Improve Learning by Building Community

John C. Daresh

ISBN 10: 1412969611 / ISBN 13: 9781412969611

Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, US, 2010

"At last, we have a book that provides practical, day-to-day advice for administrators to consider when establishing a learning community. Daresh helps school leaders both understand the importance of their personal values about shared leadership and appreciate how individuals within the school, district, and community are essential to building a shared learning community. The wealth of examples and school-based scenarios illustrate how these ideas translate into practice. A wonderful resource for a book study for teachers and principals."-Bruce Barnett, ProfessorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio"Daresh continues his legacy of bridging scholarship and practice within a context of strengthening school cultures by supporting positive interactions between all the people who interact within and around them. As usual, his tone is friendly and approachable, and his points to ponder are both practical and compelling. Aspiring, new, and experienced principals will benefit from the structured opportunity afforded by this book to reflect on their own values and how these values shape their leadership."-Mary Beth Cunat, Assistant PrincipalBurley School, Chicago, NYRaise student achievement by building a community of ALL stakeholders-both within and around your school!Written for both new and experienced principals, this resource provides a blueprint for building visionary learning communities that improve student learning not only by shaping the internal school community-faculty and staff-but also by creating a partnership with the external community-district educators, families, community organizations, and service agencies.Reflecting contemporary research and the authors' extensive work with principals, the book includes scenarios that illustrate the work of real principals in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Administrators will find invaluable assistance from Practical Tips that offer strategies for implementation, Points for Practice that highlight critical concepts, and Points to Ponder that promote reader reflection. Each chapter encourages school leaders to consider what community building means for their own schools and provides guidance for:Building a vision based on your personal and professional values Shaping a school culture that supports teamworkHonoring school staff members at all levelsExamining and understanding the external environment Drawing effectively on community support services Collaborating with district staffImprove Learning by Building Community helps principals bring together all stakeholders to create the kind of schools that can ensure success for every student. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781412969611

Inhaltsangabe:

Create visionary learning communities that improve student outcomes by shaping the internal school community and partnering with families and organizations in the external community.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

John C. Daresh is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Texas at El Paso. Over the years, he has held faculty or administrative appointments at the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, the University of Northern Colorado, and Illinois State University. He has also worked as a consultant on high school reform and administrator professional development for universities, state departments of education, national and state professional associations, and individual schools and districts across the United States, and also in Barbados, Canada, France, Holland, Israel, Turkey, South Africa, and Taiwan. By far, the bulk of Daresh's international service has been in the United Kingdom where he served an advisor and trainer for the School Management Task Force that developed and promoted support programs for beginning headteachers, the National College for School Leadership, the Welsh Office of Education, the North West Network for Diploma Development in Cheshire, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Lincoln, the University of Hull, CREATE Consultancies, and literally dozens on Local Education Authorities and individual schools across England and Wales.

Daresh recently completed three years of service as the lead consultant on principal mentoring programs for the Chicago Public Schools as that megadistrict was faced with the challenge of bringing in mostly inexperienced principals to serve in nearly of the school system's elementary and high schools.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Improve Learning by Building Community
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc, US
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: New