Leadership

Leadership is a critical piece of managing a high performing public charter school. Understanding the issues and the challenges faced daily by school leaders takes on a significant role when creating, managing, and sustaining high expectations and...

*A practical, evidence-based leadership guide from trusted higher education leader, Kerri-Lee Krause. *Provides targeted advice, scholarly tips and road-tested suggestions for senior leaders of learning, teaching and the student experience. *Offers...

Test results are often used to make major decisions, whether for educational or research purposes. But what intervening factors affect the reliability and validity of the tests? And how can we design better tests? This book draws on a theoretical...

Stories, ancient as life itself and deeply embedded within family and cultural traditions, transmit knowledge and shared meaning, linking people together in a human chain of history and memory. Leadership through Story offers a way for leaders and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475865660Author Leslie Ann LockeFormat PaperbackImprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

A double-sided 4" x 6" card for individual student use thatoutlines and helps remind leaders of The Five Practices and TenCommitments of Exemplary Leadership. Side A: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership(R) Includes icons for: Model the...

The K-12 Educator's Data Guidebook is a comprehensive field guide for school professionals learning to use data. "Non-data people," rejoice! Requiring no prior proficiency in data tools and programming, this book validates the implicit...

How do school leaders build a collaborative, cohesive culture to ensure high quality learning for all students? This book provides a practical, succinct guide for educators on "how" the core elements of the accreditation process can unite a school in its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958590058Author Nancy Karlin FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution Tree

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958590010Author Ari Gerzon-KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution TreeWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 255mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945349836Author Jeanne SpillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951075811Author Janel KeatingFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution Tree

This book presents arguments for adopting a Systems way of Thinking about developing schools to become in sync with the times, both locally and globally. Systems Thinking and Quality Management both are natural approaches for educators to adapt schooling...

Be the leader you want to see in the world. Educators committed to social justice enter into the work in markedly different ways. Drawing from research with 50 educational leaders from across the United States, Growing for Justice explores how leaders...

This book considers the developing nature of school leadership and the impact of new roles for headteachers inside and outside school and system leadership. School leadership is undergoing significant change as headteachers respond to new opportunities...

A leader's position can be a lonely one even in the best of times. A school leader faces many challenges -some of them daunting. Principals and other school leaders benefit from good mentors, but now that many established principals are reaching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949539851Author Michael RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution TreeWeight(grams) 340g

A must-have guide to succeeding at school leadership without sacrificing personal balance Reports of burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue are on the rise. These issues push many out of the profession, leading to high turnover and sub-optimal student...

This book demonstrates that student achievement depends on school culture, the one element of your school at the foundation of everything that happens there. School culture is the system of beliefs, values, and expectations that governs the feelings and...

Teachers face enormous challenges with standardized testing, the customization of education for each student to reach his or her potential, behavioral challenges, changes in demographics of students, micromanagement from school administrators, and...

The leadership of schools can make a significant difference to enhancing the life chances of students in schools and enabling them to succeed. This book examines leadership within schools, focusing on securing success within a challenging social and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943874378Author Richard DufourFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

Professional learning networks (PLN) of teachers and others (such as university researchers) collaborating outside of their everyday community of practice are considered to be an effective way to foster school improvement. At the same time, to generate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838104214Author Hans Van Mourik BroekmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint LC PressPublisher LC PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

"Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley, always one or two steps ahead of the field, have done it again. An extremely balanced and insightful treatment of the first three ways of change, in which the authors clearly display the strengths and limitations of...

"Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley, always one or two steps ahead of the field, have done it again. An extremely balanced and insightful treatment of the first three ways of change, in which the authors clearly display the strengths and limitations of...

Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement provides a new definition of school improvement, away from a singular focus on compliance, toward a true commitment to excellence. This book is a call to action. It is about inspiring schools and school...

`Keith Grint's persuasive essay on the art of leadership in Effective Educational Leadership is uncannily accurate' - Tim Brighouse, Times Educational Supplement `its unique contribution is the exploration of links between leadership discourses and...

`Keith Grint's persuasive essay on the art of leadership in Effective Educational Leadership is uncannily accurate' - Tim Brighouse, Times Educational Supplement `its unique contribution is the exploration of links between leadership discourses and...

Generate multifaceted solutions to real-life classroom issues with this innovative, research-based approach to the design and delivery of sustained, collaborative, evidence-informed, and student-focused professional learning.About the AuthorDr. Deidre Le...

This book provides higher education faculty and administrators a scholarly resource on the most salient aspects and emerging trends in creative learning in higher education today. International contributors explore ways to foster creativity in any...

You're an Assistant Principal. Whatever your status-the sole AP in your school, one of two or more APs in your school, a career AP, an AP aspiring to the principalship-yours is one of the most misunderstood and underutilized positions in education...

Lead for efficacy in these disruptive times! Just as the digital landscape is constantly evolving, the second edition of Digital Leadership moves past trends and fads to focus on the essence of leading innovative change in education now and in the...

Managing Staff for Improved Performance provides a comprehensive guide to people management in schools, giving school leaders and managers clear insights into how to develop employee performance and ensure high quality service in education. Middlewood...

'This is a very good and much needed book. Written by a very experienced researcher and teacher in the education leadership world it brings together a wealth of understanding and insights in the field of leadership and management development in...

'This book is refreshing and distinctive. It takes the individual as the starting-point and builds outwards from there, to the vital but often neglected interpersonal dimension and the turbulent contexts of modern education. Vignettes help to make the...

The evidence is clear - school leaders make a difference to the learning of the pupils they serve. And yet, not all leaders have the same degree of impact. What are the factors that make the difference to student learning? Why are some leaders able to...

The theory, research, and practice of communication planning The field of school and community communications is rapidly evolving and becoming more complex. Focusing on successfully implementing communication activities with both internal and...

Where schools working in adverse conditions are achieving outstanding learning outcomes, what is it that these schools do to achieve these outcomes? Are there common factors here which could apply everywhere, or at least in the vast majority of...

Schools and school systems are increasingly impacted by global disruptions and rapid changes that create unprecedented challenges and opportunities for their leaders and educators. School leaders need to prepare students for faster changes than ever...