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"The coach approach to school leadership addresses a dilemma faced by many principals: how to function as learning leaders while fulfilling their evaluative and management duties. The answer? Incorporating instructional coaching techniques as an integral part of serious school improvement. This thought provoking book speaks to the unique needs of principals as instructional leaders, providing solutions to challenges in every aspect of this complex...
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"Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to reimagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation--but America's teachers one-upped him. All across the country, he met teachers in ordinary settings doing extraordinary things, creating innovative classrooms where children learn deeply...
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What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share. Some may advocate the use of carrots rather than sticks; some may refer to punishments as "logical consequences." But virtually all take for granted that the teacher must be in control of the classroom, and that what we need are strategies to get students to comply with the adult's expectations. Alfie...
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"We can't do that in our school district."
"I don't have time to add that to my curriculum."
"We're fighting against impossible odds with these students."
Sound familiar? School improvement can often feel like a losing battle, but it doesn't have to be. In this fully revised and updated second edition of The Learning Leader, Douglas B. Reeves helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalize on their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, and reset...
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"What if learning was exciting? What if students felt important and empowered every time they walked into the building? What if parents looked forward to calls from their children's teachers and principals, instead of cringing when the school's number popped up on their phones? To Todd Nesloney and Adam Welcome, those aren't far-fetched what ifs; they can (and should) be a reality for every teacher, school, parent, and student. In Kids Deserve It!,...
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A principal's job is astonishingly complex, and its competing demands can be overwhelming, especially in the first few years. In this book, Jen Schwanke, a principal herself, provides a mentor's guidance to steer new principals through the period of adjustment and set the foundation for a long and rewarding career. The topics you wish your graduate program had covered are covered here-directly, practically, and without the jargon. Drawing on her own...
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This book is intended to provide guidance to parents, guardians, educators, and community recreation professionals regarding the importance of increased physical activity beyond the school day for children with disabilities.
The book starts off by discussing early childhood development specific to children with disabilities and places emphasis on parents' roles as their advocate in school and community sports, recreational, and leisure programs.
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Positive recognition and appreciation can transform your school from a place where people have to work into one where they want to work and enjoy bringing their best every day. And that transformation starts with the leader! In this Lead Like a PIRATE Guide, Amber Teamann and Melinda Miller offer practical and doable strategies to revolutionize your campus culture.
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“Key Knowledge for Success” provides effective and efficient solutions for district leaders and their careers.
Superintendents must manage a district's day-to-day activities while moving the community into the future. They juggle administrative tasks, balance budgets, liaise with influencers, and keep the schools focused on academic excellence. Key Knowledge for Success is packed with the advice, tips and tools these leaders need right now.
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Being an educator is not easy. It is a noble profession for a reason - which means that not everyone is meant to be an educator. After he was faced with the possibility that he too may not have been the right person, Dr. Marcus Broadhead reveals an honest look at what it took for him to recognize his purpose.
Who we are today is the sum of all of the steps and experiences we have taken. For Dr. Broadhead, his missteps frame the wealth of experience...
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Baruti K. Kafele, a champion for assistant principals, offers stories from his own leadership practice and thought-provoking advice for being effective in the role.
The job of a school leader is more challenging-and important-than ever. To be effective, administrators need to support their students and staff, but they also need to take care of themselves. Bestselling author Baruti K. Kafele brings this motivational message to the pivotal members...
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Dr. Paul Teys shares insights gleaned over four decades of teaching, and two decades of principalship in P-12 independent schools in this engaging book. Knitting together his doctoral research and extensive lived experience in the world of Australia's independent schools, Teys lays down a path for aspiring and early-to-mid career principals to take the next exciting steps in their careers.
Providing the latest information and guidance on what it...
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Principals need wisdom. The knowledge built up over time leads to authoritative solutions, resolutions, and actions. In “Vintage Knowledge for Principals”, over a hundred short entries define a single piece of wisdom, describe its benefits, and provide an example of the wisdom in action. Recommendations based on real-world experience are inexpensive and accessible. In minutes, principals will maximize the performance of their schools, their people,...
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While many books outline the attributes of successful school leaders, few describe how those traits manifest in daily practice. The Daily Practices of Successful Principals goes beyond the outward picture of excellence and provides a compendium of daily practices used by successful principals in various settings. Written by former administrators who have walked in your shoes, this handy guide's strategies are based on interviews with successful leaders...
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How do you propel student achievement and meet students' social and emotional needs at the same time? How do you transform school culture so that students are eager to come to school every single day? After decades of leading schools to G.R.E.A.T.ness, Dr. Andy unlocks his time-tested pillars that educators can use to transform school culture and increase student achievement.
Using each pillar of his G.R.E.A.T. Leadership Philosophy™, his school:
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In Skyrocket Your Teacher Coaching, Michael Cary Sonbert offers a rocket-fueled, no-nonsense approach to helping school leaders launch high-impact instructional coaching in their schools. The book pinpoints problematic trends in current instructional coaching frameworks and approaches and outlines a simple, step-by-step process that emphasizes providing precise and direct feedback, actionable steps for teachers, practice and real-time coaching, mutual...
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Megan Kortlandt, Carly Stone, and Samantha Keesling have developed a flexible structure for collaborative professional learning that they call the principal lab, in which K—12 principals learn with and from each other to become better instructional leaders. Each chapter walks through the foundational components of a successful principal lab-relationship building, anchoring experiences, observations, and feedback - and then discusses how to lay the...
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Principles for Principals presents eight great ideas and twelve guidelines for current and future school administrators at all three levels.
Within Principles for Principals, readers gain the insight of John D. Roberts' 41 years of experience as a public-school administrator. The great ideas Roberts offers within are suggestions of what to do in specific situations. The twelve guidelines presented in Principles for Principals give new administrators...
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