Book+Lists

Please recommend any favorite books that you know of that are worthwhile, professionally or personally:

Book Title What this book is about? Who recommended?

For USF Summer Course: Instructional Rounds - You should have already purchased this book  @http://www.amazon.com/Instructional-Rounds-Education-Approach-Improving/dp/1934742163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269258653&sr=8-1 Enhancing Professional Practice@http://www.amazon.com/Enhancing-Professional-Practice-Framework-Teaching/dp/1416605177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269258879&sr=1-1 The Handbook for Enhancing Professional Practice@http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Enhancing-Professional-Practice-Framework/dp/1416607099/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

For Spring Course: 1st read Data Wise and "On Common Ground" Here are the books for the USF course for the Spring:

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 * Data Wise**

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 * On Common Ground**

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 * Shaping School Culture**

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 * Instructional Rounds**

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 * Transformative Assessment**

We will also use the Four Frames books from last Spring. Alexander and Alexander. **American Public School Law**, 6th Edition (2005) ISBN-10:0534-27424-2 ISBN-13:978-0-534-27424-5 Online Google Book: http://books.google.com/books?id=BkZfdC-w-vMC&lpg=PR1&dq=Alexander%20and%20Alexander.%20American%20Public%20School%20Law%2C%206th%20Edition%20(2005)&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Availability: [|ichapters.com] has the text in an electronic format for 84.49 for the entire book, or by chapter, with a set price per chapter and the first chapter is free.

[|dealtaker.com/ichapters] has discount coupons (I don't know how well it works, but I found it in my searching) They had a 50% off textbook coupon, which might bwe of interest

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 * re "The First 90 Days" by Michael Watkins - book recommended by Duff
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 * Sir Ken Robinson
 * TED Talk - [|http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html>>]
 * (or subscribe to the TED Talks podcast)
 * "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" - []
 * "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative" - []
 * The Sisters & the daily 5 - []
 * "Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals" by Elaine McKewan - book recommended by Joseph
 * "On Common Ground" by Richard & Rebecca DuFour - great resource on PLC, if really followed through and talked about
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