Author: Carmen Fariña Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books ISBN: 9780325060927 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 0
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"The first priority for school leaders is to understand that problems cannot define a vision nor become its end point. Instead, they are opportunities to include stakeholders in formulating the vision." - Carmen Farina and Laura Kotch This updated edition of A School Leader's Guide to Excellence models exactly how current Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, Carmen Farina, and former Executive Director of Professional Development for the New York City Department of Education, Laura Kotch, transform struggling schools and make good schools great. Carmen and Laura "believe that conversations and collaboration work better than competition and isolation, and that excellence can be shared and replicated. The building blocks of what works well in one classroom or school can be exported to build consistency and community across classrooms and schools." Their plan shows precisely how to envision success and share your plan, collaborate inside your building and outside it to build the momentum for change then focus everyone's energy toward accomplishing even your highest goals.
Author: Carmen Fariña Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 212
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This book is an enormous gift. It has the power to change you and your school in ways that will bring vibrancy and excellence to your community. - Lucy Calkins Author of Units of Study for Primary Writing and Units of Study for Teaching Writing, 3 - 5 What a pleasure to read a book on leadership that focuses on ideas so humane, clear, and wise that the reader wonders how we ever made the art of leadership so complicated and didactic. - Ellin Oliver Keene Coauthor of Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition A veritable treasurehouse of practical help, inspiring support and constructive challenge from two high level leaders who have keep completely in touch with the classroom and never lose sight of the humanity of their own learning and leadership. - Andy Hargreaves Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education Boston College Carmen and Laura translate their soaring vision into a clear, . . . easy-to-use, friendly guide any educator can apply. - Bill Cirone Superintendent of Santa Barbara County Office of Education Is something - no matter how big or small - holding your school back? If so, turn to Carmen Farina and Laura Kotch. In New York City they've transformed struggling schools into excellent schools and made good ones great. And in A School Leader's Guide to Excellence they'll show you a direct, detailed road to improving schoolwide achievement. A School Leader's Guide to Excellence gets at what's really important when you're leading the way to change: gathering the energy of the school community for change focusing that energy on problem solving assuring ownership and sustainability so that new practices last. Farina and Kotch present their ideas with step-by-step instructions, implementation and evaluation advice, artifacts of their own reform efforts, and all the modifiable forms and documents you'll need. Their strategies will help you: form a doable vision of change collect information and create urgency spark professional conversation and reinforce beliefs motivate change through celebration involve every staff member secure parents' support develop a culture of professional learning make your job easier by nurturing teacher leaders lead in the moment by planning in advance. Energize your school for change, make reform happen, and make it last. Improve the performance - and the lives - of your students. And do it all with a realistic plan developed by people who've been there and know the way to success. Read A School Leader's Guide to Excellence and raise your school to new heights.
Author: John R. Wink Publisher: ISBN: 9781947604797 Category : Academic achievement Languages : en Pages : 248
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"In A Teacher's Guide to Excellence in Every Classroom: Creating Support Systems for Student Success, author John R. Wink acknowledges the unique and significant role that educators play in the lives of their students both as role models and guides. Teachers in the 21st century are far more than simple educators in the lives of their students. As such, this book acts as a guide for educators who wish to maximize their impact in their students' lives and unlock their students' full potential. Readers will not only learn how to increase their effectiveness as educators, but how to push all their students toward academic excellence"--
Author: Ken O'Connor Publisher: Solution Tree Press ISBN: 1935542516 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 224
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Ensure your school’s grading procedures are supportive of learning, accurate, meaningful, and consistent. Discover how the “seven essential Ps” can improve your effectiveness in supporting assessment and communicating student achievement. You will also learn how to avoid inaccurate grades caused by penalties for lateness or academic dishonesty; extra credit; group rather than individual work; and marking down for attendance.
Author: John R. Wink Publisher: Solution Tree ISBN: 9781942496922 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 0
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This resource examines the Hierarchy of Instructional Excellence, which prioritizes the order of teacher development for ultimate success.
Author: Stuart C. Smith Publisher: Corwin Press ISBN: 1483364194 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 521
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Emphasizing the school leader's role in student learning, this new edition covers the principalship, accountability, leadership effects, distributed leadership, political leadership, resource allocation, and more!
Author: Jeffrey Glanz Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1475874553 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 187
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School leaders are busy, overwhelmed, and may not always be cognizant of the latest cutting-edge theories and practices in the field of instructional improvement. Drawing from research, Creating a Culture of Excellence is a resource that serves as a guide to the best practices in teaching, curriculum, professional development, supervision, and evaluation. Attending to these five processes, utilizing best practices in the field of research and practice, will ensure high-quality instruction in any school. This book is replete with engaging learning activities and vignettes to reinforce ideas and concepts.
Author: Carmen Farina Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books ISBN: 9780325061719 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 194
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"The first priority for school leaders is to understand that problems cannot define a vision nor become its end point. Instead, they are opportunities to include stakeholders in formulating the vision." - Carmen Farina and Laura Kotch This updated edition of A School Leader's Guide to Excellence models exactly how current Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, Carmen Farina, and former Executive Director of Professional Development for the New York City Department of Education, Laura Kotch, transform struggling schools and make good schools great. Carmen and Laura "believe that conversations and collaboration work better than competition and isolation, and that excellence can be shared and replicated. The building blocks of what works well in one classroom or school can be exported to build consistency and community across classrooms and schools." Their plan shows precisely how to envision success and share your plan, collaborate inside your building and outside it to build the momentum for change then focus everyone's energy toward accomplishing even your highest goals.
Author: George Theoharis Publisher: Teachers College Press ISBN: 0807772267 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 241
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School leaders who succeed at creating a high-achieving learning community must also be committed to creating an equitable environment for all students. In this new book, key scholars across the content areas show how to put into practice a commitment to equity and excellence across the Pre-K12 spectrum. Readers learn directly from experts in each of the content domains (literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, music, early childhood, special education, English language learners, world languages, and physical education) how a commitment to social justice and equity can be grounded in core subject areas, why each has a place in the school, and what they need to know and do in each subject area. This book is a critical instructional leadership resource for new and veteran principals who want to see all students succeed. Contributors: Antonio J. Castro, Julie Causton-Theoharis, Virginia Collier, Katherine Delaney, Catherine Ennis, Virginia Goatley, Beth Graue, Rochelle Gutirrez, Kathleen A. Hinchman, Anne Karabon, Christi Kasa, Dave McAlpine, Mitchell Robinson, Victor Sampson, Sherry A. Southerland, and Wayne Thomas
Author: Elliot Y. Merenbloom Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 131546232X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 161
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Step 6: Decisions on Composition of Houses, Magnets, and Academies -- Step 7: Review and/or Update Curriculum Handbook for Students and Parents -- Step 8: Assemble Registration Materials and Coordinate Course Selection Process -- Step 9: Establish Student Data Base -- Step 10: Create Department Summaries -- Step 11: Create the FTE Distribution Table -- Step 12: Create Teacher Assignment Chart -- Step 13: List Singletons and Doubletons -- Step 14: Formulate a Conflict Matrix for Each Singleton and Doubleton Course -- Step 15: Create a Blueprint for Small Learning Communities -- Step 16: Place Singletons and Doubletons on the Master Schedule by Teacher and Period -- Step 17: Enter Remainder of Courses -- Step 18: Initial and Subsequent Computer Runs -- Step 19: Implement Professional Development -- 9. Aspects of Schedule Implementation
Author: Carmen Fariña
Author: Carmen Fariña
Author: John R. Wink
Author: Ken O'Connor
Author: John R. Wink
Author: Stuart C. Smith
Author: Jeffrey Glanz
Author: Carmen Farina
Author: George Theoharis
Author: Elliot Y. Merenbloom