
year from the "learning" that occurs during that year:

http://www.stenhouse.com/rdmcps.htm

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5) Recharge at a summer institute
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It's not too late to register for one of the many institutes and
workshops with Stenhouse authors this summer. Browse a list of
events here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/institutes07.asp?r=n114

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