administration

Looks at the work done by principals in schools, discusses the education and training needed to do the job, and reviews the history of the profession.

Contains a guide for teachers and principals in developing more comprehensive leadership strategies through a series of intense dialogs between a novice and a seasoned veteran.

Presents action research studies about teaching and learning in a block period environment, conducted by seven Seattle area high school teachers in their own classrooms during the 1996-97 school year.

Explains how librarians can take a pro-active role in the library's function and become an effective advocate for intellectual freedom and patron privacy.

A guide for creating a sustainable leadership program for education institutions.

"[Demonstrates] how education leaders can learn to deliver feedback in a way that strengthens relationships as well as performance and builds the capacity for growth. Drawing on constructive-developmental theory, the authors describe four stages of adult growth and development and explain how to differentiate feedback for colleagues with different 'ways of knowing'"--Provided by publisher.

Photographs and simple text describe the work done by school principals.

Offers advice to administrators on how to encourage the teachers in their schools or districts and create a climate that allows them to take risks and act as coaches to their students.

Outlines effective strategies for high school reform and explains how those strategies can be applied to every aspect of secondary education.