How to Get It, Keep It, and Improve School Performance
The increasing call for local control and accountability in United States' schools has resulted in a rapid bid by public schools to decentralize. Schools and school systems therefore need to acquire the skills - such as research, assessment and evaluation - necessary to make local control work, as these skills are not significant elements of the current teacher preparation curriculum. Techniques that have been used successfully by schools to implement and maintain local control programmes and policies are illustrated in this book to assist professionals involved in the decentralization process.
Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time
The Three Minute Classroom Walk-Through puts into perspective and practices the vision of what supervision should be. It is a model of principal-teacher interaction and redefines the professional relationships of classroom supervisory practice. The Downey approach attempts to change how principals approach supervision by replacing it with a ......
Tips and tools to turn APs into VIPs! Long considered an under-appreciated and under-utilized position, the role of the assistant principal is finally getting the attention and respect it deserves. In this truly indispensable companion, current and prospective administrators will gain concrete suggestions and solutions to maximize their impact, ......
Effective school leaders are critical to successful schools. Your service as an assistant principal may be one of the most challenging jobs you will ever have. Rarely are you able to predict what you will be doing each day, even from one moment to the next. Beginning the Assistant Principalship provides you with excellent tools to navigate your ......
Professional Development to Improve Student Learning
Over the past ten years, the term reflective practice has become imbedded in the language of education, as a growing number of districts adopt the principals of reflective practice to create effective schools. The Second Edition of Reflective Practice for Educators stresses the need for effective implementation of new programmes in order to provide an opportunity to explore the ways of thinking, seeing, and believing that affect what we do and how we do it. Without this consciousness, even the best programme will not be sustained in the face of continual demand for newer and better solutions. The authors believe that the most enduring changes will take place in schools as teachers, administrators, and parents ponder how students learn and how the adults responsible for their learning can best support them. The most successful schools in creating change are those functioning as learning organizations.
Practical Strategies and Lesson Plans for Grades 2-8
"What a gift! I used your book from the first day. Using your guidelines, I am now developing my own units and rubrics." Rebecca Kennerly, Student, Resident Teacher Program University of New Mexico Take the guesswork out of writing instruction and assessment! The step-by-step instructions, scheduling guidelines, lesson plans, rubric ......
Practical Strategies and Lesson Plans for Grades 2-8
"What a gift! I used your book from the first day. Using your guidelines, I am now developing my own units and rubrics." Rebecca Kennerly, Student, Resident Teacher Program University of New Mexico Take the guesswork out of writing instruction and assessment! The step-by-step instructions, scheduling guidelines, lesson plans, rubric ......
How to Energize Meetings and Manage Difficult Groups
Effective Group Facilitation in Education is designed for administrators who frequently are assigned to facilitate stakeholder groups - parents, site-based management teams, faculty and staff, accountability teams, and others - this book helps facilitators keep meetings positive, productive, and efficient by managing trouble areas, dissent, deviation from the task, and by energizing the group. Besides addressing the intuitive aspect of the facilitation process, John Eller includes many strategies and templates that help groups of people work together to complete tasks, generate new ideas, and solve problems. Effective Group Facilitation in Education serves as a practical guide that fills the gap that exists between traditional meeting facilitation and "best practice" in working with others.
"This is a fascinating study. Sue Teele has provided a compelling challenge to the stultifying one-size-fits-all approach to the teaching of reading. Her book is a bold and worthy entry in this critical national educational debate." Carlos Cortes, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Riverside Make breakthroughs with your ......
