<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN id=content_prodDesc sizcache="1" sizset="29"><STRONG sizcache="1" sizset="29">Book study groups and professional learning communities, click to save 15% when you order 15 copies of <EM>Clock Watchers</EM>. A $315 value for $267.75.</STRONG> </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Listen to a with Stevi Quate, John McDermott, and two teachers who have used their framework to get all students engaged and motivated.</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Instead of cringing the next time your colleagues utter the words, "These students don't care," hand them </SPAN></I><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Clock Watchers</SPAN></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Describe your personal struggles and your experience with the book so they know that you know what they're going through. Then point out a few of your favorite ideas. As you walk away, you'll smile knowing you've made a difference."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Cris Tovani<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Author of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I Read It, but I Don't Get It</I><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Stevi Quate</B> and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">John McDermott</B>, this was the missing piece of their teaching: "<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">How can I motivate my students and then create a context that will engage them?</I>" <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Clock Watchers</I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>is their powerful answer-a plan that gets kids to care about learning and truly engage with the curriculum.<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Clock Watchers</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is not a book of tips and tricks. Instead it applies the research on motivation and engagement to support increased achievement and improved attitudes about school. Quate and McDermott's six-step framework:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">catches students' interest across the content areas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMIL