{"title":"Stevi Quate","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"clock-watchers-book-cris-tovani-9780325021690","title":"Clock Watchers","description":"\u003cp\u003eListen to a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.heinemann.com\/podcastDetail.aspx?id=11\"\u003epodcast\u003c\/a\u003e with Stevi Quate, John McDermott, and two teachers who have used their framework to get all students engaged and motivated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Instead of cringing the next time your colleagues utter the words, \"These students don't care,\" hand them Clock Watchers. Describe your personal struggles and your experience with the book so they know that you know what they're going through. Then point out a few of your favorite ideas. As you walk away, you'll smile knowing you've made a difference.\"--Cris Tovani\u003cbr\u003e Author of I Read It, but I Don't Get It\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Stevi Quateand John McDermott, this was the missing piece of their teaching: \"How can I motivate my students and then create a context that will engage them?\" Clock Watchersis their powerful answer--a plan that gets kids to care about learning and truly engage with the curriculum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClock Watchersis not a book of tips and tricks. Instead it applies the research on motivation and engagement to support increased achievement and improved attitudes about school. Quate and McDermott's six-step framework:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ecatches students' interest across the content areas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eholds it through meaningful learning and valuable interactions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euses assessment to create further opportunities to connect kids with content\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esustains it all with ideas for projects, activities, and even classroom routines and rituals.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eClock Watchersworks with the most reluctant learners. Its end-of-text study guide makes the book ideal for PLCs and study groups, and it is a research-based resource for district-wide initiatives aimed at improving student motivation and engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf deeper learning, increased achievement, and reduced drop-out rates matter to you, then motivation and engagement are an urgent matter. 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We have to provide access to all learners.This has to happen now.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-Stevi Quate and John McDermott\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you don't care about disengagement and the dropout problem, this isn't the book for you. But if, like coauthors Stevi Quate and John McDermott, the disillusionment and disappearance of student after student tears you up, then find out what you can do with \u003cem\u003eThe Just-Right Challenge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenge is supposed to motivate learners to grow. But imagine if school was like playing a game without knowing the rules. The unwitting mistakes. The frustration. The building hatred. Or a game so boring and divorced from your real interests that you dreaded showing up for it. That's why The Just-Right Challenge is so important.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an era when the Common Core standards call for increased rigor, how do we challenge students-especially reluctant students-appropriately? Stevi and John present 9 strategies and the experiences of teachers across content areas to help you: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ecreate a can-do classroom, where expectations-and support-are high\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehelp students embrace challenge with work that is authentic and transformative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovide every student with access to challenges just beyond their skill level.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs teachers, we are powerless over many of the factors that lead kids to disengage or drop out. But there are things we can do. Not radical things-shifts in our practice that yield tremendous results. 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