educational leadership

Presents an overview of how school cultures function, and discusses four "types" of educators--believers, fundamentalists, tweeners, and survivors--and describes how to maintain a balanced dynamic between them to improve the school's culture and increase the learning potential for students.

" ... offers administrators, teachers, and other educators working to promote inclusion a wealth of information about: the history and research base of inclusive education in the United States; ... essential curricular and instructional practices for inclusive schools, such as heterogeneous grouping, creative problem solving, and co-teaching; powerful organizational structures such as Multitiered System of Support and Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports to help optimize the benefits of differentiation for all students; and a conceptual framework for coordinating educational initiatives and best practices for educating all students in general education."--Amazon.com.

"Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer practical advice and strategies that help you build positive energy to reinvigorate your school's culture and staff."--Provided by publisher.

The author explains why he believes in academic standards as the only fair method for assessing student performance, offers guidelines for establishing standards systems, and discusses the role of the school superintendent, board of education, and state and national governments in the standards movement.

A guide to curriculum mapping that addresses the roles of leaders; provides information on key concepts and processes, developing teacher leadership, allocating time and resources, and other related topics; and includes examples.

Provides tips and step-by-step guidance for education leaders on reform delivery, focusing on methods that can yield positive results, and examining reform cases from more than twenty countries.

Describes a variety of memorable teachers, and identifies ten traits selected by the author as characteristic of effective teachers, including personal, teaching, and intellectual traits, each with suggested questions administrators may use when interviewing prospective teachers.

Describes the specific qualities and practices of great principals, revealing fifteen things that the most successful principals do and explaining why they are effective in the school setting.

"[Examines how] real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive. In these schools, educators understand that equity is not about treating all children the same ... [and are] committed to ensuring that each student receives what he or she individually needs to develop their full potential--and succeed ... Blankstein and Noguera frame the book with five guiding principles"--Provided by publisher.