From A to Z on Instructional Strategies

About the Book

From A to Z on Instructional Strategies is a book designed to provide teachers with a way to engage their students in their lessons through an effective and memorable method. Students are able to become self-starters, and eventually self-managers, by using this method that incorporates the use of alliteration, action verbs, and activities. Students are better able to understand the learning objectives, the teacher’s expectations, the daily activities, and the end product requirements as a result of utilizing From A to Z on Instructional Strategies. When asked what they did in class, students are able to respond intelligently and confidently, knowing without a doubt that they learned the As: to analyze, to answer, and to argue. In a “standards and performance driven” society, From A to Z on Instructional Strategies is a must-have for your library.

About the Author

Pamela S. Kessell was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Freeport on Long Island. At fifteen, her family moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where she graduated from Arkansas High School in 1988. In 1991, She received her Associates in Art Degree from Texarkana Community College with an emphasis in Journalism. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from East Texas State University in Texarkana in 1994. Kessell began work as a classroom teacher but would soon decide to pursue her Masters Degree. After receiving the Class of 1949 Penny Smith Outstanding Teacher Award from the Texarkana Arkansas School District, she pursued her Masters Degree in Educational Administration at Texas A & M University, completing it by the end of 2004. Within two years, she received her Superintendent's certification and became licensed as a Superintendent. After 21.5 years in education, Kessell retired to Fishersville, Virginia, where she now lives to be closer to other members of her family.