The expression "K-12" is a shortening of Kindergarten through 12th grade.

K-12 Main

Assertive Discipline for Secondary School Educators  VIDEO SET
In this staff development resource video set, teachers learn how to help students choose responsible behavior and, as a result, raise self-esteem and increase academic success. Teachers will find ideas for developing a classroom discipline plan, strategies to integrate behavior management skills, and methods to manage difficult situations. It offers staff training in classroom behavior management skills that may be led by an administrator or lead teacher in staff development. The workbooks will help participants develop a practical understanding of how workshop material can be applied in their classroom. You can present this program in a number of ways depending upon available inservice time. For example, it can be presented in four 1.5 hour meetings, or in two 3-hour workshops.

Assertive Discipline Elementary Set   VIDEO
This staff development resource video set enables teachers to take a preventive approach to classroom behavior management. It offers staff training in classroom behavior management skills that may be led by an administrator or lead teacher in staff development. The workbooks for teachers in elementary and secondary grades contain a collection of reproducibles, activities, and worksheets to help teachers learn behavior management skills. You can present this program in a number of ways depending upon available inservice time. For example, it can be presented in three meetings, viewing two videos each time, or in six meetings, viewing Programs 1-6 in succession.

Assessment for Student Motivation Video Set   VIDEO
This video from ATI helps educators understand why and how behavior management (manipulation of rewards and punishments) defined the relationship between assessment and student motivation in schools for decades. Viewers will understand why it is important to learn how to use student-involved classroom assessment for learning to keep students understanding the achievement targets and believing that success is within reach so that they will keep trying.

Assessing Reasoning in the Classroom Set   VIDEO
Building on Creating Sound Classroom Assessments, this video offers valuable insights into what it means for students to be proficient reasoners and effective problem solvers. Using clear illustrations and focused instruction, Rick Stiggins shows you a variety of practical, effective activities that demonstrate patterns of reasoning that are definable, teachable, learnable, and assessable. This video and its integrated activities will teach you how to define and assess reasoning patterns in the classroom.

Assessment for Student Motivation Set   VIDEO
This video from ATI helps educators understand why and how behavior management (manipulation of rewards and punishments) defined the relationship between assessment and student motivation in schools for decades. Viewers will understand why it is important to learn how to use student-involved classroom assessment for learning to keep students understanding the achievement targets and believing that success is within reach so that they will keep trying.

Commonsense Paper & Pencil Assessment Set   VIDEO or DVD
While current trends have led us away from traditional methods of assessment, this presentation argues that the multiple choice test still has a role to play in American education. Learn how to design and develop good tests more quickly than you ever thought possible. Learn how to turn the test development process into a powerful teaching tactic through student involvement.

Correlates Of Effective Schools: 1st & 2nd Generations  VIDEO
This set thoroughly explains each of the seven Correlates of Effective Schools:
Safe and Orderly Environment - Climate of High Expectations for Success - Opportunity to Learn and Student Time on Task - Home-School Relations - Instructional Leadership - Clear and Focused Mission - Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress - The first generation sets the standard; the second generation provides a view of where we need to go next to achieve “learning for all.”

Creating The Total Quality Effective School Set  VIDEO
This educational integrates the principles of the effective schools process with the principles of total quality and continuous improvement. Both frameworks are based on solid research and proven practices. Together, these powerful approaches have helped countless schools and districts meet the challenges associated with the mission of Learning for All. Many educators have told us that this program is the best explanation ever presented on the integration of the total quality concepts and school reform.

Evaluating Assessment Quality: Hands-On Practice Set  VIDEO or DVD
This video from ATI gives viewers an overview of the ATI standards of classroom assessment quality. The video provides hands-on practice in the application of the checklists and rubrics so teachers can learn to evaluate their assessments.
36-minute VHS video with User’s Guide

How To Develop a Professional Learning Community: Passion and Persistence  VIDEO
This motivational video is both inspirational and instructional; it combines the key components of Professional Learning Communities with powerful music, quotes, and lighthearted humor to produce an excellent introduction to or reinforcement of the framework. The author has used this video with great success in his presentations to administrators, teachers, and staff members.

Leading Indicators Of Effective Schools  VIDEO
This video outlines a comprehensive system based on the Correlates of Effective Schools, describing what data gathering is necessary, what principals and teachers should be looking for, and how data provide the basis for continuous improvement.

Leading The Learning For All Mission   VIDEO
In this video, Larry Lezotte talks about the 21st Century school district and the key to its survival- the ability and willingness to support service on a continuous and immediate basis. He maps out a vision for the school district of the future, focusing on the district context necessary to support and sustain reformed and restructured schools.

Learning For All: What Will It Take?   VIDEO
This video contains all of the visionary and practical points of the Learning for All book and is perfect for an in-service. Both visionary and practical, Larry Lezotte urges educators to craft a new learning system by reallocating existing resources. Practical ways to create a viable school-community partnership are discussed in detail.

Let's Talk About PLC: Getting Started  VIDEO
This lively series uses a question-and-answer format to guide viewers through some of the most common questions associated with the creation, implementation, and support of Professional Learning Communities. In addition to presenting valuable information gleaned from the authors’ years of experience building PLCs

Managing The Disruptive Classroom   VIDEO
Learn a proven set of strategies for managing classrooms and dealing with disruptive behavior. Four workshops are featured on the film, including introducing the fundamental principles and strategies of reality therapy and applying them in the classroom.

Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement  VIDEO
Create an environment in your school that unites educators in working together to impact students in their quest to attain excellence. Acquire the strategies, principles, and framework of a Professional Learning Community by experiencing the extraordinary results in some of the best schools in North America. Featuring Michael Fullan, Dennis Sparks, Richard DuFour, and Robert Eaker, the program is designed to involve your staff in reflective activities, group discussions, and observations of educators at work in real school settings. Three VHS videos and staff development guide; grades K-12

Report Card Grading: Strategies and Solution Set   VIDEO
The opening case study goes right to the heart of our report card grading dilemma: How can grades serve both as our primary means of communicating about student achievement and our primary source of motivation for students? The conclusion is, they can’t. Rick Stiggins takes you through an in-depth look at student grading factors, from achievement and intelligence to effort, attitude, and rule compliance. Gain the knowledge you need to become proficient and accurate in your grading standards.

Respecting Diversity In The Classroom   VIDEO
This 10-segment program uses actual classroom situations to cover topics such as street language, family backgrounds, and sensitivity to the needs of others.

Set Straight On Bullies: Video And Guide   VIDEO
This video was created to help parents, educators, law enforcement officials, other concerned citizens, and students understand exactly what bullying is and how it can be prevented. The 18-minute video explores all sides of the bullying problem, as well as the community and educational system this problem undermines.

Student Involved Conferences  VIDEO or DVD
Student-led conferences are the biggest breakthrough in communicating about student achievement in the past decade. Join national assessment trainers, consultants, and authors Rick Stiggins and Anne Davies as they examine the most effective ways to prepare for and involve students in conferences with parents. Learn how to ensure that the conference and follow-up are productive. The compelling testimonials on this video offer clear evidence of the power of student-led conferences to involve students in their own learning.

Student Involved Performance Assessment Set  VIDEO or DVD
If you are looking for an assessment strategy to improve student learning, performance assessment can be a powerful choice. When done well, performance assessment serves as both an assessment tool and an instructional tool. Judy Arter and Jan Chappuis will help you examine the two essential parts of a performance assessment-tasks and criteria-and take you through keys to quality. You’ll develop performance criteria and see powerful examples. This video comes packaged with a copy of Scoring Rubrics in the Classroom: Using Performance Criteria for Assessing and Improving Student Achievement, by Judy Arter and Jay McTighe.

Succeeding with Difficult Students Video Set   VIDEO
This staff development resource video set enables teachers to learn how to help the students in their classrooms who constantly disrupt, are unmotivated, demand attention, openly confront their authority, do not complete assigned work, and are at risk of failing. In this program teachers will find strategies to build positive relationships and improve communication, techniques to defuse confrontations, and ideas for creating an individualized behavior plan. The program contains 13 individual sections on 4 videocassettes. Teachers can present the program in five meetings, showing Videos 2 and 3 at the same meeting, or in 13 meetings, showing each section on a separate occasion.

Through New Eyes: Examining the Culture of Your School   VIDEO
This 4-hour training program for use with elementary, middle, and high school staff, helps educators see the differences between a traditional school and a Professional Learning Communities school through the eyes of Johnny, a high school freshman. The resource contains a facilitator’s guide and a discussion video. The facilitator’s guide includes an introduction to the program, step-by-step instructions for leading the workshop, guiding questions, small-group and full-group activities, and pages that can be made into transparencies or duplicated as handouts for use during the workshop. In his video introduction, the author explains the structure and culture of PLCs. He discusses how educators can change the cultures of their schools, which is then demonstrated in Parts I and II of the video.

Teaching Students to Get Along Video Set   VIDEO
The Teaching Students to Get Along staff development video series offers professional training in how to reduce conflict and increase cooperation among students. Teachers learn how to strengthen cooperation, collaboration, and respect among students.