Douglas Fisher Books

One of Andrew Wyeth's most important paintings, Wind from the Sea, a recent gift to the National Gallery of Art, is also the artist's first full realization of the window as a recurring subject in his art. Wyeth returned to windows over the next sixty years, producing more than 250 works that explore both the formal and conceptual richness of the subject. Spare, elegant and abstract, these paintings are free of the narrative element inevitably associated with Wyeth's better-known figural compositions. In 2014 the Gallery will present an exhibition of a select group of these deceptively 'realistic' works, window paintings that are in truth skilfully manipulated constructions engaged with the visual complexities posed by the transparency, beauty and formal structure of windows. In its exclusive focus on paintings without human subjects, this catalogue will offer a new approach to Wyeth's work, being the first time that his non-figural compositions have been published as a group. The authors explore Wyeth's fascination with windows - their formal structure and metaphorical complexity. In essays that address links with the poetry of Robert Frost and the paintings of Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler and Franz Kline, the authors consider Wyeth's statement that he was, in truth, an 'abstract' painter.

Renowned educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp saw it was high time classroom teachers had an encyclopedia’s worth of practical, research-based ideas organized into concise modules. You will love the lively tone, the contemporary research findings, and the abundance of activities that help children become skilled readers. This resource goes deep, it goes wide―and yet most brilliantly, it reveals the crucial connections that make for high-impact instruction.

Your Hands-On Guide to Thriving Your First Year of Teaching You’ve made the incredible decision to become an educator because you want to impact the learning lives of young people. Thank you, and welcome. We welcome you to this amazing profession with open arms, and with an arsenal of experience and essential tools, strategies, and lessons to help you establish a successful and satisfying teaching career. We wanted to make it easier for you to learn and practice these techniques that research shows increase student learning. To do so, we also considered cognitive psychology research that tells us that images and illustrations can help strengthen communication and our own understanding. This helped us develop the unique format for this part hands-on playbook, part professional book, and all highly illustrated, it is designed to make complicated concepts more digestible and memorable. This extensive guide for new teachers provides everything you need to impact learning from your first day on, Teaching is without a doubt one of the most challenging professions there is. But those who chose to accept that challenge are what make teaching the best profession in the world!

Transform negative behavior into a teachable moment at your school, utilizing restorative practices that are grounded in relationships and a commitment to the well-being of others.

Disrupting the cycle starts with you. It's human nature to carry implicit bias, which can lead to negative assumptions and labels of students. This book helps you take an active approach toward disrupting the negative effects of labels that interfere with student learning. Inside RemovingLabels, you'll find: · 40 practical, replicable teaching techniques based in research and best practice · Suggestions for actions on an individual, classroom, and schoolwide level · Student-facing printables available for download · Ready-to-go tools to use in planning and instruction

Let’s make the "next normal" a "better normal" If there ever was a time for our heroic school leadership to persevere, it’s now. Because now, well over one year since the pandemic stretched the resilience and reserves of our school systems, it’s time to "rebound." It’s time to leverage this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot teaching and learning as we know it so that we magnify the effective practices from the past while leveraging the so many recent lessons learned. This is where Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Dominique Smith, and John Hattie, coauthors of The Distance Learning Playbook series , are ideally equipped to serve as your collaborators. Inside Leading the 20+ Must-Dos to Restart Teaching and Learning you’ll find immediate actions, mindsets, and approaches to take if we’re to reimagine and improve our schools and school systems. What’s more Leading the Rebound is backed up with all kinds of resources--including VISIBLE LEARNING® research, sample planning tools, and other essential tips and strategies--to provide you with a start-to-finish roadmap for navigating this absolutely critical next leg in our journey toward a "better normal."

Better Learning Through Structured Teaching describes how teachers can help students develop stronger learning skills by ensuring that instruction moves from modeling and guided practice (situations where the teacher has most of the responsibility) to collaborative learning and, finally, to independent tasks.

Now more than ever, schools need to be places where openness and can-do are baked into every hallway hello and every meeting. This vision-setting starts at the top, and with a combination of strategic thinking and inspiring relationship-building. With Leader Credibility , learn how to attain or amplify the qualities that all school leaders keep in motion each day. Discover efficient, persuasive ways to communicate and mentor growth by

This book emphasizes transforming student learning by focusing on critical reasoning and problem-solving skills, rather than just comprehension. It offers innovative strategies to engage students with texts, encouraging them to analyze, evaluate, and apply information in meaningful ways. The approach aims to empower learners to think critically and creatively, preparing them for real-world challenges.