1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787665303321

Autore

Bailey Kim

Titolo

Collaborating for success with the common core [[electronic resource] ] : a toolkit for professional learning communities at work / / Kim Bailey, Chris Jakicic, Jeanne Spiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Solution Tree Press, 2014

ISBN

1-936764-73-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JakicicChris

SpillerJeanne

Disciplina

379.1/580973

Soggetti

Education - Standards - United States

Professional learning communities

Teaching teams

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgments ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""About the Authors ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1: Understanding the Common Core State Standards ""; ""Chapter 2: Supporting Change to Facilitate Shifts to the CCSS ""; ""Chapter 3: Powering the CCSS ""; ""Chapter 4: Unwrapping the CCSS ""; ""Scaling Learning Targets to Define Proficiency ""; ""Chapter 6: Determining Pacing and Unit Design ""; ""Chapter 7: Defining Rigor and Assessment Practices ""; ""Chapter 8: Using Rubrics to Provide Feedback ""; ""Chapter 9: Using Quality Instructional Practices ""

""Chapter 10: Responding When Students Need More Time and Support """"Chapter 11: Responding When Students Are Proficient ""; ""Final Thoughts ""; ""Appendix: Reproducibles ""; ""References and Resources ""; ""Index ""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786883603321

Autore

Kusek Jody Zall <1952->

Titolo

Fail safe management : five rules to avoid project failure / / Jody Zall Kusek, Marelize Gorgens Prestidge, and Billy C. Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington DC : , : The World Bank, , [2013]

ISBN

0-8213-9897-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 75 pages 24 cm)

Altri autori (Persone)

PrestidgeMarelize Görgens

HamiltonBilly C

Disciplina

658.4/04

Soggetti

Project management

Business failures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The decision to look at failures for answers is a bold one. Policy makers, planners and implementers have a tendency to look through prisms of success in framing working policies, programs and results when justifying them. Despite this, we still tend to address failures indirectly by looking at risk, critical success factors, unintended outcomes or consequences, and negative impacts to name a few. As the authors say, 'while success is desirable and we plan for it, failures are inevitable and we seldom plan to mitigate them.' The authors have clearly emphasized the need to look at failures in a