Blueprint for Student Success

Susan Jones is a life-long educator, whose interest in best practice and research in teaching and learning led to a passion for effective communication. Actively facilitating and training education professionals, she also devotes much energy to keynote speaking, training trainers of adult audiences in presentation skills, and facilitating institutional change. She has presented to more than 20,000 people in the past decade alone. A leading expert on research-based classroom instruction and student achievement, she has helped educators translate research into practical strategies for teaching and learning. Her no-nonsense approach to instruction and leadership separates critical new research from speculation and skillfully presents the elements that positively impact achievement. She has served as past president of Florida ASCD, a member of the Board of Directors of ASCD, a trainer for the Bureau of Education and Research and has taught adjunct through four universities. Susan's experience includes more than two decades of K-12 classroom teaching experience, as well as service as Director of Program Development for Illinois Regional Offices of Education. In addition to Blueprint for Student Success and Backstage Pass, Susan is a contributing author to two brain-research based books. She has authored numerous articles and columns dealing with strategies to improve achievement.

Preface About the Author 1. Laying Groundwork for Learning: Meaning and Memory 2. Fertile Fields for Learning: Supple as Cotton, Rigid as Steel 3. Get 'Em on the Line, Then You Can "Reel 'Em In" 4. Add It Up: The Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts 5. Paint Me a Picture, Show Me the Way: Reconciling the New with the Known 6. Get Real!: Transferring Learning to Real Life 7. Who Said It Couldn't Be Done?: Blueprints for Student Success 8. I've Got It!: Now How Do I Keep It? 9. Hey, How Am I Doing?: Feedback in the Learning Process References and Additional Resources Index