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Having Hard Conversations

Jennifer Abrams
© 2009, 152 pages, 8.5" x 11"

Speak with clarity, confidence, and courage!

For many educators, confronting a colleague about a work-related issue can be a daunting matter. This insightful book helps educators speak with clarity and courage to directly address difficult situations within their schools.

Having Hard Conversations provides an interactive, personal approach to mastering the art of challenging conversations. The author’s step-by-step strategy addresses a wide range of situations, including communication with supervisees, peers, and supervisors. Emphasizing that initiative and preparation are the keys to a successful conversation, this resource includes:

• Thought-provoking questions and first-person accounts that help educators become more self-aware, effective communicators
• Advice on overcoming personal hesitation about expressing concerns
• Guidance on identifying goals for the conversation and choosing the best "what-where-and-when" for a productive discussion
• Sample scripts and practical tools to help educators prepare for the conversation

By addressing important issues directly and professionally, educators can find self-empowerment and promote an open, healthy school environment.

View sample pages:     Preface     Chapter 1

MR #051650   Having Hard Conversations   Price: $34.95   Sale Price: $29.95

Best Practices in Gifted Education

An Evidence-Based Guide

by Ann Robinson, Ph.D., Bruce M. Shore, Ph.D., and Donna L. Enersen, Ph.D.

Best Practices in Gifted Education provides concise, up-to-date, research-based advice to educators, administrators, and parents of gifted and talented youth. The 29 practices included in this volume are the result of an extensive examination of educational research on what works with talented youth. The interest in culturally diverse and low-income learners, the means to identify talents, and the need for curriculum that appropriately challenges high-ability youth constitute just a few of the 29 practices.

Each practice is organized into a chapter containing two sections: What We Know and What We Can Do. The first section briefly describes the practice and summarizes the research. The second section suggests what course of action a parent, teacher, or administrator might take at home, in the classroom, or at school. The book is a must-have for those who want a guide that makes a connection between research and practical action in gifted education. (304 pages)

A service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children (Washington, DC)
This designation indicates that this book has been jointly developed with NAGC and that this book passes the highest standards of scholarship, research, and practice.

"Early Literacy Experiences for Precocious and Emerging Readers" is an informative excerpt from Best Practices in Gifted Education. This chapter provides an overview of the best practices to use with early readers, as well as advice for what can be done at home, in the classroom, and schoolwide to encourage these young readers. To read this sample chapter, click here.

MR #045378   Best Practices in Gifted Education   Price: $49.95   Sale Price: $39.95