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Leadership	Author	Issue
21 Classroom Walkthrough Tips	Denise Burson	35
A Principal Looks Back: Standards Matter	Kim Marshall	Volume 1 (2007)
An Interview with a Learning-Focused Principal	Brenda Hill	59
Creating and Sustaining Change	Max Thompson	Volume 1 (2007)
Evidence Based Decision Making	Barbara McSwain	57
Exemplary Leadership	Barbara McSwain	2
Expectations: A New Perspective After Attending the 2010 LEARNING-FOCUSED National Conference - Dr. Kenneth Meyers	Barbara McSwain	78
Facilitating the Change Process	Debbie Cargill	24
Leaders Exceeding Expectations	Barbara McSwain	13
Leadership	Barbara McSwain	7
Lincoln County High School: A Learning-Focused Success Story	Debbie Willingham	49
Rationale for Conducting Walkthroughs	Denise Burson	25
Red Mill Elementary Leads the Way in Implementing Learning-Focused	Barbara McSwain	27
Setting Goals with Feedback	Barbara McSwain	48
Snapshots	Barbara McSwain	45
Ten Questions for Leadership	Barbara McSwain	38
The School-Based Learning-Focused Coach	Debbie Cargill	4
Walkthroughs versus Formal Evaluations	Learning-Focused	80
What Are the Solutions for Education Myopia?	Barbara McSwain	60
Where Do We Go Next?	Learning-Focused	12
Why is it Important for Administrators to Empower Teachers?	Barbara McSwain	16
Curriculum	Author	Issue
Collaborating in Toolbox	Bill Blynt	70
Common Core Standards Initiative Update	Bill Blynt	74
Curriculum Mapping	Bill Blynt	17
From Frustration to Understanding	Jim Riedl	29
Getting The Most From Your Curriculum	Jim Riedl	Volume 1 (2007)
Learning-Focused and the Differentiated Accountability Model	Jim Riedl	52
Learning-Focused Meets ARRA Requirements	Denise Burson	65
The Power of Curriculum	Jim Riedl	10
Using the Standards Alignment Report in Power Curriculum	Bill Blynt	62
Why Map Your Curriculum?	Bill Blynt	7
Instruction	Author	Issue
"If I teach Reading in Math Class, will the Reading Teachers teach Math in Reading Class?"	Laurian Phillips	4
7 Principles for Teachers	Jennifer Partrick	81
9 Motivating and Meaningful Things Students Can Do	Toni Enloe	50
A Master Teacher Talks About Learning-Focused	Denise Burson	42
A Powerful Connection Between Assessment Prompts and Distributed Guided Practice and Summarizing	Cindy Riedl	42
Activating Strategies - What Are They	Brenda Hill	65
Activating Strategies Provide the "Hook 'n Link" to Engage and Improve Learning	Denise Burson	62
Activating Strategy - Anticipation Guide	Brenda Hill	77
Activating Strategy - Brainstorm and Categorize	Brenda Hill	70
Activating Strategy - What's Already in My Head?	Brenda Hill	73
Activating Strategy - Wordsplash	Brenda Hill	67
Activating Strategy: K-W-L	Brenda Hill	79
Adjusting Instruction	Carol Brewer	81
Administrative Planning for Effective Conferencing	Brenda Hill	Special 2009 Conference Issue
Advance Organizers Promote Learning	Bill Blynt	57
An Exclusive Questioning Technique	Carol Brewer	38
An Interview with a Learning-Focused Teacher	Laurian Phillips	22
Appreciate Professional Development?	Learning-Focused	66
Are You Most Fearful of What You Are Not?	Barbara McSwain	64
Assessment Prompts Assist Supervisors	Bill Blynt	43
Assessment Prompts Keep Lessons Focused	Bill Blynt	68
Assessment Prompts with the Reading Comprehension Strategies	Carol Brewer	63
Assessment Prompts(Making sure they are structured)	Carol Brewer	5
Better Math Instruction	Debbie Cargill	74
Beyond Direct Vocabulary Instruction	Cindy Riedl	Special 2009 Conference Issue
Brainstorming to Improve Thinking	Toni Enloe	68
Building Classroom Organization With Popsicle Sticks	Debbie Willingham	33
Can Standing Up Boost Thinking?	Denise Burson	32
Collaborative Planning Successes	Debbie Cargill	70
Connecting Classroom Structures	Jennifer Partrick	26
Creating a Print-Rich Environment	Learning-Focused	69
Developing Your Personal Educational Philosophy	Debbie Willingham	61
Distributed Summarizing's Impact on Progress	Peggy Corbett	3
Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?	Carolyn Boyles	37
Doing Mathematics	Laurian Phillips	32
Doing Mathematics	Laurian Phillips	32
Don't Skip the K-U-D Organizer	Denise Burson	53
Effective Praise as Feedback	Denise Burson	5
Elaboration in Vocabulary Instruction	Cindy Riedl	1
Extending Thinking Strategies	Bill Blynt	59
Extending Thinking, Graphic Organizers, and Writing	Brenda Hill	17
Finding Leadership Where You Least Expect It	Debbie Willingham	65
Four Easy Ways to Add the Personal Touch and Connect with the Disconnected Student	Debbie Willingham	15
Graphic Organizers at Their Best	Carol Brewer	66
Helping Our Students to Remember	Jennifer Partrick	2
Higher Level Questioning	Laurian Phillips	7
How Best Practices are Best Met in Middle and High School	Debbie Willingham	35
How Do Assessment Prompts Promote Learning?	Bill Blynt	37
How Do I Summarize a Multi-Day Lesson?	Jennifer Partrick	78
How Do I Teach Extending Thinking in the K-2 Mathematics Classroom?	Laurian Phillips	61
How Do You Teach Extending Thinking in the 3-5 Mathematics Classroom?	Laurian Phillips	63
How to Create Effective Instructional Materials for All Students	Cindy Riedl	8
How to Make Student Learning Maps More Effective Interactive Teaching and Learning Tools	Cindy Riedl	77
How to use Learning Styles in your Classroom to Differentiate Higher Level Thinking and Learning	Barbara McSwain	21
Icebreakers for the First Day of the New Semester	Debbie Willingham	72
Implementing Learning-Focused	Jim Riedl	19
Inclusion of Students with Significant Disabilities	Cindy Riedl	71
Inspiration for Extending Thinking Tasks	Carol Gardner	74
Is Collaborative Planning Worth It? You Decide.	Cindy Riedl	51
It is Time to Take Stock	Jennifer Partrick	75
It's Not About the Text - It's About the Learning!	Jim Riedl	20
Just Teach Them to Think	Carol Gardner	1
Know the ROPES!	Debbie Cargill	60
Learning-Focused and the Performance-Based Classroom	Carol Gardner	28
Learning-Focused in Action	Bill Blynt	21
Madeline Hunter Had the Right Idea	Debbie Willingham	80
Make the Most of Your Time	Bill Blynt	15
Making Choices for Effective Feedback	Laurian Phillips	69
Making Connections Beyond Text	Cindy Riedl	15
Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Units and the Learning-Focused Model	Toni Enloe	45
Making Connections: Kit-Based Science and the Learning-Focused Model	Toni Enloe	61
Making Connections: Science, Research, and Graphic Organizers	Brenda Hill	35
Making Thinking Visible	Jennifer Partrick	23
Math and Music: A Geometry Example	Denise Burson	46
Math and Writing Connections	Brenda Hill	28
Media Center Uses Graphic Organizers to teach Reading Comprehension!	Barbara McSwain	4
Memory Tricks	Debbie Willingham	44
Mileposts and Checkpoints	Denise Burson	20
Monthly Review = Achievement + Fun	Denise Burson	1
Motivating Students In The Science Classroom	Toni Enloe	18
Motivating Students through The R.A.P. Club	Debbie Willingham	19
Motivating The Unmotivated Student - Ideas For Classroom Teachers	Toni Enloe	31
Notes on Taking Notes	Debbie Willingham	13
One Size Does Not Fit All	Bill Blynt	36
Organizing and Retaining Math Information	Laurian Phillips	51
Positive Thinking	Barbara McSwain	32
Presenting the Learning-Focused Model to Parents	Dottie Fielder	Volume 2 (2007)
Problem Solving with PODs and POWs	Laurian Phillips	73
Productive Talk	Debbie Cargill	76
Providing Students Structure to Assist Summarizing	Bill Blynt	80
Question Out the Door	Carol Brewer	3
Reinforcing Effort	Denise Burson	24
Reinforcing Effort	Denise Burson	81
Restart the Attention Clock and Ensure Learning!	Denise Burson	8
School-Based Coaching and the Text Based Seminar	Toni Enloe	41
So Many Strategies, So Much to Teach	Peggy Corbett	30
Sometimes Even Instructional Coaches Need Coaching	Toni Enloe	54
Squirm to Learn	Debbie Willingham	5
Starting Early in Math Makes a Difference	Barbara McSwain	9
Structured Unit Review for State Standardized Tests and End-of Course Exams	Debbie Willingham	40
Student Learning Map Displays	Carol Brewer	56
Student Learning Map Questions- Essential Questions and Assessment Prompts	Bill Blynt	2
Students Want Teachers Who Care Enough to Have High Expectations	Denise Burson	69
Success For All!	Cindy Riedl	26
Summarizing in Silence: Using "Chalk Talk" as a Tool	Toni Enloe	14
Summarizing in the Elementary of Self-Contained Classroom	Debbie Willingham	55
Teaching Extending Thinking Explicitly	Barbara McSwain	76
Teaching's Little Instruction List	Laurian Phillips	56
Tell It! Don't Always Read It!	Jennifer Partrick	46
The Automatic Vocabulary Lesson Plan	Debbie Willingham	10
The Challenge of Student Engagement	Carolyn Boyles	2
The Flaw of Test Prep Workbooks	Cindy Riedl	62
The Importance of Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School Mathematics	Laurian Phillips	12
The Importance of Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School Mathematics - Extending Thinking	Laurian Phillips	31
The Missing Piece of the Jigsaw Puzzle	Carol Brewer	20
The Power of Choice	Bill Blynt	47
The Power of Graphic Organizers	Jennifer Partrick	13
The Power of the Acquisition Lesson Framework	Jennifer Partrick	30
The Problem with Problem Solving and English Language Learners	Laurian Phillips	75
The Relationship between Unit Essential Questions, Lesson Essential Questions and Assessment Prompts	Bill Blynt	53
The Scope and Influence of Learning-Focused	Jim Riedl	4
The Search for Real Rigor	Debbie Willingham	1
The Ten Commandments of Learning-Focused	Laurian Phillips	3
The Twelve Days of LEARNING-FOCUSED	Laurian Phillips	72
The Value of Reflection Meetings for Collaborative Planning	Debbie Cargill	46
This Takes Too Much Time!	Laurian Phillips	19
Thoughts on Homework!	Bill Blynt	77
Tips for the Learning-Focused Coach: Providing the Support Teachers Need	Debbie Cargill	6
Tips On Questioning Techniques That Challenge Minds	Cindy Riedl	18
Top 5!	Debbie Cargill	66
Transforming the Student Learning Map into Instructional Practice	Cindy Riedl	39
Translating Information into a Condensed Form: Simply Summarizing	Cindy Riedl	31
Unit Study: Getting the Most from Professional Development	Jim Riedl	Volume 2 (2007)
Using Assessment Prompts to Improve Teaching and Learning	Bill Blynt	50
Using Interactive Word Walls in Science	Toni Enloe	39
Using Learning-Focused Strategies in a World Languages Classroom	Debbie Willingham	29
Using Picture Books in the Middle and High School Classroom	Toni Enloe	25
Using the Strategies Wisely	Debbie Cargill	39
Using Yourself to Your Advantage	Debbie Willingham	47
Value-Added Professional Development	Peggy Corbett	54
Vocabulary Instruction: Which Words?	Cindy Riedl	Volume 1 (2007)
Walkthrough Advantage	Carol Brewer	34
What About Word Walls?	Cindy Riedl	6
What are Academic Standards?	Denise Burson	52
What Are Pattern Puzzles?	Denise Burson	76
What is an Alternative to Lectures?	Barbara McSwain	63
What is Learning-Focused?	Max Thompson	Volume 2 (2007)
What to expect at Learning-Focused Conferencing Days	Carol Brewer	44
What's the Buzz? Collaborative Pairs	Toni Enloe	57
Why Activate?	Debbie Cargill	55
Why AREN'T You Writing in Math Class?	Peggy Corbett	33
Why Is It Important To Create Quality Assignments?	Barbara McSwain	36
Why Teach Analogies?	Denise Burson	79
Why Use Collaborative Pairs?	Laurian Phillips	10
Writing Realistic Rubrics	Debbie Willingham	23
Writing to Learn and Assessment Prompts: What's the Connection?	Cindy Riedl	48
You Saw What in Class?!: Using Videotapes and Video Clips in the Classroom	Toni Enloe	78
Literacy	Author	Issue
"Be the Text"	Carol Brewer	49
"Writing to Learn"	Brenda Hill	21
Building Fluency	Jennifer Partrick	64
Creating Questions	Jennifer Partrick	52
Critical Literacy: Reading Vann's Sneakers, MTV, or Georgia O'Keefe	Peggy Corbett	7
Designing R-A-F-T Writing Assignments	Denise Burson	71
Does Your School/District Have a Comprehensive Approach to Literacy?	Barbara McSwain	58
Don't Forget Time for Self Selected Reading!	Carol Brewer	79
Don't Skip Phonemic Awareness	Jennifer Partrick	54
Easy List	Jennifer Partrick	9
Evaluating and Measuring Student Writing	Brenda Hill	14
Frequently Asked Questions and Responses about Vocabulary Instruction	Cindy Riedl	58
Have You Tried These Activities to Help Students Become More Fluent Readers?	Denise Burson	59
Helping Our Children Learn to Read	Jennifer Partrick	38
Making Writing Connections to Comprehension Strategies	Brenda Hill	30
Phonemic Awareness and Learning to Read	Jennifer Partrick	72
Preparation for Summative Writing Assessments	Brenda Hill	41
Read, Read, Read!	Carol Brewer	28
Readers Theater	Jennifer Partrick	67
Reading Comprehension Strategies Scheduled Reviews	Carol Brewer	48
Self-Selected Reading	Denise Burson	36
Suggestions for Reading Text	Carol Brewer	6
Summary Point Writing	Brenda Hill	6
Teaching Text Structures	Denise Burson	11
The Building Blocks of Reading	Jennifer Partrick	41
The Essence of Reading Comprehension Strategies	Jennifer Partrick	44
The Goal of Writing	Brenda Hill	8
The Impact of Accent on Language	Jennifer Partrick	73
The Non-Fiction Connection to Persuasion	Peggy Corbett	27
The Writer's Block	Brenda Hill	3
The Writing Continuum	Brenda Hill	40
This Isn't English, Why are We Writing?!	Peggy Corbett	23
Using a Modified Jigsaw for Reading	Jennifer Partrick	33
What Are Context Clues?	Jennifer Partrick	49
What Initiatives Enable Middle and High School Students to Become Better Readers?	Barbara McSwain	53
What is the Point of Flexible Groups?	Jennifer Partrick	43
Why Focus on Fluency?	Denise Burson	56
Wordless Books: A Teacher's Tool for Comprehension and Fluency	Carol Brewer	67
Working with Words	Denise Burson	37
Writing During the Lesson	Brenda Hill	25
Writing to a Prompt - Descriptive	Brenda Hill	55
Writing to a Prompt - Expository Writing	Brenda Hill	47
Writing to a Prompt - Narratives	Brenda Hill	43
Writing to a Prompt - Persuasive	Brenda Hill	50
Catching Kids Up	Author	Issue
Acceleration - Who's Doing It?	Toni Enloe	34
Acceleration/Previewing: Worth the Effort!	Debbie Cargill	9
Activating Background Knowledge in English Language Learners	Carolyn Boyles	18
Can You Teach Memory?	Carolyn Boyles	11
Grading Differentiated Assignments with Ease	Debbie Willingham	75
How Do I Move At-Risk Students Forward Quickly and Effectively?	Barbara McSwain	42
Mismatch Analysis	Carolyn Boyles	14
Modeling for Grade Level Success	Barbara McSwain	68
Note taking: How to Teach and Scaffold this Skill	Carolyn Boyles	8
Previewing Vocabulary: Who, When and How	Cindy Riedl	34
Previewing With A K.I.S.S. Approach	Cindy Riedl	22
Some Tips on Helping English Language Learners	Cindy Riedl	45
Transforming Learning In Your School	Cindy Riedl	11
Using Draw, Shade, Link and Paste to Scaffold Graphic Organizers	Carolyn Boyles	24
What Do We Really Know and Understand about Our Multicultural School Population?	Carolyn Boyles	64
What is Scaffolding, Exactly?	Denise Burson	16
What's the Signal?	Carol Brewer	22
Assessment	Author	Issue
"Save Room" for Test Taking Strategies	Carol Brewer	10
Assessment for Learning	Bill Blynt	9
Benchmark Assessments Connections	Carol Brewer	40
Data Decisions	Carol Brewer	71
Formative Assessment	Jennifer Partrick	17
How to Evaluate, Assess and Test Well!	Debbie Willingham	58
Test Taking Strategies - A Closer Look at Data	Carol Brewer	26
Test Taking Strategies: Start Them Early!	Carol Brewer	16
Test Taking Vocabulary	Carol Brewer	51
The Coolest Test Taking Strategy Yet!	Carol Brewer	12
The Power of Feedback	Jennifer Partrick	60