Best Selling Books by Sharroky Hollie

Written to address all grade levels, this book provides teachers with strategies and suggestions to support their culturally and linguistically diverse students. With the influx of cultural diversity in schools, teachers can use the strategies in this resource to improve on the following five pedagogical areas: classroom management, use of text, academic vocabulary, and situational appropriateness.

This invaluable resource gives teachers specific strategies for instructing students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This professional resource is filled with practical tools that will help educators evaluate all components of their pedagogy in order to successfully teach in today''s culturally diverse classrooms. The tools provided can be adopted into daily instruction.

School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and improve classroom management, increase literacy, establish academic vocabulary, and contribute to a healthier school culture.

Enhance your positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to do what''s best for all students. With this equity-focused guide by Sharroky Hollie and Daniel Russell, Jr., you will discover a clear roadmap for aligning PBIS with cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR). Dive deep into why there is an urgent need for this alignment and then learn how to move forward to better serve your learners, especially those from historically underserved populations. Integrate culturally and linguistically responsive teaching with your PBIS strategies: Learn where PBIS falls short and why issues around discipline persist, especially with Black and Brown students. Gain clarity around culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) teaching strategies in the classroom. Understand the difference between authentic and inauthentic CLR alignment to PBIS. Acquire practical steps, suggestions, and recommendations for being culturally and linguistically responsive in the classroom as well as across schools and districts. Give students the language, activities, and procedures to be situationally appropriate for school situations affected by PBIS in the classroom. Contents: About the Authors Introduction: The Ubiquity of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Part 1: The Why of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Chapter 1: The Basics of a CLR-Managed Classroom Chapter 2: PBIS and Authentic Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Chapter 3: The Need for Authentic Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Part 2: The How of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Chapter 4: CLR PBIS Alignment, Assessment, and Activation Chapter 5: Situationally Appropriate Opportunities Within PBIS Chapter 6: The Language of Situational Appropriateness Within PBIS Final Thoughts: A Change in Mindset to Enhance PBIS Appendix: Helpful Abbreviations for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

Written by a collective of brilliant authors, this essential work provokes respectful dialogue about race that catalyzes school-changing action. The book masterfully weaves together an array of scenarios and discussions, and directly addresses challenging topics such as discomfort, violence, advocacy, bias, and responsibility. The authors call on their lived experiences and, most important, their work with tens of thousands of educators, leaders, and students to help all of us do better in our schools and communities. Learn how to talk about race in the classroom and advocate for racial equity in schools: Recognize the presence of systemic racism in schools and understand why racism is such an uncomfortable topic for many. Use scenarios and effective discussion questions to encourage challenging conversations. Learn how to advocate for underserved communities and those who suffer under racism. Resist racial stereotypes and promote equity in the classroom. Take appropriate action based on challenging conversations. Ultimately develop classrooms, schools, and districts into safe, anti-racist educational strongholds and promote positive learning experiences for marginalized students. Contents: Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Authors Introduction: How to Get the Most out of This Book Part 1: Getting Ready for Challenging Conversations Chapter 1: Why Is Talking About Race So Hard? Chapter 2: Why Is Discomfort Required? Chapter 3: Why Scenarios as an Educational Tool? Chapter 4: How Can We Create a Safe Space for Conversation? Chapter 5: How Will Faculty and Staff Set the Standard for Challenging Conversations? Part 2: Using Scenarios for Important Conversations Chapter 6: Talking About Bias--How Can I Be Biased When I''m Not a Racist? Chapter 7: Talking About History--How Does the Shadow of 1619 Affect Us Today? Chapter 8: How Can Something Be My Responsibility When It''s Not My Fault? Chapter 9: Talking About Advocacy--What Is My Duty to My Friends? Chapter 10: Talking About Law Enforcement--How Do Police Officers Help Us? How Do They Sometimes Hurt Us? Chapter 11: Talking About School--Where Are the Black People? Chapter 12: Talking About Violence--How Can We Talk About Terrible Things? Part 3: Moving From Discussion to Action Chapter 13: How Do We Engage Our Communities? Chapter 14: How Can We Advocate for Change? Chapter 15: Facing Disappointment and Loss--Why Isn''t Being Right Enough? Chapter 16: How Do We Create Equity Consciousness? Chapter 17: The Next Chapter--How Do We Shift From Opposing Bigotry to Practicing Anti-Racism? References and Resources Index

Reader''s companion gives students the opportunity to learn to interact with the text (underlining/circling, etc.). Longman Keystone is an eight-level flexible reading and language development program that accelerates students'' academic achievement through scaffolded, sustained instruction and language and language development strategies.

Transparencies Includes daily language practice (Do Now) exercises: an error-correction sentence for every day of instruction. In addition, all student models from the Student Edition are reproduced so the teacher can use them to highlight language and content with the class. Also includes all of the graphic organizers identified in the Student Edition.

Reader''s companion gives students the opportunity to learn to interact with the text (underlining/circling, etc.). Longman Keystone is an eight-level flexible reading and language development program that accelerates students'' academic achievement through scaffolded, sustained instruction and language and language development strategies.

Longman Keystone is a multi-level program designed for English learners and struggling readers whose academic achievement is two or more years below grade level. Through explicit, intensive, and focused instruction that accelerates students'' language acquisition, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and oral and written communication skills, students will quickly begin achieving academic success and be better prepared to transition to mainstream coursework across the curriculum. Longman Keystone blends rigorous, research-based reading and language skills instruction together with a balance of content-area readings and age-appropriate, high-interest literature. In addition, this series incorporates the focused and purposeful instructional principles of Understanding by Design, which allow students to demonstrate their understanding and mastery of skills through multiple formal and informal assessment opportunities. Through this process, students will be equipped with the key transferable academic skills necessary for lifelong success. For more information about Longman Keystone, including sample units and correlations, please visit http: //www.longmanschool.com

"Talking openly and honestly about racism is a challenging endeavor in today''s world. Such conversations are often riddled with defensive tones, misinformation, and general discomfort. Thankfully, Beyond Conversations About Race: A Guide for Discussions With Students, Teachers, and Communities, written by a collective of brilliant authors, including Douglas Reeves, Anthony Muhammad, Sharroky Hollie, Kenneth C. Williams, Washington Collado, Rosa Isiah, and Yvette Jackson, addresses the difficulties of challenging conversations about race. The book addresses a whole array of scenarios and discussion questions about race, such as important history regarding race, who should take responsibility for what, the creation of safe spaces for conversations, violence, advocacy, and law enforcement. The book aims not only to encourage challenging conversations but to spark action, with the goal of developing anti-racism. With all the events and tragedies surrounding racism, people need to understand how to talk about racism. Beyond Conversations About Race provides a comprehensive guide for how to have these conversations and how to transfer them into the action the world needs"--