NSRF Tools and Resources Adult learning in the Service
of Student Achievement
Critical Friends Groups in Action DVD
This two-tape video package offers an inside look at how groups of educators from two very different schools - in Pasadena, California, and Amherst, New Hampshire - have developed habits and practices to support collaborative work. These Critical Friends Groups are looking at and reflecting upon their own and their colleagues' professional practice. Included are written reflections by CFG coach Jon Appleby.
$ 45.00
National School Reform Faculty Resource Book: Adult Learning in the Service of Student Achievement
This book contains a selection of protocols and exercises from the library of the National School Reform Faculty.
$ 20.00
Professional Community and the Problems of Change DVD
In an address to a meeting of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform’s National School Reform Faculty Robert Evans asks and addresses the questions: Why is change so hard? Why is change around professional community especially hard? How can leadership support change? And how does emphasis on accountability affect schools? Evans concludes with some practical and very humane advice for teachers and administrators committed to the work of improving their schools.
$ 45.00
Looking at Student Work: A Window into the Classroom – VHS/DVD Combo
This important and practical resource explores a variety of ways in which looking at student work can help improve teaching and learning. The video features student, teachers, and administrators at Norview High School in Norfolk, Virginia – a member of the ATLAS Communities school redesign project – who discuss their experiences in looking at student work.
$50.00
NSRF Materials CD
This CD provides educators and administrative staff direct access to all NSRF protocols in PDF format.
$10.00
Courageous Conversations about Race: A field guide for achieving equity in schools.
By Glenn E. Singleton and Curtin Linton
This book is a discussion of equity and social justice in the classroom. It provides teachers and administrators with the tools and information needed to restructure their schools in ways which improve student performance and fulfill the promise that every child has a right to learn regardless of race, culture or class.
$ 30.00
“The Sarah Video”
The "Sarah Video" is a classroom observation video from the Smithsonian's Case Studies in Science Education video series. It is frequently used in CFGs and New Coaches' sessions for introducing the idea of classroom observation and conversation, and until now has been hard to find as the series is out of print