Can teachers, principals, and professors lead their students toward profound learning until they have been there themselves? Peer coaching offers a remarkable vehicle to join with students as learners and together build a community of learners, and this volume presents it all with clarity, economy, honesty, and conviction.

Peer Coaching for Educators: Second Edition

Education & Teaching

Gottesman, Barbara L.

Higher & Continuing Education

Scarecrow Education

Contemporary schools require far more than just 'the three R's'. Beyond the books and tests, educational facilities are expected to produce members of society with integrity, as well. Character education is an abstract idea that many educators, both teachers and administrators, have a difficult time implementing, and too often it gets left out of the curriculum. How do school personnel, then, instill values of good character in students, and as an administrator, how do you spread these values to the entire school? DeRoche and Williams provide school leaders with an effective road map, touring schools that have achieved success. The authors divide the reader's journey through reform efforts into several 'tour stops,' beginning with a review of the character education framework, passing through subjects such as school climate, core values, training personnel, forming relationships, and concluding with guidelines for evaluation. Each 'stop' contains a list of helpful articles or books, as well as valuable Internet resources. The conclusion of the journey is ultimately the responsibility of school leaders, but this book will give you a head start.

Character Education: A Guide For School Administrators

Edward F. DeRoche

Mary M. Williams

Reference

Have you ever asked yourself, 'Why do we do this?' when faced with the day-to-day realities of school, such as report cards, standardized tests, or textbooks? Chances are, if you are like most Americans, you haven't. William Spady has, however, and in Beyond Counterfeit Reforms he questions the dead-end assumptions of American education. He asserts a set of five 'research realities' that should be the foundation of any truly learner-centered system: Human Potential, Human Learning, Domains of Living, Future Conditions, and Life Performance. Not only does Spady thoroughly articulate the bad news about the deep organizational flaws in our schools, but he develops the model of a Total Learning Community―a profoundly compelling description of a possible education and society which makes current reform methods look superficial and misguided in comparison.

Beyond Counterfeit Reforms: Forging an Authentic Future for All Learners

William Spady

Schools & Teaching

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of students. Year-Round Education will: · Highlight the benefits of the modified calendar for teachers · Explain the transition process through three real-life case studies · Identify the principals' leadership styles as a transformational facilitator, transformational leader, transactional leader, and authoritarian administrator. Features include: · An action plan for schools/districts preparing for the transition · Ideas for setting up an intersession program · A comparison of teacher motivation and leadership styles from each case study · A discussion on university partnerships and community support · A review of professional work and literature on teacher motivation and year-round education · An actual intersession brochure with classes listed Written in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.

Year-Round Education: Change and Choice for Schools and Teachers

Haser, Shelly Gismondi

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