Educational administration and organization

Praise for The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration "e;The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration provides insiders' in-depth and firsthand perspectives on issues in the contemporary professional administration of intercollegiate athletics and recreation, as well as practical solutions to these issues.

Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades.

This book highlights the strategies and approaches to the practice of equitable and inclusive school education, elaborating the role of various stakeholders such as teachers, special educators, parents, peers, teacher educators, educational administrators and Ed-tech firms.

Education Policy and Evaluation: A Context for Change offers one perspective in defining the problems of public policy in education and some suggestions for redirection.

A practical, research-based guide for ensuring trustworthy classroom observations that provide teachers with meaningful feedback Better Feedback for Better Teaching is an essential resource for school, district, and state, leaders committed to high-quality classroom observations.

"e;Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well.

Transition from a traditional school to a high reliability organization that ensures students master academic, cognitive, and metacognitive skills and knowledge.

Financing Public Schools moves beyond the basics of financing public elementary and secondary education to explore the historical, philosophical, and legal underpinnings of a viable public school system.

This book offers a comprehensive look into issues and trends driving international student mobility as the phenomenon becomes increasingly prevalent worldwide.

How can you create a school environment where everyone--staff and students alike--will become an active, engaged learner?

Single Case Research in Schools addresses and examines the variety of cutting-edge issues in single case research (SCR) in educational settings.

A practical and entertaining volume, Cage-Busting Leadership will be of profound interest and value to school and district leadersand to everyone with a stake in school improvement.

What constitutes a high quality teacher education program and what standards teacher candidates should meet before receiving their teaching credential?

The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online - they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope.

Managing problems has always been a major responsibility of headship, but a substantial number of primary heads now regard their role as especially problematic.

From the 1787 Wedgwood antislavery medallion featuring the image of an enchained and pleading black body to Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012) and Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave (2013), slavery as a system of torture and bondage has fascinated the optical imagination of the transatlantic world.

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What role does a school play in a community and society?

This book explores the current status of primary schools in Rwanda and the history behind their development.

School leadership has been identified as a key function in assuring quality in education.

The time is ripe for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to school design.

Teach students to write about math so they can improve their conceptual understanding in authentic ways.

Teaching would be easy if there were clear recipes you could follow every time.

Called to Serve Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically.

Despite being the most common learning disability, dyslexia is widely misunderstood.

This collection brings together cutting-edge research on the history of embodiment, health and schooling in an international context.

The Handbook of Research on the Education of School Leaders brings together empirical research on leadership preparation and development to provide a comprehensive overview and synthesis of what we know about preparing school leaders today.

'This is a stimulating and well-researched book that will interest anyone who cares about how our schools should evolve' - Matters Arising'What are schools for?

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Authentic School Improvement for Authentic Leaders charts a full improvement journey of a school from a 'Requires Improvement' Ofsted rating, through a second, to a resounding 'Good'.

This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts.

Both practical and inspiring, this book is designed to empower educators and school leaders to make clear and simple adjustments to their practice for a lasting impact on the happiness and well- being of staff and children and ultimately on academic standards.

A Curriculum Guide for Middle Leaders is a comprehensive guide to the curriculum for middle leaders and subject leaders.

In 2002, the American School Counselor Association presented the ASCA National Model for school counseling programs as a framework for implementing best practices in training counselors to deliver effective evidence-based approaches for K-12 students.

The Primary Teacher's Career Handbook is invaluable to all those in Primary education.

This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management.

From Sara Alston, co-author of The Inclusive Classroom, comes a new book supporting primary teachers to work more effectively with their teaching assistants to promote children's learning.

Generational identity plays a large role in how teachers view educational change and school reform.

This book examines the history of Bosnia and post-conflict Bosnian education in the setting of a society very much still politically divided.

Leaders and aspiring leaders are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice.

Refocusing School Leadership departs from the more traditional conceptualization of leadership, looking behind the daily routines of human resource leaders to highlight the assumptions and values and beliefs they bring to their work as well as the values and meanings embedded in the various contexts of school life.

In our knowledge-based society, K8 students need to develop increasingly sophisticated skills to read, write, and speak for a wide variety of purposes and audiences.

Learn a big-picture framework and research-based actions for bringing the power of antiracist education to school culture and curriculum.

Jacquie Turnbull's practical and thoughtful handbook guides teachers through the 9 strategies that will help them to achieve professional effectiveness.

Every person comes to know and understand their life from their own perspective.

What its really like to be a parent in the world of higher education, and how academia can make this hard climb a little less steepAcademia has a big problem.