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This innovative book proposes a new model for comprehensive and effective leadership, drawn from the personal experiences and accounts of female educational leaders. The authors demonstrate how women conceptualize and practice their educational...

Now available in paper, this version is the first comprehensive look at the process of selecting, assessing and assisting teachers in nearly a decade. Since the publication of the first Handbook, the profession of teaching has witnessed dramatic change...

Nowhere is the role of the secretary more vital to the smooth functioning of the system than in the office of a school principal. But in spite of her importance (over 99% are women), traditional educational researchers have not approached this position...

You will receive access to this electronic text via email after using the shopping cart above to complete your purchase.Book InformationISBN 9780787236236Author Scott D WurdingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S...

Newly appointed academic managers are expected to conduct and lead a wide variety of meetings. Often, however, these managers lack the skills needed to lead meetings that get meaningful results. The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Meetings...

`Because of its comprehensive scope, this guidebook can be a single tool for designing and implementing focus groups in schools' Patricia A All, Assistant Superintendent Olathe District Schools Olathe, Kanas Focus groups of parents, students, community...

`One of the difficulties with the production of a book that describes the international terrain of leadership and management is that political and social contexts in which policy and practice occur are multi-dimensional. Yet the authors have successfully...

"The Mentoring Year is rich with experience and new ideas. I endorse it without reservation."Heidi Hayes JacobsPresident, Curriculum Designs, Inc.Adjunct Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University "This book contains explicit,...

`This book will help PDS partners keep their focus on students' need -the core of PDS work, as they take this journey together. It provides concrete suggestions for what PDS partners can do in developing, implementing, and assessing their partnerships,...

`This book will help PDS partners keep their focus on students' need -the core of PDS work, as they take this journey together. It provides concrete suggestions for what PDS partners can do in developing, implementing, and assessing their partnerships,...

Praise for the First Edition: `Whilst a wealth of material on disciplinary procedures already exists in this country... commentaries and advice are relatively short. In this very helpful manual Lawrence and Vachon... [provide] a useful companion piece to...

Millennial generation students have had a presence on college campuses for the past few years. Along with their unique qualities, idiosyncrasies and influences, the millennial generation students are well versed in the advantages that a college education...

This text explores the actual and potential role of Heads of Department in education. It includes analysis of such problematic areas as the management of resources and managing the curriculum.Book InformationISBN 9780304701612Author Anne GoldFormat...

The Bus Kids offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. Ira Lit focuses on the day-to-day school life of a group of minority...

Task Analysis is not only the most important component of Instructional Design but also the most often misconstrued and poorly executed. Starting with this premise these authors have developed a complete reference and instructional text on Task Analysis...

What are the ties that bind the 'good youth citizen' and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged - through education and other cultural sites - to 'save the world' via community projects that resemble...

All children and youth, regardless of the situations into which they were born, deserve the opportunity to improve their life chances by acquiring the knowledge and skills that will help them thrive in the future. As the world lags far behind the...

Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending...

As the U.S. Muslim population continues to grow, Islamic schools are springing up across the American landscape. Especially since the events of 9/11, many have become concerned about what kind of teaching is going on behind the walls of these schools,...

The School Practitioner's Concise Companions give busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services...

"Doing Educational Administration" is the final part in a three volume series by Evers and Lakomski presenting their perspective on educational administration. The first volume, "Knowing Educational Administration", established the importance of...

This book will provide practical and educative accountability policies, ie. processes and criteria that will enhance the quality of learning, teaching and leadership in educational institutions and systems. Its scope will be limited to: a review of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432753634Author Kendra HargroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 313g

"Wilmore has hit another homerun! This book is a great resource to help all future administrators not only pass the test, but also fully understand the domains and competencies set forth by SBEC. Wilmore's knowledge, wisdom, and enthusiasm are all...

This is a collection of chapters that continue the topical discussions on indigenous knowledges and Western epistemologies. African societies still aspire towards knowledge that is liberatory, enhances critical thinking and decentres Eurocentrism. The...

This book addresses the six steps used by nation-wide schools and specifically by the Compton Unified School District to overcome low-performance. Countless examples on how multi-stressed, low-performing schools can overcome obstacles to respond to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432764333Author Donna HarlaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432785789Author Vicki SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 41g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478743743Author Jim ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 64g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432763732Author Iris H BennFormat HardbackPage Count 34Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432756130Author Stephanie J StampsFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 82g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432755126Author Ed D Terry M BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432783556Author Deborah D DancyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 127g

This book employs a socio-cultural approach to study the organizational dynamics and experiences of self-formation that shape community college life. The authors use case studies to analyze both the symbolic dimension and practices that enable the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949595031Author Jimmy CasasFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Weight(grams) 304g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889757016Author Imran KashmiriFormat PaperbackPage Count 18Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 41g

Accountability. The very mention of the word strikes fear in the hearts of many teachers and school leaders, leading to confusion and panic rather than improved student achievement. Author Douglas B. Reeves explains how to transform accountability from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949595147Author Nili BartleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Publisher Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.Weight(grams) 152g

`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997554359Author David LoaderFormat HardbackPage Count 194Imprint Constructing Modern Knowledge PressPublisher Constructing Modern Knowledge...