Leading, Mentoring, and Participating in the Internship Program
This book provides those involved with the preparation of school administrators with andoverview of the internship as a central ingredient of effective pre-service programmesA critical assumption made throughout the book is that the goal of such programmes is to ensure that those who step into assistant principalships, principalships, central office posts and other administrative roles should be assisted to engage in learning processes which will make them transformational leaders, not simply organizational survivors.
How to Stretch Resources and Do Even More With Less
This is the first comprehensive guide for making the most of all school resourses - and even thriving in times of dwindling funds. This no-nonsense handbook covers every aspect of fiscal fitness for today's schools; from cutting costs without cutting essential programmes and accomplishing as much as before or more with less staff, to running a low cost, no frills activity programme and finding and raising money for your school.
How to Stretch Resources and Do Even More With Less
This is the first comprehensive guide for making the most of all school resourses - and even thriving in times of dwindling funds. This no-nonsense handbook covers every aspect of fiscal fitness for today's schools; from cutting costs without cutting essential programmes and accomplishing as much as before or more with less staff, to running a low cost, no frills activity programme and finding and raising money for your school.
The book is intended to provide practical solutions to everyday problems that principals encounter. It is also a guideline for becoming a true leader and leading for school change. The authors organize the book around three principals of Cognitive Coaching: developing trust, learning, and holonomy. Each chapter will have a theme, research citations for further reading, and anecdotal stories about what worked in real schools. This is not a book of theory, but a book built on the lived experiences of school principals.
`Simple, easy, and systematic! In understandable language, the author provides a step-by-step daily model to ensure the development of positive behavioural traits within the classroom' - Bridgitte H Shropshire, Parent and School Registrar, Southeast High School, Macon, Georgia This book provides positive methods for developing a classroom environment conducive to academic learning and success. In her seventeen years teaching elementary and high school, the author has developed a positive behaviour program, which allows educators to provide a learning atmosphere of self-respect, perseverance, and self control. Each chapter discusses how teachers can model these behaviors daily, and encourage students to develop and practice these behaviours. This classroom management system is designed to help students learn elements of integrity, courtesy, loyalty, respect, perseverance, honour, and self-control.
`Simple, easy, and systematic! In understandable language, the author provides a step-by-step daily model to ensure the development of positive behavioural traits within the classroom' - Bridgitte H Shropshire, Parent and School Registrar, Southeast High School, Macon, Georgia This book provides positive methods for developing a classroom environment conducive to academic learning and success. In her seventeen years teaching elementary and high school, the author has developed a positive behaviour program, which allows educators to provide a learning atmosphere of self-respect, perseverance, and self control. Each chapter discusses how teachers can model these behaviors daily, and encourage students to develop and practice these behaviours. This classroom management system is designed to help students learn elements of integrity, courtesy, loyalty, respect, perseverance, honour, and self-control.
Based on an in-depth study of over 250 actively practicing teachers and certified school support professionals, this book identifies and explains the 15 most effective strategies an educator can use in order to diffuse hostile conversations with adults. The authors present a variety of stressful confrontations: from curbing the school gossip and dealing with public humiliation, to surviving a false sexual accusation and neutralizing encounters with out-of-control individuals under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
Based on an in-depth study of over 250 actively practicing teachers and certified school support professionals, this book identifies and explains the 15 most effective strategies an educator can use in order to diffuse hostile conversations with adults. The authors present a variety of stressful confrontations: from curbing the school gossip and dealing with public humiliation, to surviving a false sexual accusation and neutralizing encounters with out-of-control individuals under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
Teachers, parents, students, administrators and community members all generally agree that we need better grading and reporting systems. Here is the first serious look at the issue to provide all involved with a coherent and thoughtful framework. The goal to develop a deeper and more reflective understanding of the various aspects of the subject, and to bring some organization and clarity to this topic.
