Learn to design exemplary Parallel Curriculum Units from the experts—classroom teachers!What is the best way to incorporate the four parallels into your Parallel Curriculum Unit? How do teachers using the Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM) craft units based on the PCM and why do they utilize certain elements and downplay others? What does a complete Parallel Curriculum Unit look like? This compilation of Parallel Curriculum Units provides a close-up look into...

Everything Every Beauty Geek Needs to Know About Skin CareWhen it comes to finding the perfect formula for dewy and healthy skin, knowledge is power. That's why skin care guru Deborah Burnes shares everything you need to know about essential ingredients in this book—so that you can give your skin exactly what it needs to glow.Whether you're making products for your own use or trying to figure out which brands work best for you, The Beauty Geek's Guide t...

**Success in the transitioning world of work-where all companies and all business conversations are dramatically changing-demands original thinking, fresh approaches, and storytelling muscle. Enter Authorize It!-an insightful new method that will have you thinking like a writer and winning.The good news is that you don't need to be a writer-you just need to think like one. Media executive and author Deborah Burns shares her five breakthro...

Curriculum compacting is one of the most well-researched and commonly used ways of differentiating instruction to challenge advanced learners. This practical and inexpensive method of differentiating both content and instruction enables classroom teachers to streamline the regular curriculum, ensure students' mastery of basic skills, and provide time for stimulating enrichment and acceleration activities. With information on the history and rationale of curriculum compacting as well as suc...

Many educators appreciate the value of interest-based learning, but struggle with the management and facilitation of individual and small-group projects in a limited space and time allocation. This easy-to-read guide:Features a step-by-step plan for managing Genius Hour, passion projects, Makerspaces, and more.Includes time-saving planning templates, checklists, and charts.Supports students' intrinsic motivation for learning, agency, voice, and problem-sol...

Enrich your understanding and application of the Parallel Curriculum Model!The Parallel Curriculum: A Design to Develop High Potential and Challenge High-Ability Learners remains a groundbreaking publication offering an innovative model for rich curriculum development across varying ability levels. Its four parallel approaches to curriculum development were designed to challenge all students to greater expertise across content areas while helping ...

"The Parallel Curriculum Model helps teachers not only strengthen their knowledge and pedagogy, but also rediscover a passion for their discipline based on their deeper, more connected understanding. Our students think critically and deeply at a level I have never before witnessed."—Tony Poole, PrincipalSky Vista Middle School, Aurora, CO"What makes this book unique is its insistence on the development of conceptual understanding of content and its focus ...

"Deborah has been making custom products for me for years ...[This guide is] an extraordinary resource for people who want to achieve the same results."—Kyra Sedgwick, Emmy award-winning actress and producerDeborah Burnes, founder of Sumbody Skin Care, brings her beauty-insider knowledge and eco-friendly, celebrity-loved products to Natural Beauty Skin Care.Whether you're a homemade beauty product pro or recently joining the natural skin care revol...

For the Record contains the channeled thoughts, impressions, and first-person accounts of experiences in life, death, and beyond in the artists own words. They each include some insights that can help us navigate the challenges of our own life journey.The comments presented may challenge your fundamental beliefs about God, death, heaven and hell, and how the universe really works. We urge you to approach this unique information with a mindset that is open to the possibility of what ...

“Devilishly sharp… a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.”—Kirkus ReviewsAn only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy—a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flair that made her the darling of men and women alike. Married to the son of a renowned Italian family with ties to the underworld, Doroth...

What of miracles and lucid dreamscapes? What of our kinship to the natural world, and why do they converge every now and then?This three-part collection of poetry exposes personal and spiritual growth throughout a lifetime, the telling of which is through a consuming passion for nature, its treasures and the human experience.– Part One: "A Glimpse"Mother Nature mirrors our collective soul, brutal and beautiful.– Part Two: " A Quest for True North"Unv...

Planes, trains, automobiles and ships… Whatever your mode of transportation, Tips For The Savvy Traveler can help you—the businessperson, family with children, senior, or solo vacationer—avoid the inconveniences and pitfalls of travel within the U.S., or around the world. From the essential items that can’t be left behind (passports, visas) to the last-minute details that ensure a well-planned trip, this audiobook covers many common, and not-so-common, travel situations. And when you’re at...