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Direct linkHabeeb, Scott – Principal Leadership, 2013
Across the country, high schools have found that their ninth-grade students have the highest rates of truancy, discipline referrals, failures, and retentions. A school's worst data points are usually found among freshmen. For this reason, proactive schools seek strategies for transitioning freshmen into high school. An effective freshman…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Grade 9, Student Behavior, Student Adjustment
Umphrey, Jan – Principal Leadership, 2013
Trevor Greene, the 2013 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year, empowers staff members and students to be the best teachers and learners they can be and provides the community resources to support them. In this article, Greene, principal of Toppenish High School in Washington, shares his biggest motivator as a school leader and…
Descriptors: Principals, Social Support Groups, Community Resources, Student Motivation
Hickman, Wayne A.; Moore, Lynda C.; Torek, Tonya J. – Principal Leadership, 2008
When the Burke County Board of Education mandated Burke County High School in Waynesboro, Georgia to "seek a solution" to its poor graduation rate--specifically, to change the school's schedule, teachers were given the responsibility and authority to plan and facilitate the transition. The transition process taught teachers and…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, School Schedules, Teacher Empowerment, Participative Decision Making
