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Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in Our Schools
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Johnson, Susan Moore – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This important and much-needed book is based on a longitudinal study of fifty new teachers during their first years in the classroom. It highlights the cases of ten, whose stories vividly illustrate the joys and disappointments of new teachers in today's schools. The book documents why they entered teaching, what they encountered in their schools,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Educators, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Executive Selection: A Look at What We Know and What We Need To Know.
DeVries, David L. – 1993
This report, an expanded version of the working document that anchored the 1992 Center for Creative Leadership conference on executive selection, summarizes and evaluates the contributions of research and practice to the understanding of how to choose the most effective leaders for organizations. Following a brief look at the realities of…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Leadership
Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 33, 1982.
Rosenzweig, Mark R., Ed.; Porter, Lyman W., Ed. – 1982
This volume contains 20 essays on current research in representative areas of psychology. The authors are professors and researchers at universities in the United States, England, Colombia, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, France, and Canada. A wide range of topics is discussed. Included among these are social psychology of intergroup…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Genetics, Higher Education, Information Processing
Leaders for a New Era: Strategies for Higher Education. American Council on Education/Macmillan Series on Higher Education.
Greene, Madeleine F., Ed. – 1988
Conventional wisdom on the nature of leadership in higher education is challenged in this collection of 12 essays. They are divided into three sections: (1) The Context; (2) New Leaders and New Models; and (3) Strategies and Resources. Chapters and authors include: "Leaders and Their Development" (Madeleine F. Green); "Toward a New Leadership…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Putting "Service" into Library Staff Training: A Library Manager's Training Guide. LAMA Occasional Papers Series. A Patron-Centered Guide.
Bessler, Joanne M. – 1994
This guide is built on librarianship training literature and customer service research from a variety of professions. It tells library managers how to identify and describe service ideals, to translate these ideals into realistic goals, and to lead new and experienced staff in fulfilling these service ideals. They are encouraged to focus the…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Administration, Library Personnel, Library Planning
Effective Leadership in Student Services. Voices from the Field.
Clement, Linda M.; Rickard, Scott T. – 1992
This book discusses exemplary leadership in the administration of student services in colleges and universities. It focuses on the various themes that emerge from 210 practitioners in students services, nominated by their peers as effective leaders, as they share their thoughts about the practice of their profession. Part 1 focuses on attributes,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Ancillary School Services, Colleges
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide for Surviving in the Academic World.
Caplan, Paula J. – 1993
This book addresses what keeps women out of the highest levels of academia in the United States and Canada and demonstrates that while many women believe that when they fail it is their fault, their fate is more likely to be sealed by the barriers they face within the male environment. The book presents a list of the forms that the maleness of the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, College Faculty, Colleges