Becoming Better Leaders: The Challenge of Improving Student Learning
ISBN: 9780803961821 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a study of a group of teachers and principals, this book details the Maine Academy for School Leaders' programme which argues that there is a direct correlation between leadership effectiveness and the improvement of student performance. The authors explore the soundness of the programme's innovative ideas by following closely the results gained by the study group. Based on a study of a group of teachers and principals, this book details the Maine Academy for School Leaders' programme which argues that there i... |
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125,15 zł |
Leaders with Vision: The Quest for School Renewal
ISBN: 9780803962606 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a new vision and theory of educational leadership. Robert J Starratt explores the 'vision' element of leadership, and examines the policies, programmes and organizational arrangements which often impede this vision. Leaders with Vision provides a unique focus for principals and teachers who wish to exercise leadership in the ongoing work of school renewal.
This book provides a new vision and theory of educational leadership. Robert J Starratt explores the 'vision' element of leadership, and examines the ...
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114,72 zł |
Let My Spirit Soar!: Narratives of Diverse Women in School Leadership
ISBN: 9780803966727 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PLEASE UPDATE SAGE UK AND SAGE INDIA ADDRESSSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
PLEASE UPDATE SAGE UK AND SAGE INDIA ADDRESSSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
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125,15 zł |
How to Land the Best Jobs in School Administration: The Self-Help Workbook for Practicing and Aspiring School Administrators
ISBN: 9780803967991 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This self-help book is written for the individual who wants to actively seek a
position in school administration. The author provides workbook exercises, activities, and information sections to help the reader chart a course of action tailor- made to acquire the school administration position they seek. This self-help book is written for the individual who wants to actively seek a
position in school administration. The author provides workbook exer... |
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140,81 zł |
School Leadership in Times of Urban Reform
ISBN: 9780805824513 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed in response to the growing interest in examining individual schools as they undergo change, this book features eight case studies of urban elementary and high schools as they face problems and attempt to find solutions in their quest to reform themselves. The cases, with all their pitfalls and problems, provide examples of the very bumpy road of change and of the individual school cultures that sometimes support and often impede reform. Told in the individual voices of various school leaders, the narratives reflect the inevitable biases of people immersed in their work. Their...
Developed in response to the growing interest in examining individual schools as they undergo change, this book features eight case studies of urban e...
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146,02 zł |
Research Review for School Leaders: Volume III
ISBN: 9780805835083 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Research Review for School Leaders, Volume III is specifically designed as a practical resource for school leaders whose schedules preclude opportunities to locate and review key research on every issue they must address. It places comprehensive, current, and accessible reviews of educational research at their fingertips, and is organized to make the research and practices it summarizes useful to them in their professional endeavors.
This is the third volume of the Review. Although the title has changed, its purpose and substance is continuous with the work of the... The Research Review for School Leaders, Volume III is specifically designed as a practical resource for school leaders whose schedules preclude...
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704,29 zł |
The Constructivist Leader
ISBN: 9780807742532 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Constructivist Leader provides educational leaders at all levels with a conceptual framework for leadership defined as reciprocal, purposeful learning in community. The updated Second Edition of this best-selling book enables readers to carry this constructivist vision and purpose forward, while effectively implementing standards-based reform, authentic assessment, and constructivist-based accountability. This new edition features: - An expanded theory of Constructivist Leadership reflecting the most recent thinking in leadership, learning, and ethical communities. - A comprehensive...
The Constructivist Leader provides educational leaders at all levels with a conceptual framework for leadership defined as reciprocal, purposeful lear...
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142,73 zł |
Distributed Leadership in Practice
ISBN: 9780807748060 / Angielski / Miękka / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Distributed leadership has become an important term for educational policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in the United States and around the world, but there is much diversity in how the term is understood. Some use it as a synonym for democratic or participative leadership.This book examines what it means to take a distributed perspective based on extensive research and a rich theoretical perspective developed by experts in the field. Including numerous case studies of individual schools and providing empirically based accounts of school settings using a distributed perspective, this...
Distributed leadership has become an important term for educational policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in the United States and around the w...
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159,20 zł |
Team Strategies for Success: Doing What Counts in Education
ISBN: 9780810840652 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a primer - containing both theory and practice - for the educator looking for team strategies and success. It is designed around the principle that educational teams are composed of highly interrelated processes. From this book, the educator should be able to learn how to bring a school together using seven steps for development and implementation which offer a workable team empowerment design.
This volume is a primer - containing both theory and practice - for the educator looking for team strategies and success. It is designed around the pr...
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137,29 zł |
Quality Middle School Leadership: Eleven Central Skill Areas
ISBN: 9780810842922 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the skills necessary for effective middle school leadership? What are the components of quality middle schools? The answers to these questions lie within this book. The author explores the important facets of a middle school principal's leadership role. It is organized around eleven central skill areas, such as: leadership effectiveness, interdisciplinary teaming, designing curriculum content, and meeting the needs of at-risk students. The result of years of research and evaluation, this essential guide is one that new and experienced middle school principals can implement in their...
What are the skills necessary for effective middle school leadership? What are the components of quality middle schools? The answers to these question...
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433,83 zł |
The New School Leader for the 21st Century: The Principal
ISBN: 9780810843936 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Veteran educators Seifert and Vornberg utilize the six standards created by the Interstate School Leaders Consortium (ISLLIC) and used in developing and redesigning preparation programs and state certification examinations to discuss those issues faced by practicing elementary and secondary school principals. Each chapter begins with a short case study emanating from a fictitious school district and culminates with student activities that address the concepts discussed in the chapter. Questions and activities follow and provide the reader with an opportunity to apply the concepts discussed....
Veteran educators Seifert and Vornberg utilize the six standards created by the Interstate School Leaders Consortium (ISLLIC) and used in developing a...
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466,78 zł |
Leadership for Rural Schools: Lessons for All Educators
ISBN: 9780810844360 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues encountered by administrators, faculty, and students, and concludes by proposing new standards for rural schools in general and their leaders. This book will be of special interest to everyone involved in the operation of a rural school district.
More than 50% of America's schools today exist in rural settings. This book addresses the distinctiveness of rural school leaders, identifies issues e...
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318,51 zł |
The Human Touch in Education Leadership: A Postpositivist Approach to Understanding Educational Leadership
ISBN: 9780810845169 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Palestini advances a new theory of educational leadership seen through the dual lens of critical theory and the Ignatian vision and its practical implications. A truly novel approach, the author strives to acquiant administrators and students of educational administration with a different way of thinking about education and its administration.
Palestini advances a new theory of educational leadership seen through the dual lens of critical theory and the Ignatian vision and its practical impl...
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230,64 zł |
Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms
ISBN: 9780871205025 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Try going a week without hearing a call for a massive overhaul of our educational system. Parents, students, educators, bureaucrats, pundits . . . everyone says something must be done. But what? And who should do it? In this environment, school leaders must build bridges for change. As the system now stands, many students spend great portions of their lives feeling inferior if they struggle, invisible if they already know the material, problematic if they're not a child of the dominant culture, and perverse if they question the school agenda. This book explores how school leaders can develop...
Try going a week without hearing a call for a massive overhaul of our educational system. Parents, students, educators, bureaucrats, pundits . . . eve...
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116,32 zł |
Managing Marginal or Incompetent Staff: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780977356744 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing Marginal or Incompetent Staff: A Practical Guide explains how to deal with underperforming or incompetent staff and provides detailed memos, forms, procedures, and examples that are consistent with due process and just cause. Written by Dr. Jo Campbell who has a PhD from Columbia University and almost thirty years of administrative experience in education, this book is especially important for administrators, principals, and superintendents in public service organizations. The book has two parts. In the first part, principles of performance evaluation, due process and just cause, and...
Managing Marginal or Incompetent Staff: A Practical Guide explains how to deal with underperforming or incompetent staff and provides detailed memos, ...
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97,09 zł |
U.N.I.Q.U.E.: Growing the Leader Within
ISBN: 9780978679804 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When you boil it down to its essence, leadership is about working with others to make a difference--in our family, school, community, business...or even our world. Combining an illustrated fable, practical exercises, and a solid gardening metaphor, author Debra Slover presents a new view of leadership based not only in our skills, but also in our self-confidence. U.N.I.Q.U.E. stands for the Understanding, Nurturing, Inventive, Quality, Unstoppable, Expression of leadership. We learn these attributes as we tour the Leadership Farm with the lost sheep Hugh. Other farm animals teach him (and us)...
When you boil it down to its essence, leadership is about working with others to make a difference--in our family, school, community, business...or ev...
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109,29 zł |
U.N.I.Q.U.E.: Growing the Leader Within
ISBN: 9780978679811 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,43 zł |
Educational Leadership for Organisational Learning and Improved Student Outcomes
ISBN: 9781402019876 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection and encourage members to question, challenge, and debate teaching and learning issues.
How to achieve such learning communities is far from clear, but we believe the areas of problem-based learning (PBL) and organizational learning (OL) offer valuable clues. The indications are that the successful educational restructuring agenda depends on teams of... The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the develo...
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386,41 zł |
Educational Leadership for Organisational Learning and Improved Student Outcomes
ISBN: 9781402037610 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection and encourage members to question, challenge, and debate teaching and learning issues.
How to achieve such learning communities is far from clear, but we believe the areas of problem-based learning (PBL) and organizational learning (OL) offer valuable clues. The indications are that the successful educational restructuring agenda depends on teams of... The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the develo...
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386,41 zł |
Leadership in Higher Education: Views from the Presidency
ISBN: 9781412805902 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of interviews, presidents and chancellors of some of America's most respected universities candidly reflect on their experiences during the decade leading up to the twenty-first century and immediately following it. This was a time of change and uncertainty, when opportunities for achievement and potential for failure made their role uncommonly challenging, and success called for considerable determination, integrity, foresight, skill, and courage. The American higher education system, often characterized as the best in the world, is distinguished for its... In this collection of interviews, presidents and chancellors of some of America's most respected universities candidly reflect on their experiences... |
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234,71 zł |