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Schools Where Teachers Lead

Develop shared leadership and teacher leadership in your school with the real-world, on-the-job ideas in this book. Principals and other leaders will embrace the practical Lead Now and Do Now strategies as they improve their own skills and promote shared leadership among their staff.

Shared leadership is a process in which multiple staff members lead the learning within a school. With the knowledge that instructional leadership is the primary engine behind teacher effectiveness, the authors demonstrate how to support classroom practices that raise student achievement.

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Contents include:

The Foundation: Instructional Leadership -Developing Shared Leadership
Leadership: Does Anyone Ask the Teachers?
Sharing the Leadership with Teachers – Can You Get There?

When educators work together to improve instruction, they make a notable difference in the lives of students. This book offers strategies for incorporating shared instructional leadership into the structure of your school.

ISBN: 9781596671737
Authors: John S. Bell, Tony Thacker, Franklin P. Schargel
144 pages

162 Keys to School Success: Be the Best, Hire the Best, Train, Inspire and Retain the Best

Find out how to keep your best teachers on staff, and make sure your new teachers stay motivated beyond their first years on the job. In this book, leading educational consultant Franklin Schargel offers 162 easy-to-apply tips and strategies for principals and administrators looking to hire quality teachers, raise faculty job satisfaction, and hold onto their most effective staff members.

Creating School Cultures That Embrace Learning: What Successful Leaders Do

There are three things which will improve schools. The first was addressed in our book, From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do. The second is the focus of this book, Creating School Cultures That Embrace Learning: What Successful Leaders Do.

Some schools are hostile, some people would say “toxic” to student learning, students, parents and staff. We need to transform them into schools which embrace and develop supportive learning environments.
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152 Ways to Keep Students in School: Effective, Easy-to-Implement Tips for Teachers

This exciting book has been designed to provide field-tested ideas about working with at-risk students. Designed to be read and implemented quickly, these are concise snapshots of what educators can do to keep students from dropping out. You can apply these practical tips in your classroom today.
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From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do

This book brings together the wisdom and experience from over 50 schools that have been categorized as “high performing, high minority, high poverty.” It shows us how the leaders of those schools succeeded — in their own words.

Best Practices to Help At-Risk Learners

This book presents 46 research-based tools, worksheets, and resources which have been field-tested at schools and dropout prevention programs across the country. For teachers, administrators, counselors, and special educators who work with at-risk learners, it helps you apply the Fifteen Strategies identified by The National Dropout Prevention Center and Network at Clemson University.

Helping Students Graduate: A Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention

This book describes the fifteen strategies identified through research reviewed by The National Dropout Prevention Center and Network at Clemson University. Each chapter in this book was written by a nationally recognized authority in that field.

Dropout Prevention Tools

In print and on CD-ROM, this book presents resources and worksheets used at schools and communities across the country. These tools and techniques demonstrate how to apply the Fifteen Strategies identified through research conducted by The National Dropout Prevention Center at Clemson University.