Corwin imprint: 1626 books
The Transformative Power of Collaborative Inquiry
Realizing Change in Schools and Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Foster reflective teacher leadership and make real change happen!
Teachers are powerful change agents in the on-going process of school improvement. This insightful, must-read companion guide to Donohoo’s best-selling Collaborative Inquiry for Educators helps school leaders develop a sustainable...
Culture Re-Boot
Reinvigorating School Culture to Improve Student Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Your start up menu for super-charged culture change
School culture is the invisible thread woven throughout your school that defines everything from dress codes to student success. Packed with workable strategies and real-life stories of culture re-boots, this practical handbook for change...
Leading Professional Learning Communities
Voices From Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Imagine all professionals in all schools engaged in continuous professional learning!
Education experts Shirley M. Hord and William A. Sommers explore the school-based learning opportunities offered to school professionals and the principal's critical role in the creation, development, and...
Making the Common Core Standards Work
Using Professional Development to Build World-Class Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Essential reading for school leaders!
Providing a blueprint for implementing and exceeding the new Common Core State Standards, this practical guide focuses on realistic strategies for lasting change within schools. The authors build an inspiring case for how individual schools can develop...
The Superintendent as CEO
Standards-Based Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2004
The first of its kind, this unique text identifies the knowledge needed by current and aspiring school district CEOs to become high performers.
by Alan M. Blankstein, Paul D. Houston, Robert W. Cole
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Bringing together a powerful group of leading educational thinkers, including Michael Fullan, Dennis Sparks, Linda Lambert, and Dean Fink, this volume examines how to sustain improvement through shared leadership.
Leading With Inquiry and Action
How Principals Improve Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2009
Enhance learning with a collaborative, inquiry-based system of leadership!
This practical guide presents a systematic, ongoing process for collecting information, making decisions, and taking action in order to improve instruction and raise student achievement. The authors illustrate...
by Ontario Principals' Council
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
This concise guide helps principals introduce a data-driven school improvement planning cycle, create a team to gather relevant data, and embed data practices into a school's culture.
Rigorous PBL by Design
Three Shifts for Developing Confident and Competent Learners
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
By designing projects that move students from surface to deep and transfer learning through PBL, they will become confident and competent learners. Discover how to make three shifts essential to improving PBL’s overall effect:
Clarity: Students should be clear on what they are expected to learn,...
Homework Done Right
Powerful Learning in Real-Life Situations
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Turn homework into a meaningful learning experience that excites students!
This step-by-step guide shows teachers how homework assignments can connect with the curriculum and with students’ lives. Moving beyond the current “homework debate,” this resource provides:
Effective homework...
Passing the Superintendent TExES Exam
Keys to Certification and District Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Built around Texas and ELCC standards, this proven resource offers test-taking strategies, data analysis, problem solving, and more, to boost confidence and ensure success on the TExES exam.
by Ronald W. Rebore, Angela L. E. Walmsley
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
Engage a new generation of teachers to create effective learning communities!
Administrators will find a research-based framework for hiring and retaining Generation Y educators, whose exposure to technology and diversity makes their perspectives dramatically different from previous...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007
This research-based study helps administrators create a school environment that responds to teacher emotions and results in higher teacher retention, instructional effectiveness, and student achievement.
by J. Allen Queen
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
This step-by-step resource offers three block schedule models, sample lessons, instructional strategies, and templates to get a successful alternative scheduling program up and running.