Helpful Resources

Over the course of my past 18-months of leadership, I have collected variousresources in various area.

I compiled them here (with links to the articles) as it may be of interest or of help to you.

For more resources, visit my school's website at www.hs-gc.org and visit the individual tabs under the "Staff" section.

ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP

Here is a collection of articles that have stuck out to me the most from my education at Bankstreet Graduate School of Education:

Compton, C. (2010). What Teachers Want. Journal of Staff Development, 31(4), 52-55.

Johnson, R. (2009). Strategic Conversations. Principal Leadership, 44-49.

Knight, J. (2009). What Can We Do About Teacher Resistance? The Leading Edge, 508-513.

Mattoon, M. (2003). How to Give Feedback Effectively. NSRF Connections, 1-3.

Professional Development Strategies that Improve Instruction. (2004). Professional Learning Communities, 1-13.

BLACK FEMALES IN STEM

As my passion is breaking barriers for black females in stem, here is a list of readings that I have found most interesting pertaining to this topic:

Bayer Facts of Science Education XIV--Female and Minority Chemists and Chemical Engineers Speak about Diversity and Underrepresentation in STEM (Rep.). (2010, March).

Bertram, V. (2014). One nation under-taught solving America's science, technology, engineering, and math crisis. New York: Beaufort Books.

Kuchment, A. (2013, April 16). To Attract More Girls to STEM, Bring More Storytelling to Science. Scientific American. Retrieved from April 27, 2015, from http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/2013/04/16/to-attract-more-girls-to-stem-bring-storytelling-to-science/

O'Brien, L. T., Blodorn, A., Adams, G., Garcia, D. M., & Hammer, E. (2014). Ethnic Variation in Gender-STEM Stereotypes and STEM Participation: An Intersectional Approach. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. doi: 10.1037/a0037944

Williams, J. (2015, March 24). The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM. Retrieved April 15, 2015, from https://hbr.org/2015/03/the-5-biases-pushing-women-out-of-stem

ARTICLES GROUNDING MY SCHOOL'S PLCs

My school's monthly Professional Learning Communities are often grounded in an article that leads to fruitful dialogue. Here is a list of some articles we have discussed this year:

Alber, R. (2014, January 14). How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas? Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-curriculum-importance

Costa, A. (2011, September 16). Teaching For Intelligence. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.context.org/iclib/ic18/costa/

Green, E. (2014, July 26). Why Do Americans Stink at Math? Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/magazine/why-do-americans-stink-at-math.html?_r=0

Johnson, B. (2012, June 26). Three Steps for Improving Teacher Questions. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/improving-teacher-questions-ben-johnson

Strauss, V. (2014, October 24). Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/10/24/teacher-spends-two-days-as-a-student-and-is-shocked-at-what-she-learned/

RESEARCH FROM SCIENCE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS

Our departmental lesson studies are grounded in research-based strategies pertaining to our area of focus: creating and interpreting graphs. Here are a few articles we have analyzed in depth:

Graphs: Student Misconceptions and Strategies for Teaching. (n.d.). PCK Tools, 1-12.

Larson, M., & Whitin, D. (2010). Young Children Use Graphs to Build Mathematical Reasoning. Dimensions of Early Childhood, 38(3), 15-22.

Monteiro, C., & Ainley, J. (2007). Investigating the Interpretation of Media Graphs among student teachers. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2(3), 187-207.

Phillips, B. (2012, October 18). Using Wonderopolis to Help Teach Graphing | Wonderopolis. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://wonderopolis.org/wonder-year-2012/using-wonderopolis-to-help-teach-graphing/

Wenner, J. (n.d.). Basic Graphing Skills. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/methods/quantlit/basicgraph.html