This book is a must read for anyone who has a passion for leadership. Fitzpatrick's style and story presentation could be a blueprint for any leader in any profession. His insights into building a culture of leaders, through mentoring and distributing responsibility in growing the capacity of an organization while celebrating and affirming people are the tenants of his approach to authentic accountability, where people when feeling valued become invested and perform at a high level! In the book...
Jumpstart Your Publishing Dreams covers the essential skills for every writer to be published and uses the word "publish" in the broadest possible sense including books, online writing, and printed magazines. Each chapter includes a mixture of personal storytelling from the author combined with specific and practical advice for the beginning and experienced writer. Each chapter ends with a section for the reader to Dig Deeper (learn from other resources) and Awaken Your Dreams (apply the content...
Drawing from the ideas of Michel Foucault, this book offers a critical examination of today's dominant discourse of educational leadership. Foucault's understanding of critique is as a 'permanent' ethos in which humans explore the nature of their existence but at the same time query the limits imposed upon them, and probe opportunities for increasing freedom. This book outlines the key concepts in the work of Foucault, and demonstrates how his concepts of discourse, power/knowledge, and governme...
School Leadership in the 21st Century (School Leadership)
by Christopher Bowring-Carr, Brent Davies, and Linda Ellison
Education reform continues to be a dominating feature of education in the UK and many other countries throughout the world. As a result of this, it is now more important than ever that headteachers and school managers develop the skills which enable them to manage their new responsibilities effectively. In School Leadership in the 21st Century all the major aspects of school leadership are discussed, including:the strategic and ethical dimensions of leadershipleading and managing changeleading...
Our Humanity@Work Working with the 7Cs - the 7 Human Capacities - for Insight, Learning and Change
by Elaine Patterson
The Mobile Learning Mindset series offers practical knowledge and strategies for successful implementation of K-12 BYOD programs and 1:1 initiatives. This six-book series provides district leaders, principals, teachers, IT staff, educational coaches and parents with the information they need to make any mobile learning program a success. The District Leader's Guideto Implementation and the Principal's Guide to Implementation share lessons learned and provide many examples and activities that wil...
RECOMMENDED BY LORD MICHAEL CASHMAN IN UK PARLIAMENT, APRIL 2019 'Essential and valuable reading for every teacher and school leader.' Peter Tatchell 'A huge stride towards genuine organisational change.' Dr Joseph Hall 'An outstanding book.' Professor Jonathan Glazzard Celebrating Difference is an inspiring handbook for LGBT+ inclusion, aimed at all primary and secondary teachers and leaders. Written by Shaun Dellenty, internationally celebrated lead in LGBT+ inclusion in education, it is f...
Redefining Instructional Leadership: The Skills and Energy Required of an Instructional Leader focuses on how principals must be instructional leaders by first making building relationships a priority. Then, with those relationships that are built, the leader will earn trust from their teachers, which will give them the influence they need to lead them to better levels of performance—and better performance leads to greater depths of student achievement. Redefining Instructional Leadership goes...
Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning
by Jim Short and Stephanie Hirsh
This curriculum-based professional learning enables teachers to deepen their understanding of the essential components of successful curriculum implementation and work together to provide instruction that has a positive impact on student learning.
Military Family's Parent Guide for Supporting Your Child in School
by Associate Professor of Education and Social Work Ron Avi Astor, Linda Jacobson, and Professor Rami Benbenishty
While it is true that children from military families live unique and interesting lives, it is also true that they face many challenges and special circumstances that civilian children and families don't experience. These can include gaps in school attendance and learning due to frequent moves, being separated from a parent who has been deployed, and a sense of isolation in the midst of a civilian community. This unique guide provides parents with the information they need to choose a welcomin...
Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Professional Learning Communities at Worktm
by Richard Dufour and Rebecca DuFour
A Call for Engaged Leadership (Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, #91)
by Cornell Thomas
The book traces the evolution of education policies and philosophies in Singapore and highlights how the context and culture affected the policy formulation and implementation, especially in its recent history. The book shows that Singapore does not treat seemingly conflicting educational philosophies as dichotomies, thereby adopting an extreme position, or debating endlessly the virtues (or otherwise) of these philosophies. Rather, Singapore embraces them as paradoxes and draws strength from th...
Connecting Teachers, Students, and Standards
by Deborah L Voltz and Michele Jean Sims
Creating and sustaining a classroom where every learner succeeds is a challenge for any teacher-especially when the elements of diversity and inclusion are added to the mix. How can teachers differentiate instruction in ways that help all students meet standards and develop lifelong learning skills? The authors of Connecting Teachers, Students, and Standards provide a comprehensive framework for reaching and teaching English language learners, students from culturally diverse backgrounds, and s...