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Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds
Duke, Daniel L.; Tucker, Pamela D.; Salmonowicz, Michael J.; Levy, Melissa; Saunders, Stephen
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Description for Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds
Hardback. Based on the authors' experiences with the School Turnaround Specialist Program as well as a review of research on successful school improvement projects, Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds contains a wealth of tips and warnings for those engaged in, or anticipating being engaged in, the process of turning around a low-performing school. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Most guides on the process of turning around low-performing schools typically are addressed to principals and superintendents. Teachers, however, are the individuals expected to conduct the "heavy lifting" of school improvement. Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds is the first book on the subject written expressly for teachers. It provides a step-by-step introduction to the process of raising student achievement, beginning with diagnosing the causes of low performance and extending beyond the first year of improvement to the factors involved in sustaining high performance. Based on the authors' experiences with the School Turnaround Specialist Program as well as a ... Read more
Most guides on the process of turning around low-performing schools typically are addressed to principals and superintendents. Teachers, however, are the individuals expected to conduct the "heavy lifting" of school improvement. Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds is the first book on the subject written expressly for teachers. It provides a step-by-step introduction to the process of raising student achievement, beginning with diagnosing the causes of low performance and extending beyond the first year of improvement to the factors involved in sustaining high performance. Based on the authors' experiences with the School Turnaround Specialist Program as well as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781578866670
SKU
V9781578866670
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About Duke, Daniel L.; Tucker, Pamela D.; Salmonowicz, Michael J.; Levy, Melissa; Saunders, Stephen
Daniel L. Duke has been a high school teacher, school administrator, staff development director, researcher, and consultant. He is currently a professor at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Pamela D. Tucker is a former special education teacher and school administrator and currently is an associate professor in the Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the ... Read more
Reviews for Teachers' Guide to School Turnarounds
In this volume, professor Duke and his associates describe how the most needful schools can initiate and maintain the winning streaks needed to enhance the confidence and efficacy of both faculty and students, resulting in enhanced achievement...In short, turnaround schools...come to believe in themselves in this sense. Both struggling schools and struggling learners can find that sense of self-efficacy only ... Read more