Educational administration and organization

Education in the Balance explores the significant choices and opportunities worldwide that are opening up to school leaders of the future for the development of schools and school systems.

The pace of change in education has continued to accelerate since the 1988 Education Act, and even experienced school governors are often bewildered about their duties and responsibilities, as well as what is actually happening in primary and secondary classrooms nowadays.

Black Administrators in Higher Education: Autoethnographic Explorations and Personal Narratives presents to the reader a group of administrators from predominantly white and historically black institutions from both four-year and two-year institutions.

This indispensable textbook provides the underpinning knowledge to support all teaching assistants working towards Level 2 of the National Occupational Standards.

An incisive investigation of the often fraught student-transfer pathways from community colleges to four-year institutionsand a blueprint for process reform

This book brings together the two fields of 'educational leadership' and 'rurality' and builds on the growing field of inquiry into the significance of 'adding the rural' to all aspects of education.

With the focus on enhancing the ICT competence of the pupils whom you support, this book: shows how you can support students within the ICT programme of study - even if you're not a confident ICT user yourself tackles tricky issues such as assessment and progression suggests activities for developing skills, familiarity and understanding provides ideas and advice for effective use of ICT in other subjects shows how ICT can be a really effective tool for inclusion.

The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development.

What do school leaders need to know?

Although a few books are available on the use of computers in the school office, this book is the first one addressing the topic of computer-assisted school information systems (SISs) for an international audience, based on both practical and scientific international collaborative research.

This course book is designed to empower educational leaders to make effective leadership decisions and take successful action in response to dynamic scenarios in their schools and districts.

Effective teaching for gifted and talented students is high on the agenda of school systems across the world.

The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence in various industries and the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in recent years have prompted highlighted interest in training and supporting university students to develop industry-oriented AI literacy competencies.

Bibliothekspädagogik ist ein immer größer werdender Bereich im Aufgabenfeld von Bibliotheken, für den die meisten BibliothekarInnen in ihrem Studium oder ihrer Ausbildung bisher nicht ausgebildet wurden.

In den deutschsprachigen Ländern ist das Schulwesen gegenwärtig durch einen systematischen Umbau der administrativen Steuerungsmechanismen gekennzeichnet.

At the core of education, the notion of wellbeing permeates both learner and teacher wellbeing.

This valuable and accessible guide navigates school leaders and those in training through a number of key areas of inclusion, providing context and understanding, helpful definitions, examples of leadership in action, and ten essential principles of inclusive leadership.

In a context of increased politicization led by state and federal policymakers, corporate reformers, and for-profit educational organizations, The Politics of Education Policy in an Era of Inequality explores a new vision for leading schools grounded in culturally relevant advocacy and social justice theories.

This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied.

Parents and Schools Together shows administrators, teachers, and parents how to work together to produce high achieving students in urban school districts.

Resource Management for School Administrators is the only comprehensive book covering all school resources-fiscal, facilities and human resources.

With roughly 25% of those teaching college classes belonging to a union, higher education is one of the most heavily organized industries in the United States.

Issues related to gender and sexual diversity in schools can generate a lot of controversy, with many educators and youth advocates under-prepared to address these topics in their school communities.

Eine Voraussetzung für die erfolgreiche Realisierung lebenslangen Lernens liegt in Bildungseinrichtungen, die den Rahmen für die professionelle Begleitung und Unterstützung individueller Lern- und Bildungsprozesse schaffen.

Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals discusses the English periodical and how it shapes and expresses early conceptions of authorship in the eighteenth century.

This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise-and meaning-of "e;fake news.

All parents want their children to be successful, but success is not just about giving your kids praise or setting them on the right direction.

Teacher identity is shaped by recognition or its absence, often by misrecognition of others.

This book offers specific, easy-to-implement mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) tools for practitioners to use in schools at an individual, group, or classroom-wide level.

This planner provides detailed guidance on what a Designated Mental Health Lead needs to do, when they need to do it, and how they can achieve the best results.

Ask people whether teachers unions are good or bad for education and you are likely to receive a wide variety of opinions.

Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teacher motivation.

Bridge the achievement gap with proven strategies for student success Breakthrough Principals debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools.

"e;For students to be successful in school, they first have to be in school.

This volume presents carefully selected, and annotated, articles about major-leaguers serving at home and overseas in the U.

This inspiring account of bipartisan political success delivers an expert breakdown of how and why Kansasa politically conservative statewas able to craft a stable, balanced, and equitable system of funding for its public schools.

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.

Often new leaders commit a series of missteps that create dissention and dissatisfaction, ultimately alienating staff.

Building on comprehensive research conducted in US schools, this accessible volume offers an effective model of school leadership to develop and implement school-wide, trauma-responsive approaches to student discipline.

'This is a superb book which combines the rare mixture of high quality information with humour.

Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders.

Making the Most of Your Teaching Assistant is an essential handbook for every SENCo and teacher responsible for managing Teaching Assistants.

"e;What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say.

In the seventies, countries lauded American education as one of the best systems in the world.