The Twelve Touchstones of Good Teaching: A Checklist for Staying Focused Every Day (Book)

     The book titled The Twelve Touchstones of Good Teaching: A Checklist for Staying Focused Every Day is an excellent resource for all teachers who desire to have a focused and academic driven classroom.  Below is a description of the book that is found on the ACSD website.
     "There's no way to boil everything teachers must do in the classroom down to simple, step-by-step directions.  But some days, there's so much going on in schools and classrooms, it's tough to focus on the bog things that absolutely, positively must get done.  Here's help.  Find out how a simple, practical checklist-distilled from thousands of research reports, books, and articles-can help you cut through the clutter of information and make more deliberate, thoughtful decisions in your everyday practice.  Bryan Goodwin and Elizabeth Ross Hubbell explain that-just like doctors and nurses use checklists to make medical decisions-educators can use the same tool to take the right actions and engage in more thoughtful behaviors.
     Discover why the complexity of teaching drives the need for checklists that

• Develop a teaching theory of action that helps you filter and assimilate the barrage of new ideas coming at you all the time. 
• Help you stay focused on what matters most: being demanding, supportive, and intentional.
• Support professionalism among colleagues, share best practices, and identify exemplars to follow."