Book by William A. Sommers, Ruby K. Payne

Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals

Ruby K. Payne

William A. Sommers

Aha! Process

Educational leadership is never conflict free. In Responding to Resistance, author William A. Sommers acknowledges this reality and presents school and district leaders with a set of wide-ranging response strategies. Whether a conflict involves staff, students, parents, or other stakeholders, this book will help you address it openly, decisively, and efficiently, so you have more time to focus on what matters most: improving learning in your school community. Use this resource to obtain approaches and guidance for managing persistent problems when other strategies do not seem to work: <ul> <li>Become familiar with five primary causes of conflict and four dangers of ignoring conflict.</li> <li>Gain foundational communication skills for clarifying issues and defining problems.</li> <li>Discover conflict resolution strategies for teams, individuals, and large groups.</li> <li>Understand the research and expertise that support each response strategy.</li> <li>Learn from realistic vignettes that illustrate common conflicts in schools and how a leader might react effectively to overcome resistance to change.</li> </ul> Contents: Introduction: What's the Real Problem? Chapter 1: Foundational Skills Chapter 2: Strategies for Working With Teams Chapter 3: Strategies for Working With Individuals Chapter 4: Strategies for Working With Large Groups Chapter 5: Strategies for When Nothing Seems to Work Conclusion References Index

Responding to Resistance: Thirty Strategies to Manage Conflict in Your School (An Educational Leadership Guide to Conflict Management in the School Community)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree Press

In Elevate School-Based Professional Learning, authors Joellen Killion, William A. Sommers, and Ann Delehant present a model for continuous professional learning that occurs in school staffs everyday work context. This school-based professional learning allows educators to efficiently learn and then immediately apply their refined practices in the classroom. Research-based strategies help preK-12 educators collaboratively study and solve issues arising from their school's unique context and circumstances. By learning together in their school, teachers, staff, and leaders can discover what does and does not work and foster improved student results. Readers Will: Discover what school-based professional learning is and how they can implement it through a collaborative effort, Learn how to collect and analyze data to determine their school's needs and to help focus their school-based professional learning, Understand how to reach learning goals by developing essential knowledge, attitudes, skills, aspirations, and behaviors, Benefit from multiple tools and strategies for implementing, assessing, maintaining, growing, and reflecting on school-based professional learning, Gain insight into personal and systemwide benefits of school-based professional learning and how to meet and move beyond the challenges of implementing this model

Elevate School-Based Professional Learning (Implement school-based PD based on authors’ research and real experiences with strategies that work)

Joellen Killion

Ann Delehant

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