This book will help those in leadership roles develop skills to successfully adopt new techniques that are vital when dealing with national and state requirements. It provides a detailed and comprehensive look at theories of leadership styles and behaviors and presents the reader with five characteristics that enable a rookie or veteran leader to become proficient and effective in their role: insight, interpersonal skills, self-growth, flexibility and keeping in touch with the community.

In today's changing environment, leaders need a concrete guideline to help them meet new challenges and to update standards and assessments such as The No Child Left Behind Act. These new regulations and laws pertain not only to accountability issues, testing methods and assessment, teacher certification requirements, and safety in schools, but serve to update pre-existing methods in leadership skills. This book will help those in leadership roles develop skills to successfully adopt new techniques that are vital when dealing with national and state requirements and enacting new laws that...

In today's educational community we struggle to creatively provide students sound structure in the classroom to foster a positive and safe learning environment. Jacobs and Langley try to dispel the notion that behavior is the only issue to consider when putting together a good, solid classroom management plan. Real Classroom Management: Whose Job Is It? demonstrates how a successful classroom management plan includes the entire environment--organization of materials, layout of the classroom and school facility, administrative support, and parental involvement--and show how professional...

Mark Jacobs and Nancy Langley try to dispel the notion that behavior is the only issue to consider when putting together a good, solid classroom management plan. Real Classroom Management will answer the following: How does one turn ineffective classroom management around? How do educational leaders help their staff to improve classroom behavior? How can teachers effectively work with parents to ensure students receive an optimum learning experience? What is the role of the entire community when putting together a successful classroom management program?