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Creating a Learning Environment: An Educational Leader's Guide to Managing School Culture

Autor John M. Brucato
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 ian 2005
Drawing on his personal experience as a modern day school administrator, John M. Brucato believes that there is a pathway to survival, success, and enjoyment in the role of a school leader that keeps the focus on meeting the needs of young people, while nurturing relationship with all stakeholders responsible for bringing this to fruition. Creating a Learning Environment addresses the need to: Assess the culture that defines a school's environment, Reflect on the variables which can improve/degrade the culture, Determine what practices to employ in order to make necessary improvement. By using the practical examples related to the everyday dynamics of school business, educational leaders working in large or small schools can collectively identify with the situations, scenarios, and processes described. This book should be of interest to all educators who assume or aspire to leadership roles and administrative positions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781578861903
ISBN-10: 157886190X
Pagini: 146
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția R&L Education
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Part 1 Foreword by Phillip F. Flaherty
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Acknowledgments
Part 4 Introduction
Part 5 Part I: The Problem
Chapter 6 1. Assessing School Culture: Putting the Horse before the Cart
Part 7 Part II: Beginnings
Chapter 8 2. The Six Key Questions to Assessing School Culture
Chapter 9 3. Why We Need to Read, Write, and Reflect: The Journal
Chapter 10 4. Climate-Focused Leaders: The Profile
Chapter 11 5. The Guiding Principles of Success
Chapter 12 6. Building an Administrative Team: The Foundation of a Well-Run School
Chapter 13 7. Climate Control: All Educators on Board
Part 14 Part III: New Beginnings
Chapter 15 8. Swinging the Balance
Chapter 16 9. Clarity of Expectations
Chapter 17 10. The Faculty Manual
Chapter 18 11. Growth and Excellence Are Not Optional
Chapter 19 12. Teacher Appreciation
Chapter 20 13. The Student Body: The Driving Force of School Reform
Chapter 21 14. How to Develop a Support Staff that Becomes the Glue that Holds Your School Together
Part 22 Appendix I: How to Develop a School Culture that Reduces Discipline Problems and Enhances Safety
Part 23 Appendix II: How to Deal More Effectively with Difficult Parents
Part 24 Appendix III: How to Deal with Difficult Teachers
Part 25 Appendix IV: How to Achieve Success with the Next Level of Student Discipline
Part 26 Appendix V: Developing an Administrator-Friendly Student/Parent Handbook
Part 27 Appendix VI: Seven Reasons Why School Administrators Cannot Turn Their Backs on Issues of Nonschool Conduct
Part 28 Appendix VII: You Make the Call
Part 29 References
Part 30 About the Author

Recenzii

I have already recommended Creating a Learning Environment to three superintendents for use in principal mentoring programs. It would elicit rich conversation about everything from classroom instruction to teacher support and home-school communications.
He says leaders must define their purpose relating to the culture of the schoolhouse, determine if they are a good match for the institution, and be committed to collaborating with fellow school leaders who have roots in similar cultures.