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This book provides education professionals with the most up-to-date and research-based information on teaching and assessing English Learning students.

Teasing and Harassment will help the reader learn how to counter and prevent low-level aggression in school and at home with the frames and scripts approach. This approach is based on social learning theory and provides easy-to-learn language for working with children and youth to unlearn the behavior that leads to teasing and harassment, change internal scripts during a situation that requires problem solving, and learn a positive problem-solving sequence. This resource covers many aspects of teasing and harassment, from the general to the very specific and the conceptual to the concrete. Although the book is divided into eight sequential chapters, it is not necessary to read the chapters in order. In some cases, it may be more helpful to read one of the later, more specific chapters so that the reader is prepared to handle a situation, and later go back to read the earlier chapters.

"At last, a fresh, new voice speaks out for organizational excellence in the free enterprise system. Who is this great leader who possesses the stature, the stamina, and the swagger to be called the consummate CEO? Step up, Bullwinkle J. Moose. And step up anyone seeking to reenergize a business or organization, big or small. In ten unforgettable episodes followed by easy to complete exercises, Bullwinkle reveals insightful, useful, and effective motivational secrets of a chief executive moose that can immediately be applied to real-life situations. Bullwinkle and his better angel, Rocket J. "Rocky" Squirrel, are Chief Executive and Chief People Officer, respectively, of the Frostbite Falls Mitten Company. But Bullwinkle soon begins to believe his own press clippings and forgets who makes the business run and who the business exists to serve. The antics of Bullwinkle's bungling and misguided management consultants, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, only serve to propel the maladroit moose deeper into his own entropy. But Mr. Peabody and his adroit pupil, Sherman, use the WayBac Machine to monitor lessons learned from leaders throughout history. The Beagle and his adopted boy draw concise correlations to how Rocky helps his antlered friend learn that only enthusiastic people can energize an enterprise. By teaching Bullwinkle to unleash the collective wisdom, experience, and talent of his team members, Rocky transforms a moose with marginal managerial potential into a magnificent motivator. You won't want to miss a single episode of Bullwinkle on Business."--Publisher's website

When engineers are faced with an impossible problem, they don’t quit. They look for solutions. These 15 women are coders and engineers who have faced impossible problems and found solutions. They are each doing amazing work in technical fields while facing unique challenges that are not equally faced by men. Some have faced work/life balance offsets and long-distance relationship challenges. Others have faced teen pregnancy, homelessness, and domestic abuse. Many may have not had the same technical encouragement growing up that their male colleagues had.  Science has typically been considered a man’s field of study. There are all sorts of reasons why this is the case, though none of them is valid in today’s society. Women can and should be anything they want to be. Problem solving with science and math is everyone’s field, and it’s time for the world to see powerful women succeeding in it.

Here is a much--needed manager's guide to improving efficiency, increasing accountability, and lessening conflict. Confrontation is used too often among business leaders as a last resort or a way to express frustration. But using confrontation constructively can actually improve leadership and organizational effectiveness.

Managing challenging coworkers is crucial for workplace harmony. This essential resource offers practical strategies for effectively dealing with difficult individuals, making it easier for managers to foster a more productive environment. By improving relationships with these coworkers, both personal and professional experiences can be enhanced, benefiting the entire team.

For more than two decades, Dr. John Hoover has written books on leadership, creativity, and organizational performance, extolling the virtues of flattened organizations, collaborative leadership, and shared responsibility. His clients welcomed him, praised him...yet (he felt) completely ignored his advice! This book contains the confession of a recovering "I-Boss" (Idiot Boss). After decades of writing and consulting, Dr. John finally realized that the vast majority of people he kept trying to "energize," "motivate," and "enlighten" were, well, idiots. Also he was an idiot for trying to change them. Instead, he has decided to enlighten you, who actually have to continue working for difficult and demanding bosses. You cannot change them. You cannot challenge them. Yet, you can survive them, even thrive under them, if you learn how to deal with them using this book. It offers hope for the spirit and strategy for the mind to help you deal with your work place situation.

The book offers a unique blend of humor and education through a 10-lesson business course, featuring iconic TV characters like Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocky the Flying Squirrel. As readers follow the amusing adventures of these beloved characters, they are introduced to essential business concepts in an engaging way, making learning both fun and memorable.

With practical guidance and checklists, this book provides educators with research-based strategies and examples that empower them to write effective IEPs for K-12 EL learners.

Suggests Ten Commandments to explore different dimensions of coaching through the organizational lens.