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"Leadership is about developing the capacity to translate vision into reality. That is why Transformational Leadership for Rapid School Improvement is so important for any school leader, stakeholder, or educator." -Betty A. Rosa, Commissioner of...

"Leadership is about developing the capacity to translate vision into reality. That is why Transformational Leadership for Rapid School Improvement is so important for any school leader, stakeholder, or educator." -Betty A. Rosa, Commissioner of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325013831Author Antonia CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational BooksWeight(grams)...

In this stimulating collection of stories, ten academic leaders reflect from personal experience on leadership in place-an emergent mode of leadership that brings people together in order to effect organizational change. Originating from diverse sectors...

`This is a well written and thoroughly researched book on an issue of vital importance. It places the experiences of individual teachers under pressure into the larger UK and worldwide context. Policy makers need to wake up to its messages' - Sara Bubb,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634631716Author Anna SiriFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 396g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628082401Author Roberta V NataFormat HardbackPage Count 175Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 432g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613246498Author Lucas A CamilleriFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 378g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613246368Author Arthur P HershaftFormat HardbackPage Count 163Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 374g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614708834Author Rodri A NoelsFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 418g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605545776Author Derry KoralekFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Redleaf PressPublisher Redleaf Press

As public schools face hard times, disenchantment and the continual barrage of criticism call for more successful schools. The "soft" sides of leadership-trust, imagination, creativity, respect, and dignity-are the critical intangibles that connects...

In Dismissal Doesn't Have to be Difficult, author Chet Elder gives lie to the universal belief that tenure is a firewall of protection for unsatisfactory teachers. Elder provides school administrators with a simple method, called Exit Counseling, to rid...

So You Want to be a Principal? describes the challenging and positive aspects of the career of a school principal. At a time when our society needs an ever increasing number of school building leaders, Hayes writes for teachers who might wish to consider...

Success stories or thoughts about tenacity are sorely lacking in today's world. The power of positive thinking in connection with goals is the greatest concept not overtly taught to young people. Thoughts to Inspire: Daily Messages for Young People is a...

This guide provides school superintendents with a comprehensive overview of professional practices, career strategies, and personal concerns. It also includes recent developments in administrative theory and practice as well as leadership, decision...

This book will show new and emerging tech coaches and leaders how to understand the process of change, including resistance to change and how to move past it.Book InformationISBN 9781564843944Author Mark GuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint...

Make the most of your time-and your leadership Is your school's vision getting buried under paperwork? Are goals constantly pushed aside for small emergencies? If you spend more time picking up pieces than putting them together, this is your book...

Educational institutions, and in particular educational leaders, play critical roles in identifying and rectifying the many inequities that oppress, marginalize, and exclude individual students, educational actors, and some minoritized groups in Canadian...

Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World: A Guide for Parents and Educators is a practical resource of tips that parents and educators can use to help kids acquire, practice and/or correct behaviors that are needed to become responsible and successful...

Educational leaders must be prepared to lead during crisis. Leadership has been challenged with multiple crisis in recent years, including issues of school safety, school shootings, medical crises such as SARs, HINI, and the ongoing pandemic. While each...

Educational leaders must be prepared to lead during crisis. Leadership has been challenged with multiple crisis in recent years, including issues of school safety, school shootings, medical crises such as SARs, HINI, and the ongoing pandemic. While each...

Louis Pepe does not shy away from providing insight into the more challenging sides of leading a team -what he calls "the tougher side of HR"-including delivering honest and critical feedback to allow for growth and suggesting someone leave the team to...

America's Sex Culture: Its Impact on Teacher-Student Relationships analyzes recent trends. It includes teacher arrests and student false allegations, and why this culture has ensnared teachers and students, and why it is one of the causes leading to...

Positive school culture is at the heart of effective teaching and learning. As such, improving a school's culture is a critical component to school transformation. This resource provides school leaders with a concrete professional development plan for...

Creating a Culture of Learning is an internal strategic planning process facilitating movement toward district wide student-centered learning. The "Best Practice" subjects discussed during the planning process, and covered herein, are specifically...

Parents have questions for school administrators. They want to know how they hire teachers, erect facilities, select learning materials, protect students, allocate budgets, use data, make forecasts, measure progress, and compete with for-profit schools...

Supporting Inclusion: School Administrators' Perspectives and Practices provides significant insights that arm the reader with a variety of ideas and easy-to-implement applicable strategies gleaned from knowledgeable contemporaries. This book details...

This timely book presents a data-driven approach to preventing and responding to school violence. As school violence receives increasing attention across the nation, the application of scientific knowledge is critical. For maximum effectiveness,...

"This is a book I didn't know I needed until I read it. But now that I have read it, I will read it again and again with my leadership team. The authors have provided some powerful lessons about transformative leadership through personal stories that are...

"This book is the perfect guide for those administrators and teachers who are truly interested in equalizing educational opportunities at all levels."-Rebecca S. Compton, Professor of Elementary EducationEast Central UniversityProven strategies for...

'This is a stimulating and well-researched book that will interest anyone who cares about how our schools should evolve' - Matters Arising 'What are schools for? What happens when school walls come tumbling down, and school and community become...

Finally, clear guidance on how to design programs that last How many initiatives start with great fanfare only to end up accumulating dust on a shelf? Right From the Start tackles this challenge head on by offering a reliable, evidence-based...

Harness the power of coaching to support professional educators. How can we construct professional development and supervision models that best serve the needs of adult learners? Building on the groundbreaking model outlined in the bestselling first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817947613Author Paul T. HillFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 455g

Urban education is the primary target of the school reform movement and remains the most difficult to assess and repair. The crisis in urban school systems mirrors many of the problems found in big cities - poor economic conditions for schools and...

Even as lawsuits challenging its admissions policies made their way through the courts, the University of Michigan carried the torch for affirmative action in higher education.In June 2003, the Supreme Court vindicated UM's position on affirmative action...

HIV and Aids teaching is compulsory in British schools but the content is not prescribed. Should teaching in such a difficult field, where there are disputes among experts, be left to secondary school teachers with no specialist knowledge? And is it...

For much of the twentieth century, it was assumed that higher education was and ought to be a secular enterprise, but that approach no longer suffices. The culture has shifted, and contemporary college and university students are increasingly bringing...

Countless reforms and interventions have sought to improve academic outcomes for immigrant-origin students, with labels like "at-risk" rushing forth to solve the "dropout crisis." And yet, even in culturally and linguistically affirmative environments,...