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Product Description: There are many master teachers who have excellent organizational and interpersonal relation skills who think about becoming assistant principals and principals. Becoming a School Leader is designed primarily for these master teachers as they contemplate the next step in their professional careers...read more

Product Description: Improve student achievement by transforming schools as an SIS expert! Deb Page and Judith Hale, SIS authorities, guide new and transitioning school improvement specialists in applying high-leverage practices that result in systemic, sustainable, schoolwide improvement...read more

Product Description: The Courage to Grow: Leading with Intentionality shows educational leaders how to design and carry out a leadership professional development plan. It is a guide that allows leaders to construct their own learning to measure knowledge, assess growth, and improve performance...read more

Product Description: The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. The handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects; system and policy approaches that promote leadership for learning with a focus on educating school leaders for learning and the role of the leader in supporting learning...read more

Describes how to reform schools through an enhanced cultural awareness in the classroom, stressing the need for education in the history, rituals, and values of other nations.

Product Description: Contributors offer ideas, applications, and resources for helping leaders and educators tackle the challenges of building successful professional learning communities. This wide-ranging text will prove indispensable for any democratically accountable leader committed to organizational change through communities of practice...read more

The old aphorism “Where you stand is where you sit� rings true across many sectors of society. For academic administrators, be they provosts, vice-presidents or vice-chancellors, deans or directors, department chairs or heads, or administrative support professionals, the level and scope of responsibilities clearly influence perspectives. Yet, having a understanding of the higher-education enterprise is essential to ensuring professional success and advancement. Such understanding is at the heart of this work.This handbook addresses the three key responsibilities of academic officers: inspiration, evaluation, and representation. “Getting a Good Start� deals with the promise of a new position, communicating with supervisors, and “getting around.� “Offering Inspiration and Direction� looks at the integrated scholar and “academic intrapreneurs�; diversity; the joys, challenges, and failure of professional life; and dealing with tragedies. “Guidance to Various Academic Administrators and Support Staff� examines the development, roles, and responsibilities of academic officers and institutional planning and budgeting. Reviewing the state of the institution and its personnel is covered in “Assessments and Evaluations,� and “Policies and Partnerships� deals with ethics-based policies, academic consortia and partnerships, and international outreach.Throughout this valuable handbook, Smith offers background, advice, and examples that will interest both the novice and seasoned administrator as he takes us on a tour of success stories, challenges, and foibles.

Product Description: This update of the award-winning bestseller provides four months of contemplations centered on the major areas in which leaders work and inspires educators to practice effective leadership.

Product Description: This facilitator’s guide provides the materials for planning a workshop or study group to effectively inspire and enhance leadership practice in yourself and others.