Educational administration and organization

Concepts and examples of restructuring.

Educators working with Palestini's textbook Law and American Education: a Case Brief Approach will find this comprehensive pedagogical tool useful.

How can teachers ensure that every student who graduates is competent in subject matter and responsible in citizenship?

This book theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership.

Here, the authors focus on educators who dare to lead their schools, districts, universities, and educational organizations to new possibilities.

This book is a "e;must read"e; for every parent who has ever signed a check for tuition, every student who has ever wondered where all the distinguished professors are hiding, and everyone else who has ever questioned what faculty do with themselves all day.

Moving an archive, historical society, or rare book library may occur only once in the career of a professional curator, archivist or librarian.

Character Education in America's Blue Ribbon Schools is based upon descriptive, documentary, and qualitative research conducted on the award winning school applications in the United Stated Department of Education's Elementary School Recognition Program, i.

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Substance, Judgment and Evaluation: Seeking the Worth of a Liberal Arts, Core Text Education selectively presents the thoughts of scholars and teachers of liberal arts, core text education on how their programs formulate and advance a "e;value-centered"e; education.

A study of the functions of colleges and universities, Varsity Letters is intended to aid those responsible for the documentation of these institutions.

School administrators want to be better leaders, strategic planners, and stewards of their time and resources.

This popular book and video present the principles and applications of TQM for transformation of schools.

In sixteen case histories based on principals' real experiences, you will be confronted with a series of harsh, but realistic challenges to your administrative skills, professional and personal values, and courage.

As an applied field, educational administration must be learned through experiencing its myriad tasks and challenges.

This easy-to-read book integrates research and performance-based concepts in order to demystify and debunk the conventional wisdom about education.

How can educators survive in the whirlwind restructuring and reform caused by the digital age?

Designed to teach the principal to become efficient and effective in accomplishing noninstructional roles, this book offers advice on expectations and survival techniques to ensure the principal's longevity in the district.

This 112-page publication, Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21st Century, presents characteristics of schools and school systems capable of preparing students for a global knowledge/information age.

In Paradigm Lost, Spady explores the important changes in culture, instruction, school calendars and school agenda that school leaders must make to prepare students for the next millennium despite the fact that the current system of schooling leads to institutional inertia that counters the very changes we most need to make.

Provides information to help administrators organize school structure, advance effective techniques, increase worker satisfaction, and promote productivity.

Have you ever left a meeting feeling that nothing had actually been accomplished?

The twists and turns and influences of life that helped shape the career of this award-winning school administrator form a story worth telling and sharing with anyone who works or aspires to a career in education.

Families are a child's first and best teachers.

A useful road map to help implement the quality concept in the educational environment.

Today, many public schools, especially rural and inner-city areas, are so fraught with violence, so impersonal, and so poorly funded that they drive students away rather than inspire them to learn.

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Why not improve your recruiting techniques and staff development strategies?

The Board-Savvy Superintendent's hard-hitting, no-nonsense, advice on school board leadership capitalizes on Houston and Eadie's hands-on experience working with hundreds of boards and superintendents over the past quarter-century.

In this unique look at leadership, Patterson shares the results of interviews he conducted with 14 highly respected superintendents about the human side of this important job.

In the midst of the continuing controversy over the right ways to bring change to American schools, Peter Temes's book is a firebell in the night.

Knowing how to post bail and get out of jail in fifteen minutes is darn handy for almost everyone.

Technology has propelled the college classroom into the 21st century at warp speed.

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.

While research and common sense tells us that experiential learning is more effective than the more traditional process of information assimilation (where teachers lecture, test, and grade), high school, college, and university teachers continue to use paper-and-pencil tests as their primary grading and assessment tool.

Ever wonder why there is such a big gap in the number of students who succeed in comparison to those who do not?

Understanding Gay and Lesbian Youth assists the classroom teacher, school counselor, and administrator in relating to gay and lesbian youth and creating accepting and supportive learning climates.

The Study of the American School Superintendency, 2000 is the ninth 10-Year Study of the American School Superintendent commissioned by AASA.

Veteran educators Seifert and Vornberg utilize the six standards created by the Interstate School Leaders Consortium (ISLLIC) and used in developing and redesigning preparation programs and state certification examinations to discuss those issues faced by practicing elementary and secondary school principals.

Demands for vouchers, charter schools, the growth of home schooling and the rebirth of private education are creating increased competition for public schools.

When we view art, understanding comes in part as we engage in reflective practice.

Break down the barriers within your school organization!

'What if teachers were owners, not employees?

Now there is a text that provides students with a comprehensive blueprint for supervisory practice in the field of education.

While providing additional monies and educational opportunities for students, student activity funds can also create accounting and control nightmares for school business administrators.

Using a set of budgeting guidelines created specifically for school entities, this how-to publication takes readers through the steps necessary to develop an annual budget that meets today's most rigorous demands.

Dedicated, informed school board members are basic to school improvement and success.

Skills for Successful 21st Century School Leaders provides a complete overview of the knowledge base and skills for successful school leaders.

This book is designed for the career teacher interested in designing positive learning environments.

Management by wandering around (MBWA) is the catalyst that brings teachers, aides, parents, and administrators together in the pursuit of excellent schools.