Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 1: Quality Classroom Leaders and Setting the Stage for a Successful School Year.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 2: What Are You Going to Teach Them?.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 3: High Expectations and Differentiation—The Closest Thing to a Silver Bullet.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 4: Assessing School and Classroom Climate.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 5: Student Mobility and Attendance.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 6: Time on Task and the Importance of Student Engagement.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 7: Understanding the Multiple Intelligences.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 8: Accessing Background Knowledge.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 9: Vocabulary: All Teachers Need to Teach It and Teach It Well.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 10: Did They Learn It? What Evidence Do You Have?.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 11: Struggling Students: What is RTI, and What Does It Have to do with my Teaching?.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 12: The Role of “Coaching” in Education and Why Teachers Need to be Open to It.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 13: Essentials in Writing—Another Thing Every Teacher Needs to Know How to Do.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 14: Professional Development for Teaching and Learning.

Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 15: How to Present Information to Your Peers.

Cover, Title,A practical guide to teaching and learning--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgments--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Introduction--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix A: Important Vocabulary Teachers Need to Know--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix B: Templates--References, Appendix, Index,Bibliography--References, Appendix, Index,About the Authors.

A Practical Guide to Teaching and Learning contains a compilation of fifteen main ideas or concepts that will help teachers to become better at what they do to help learners reach their potential. Each concept is a common sense approach that is backed by research and provides an understanding of what a teacher should know and be able to do as an effective professional in their classroom. Ultimately, it is the teacher behaviors that have an impact on the student behaviors, and each chapter provides sound suggestions and tips to set the teaching and learning relationship up for success. At the end of the chapters, there are Reflection Scenarios to assist the reader in thinking through possible issues and assist the reader in applying the concept to situations in their own practice. There are also guiding questions to stimulate personal reflection and may be helpful if using the book for a book study for professional learning community dialog and discussion.