Educational Leadership (Published in Association with the Open University)
Safe and Peaceful Schools
by John M Winslade and Professor of Geography Michael Williams
Zero tolerance provides zero learning In today′s culture where bullying and violence are on the rise, we know that children who are afraid or anxious are in no state of mind to learn. If you are serious about creating a safe school climate conducive to learning, this book will show you how. Written by counseling experts, Safe and Peaceful Schools provides a variety of research-based techniques to help students, school counselors, psychologists, administrators, and other educators develop conf...
This comprehensive book has been designed for secondary teachers to help and support delivery of new key areas of the UK curriculum, namely work related learning, the Every Child Matters agenda, social and emotional competencies, and enterprise.Blending together employability prerequisites, the latest research in the field of enterprise capabilities, the neuroscience of success and how to nurture wellbeing, it offers insights and useful information, as well as practical and proven tools and tech...
Lessons in Spiritual Development
by Anne Casson, Trevor Cooling, and Leslie Francis
Positive spiritual development is an obligation on all schools. This new source book for education professionals documents how ten leading Christian-ethos secondary schools have prioritized the spiritual development of their students. Each chapter tells the story of how one of the schools approaches this responsibility, showing the variety of innovation and creativity taking place within spiritual education. It offers wisdom from practitioners on the opportunities and challenges that exist, as...
Developing Teacher Leaders
by Dr Francis A Crowther, MS Margaret Ferguson, and Leonne Hann
`The authors approach the looming vacuum in school leadership from a uniquely proactive perspective. They have not only outlined a solid framework for thinking about parallel leadership, but have created a variety of experiential learning activities to use as a process for developing shared meaning and energy within the learning community as well' - Yvonne Caamal Canul, Partner Educator, Partnership for Success, Michigan State Department of Education `Developing Teacher Leaders presents a new...
The role of Dean of Students is pivotal: in students' lives; for their institutions as a conduit to senior administration about issues of concern to students; as a figure who can coordinate disparate campus constituencies -- from academic affairs and athletics to campus safety and relationships with parents and alums; and as a crisis manager. What preparation, skills, dispositions, and knowledge do DOSs need to be effective in their role; and, indeed, what areas and range of activities generall...
In this powerful collection, the former executive director of the American Association of School Administrators looks at the factors educators must consider in order to turn schools back into places that nurture children. There are basic truths about what motivates people, Paul D. Houston argues, and educators must embed these truths in the educational process. In this book, educators will find inspiration and guidance through: - Eighteen beautifully written, thought-provoking essays on how we...
Meeting the Needs of Students with Dyslexia (Meeting the Needs)
by June Massey
This book will enable teachers to gain an insight into the impact of dyslexia on the acquisition of literacy, numeracy and verbal communication skills. It is a practical guide to help teachers to develop individual and whole class strategies to accommodate differences in learning successfully.Its accessible language and layout will facilitate easy reference for busy practitioners.
The secret to giving better feedback isn't what we say - it's what others hear. Too often, people hear about a past they can't control, not a future they can. That changes with "feedforward" - a radical approach to sharing feedback that unleashes the performance and potential of everyone around us. From managers and coaches trying to energize their teams, to teachers hoping to motivate their students, to parents looking to empower their children, people from all walks of life want others to...
Finding Joy in Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds
by Sonia Nieto
Developing Rural School Leaders combines a focus on rural education and school leadership development to illustrate how the teaching and learning conditions in rural schools can be enhanced through transformative leadership coaching. By unpacking literature related to rural school leadership development and using case studies to authentically illustrate the complexities involved in rural school leadership development, this book explores how leaders can develop their abilities to increase data-in...