The Potency Of The Principalship Action Oriented Leadership At The Heart Of School Improvement

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Anne Mead
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781622735525

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The Potency of the Principalship: Action-Oriented Leadership at the Heart of School Improvement by Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Anne Mead Pdf

This book examines the diverse responsibilities of the 21st century principal, who is tasked with continuous school improvement. Recognizing that principals must lead educators and staff in all facets of school life, this book reviews research-based strategies, practices and theories that can be readily translated into the enhanced praxis. The authors present an in-depth analysis into principal identity, working effectively with families, how a collaborative school culture can offer dividends, helping teachers educate an increasingly diverse student body, and successful instructional leadership approaches. Additional emphasis is placed on school law, teachers’ unions, hiring and evaluation, budgeting, curriculum and program assessment, professional development, and the use of technology. Notably, throughout their investigation, the authors bear in mind cutting-edge practices that can be employed in these areas to leverage the best from schools and those that inhabit their halls. The reader will be left with an expanded understanding of principal practices that directly and indirectly improve student achievement as well as a resource section for further consideration and use.

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Jennifer A. Smolinski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475847949

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Sounding the Alarm in the Schoolhouse by Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Jennifer A. Smolinski Pdf

This book explores the growing crisis in school safety and security.

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781622736447

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Acceptance, Understanding, and the Moral Imperative of Promoting Social Justice Education in the Schoolhouse by Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro Pdf

This book examines the critical issues associated with the topic of social justice in primary and secondary education. Understanding the challenges related to educational inequity requires a comprehensive and systematic re-examination of educational reform; specifically, this book defines social justice education, offers different perspectives from major thought leaders and examines the challenges faced by different populations when it comes to receiving equal opportunity and treatment. Emphasis will be placed on programs, approaches and strategies to increasingly teach tolerance, respect, and understanding within and between these groups and members of the majority culture. The focus, then, will be on educational practices designed to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to be active, contributing, and fully participatory members of our contemporary society. This book is most appropriate for preservice and veteran teachers, school and educational psychologists, related special education service professionals, educational administrators, guidance counselors, graduate education professors, policymakers, parents, and student leaders who wish to gain a better understanding of how social justice can and should become a valuable part of the educational landscape.

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781622736157

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Empathic Teaching: Promoting Social Justice in the Contemporary Classroom by Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa A. Citro Pdf

Empathic Teaching: Promoting Social Justice in the Contemporary Classroom is written for those who are committed to employing social justice practices in the classroom. The intent is to educate the next generation to value tolerance and to have respect and empathy for others in society. While this tome will largely focus on understanding the role that equity should play in P-12 education, it will do so with an acute awareness that there are myriad factors that influence student engagement and the motivation to learn. Although some of the subjects under consideration have been written about elsewhere broadly, this tome will offer a unique contribution by examining each from a social equity perspective. As schools move to ensure a more inclusive and well-rounded student body, this book will be a substantial asset to anyone interested in advancing a social justice agenda.

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Elizabeth Jean
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781475854138

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Masculinity in the Making by Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Elizabeth Jean Pdf

Contemporary society has imposed a set of unrealistic and confusing rules for men over 18 to follow. With post-adolescent men experiencing lower rates of academic success at the post-secondary level and escalating rates of violence perpetrated by this age group, jobs, careers and life itself are in crisis. These men in transition have emotional, social, academic, and career struggles that affect every aspect of their lives. Masculinity in the Making: Managing the Transition to Manhood; therefore, will examine these issues and offer strategies and examples of what is possible for the post-adolescent male; more specifically, attention will be paid to theories and health issues specific to this population, social and cultural issues, academic and career interventions, aggression and violence, and media portrayals. The reader will be left with a deep and clear understanding of the needs of men as well as how mentoring and counseling can provide them with the support needed to be successful and productive members of society.

Author : Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Jennifer A. Smolinski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475846713

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The Soul of the Schoolhouse by Nicholas D. Young,Christine N. Michael,Jennifer A. Smolinski Pdf

The Soul of the Schoolhouse: Cultivating Student Engagement’s primary focus is to help readers understand the many, diverse factors that make up engaged learning and students’ motivation to learn. The authors acknowledge the importance of cognitive aspects of education and the techniques that skilled educators use to enhance the learning process; such information is contained in chapters on motivation and models of thinking about how to engage those in our schools. This tome also reflects the essential and interrelated nature of emotional, social, spiritual, and relational elements of engagement in the learning process. As such, chapters of this book cover such topics as educational leadership for engaged learning, school-community connections, co-curricular activities, models of curriculum design, and school law and policies that bolster student learning, as well.

Author : Joseph Blase,Peggy C. Kirby
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452298764

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Bringing Out the Best in Teachers by Joseph Blase,Peggy C. Kirby Pdf

The third edition of this bestseller offers first-person accounts from teachers who share the influential strategies of outstanding principals who empowered them.

Author : Joseph Blase,Dana Yon Phillips
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412979979

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Handbook of School Improvement by Joseph Blase,Dana Yon Phillips Pdf

Capturing insights from 20 successful principals, this illuminating book presents real-world strategies that help school leaders refine their administrative skills and generate dramatic improvements in schoolwide achievement.

Author : Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114578342

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The Principalship by Thomas J. Sergiovanni Pdf

/*0205457231,Sergiovanni, The Principalship 5e*/The Principalship focuses on how school leadership is based on reflective practice and moral authority. This book continues to emphasize school culture, standards, building community, and providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating through contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. This edition aims to inform future principals about the decisions they will make about their practice and how those decisions will affect students and teachers. Extensively updated with new emphasis given to diversity as a part of community building, school character as an important ingredient in school effectiveness, new definitions of school effectiveness, and a new view of the process of change. The book's trademark emphasis on reflective practice is maintained and opportunities for reflection are provided throughout the book. The link between organizational character and school effectiveness is explored and emphasis is given to how organizational character can be established and maintained.

Author : Jean Desravines,Jaime Aquino,Benjamin Fenton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118801000

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Breakthrough Principals by Jean Desravines,Jaime Aquino,Benjamin Fenton Pdf

Bridge the achievement gap with proven strategies for student success Breakthrough Principals debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools. Based on the authors' Transformational Leadership Framework, which they developed through in-depth study of more than 100 high-gaining, high-poverty schools, the book distills findings into a practical, action-focused plan for diagnosing school needs and implementing structures, systems and practices that accelerate student achievement. Brought to life by case studies of principals who have led dramatic gains in student achievement, the book is a how-to guide for increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high-performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help students achieve. You'll learn how breakthrough principals make the school's mission a real part of both strategy and practice, and set up sustainable systems that support consistent, ongoing improvement. High-impact practices are organized into five broad categories: learning and teaching, school-wide culture, aligned staff, operations and systems, and personal leadership. The primary job of school leadership is to help students succeed. It begins with first recognizing and prioritizing areas of need, then finding and implementing the most effective solutions. Whether you work in a turn around environment, or want to make a good school better, this book will give you a set of concrete practices—illustrated through examples of real principals in real schools—that have been proven to work. Discover the primary drivers of student achievement Work toward the school's vision in staffing, operations, and systems Set the tone for all relationships and practices with good leadership Closing the achievement gap is a major goal of educational leadership, and principals are forever searching for viable methods that help them better serve their students. Breakthrough Principals unveils the details behind the success stories from across the nation to provide a roadmap to transformative gains.

Author : Linda A. Howell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89068444025

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Principals' Knowledge in Action by Linda A. Howell Pdf

Author : Jeri L. Engelking
Publisher : R & L Education
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124021077

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Action-oriented Principals by Jeri L. Engelking Pdf

The expanding needs of students and the accountability for results in today's schools require educational leaders to utilize more resources than ever before in their approaches to indentifying, analyzing, and solving complex problems. This book approaches administration through effective school research and practice, national association standards and practices, and involving the total school community in strategic planning. Not only are the 'what should be' segments of effective adminstration addressed, but also the 'how', 'what', and 'why' segments of best practice and involvement from planning through implementation.

Author : Linda Darling-Hammond,Debra Meyerson,Michelle LaPointe,Margaret T. Orr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470579954

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Preparing Principals for a Changing World by Linda Darling-Hammond,Debra Meyerson,Michelle LaPointe,Margaret T. Orr Pdf

Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders. Written by acclaimed author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond and experts Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe, and Margaret Terry Orr, this important book examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs and offers concrete recommendations to improve programs nationwide. In a study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and the team examined eight exemplary principal development programs, as well as state policies and principals' experiences across the country. Using the data from the study, they reveal how successful programs are structured, the skills and knowledge participants gain, and what they are able to do in practice as school leaders as a result. What do these exemplary programs have in common? Aggressive recruitment; close ties with schools in the community; on-the-ground training under the wing of expert principals, and a strong emphasis on the cutting-edge theories of instructional and transformational leadership. In addition to highlighting the programs' similarities, the study also explains the differences among the programs and sheds light on the effectiveness of approaches and models from different states and contexts?East, West, North, and South; urban and rural; pre-service and in-service. The authors analyze program outcomes for principals and their schools, including illustrative case studies and educators' voices on the influence of programs' strategies for recruitment, internships, mentoring, and coursework. The ideas and suggestions outlined in Preparing Principals for a Changing World are presented with the goal of increasing the number of highly qualified, thoughtful, and innovative educational leaders.

Author : Pete Hall,Deborah Childs-Bowen,Ann Cunningham-Morris,Phyllis Pajardo,Alisa Simeral
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416621928

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The Principal Influence by Pete Hall,Deborah Childs-Bowen,Ann Cunningham-Morris,Phyllis Pajardo,Alisa Simeral Pdf

Principals navigate the dynamic complexities and subtleties of their schools every day. They promote, facilitate, and lead efforts to achieve both tangible and intangible results throughout the school community. They fulfill a role that includes counseling, budgeting, inspiring, teaching, learning, disciplining, evaluating, celebrating, consoling, and a million other critical functions. As the principalship has evolved and grown, so have the expectations of it. With that in mind, ASCD developed the Principal Leadership Development Framework (PLDF). The PLDF establishes a clear and concise definition of leadership and includes clear targets that support the ongoing growth and development of leaders. Using the Framework, principals will learn to capitalize on their leadership roles: * Principal as Visionary * Principal as Instructional Leader * Principal as Engager * Principal as Learner and Collaborator The PLDF also offers 17 criteria of effective practice that allow leaders to focus on behaviors that have the greatest direct effect on the culture and status of learning and teaching. Coupled with the PLDF are tools for self-reflection that help principals identify and strengthen their reflective habits. Whether you want to develop your own capacities or support the development of a group of principals, assistant principals, or aspiring principals, The Principal Influence can help channel your efforts in ways that promote successful teaching and student learning.

Author : Ontario Principals′ Council,
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452293837

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The Principal as Professional Learning Community Leader by Ontario Principals′ Council, Pdf

"This series allows school principals to integrate theory and practice themselves, resulting in highly insightful and practical strategies that will make a difference in schools. Practitioners: lead thyselves!" —Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto "Avoiding high-flown theory on the one hand and mere bullet points on the other, these books represent the best that highly expert leaders have to offer—intellectually informed ideas about how to deal with the compelling practical issues of principalship." —Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education Boston College "This series of little volumes provides a valuable resource for new principals who would become accomplished instructional leaders and seasoned principals looking to strengthen their leadership capacity." —Roland S. Barth, Founding Director Harvard Principals′ Center "Addresses some of the most important challenges facing school leaders today. The authors bring a remarkable combination of deep, practical experience and academic sophistication to these challenges." —Ken Leithwood, Professor Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Create a collaborative culture for increased student achievement! Schools with professional learning communities (PLCs) benefit from significantly improved student achievement and a greater sense of shared purpose. This resource, part of the Leading Student Achievement series, provides principals with practical support to lead the development of PLCs in their schools. With step-by-step plans and hands-on strategies, this handbook guides principals through the process of building thriving PLCs by: Defining the key attributes of PLCs Explaining the principal′s role in the process Laying the foundation for shared mission, vision, values, and goals Showing how to create a steering team, introduce the concept to staff, and develop teacher learning teams Featuring professional development modules, case studies, and reproducibles that can be adapted to any school context, The Principal as Professional Learning Community Leader is an invaluable companion for school leaders at any level.