School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together
Essential strategies for school trustees and superintendents. Addressing the urgent challenges of school leadership in our divided, post-pandemic landscape, The Governance Core 2.0 is an essential guide for school trustees and superintendents dedicated to making a meaningful difference in their districts. Davis Campbell, Michael Fullan, and ......
A Resource for Educators and Others Seeking Grants and Funding
Administrators and central office personnel are not the only educators writing grants. Classroom teachers are finding that grants can provide an excellent source of funding for special classroom projects, school-wide programmes, and even personal growth opportunities. This book is designed to assist educators and others interested in grant writing in using the Internet as a resource to help locate funding sources and other sites that may prove useful when seeking funding. After reading Chapter II's preliminary information on search engines, prospective grant writers can learn about U.S. as well as state Departments of Education, foundations and educational organizations and associations, and more. The author also covers mailing lists, discussion groups, and the most efficient ways to use e-mail addresses.
A secret weapon for engaging adolescents Could you use a superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving? While seeking the answer, secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered a powerful pedagogy that teaches those skills and more. The amazingly successful results prompted her to write this practical guide that shows middle and high school teachers how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms in order to: Teach 21st century skills, including interpretation of content and form Promote authentic literacy learning Grow learners' competency in writing and visual comprehension Motivate students to create in multiple formats, including images Engage struggling as well as proficient students in reading This comprehensive resource includes teaching and learning models, text-specific detailed lesson units, and examples of student work. If you are looking for an effective, contemporary way to jump-start learning and inspire students to love reading, The Graphic Novel Classroom is the superpower you need!
Researchers and practitioners are, for the most part, in agreement that the greatest instructional gaps exist between white, female teachers and their black, male students. Achievement data consistently reveal that black boys are underperforming in the nation's schools. The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys requires the reader to work through activities that may challenge them, ask them to honestly reflect on who they are and where they come from. By engaging in personal and professional introspective work, this guide takes the reader through works by experts, stories by educators and students, and videos that will help personalize the educational lives of black boys and their white teachers.
In a highly readable, conversational tone, and using numerous real-life examples, Brubaker and Coble explain what it means to be a visionary, inspiring, and truly effective leader - guiding the reader through a process of self-assessment and professional development. Brubaker and Coble help the reader to take responsibility for his or her own personal/professional development through "reflection, activities, and exercises." In particular, the book is a response to those participants in the authors' leadership seminars who want practical ideas for improving their leadership. Brubaker and Coble have take each concept and make it come alive for the practising leader as a perpetual learner. They provide a range of instructional and learning materials which can be used as a personal guide to the reader, and as tools for training.
In a highly readable, conversational tone, and using numerous real-life examples, Brubaker and Coble explain what it means to be a visionary, inspiring, and truly effective leader - guiding the reader through a process of self-assessment and professional development. Brubaker and Coble help the reader to take responsibility for his or her own personal/professional development through "reflection, activities, and exercises." In particular, the book is a response to those participants in the authors' leadership seminars who want practical ideas for improving their leadership. Brubaker and Coble have take each concept and make it come alive for the practising leader as a perpetual learner. They provide a range of instructional and learning materials which can be used as a personal guide to the reader, and as tools for training.
'The High Achiever's Guide to Happiness is a very practical book that provides both a strategic framework to understand why high achievers do what they do as well as plenty of real life examples on how to achieve the right work//life balance in your own life. I found this to be a refreshing reminder of what's really important in my own life as well as what I need to do to keep it all in perspective. Highly recommended reading.' -Kip Knight, Vice President, Marketing eBay, Inc. '...a great reference to get people thinking about themselves and their professional happiness. A school leader could use this information with teachers, students, parent groups, and community groups.' -Gwen Gross, Superintendent Manhattan Beach Unified School District, CA 'This book makes a contribution to the entire world. From educators to professionals in any work organizations, all would benefit from putting the practices in this book into their lives.' -Kim Boelkes, Principal Eastview Elementary School, Canton, IL 'The authors got me thinking about my own life purpose, for whom I am living, and my vision. I found the strategies useful and positive!' -Gail Houghton, Chair//Associate Professor Department of Educational Leadership School of Education & Behavorial Studies Azusa Pacific University Do you feel that happiness and fulfillment are still missing even after reaching the high goals you set for yourself? You're not alone. According to research by well-known educator and life coach to Fortune 500 leaders, Vance Caesar, only 8 percent of high achievers feel happy and fulfilled. This simple, straightforward, easy-to-reference guide explores the profile of a high achiever and provides tools throughout for improving one's own leadership style and incorporating more happiness along the way. The authors provide leaders and aspiring leaders with seven keys to gain fulfillment in all areas of life, including one's career: Discovering and articulating your life Purpose Possessing a Vision to set your direction Attitudes and beliefs for finding Meaningful Work Developing Energizing Relationships Creating Peace in your life Reviewing, Renewing, and Recommitting to your purpose Forming the habits of Discipline Filled with personal anecdotes, thought-provoking examples and questions, reflection exercises, and easy-to-implement models, this inspirational resource is a must for those interested in more deeply connecting personal values, vision, and satisfaction to life and work and modeling that connection for others. This is a book you will return to again and again as your personal life coach!
This book will be a valuable organizational tool for both new and experienced principals. Optimum planning means more than assessing the past, the truly effective principal must be a visionary and in July his/her focus should be directed toward developing strategic future plans. Beginning with July, the Principal's Calender provides a month-to-month checklist of tasks that if properly addressed, will make the school year run smoothly from opening to end.
How to Lead Change With Clarity, Conviction, and Courage
When we ask schools to change, we are asking human beings to change and this requires special tools and a human-centered approach. This book shows how school leaders can change the heart of the system by enabling the hearts and minds of those who make schools work. It also helps them make sense of challenging change journeys and accelerate implementation as well as understand why resistance is to be expected and how to get through it with this practical framework that includes human-centered tools, resources and mini case studies. Readers will discover three different kinds of change strategies and when to use each one.
