Featuring over 100 sketches, Drawn to the Edge gives a visual tour of the Outer Hebrides, one of the most remote parts of Scotland. Lewis and Harris are known for their harsh and stunning landscapes, and Barber has captured these simply and beautifully.
A Practical Handbook for New and Experienced Principals
Designed as a practical handbook, this resource serves both current principals and professors involved in principal training. It offers straightforward guidance and insights into effective instructional programming, making it a valuable tool for enhancing leadership skills in educational settings. The focus is on actionable strategies that can be implemented in real-world scenarios, promoting a deeper understanding of the principalship role.
Focusing on the challenges educators face, this practical guide delves into the dynamics of power, control, and motivation within the educational system. It aims to empower teachers to not just endure but excel in their roles, offering insights into both common and intricate issues. The text serves as a valuable resource for teachers seeking to navigate their professional landscape effectively.
Cultivating Relations Between Teachers and Administrators
The book critiques the use of educational clichés that stifle meaningful dialogue in school environments. It highlights phrases like "That's why you make the big bucks" and "It is what it is," which obstruct the development of critical relationships among educators and administrators. By unveiling these clichés, the author aims to promote alternatives that enhance communication and foster a more connected educational culture.
School safety is paramount in today’s educational system. Now, more than ever, the need to be proactive and systematic when it comes to handling even the most minor infractions in schools must be required, as demonstrated by the tragic events of recent school violence.An administrator’s work revolves around investigating. Whether it involves issues with parents or students, disciplinary incidents or teacher situations, being able to investigate in a non-biased and systematic manner is paramount for success. Yet, despite this premise, guidance for new and experienced administrators concerning how to investigate an incident is limited at best.Common Threads is a straightforward, practical guide for administrators in the job or professors to use as a guide for principal preparatory training.
The Hidden Teacher is a down-to-earth, practical guide for educators to assist them with not only surviving the system, but thriving in it! The Hidden Teacher explores complex issues of power, control and motivation to expose their direct and indirect influence upon us. The h...
Behind the Curtain: Tackling the Myths and Mistakes of School Management is a down-to-earth, practical guide for educators to assist them with the pitfalls that can be associated with upper management. This book explores complex issues of power, control and motivation to expose their direct and indirect influence upon us. The hope is superintendents and central office will be able to utilize this text as a learning experience when facing both the common and complex issues.