Starting Small

Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Changes K–16

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Starting Small

Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Changes K–16

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Many teachers leverage their assets to adopt changes using small but meaningful changes that go beyond “box-checking” and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers’ small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes.

Table of Contents

Starting Small: Celebrating First Steps When Adopting Curricular Change K-16

Foreword
By: Lauren Madden

Chapter 1 Little Kids Making Big Decisions
By: Tiffany Robles

Chapter 2 Small Changes, Meaningful Impact: Number Talks in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom
By: Heather West Jerez*, Temple A. Walkowiak*, Briana Pelton, Kristin Hord, & Jennifer Tymkin
* The first two authors are co-lead authors.

Chapter 3 Wonder Walks as Nature Based Teaching Practice
By: Steph N. Dean

Chapter 4 A small step towards a meaningful school: collaboration in experimentality for curriculum integration
By: Ivan Salinas, Natalia Albornoz, & Magnolia Guerrero

Chapter 5 Taking Small Steps Towards Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
By: Zora M. Wolfe

Chapter 6 Creating a Discourse Driven Classroom
By: Jillian Plum

Chapter 7 Stepping Stones on Mount Project-Based Learning (PBL)
By: Maggie Demarse and Anne-Lise Halvorsen

Chapter 8 Stories That Need To Be Told
By: Clancy Bishop, Tiffany Coleman, Nikki Collins, & Melissa Ewing

Chapter 9 The Naughty List—Time for a Change
By: Carolyn Davidson Abel & Tingting Xu

Chapter 10 Nurturing The Writer Within
By: Melissa Ewing, Courtney Kozelski, & Elizabeth Crocker

Chapter 11 Empowering middle school english: Small steps in a journey of literacy transformation
By: Mona B. Zignego

Chapter 12 Beyond Checking Boxes: Enacting Equitable Practices in English Language Arts
By: Katie F. Whitley, Erin Riley-Lepo, & Ashley Pollitt

Chapter 13 Conferencing in the High School STEM Classroom
By: Lauren Bsales & Tanner Huffman

Chapter 14 Creating Multiple Pathways for Outcomes & Unit Themes through Standards
By: Samantha Shane

Chapter 15 Small Steps Towards Amplifying More Voices in Your Social Studies Classroom: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
By: Ashley Wright

Chapter 16 Think Big, Start Small: A Story with Strategies for Curriculum Change
By: Emily S. Meixner & Rachel Scupp-Jorge

Chapter 17: A Simulation Activity: Supporting Pre-service Teachers through the
Response-to-Intervention Process
By: Molly D. Keough

Chapter 18: A “Small but Meaningful” Framework for Improving Post-Secondary Courses
By: Amy L. Clay

Chapter 19: Exploring Cosmopolitan & Critical Perspectives in a Writing Course
By: Grace Y. Kang

Chapter 20: Flip, Switch, Reverse: A New Faculty Member Tackling a New Course and Content Area
By: Abby C. Emerson

Chapter 21: Incorporating Lesson Study: An Improvement Process for Elementary Social Studies Teacher Candidates
By: Alexander S. Butler

Chapter 22: Collaborate with librarians: How adding new and relevant materials matters
By: Ewa Dziedzic-Elliott

Chapter 23 Jagged Learning Profiles for Culturally Responsive Classrooms
By: Serena Morales

Chapter 24 Creating a Classroom Community That Values Disabled School Citizens
By: Steve Singer

Product details

Published May 06 2025
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781538191675
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 27 BW Illustrations, 23 BW Photos, 23 Tables, 1 Textbox
Dimensions 254 x 178 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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