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Schargel, Franklin; Thacker, Tony; Bell, John – Eye on Education, 2007
This book brings together the wisdom and experience from over 50 schools that have been categorized as "high performing, high minority, high poverty." It shows the reader how the leaders of those schools succeeded--in their own words. The book shows how one can be a turnaround specialist. Included are actual examples and real life stories which…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Involvement, Partnerships in Education, High Risk Students
Sesno, Alice Healy – 1998
A teacher's professional integrity faces numerous challenges in the classroom. To help educators safeguard against potentially career-ending incidents, numerous "survival rules" are provided in this text. It argues that teachers must safeguard themselves with self-protecting knowledge and, in some instances, must reprogram themselves…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, School Security, Teacher Empowerment
Hefzallah, Ibrahim M. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2004
This book examines the new learning and telecommunications technologies and their potential applications to enrich the learning process, to ensure educational equality for all students and to help cultivate the educated person. In the light of recent studies, educational technology developments, and emerging educational needs of the twenty-first…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Equal Education, Educational Environment, Educational Change
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
Brewster, Cori; Railsback, Jennifer – 2001
Twenty to 30 percent of new teachers leave their field within the first 3 years; 9.3 percent don't even make it through their first full year; and after 5 years, roughly 50 percent of beginners have left teaching. Reasons for leaving include pursuit of a more personally appropriate career, low pay, the desire to raise one's own children, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Burnout, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Gaynor, Cathy – 1998
This book is based on a review of the literature on decentralization and teacher management. The focus is on basic formal education, mainly the primary and junior secondary levels of schooling, and on presenting a rationale for decentralizing teacher management. The book presents three models of decentralized teacher management, explores the…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Philipsen, Maike, Ed. – 1997
This collection of 29 articles is devoted to the question of "what works" in regard to parental involvement. The two main objectives in compiling this volume were: (1) to provide general information about successful strategies and programs to interested educators and parents; and (2) to offer context-specific, "tailored"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Distad, Linda Schaak; Brownstein, Joan Cady – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
If you are looking for a book that provides concrete advice for establishing group reflection, then "Talking Teaching" is the perfect choice. The work is the product of a 3-year grant-supported induction year program. College faculty from an associated group of colleges joined staff developers from a growing suburban district in creating an entire…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Theory Practice Relationship
Sehr, David T. – 1997
This book identifies two competing traditions of American democracy and citizenship: a dominant, privately-oriented citizenship tradition and an alternative tradition of public democratic citizenship. Based on the second tradition, the book outlines a set of qualities an effective democratic citizen must possess, as well as a number of ideal…
Descriptors: Change, Decision Making, Democracy, Educational Change
Irwin, Judith W. – 1996
This text examines the forces that keep educators and students from feeling fully empowered, that is, gaining the power to self-actualize and to facilitate this process for others. A feminist perspective is used to consider directions for educational reform and innovation broadly under an umbrella philosophy of empowerment, suggesting a paradigm…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Black, Caren – 1997
This book argues that the redefinition of teaching begins with teachers' developing a positive attitude about themselves as educators. The book offers suggestions to teachers on how to apply positive practices to themselves, move from passive to assertive communication, redefine their approach and build new beliefs, increase student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Brubaker, Dale L. – Corwin Press, 2004
When we learn, we learn through our own experiences. So when we teach, how do we incorporate our own invaluable life lessons into a state mandated curriculum? Dale Brubaker's "Revitalizing Curriculum Leadership" provides an innovative and liberating solution to this problem. In this updated resource, the author tells why educators need to move…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development, Instructional Leadership
Karchmer, Rachel A.; Mallette, Marla H.; Kara-Soteriou, Julia; Leu, Donald J. Jr. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2005
Teachers will discover new instructional ideas and resources for the classroom, new visions for the school and district, and new ways to view their work. This volume combines two powerful perspectives that will help use the Internet to support literacy learning: (1) The stories of exemplary teachers who successfully use the Web in their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Internet, Literacy
McEwan, Elaine K. – 2002
As all educators face the pressures of accountability, it has become more important to hire effective teachers skilled at fostering outstanding academic achievement. This book is designed to provide both school administrators and teachers with information and inspiration about what goes into being an effective teacher. Chapter 1 describes a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Heller, Daniel A. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004
Just as the pool of qualified teacher applicants is shrinking and attrition rates are soaring, new standards are making entry into the teaching profession more difficult. Teachers can make sure their school system doesn't get caught in the crunch by implementing the approach from this visionary guide. Daniel A. Heller describes a top-to-bottom…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Personnel Selection, Mentors, Standards