Educational administration and organization

Comment réinventer le musée de l’Homme ?

Based on the acclaimed series 'The Issue' in the Times Educational Supplement, this book brings together Steven Hastings' vast experience and offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges and concerns facing modern schools.

In High Schools, Race, and America's Future, Lawrence Blum offers a lively account of a rigorous high school course on race and racism.

Between the current 'Me' generation, the over abundance of discipline problems and violence, the stress of the accountability measures of NCLB, and the current state of the economy, many of education professionals are retiring, changing jobs, or leaving the profession.

The organisation Achievement for All engaged in international projects in England, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, South Korea, the United States of America and Wales with the aim of raising the aspirations, access and achievements of vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people.

Globalization has brought dramatic changes to the character and functions of education in most countries around the world.

The revision of this innovative book provides school counseling students, practitioners, leaders, supervisors, and faculty with information and resources regarding the alignment and implementation of school counseling, specifically comprehensive school counseling programs.

This edited volume brings together a range of perspectives on Educational Leadership, Management and Administration (ELMA) and various theories of resistance or compliance along with how policy and politics play out in school communities.

This expansion of Whatever It Takes sharpens the focus on the pyramid of interventions strategy.

The perennial bestseller, How to Survive Your Freshman Year has become known as the college freshman's "e;bible.

`This is a distance-learning text for a university MBA course but it is easy to recommend it also as a free-standing, clearly written and comprehensive induction to the subject.

Wissenschaftsorganisationen erfahren spätestens seit den 1990er Jahren einen Wandel, dem in diesem Buch entlang der beiden Diskurse um Exzellenz und Geschlechtergleichstellung nachgegangen wird.

Alex Kelly's internationally renowned TALKABOUT books are a series of practical workbooks designed to develop the self-awareness, self-esteem, and social skills of people with special needs.

This book, which is the eighth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in decentralisation, school-based management (SBM) and quality in education globally.

Using policy analysis and case study approaches, Private Universities in Latin America examines the significant amounts of research and innovation being made available from private universities in Latin America.

Today's instantaneous and ever-present news stream frequently presents a sensationalized or otherwise distorted view of the world, demanding constant critical engagement on the part of everyday citizens.

The Instructional Leadership Cycle introduces a multifaceted model for continuous school and system improvement, founded on an adaptable set of professional practices for K12 leaders.

School superintendents, business managers, central office leaders, elected officials, industry leaders, educators, and aspiring practitioners in the field of education will find this book a useful resource in understanding innovative ways to stretch limited school resources or to improve the scope and quality of services and programs offered to deserving students.

How to create an effective social media strategy for a school or district School leaders may be familiar with social media in their own lives, but many still need help in effectively using social media in their professional practice.

We've all been told emotional intelligence is a good thing, but are we really clear about what it is and how we can all get more of it?

Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus.

Social movements and events such as the Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate, the Supreme Court's ruling against the legality of employment discrimination against the LGBT population, and the growing diversity of the workforce serve as impetus for more diverse and engaging work contexts.

Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research was written to offer those who engage in college student research a framework, tool, or guide for understanding the role that theory plays in research.

In light of the growing phenomenon of Islamic schools in the United States and Europe, this compelling study outlines whether these schools share similar traits with other religious schools, while posing new challenges to education policy.

Who would be a school principal these days?

Teaching is becoming increasingly complex in the 21st Century, creating a need for more sophisticated frameworks to support teachers' professional learning.

The provisions of the 1988 Education Reform Act have given many schools the turnover and responsibilities of a medium-sized business.

This book documents and deconstructs the concept of educational leadership within various education settings originating from diverse global environments.

Improve student enrollment outcomes and meet institutional goals through the effective management of student enrollments.

Originally published in 1968 The New University is a collection of essays dealing with problems and opportunities of university development in our time.

Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition is about leadership in the maritime environment.

This volume provides both practicing and aspiring Language Program Administrators with knowledge about the research and theory that underpin key topics in educational leadership, as well as practical guidance for the day-to-day management of language programs, including budgets, personnel, decision making, strategic planning, advocacy, and digital technologies.

Ensure your school district is doing the right work, the right way, for the right reasons.

For more than a century, local journalism has been taken almost for granted.

When teachers are not precise in their communication, use idioms, or use sarcasm, children don't learn, or, worse, they experience confusion or embarrassment because they don't know what to do.

How can you help students most effectively in the classroom?

Using drama right across the curriculum to improve and invigorate teaching and learning, this book provides whole school and individual class approaches underpinned by sound theory and implemented in a real primary school.

Part of the Solutions for Professional Learning Communities series.

Leadership for Mental Wellbeing in the Secondary School is an introduction to a set of simple shifts you can enact to make your work more rewarding, and your school a flagship of excellence.

Relationships are the heart of great teaching, great leadership, and our greatest predictor of achievement.

This book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.

The world of training to teach is changing, with moves to make teaching an M level profession.

As institutions of higher learning strive to develop strong 21st century educational leaders, they must meet the needs of administrators in light of the role technology plays in teaching and learning.

"e;Department chairs who have asked themselves the question 'Who knows where the time goes' should ask Christian Hansen for the answer.

Explore the wide range of duties inherent in being an assistant principal and gain strategies to achieve success and happiness in this position, whether for a single year or for a career.

Why do some schools have high levels of teacher turnover, but others don't?

This book shows school leaders how they can infuse their daily practice with an examination of the actions they take to improve their schools.

This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroom, as an effective approach to learning.