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September 23, 2003

C O N T E N T S

1) Social & emotional learning: It's about time
2) Fake reading and what to do about it
3) PD Corner: Mentoring
4) Upcoming Webcasts

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1) Social & emotional learning: It's about time
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"[School leaders] tend to think of the most direct way to make a 
short-term difference, but it's a false choice between academics 
and social-emotional skills."

--Roger P. Weissberg, executive director of the Collaborative for 
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

In spite of the current focus on standards and measurable 
academic achievement, broader social-emotional curricula are 
gaining ground as research begins to show that such programs 
improve academic performance in the long run. This recent article 
from Education Week provides a good overview and highlights some 
of the current research, both outcome-based and cognitive:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=01Social.h23

One of the organizations highlighted in this article is the 
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning 
(CASEL), a clearinghouse for quality programs that helps schools 
identify and implement appropriate curricula. This year they 
published SAFE AND SOUND: An Education Leader's Guide to 
Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs, the 
culmination of a three-year study that evaluates 80 programs. You 
can download the entire guide and several other useful resources 
(including a short video on SEL) for free at: 

http://www.casel.org/projects_products/safeandsound.php

And for links to over 200 program Web sites, go to:

http://www.casel.org/about_sel/SELprograms.php

One of the programs reviewed in SAFE AND SOUND is the Responsive 
Classroom, which is one of the 22 programs rated by CASEL as a 
"Select SEL" program for its coverage of essential skill areas, 
effectiveness, and outstanding staff development. To learn more 
about the Responsive Classroom, visit:

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org

Books published by the Northeast Foundation for Children 
(developer of the Responsive Classroom) are also available from 
Stenhouse.

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2) Fake reading and what to do about it
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"Being a straight-A fake reader myself, I know all about the 
tricks kids use to make teachers think reading is taking place."
--Cris Tovani, author of I READ IT, BUT I DON'T GET IT

Read more from this recent interview with Cris Tovani at 
Education World:

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev078.shtml

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3) PD Corner: Mentoring
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*September Quote of the Month*

"Lasting change does not happen overnight. Lasting change happens 
in infinitesimal increments: A day, an hour, a minute, a 
heartbeat at a time."
--Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of SIMPLE ABUNDANCE

New teachers need support to help them survive and thrive, and 
mentors are a key part of that support. To coincide with the 
release of the new Stenhouse video series MENTORING and book 
MENTORING ACROSS BOUNDARIES, we've compiled links to some quality 
mentoring resources on the Web. Many of these links will lead you 
to sites with resources tailored to your interests, including 
research reports, Web resources for new teachers, and more 
general teacher recruitment and induction strategies.

We start with a collection of articles from Educational 
Leadership, with the theme "supporting new teachers"; one 
identifies the qualities of a good mentor:
Supporting New Teachers

>From the Journal of Staff Development, an article that outlines 
the key competencies that mentors need to develop:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/denmark214.cfm

This report from WestEd is an excellent introduction to 
supporting beginning teachers, including the role of mentoring:
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/212

The New Teacher Center Web site includes this case study of one 
large teacher induction program in Santa Cruz, California:
http://www.newteachercenter.org/article7.php

>From the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, a research 
report that examines the effect of district policy on beginning 
teachers from the perspective of two districts and three 
beginning teachers:
http://depts.washington.edu/ctpmail/Descriptions2.html#DistrictPolicy

And if you want to see high-quality mentoring conferences in the 
midst of teaching, check out the new MENTORING videos from 
Stenhouse. The videos include a free Viewing Guide, and can be 
combined with the books MENTORING BEGINNING TEACHERS and 
MENTORING ACROSS BOUNDARIES for an affordable and flexible in-
service training.

MENTORING: Guiding, Coaching, and Sustaining Beginning Teachers
Donna Niday and Jean Boreen
Two 25-minute VHS tapes * $195 * Available now!
http://www.stenhouse.com/0365.asp

MENTORING ACROSS BOUNDARIES: Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed 
in Challenging Situations
Jean Boreen and Donna Niday, with Mary K. Johnson
224 pp/paper * $18.50 * Available now!
http://www.stenhouse.com/0377.asp

MENTORING BEGINNING TEACHERS: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching
Jean Boreen, Mary K. Johnson, Donna Niday, and Joe Potts
144 pp/paper * $17.50
http://www.stenhouse.com/0309.asp

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4) Upcoming Webcasts
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Look for Stenhouse authors Rick Wormeli and Janet Allen in the 
National Middle School Association's Webcast series. Rick's 
presentations on September 30 and October 31 complement his new 
book DAY ONE AND BEYOND, and Janet addresses foundations for 
middle school literacy (December 9) and content area literacy 
(February 24, 2004):

http://www.nmsa.org/development/onlinecourses.htm

Rick also has three upcoming Webcasts with Knowledge Delivery 
Systems:

http://66.219.105.1/KDSCORP/Available_Topics.aspx?ListType=ALL_BY_SPEAKER

And you can enjoy a series of five edited keynotes from one of 
Janet Allen's Literacy Institutes in the audio program 
REIMAGINING READING, available in CD or cassette format with a 
free listening/study guide:

http://www.stenhouse.com/0347.asp
(CD)
http://www.stenhouse.com/0339.asp
(cassette)

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