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Patterson, Jerry; Patterson, Janice; Collins, Loucrecia – 2002
The purpose of this guide is to help leaders move their schools ahead in the face of adversity. It is intended for principals, teacher leaders, district administrators, and others who have a stake in helping schools move forward. The contents are based on qualitative research and actual experiences of schools effective in dealing with adversity.…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Instructional Leadership
Peer reviewedBad Wound, Elgin – Tribal College, 1991
Discusses the role of tribal colleges in tribal development. Highlights the struggle for tribal self-determination and types of leadership that promote self-determination. Offers examples of institutional missions that promote tribal culture and curricula supporting that mission. Suggests strategies to sustain tribal identity and empower students…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, College Role, Empowerment
Folkman, Daniel; Rai, Kalyani; Percy, Stephen L. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1998
The Community Action Scholars Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee provides education and training in organizational design and leadership to grassroots organizations and neighborhood residents. Insights drawn and lessons learned about university-community collaboration during this experience have the ultimate goal of empowering…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Community Programs, Empowerment, Higher Education
Katzenmayer, Marilyn; Moller, Gayle – 2001
This book presents updated research on and examples of teacher leadership, offering practical tips for educators at all levels, tools for self-assessment, and a new vision of the future. The eight chapters are: (1) "What Is Teacher Leadership?" (e.g., definition of teacher leadership, roles for teacher leaders, and who is responsible); (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Farmer, Lesley S. J. – 1995
This book offers practical advice to school library media specialists for developing and improving leadership skills. It is asserted that societal crises like illiteracy, poverty, alienation, and socioeconomic divisions make librarians "ecologists" of the mind. Librarians ensure equitable access to others' insights into life's concerns, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Folk Culture
Download full textDelp, Linda, Ed.; Outman-Kramer, Miranda, Ed.; Schurman, Susan J., Ed.; Wong, Kent, Ed. – 2002
These 28 essays recount popular education's history and its multiple uses in the labor movement today: to organize the unorganized, to develop new leaders and activists, and to strengthen labor and community alliances. They explore its other facets: theater and culture, economics education, workplace safety and health, and classroom use and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Community Involvement
