The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level (Create a responsive learning environment) (Essentials for Principals)

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School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and improve classroom management, increase literacy, establish academic vocabulary, and contribute to a healthier school culture.

Benefits:

Reflect on current practices, and identify areas for improvement. Spot the factors that can be harmful to school cultures. Identify your school as high will/low skill, high skill/low will, low will/low skill, or high will/high skill. Develop a blueprint for achieving skilled pedagogy and successful school improvement. Gain practical classroom management strategies and activities.

Contents:

Part I: Will and Skill
Chapter 1: The Two Parts of a Positive School Environment

Part II: The Will to Lead
Chapter 2: Conflicting Wills
Chapter 3: Frustration in a Toxic Culture
Chapter 4: The School Culture Framework: Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Chapter 5: Leadership at Every Level

Part III: The Skill to Teach
Chapter 6: Developing a Responsive Pedagogy
Chapter 7: The Steps to Responsive Pedagogy
Chapter 8: Responsive Classroom Management
Chapter 9: Responsive Academic Vocabulary
Chapter 10: Responsive Academic Literacy
Chapter 11: Responsive Learning Environment

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Solution Tree; Illustrated edition (October 27, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1935542540
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1935542544
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches