Exploring critical aspects of collaborative action, including establishing relationships, using critical friends, developing leadership teams, readiness, organization, and implementation, this book provides lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful programmes to show schools what to do and what to avoid.

Nearly half of all novices abandon the profession in their first seven years. To lower the dropout rate, this book from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) examines why beginning teachers struggle and how research-based strategies can help them thrive. Among the highlights: detailed advice on setting up Beginning Teacher Assistance Programs, which use mentors and support teams to boost skills, morale, and potential.

This brief version of Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon's SuperVision and Instructional Leadership: A Developmental Approach continues to break new ground by exploring, challenging, and reshaping the field of educational administration. A valuable resource for both aspiring and practicing school leaders, this book is a necessity for any school leader's library.