Educational administration and organization

Educational leaders and aspiring leaders are constantly searching for ways to improve the functioning of their institutions.

Structured to support teaching assistants, this pioneering textbook provides an academic underpinning to each of the key topics studied.

School culture is unarguably central to a school's success or failure.

Student-Centered Leadership offers a timely and thoughtful resource for school leaders who want to turn their ideals into action.

On campuses across the United States and beyond, schools of business, education, law, liberal arts, management, medical professions, pharmacy, and physical or social sciences are beginning to use assessment rubrics for purposes of formative and summative evaluation.

In 1957, McMaster was a small Baptist enclave of traditional higher learning on the western outskirts of Hamilton.

This trailblazing resource teaches educators how to support the strengths of children and teens on the autism spectrum as they transition into their lives as adults.

This book will help you interview successfully for your first job-or a new role-in education.

When students are self-motivated, they work harder at learning even if resources are inadequate.

This book explores the concept of academic freedom from a European vantage point.

This book explores the unique phenomenon of public alternative schools in Toronto, Canada and other large urban areas.

Originally published in 1982.

This hands-on guide helps teachers understand the complexity and humanity behind school safety and security issues-and their role in promoting, using their professional knowledge and expertise, a safe school environment.

In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers.

This edited volume demonstrates some of the potential contributions of discourse analytic approaches to the study of education policy and its implementation within particular policy contexts.

This essential book is packed full of comprehensive guidelines and practical resources for running wellbeing intervention sessions for children aged 7 to 11, drawing from the scientifically grounded Six Ways to Wellbeing and the DNA-V model.

The Little Book of Reflective Practice is bursting with big ideas which will encourage you to be curious, reflective and courageous in your professional learning journey.

Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability Schools(TM) (HRS) model and the PLC at Work(R) process.

This book outlines practical steps that both government and schools can implement to significantly reduce the demands placed upon school leaders.

Imagine lying awake in bed, waiting to hear the front door open so you'll know your teen is home safely.

While teacher knowledge is well-researched and conceptualized, parent knowledge remains largely unstudied.

Welche Bedeutung hat Mehrsprachigkeit für unsere Gesellschaft, für Bildungserfolge und den alltäglichen Umgang miteinander?

The first year of a new leader's tenure is a critical time period.

The 'Get to Know Me' series is aimed at children with additional needs and those who support them in the classroom.

Ensure students acquire the academic skills, dispositions, and knowledge necessary for long-term success.

In a professional learning community, isolation is the enemy of school improvement.

Originally published in 1994.

Since the last war there have been enormous increases in the numbers of universities and of students.

For the last several years Adm.

Let the Sunday Times bestselling authors and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) lead you through the school year.

To acquire content knowledge through reading, students must understand the complex components and diverse purposes of informational texts, as emphasized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood continues to be a topical media and political issue, and a contested policy area.

A revolutionary proposal for a conceptual and organizational framework for US public education that benefits all citizens.

This interdisciplinary volume addresses the progress made regarding mental illness stigma in the realm of higher education while acknowledging how stigma has transformed to present more subtle challenges in this context and how it may be addressed to promote positive campus outcomes.

Post-secondary education is one of the fastest growing segments of the educational system.

New qualifications for those teaching and training in the FE sector became effective in September 2007.

Government forces mean the notion of a 'community' school has become less defined by decisions on core curriculum.

This book gives readers a look inside the boardrooms and directors' minds-a desirable but highly challenging task for researchers due to the lack of access to top teams in organizations.

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.

The book provides a full complement of assessment technologies that enable leaders to measure and evaluate performance using qualitative and quantitative performance indicators and reference points in each of seven areas of organizational performance.

A practical toolkit for educational professionals working in the continuing professional development of teachers.

Originally published in 1989.

What kind of leadership makes learning possible for all students?

The most comprehensive guide on postgraduate grants and professional funding globally.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrowprovides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools.

Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning.

In this new book from Routledge and MiddleWeb, author Angie Miller shows how you can turn your students into informed citizens by teaching them how to research effectively.

Few resources exist to give literacy teacher educators a comprehensive view of effective, innovative practices in their field, making this uniquely practical volume an important addition to the literature.