Whether you're newer to teaching or have decades of experience as an educator, now and then in your career, you've probably decided to shake things up and try something different in your classroom-only to discover just how time-intensive finding new strategies for student engagement can be. If you're driven to improve your teaching but short on time, you've got the right book in your hands!
With Teachables, Cheryl Abla and Lisa Maxfield have done all the legwork for you and assembled a stellar set of strategies you can implement as soon as today. They've spent hundreds of hours researching best practices, watching videos, reading books and blogs, hunting through social media, working with countless teachers, and pulling together ideas to create a book that's purpose-built for busy teachers. This practical and easy-to-use guide is designed to help energize and empower teachers at every stage of their careers to have a positive impact on all students. Abla and Maxfield focus on four key components that impact student engagement and contribute to a thriving classroom: relationships; organization and procedures; curiosity and engagement; and high expectations.
"Every teacher-those new to the profession and thirty-year veterans-needs a copy of this book because there is always something we can learn to improve our performance. I wish it would have been available my first year in the classroom." -Chris Moddelmog, MEd, executive director at Smoky Hill Education Service Center
"Cheryl Abla and Lisa Maxfield have detailed meaningful and manageable instructional tactics and strategies that every teacher could apply today to support student achievement." -Tony Davis, PhD, consultant at TDL Consulting, LLC, and former teacher and principal
"This book is user friendly and full of practical ideas and practices that require little to no prep. Great for new and veteran teachers alike." -Christy Llewellyn, instructional coach at Jellico Elementary School