school environment

Discusses the role of principals in modern-day schools, and offers advice to school leaders on how to integrate both managerial and leadership skills into the performance of their job.

Examines the link between school character and school improvement, explaining how principals, superintendents, and policymakers can protect their schools and create better educational systems by building institutional character at the local level.

Labeled photographs and brief sentences introduce some of the things a young girl uses at school.

Reinforces the key components of the Professional Learning Community framework through a combination of music, quotations, and humor.

"Working on the Work (WOW) offers a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of school designed for students. In this second edition, author Phillip Schlechty incorporates what he's learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and his organization, the Schlechty Center, have conducted since the book's first publication. WOW is a theory of motivation that tries to answer the question: "What can teachers build into the task and activities they design for students that will increase the prospect which students will find meaning in the tasks assigned?" The guide is filled with practical wisdom"--Provided by publisher.

"Why just "sit and get" professional development when you can take charge of it? Schools nationwide are using professional learning communities to revitalize staff development, and Literacy Learning Communities shows you how to adapt this powerful framework to target the literacy strengths and needs of students in secondary schools. Whether you're an administrator, a staff developer, or a member of a teacher-study group, Literacy Learning Communities shows you how to make LLCs happen, why they work, and how to get the most from them."--BOOK JACKET.

Contains profiles of nearly 2,500 accredited four-year undergraduate institutions in the U.S. and Canada, featuring descriptive essays on one thousand schools by admissions personnel, providing details on setting, enrollment, academic programs and degrees, application procedures, tuition and fees, and other topics, and including contact information.