R L Education: 708 books
Bigger Isn't Always Better
A Leadership Guide for Small School Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Bigger Isn't Always Better is designed to provide a practitioner's viewpoint of the challenges and issues lacing school administrators – particularly those who work in small districts. Based upon a combination of education theory and practical applications, the book contains many real life exampleswith...
by William L. Sharp, James K. Walter
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2003
Designed to teach the principal to become efficient and effective in accomplishing noninstructional roles, this book offers advice on expectations and survival techniques to ensure the principal's longevity in the district. Like the previous edition, it provides a practical guide to practice and procedure...
Survival in a Down Economy
A Budget Reduction Process for Superintendents
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Dramatic reductions in the dollars available for public education require a new and systemic approach to balancing school district budgets. This manual provides numerous examples of successful budget reduction strategies based on a six-step process that has demonstrated its effectiveness in small,...
More than a Test Score
Strategies for Empowering At-Risk Youth
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
No matter what variety of educational program is used to motivate students the bottom line is knowing the people within the circle of influence are behind every effort the student faces. Our students are the future leaders, parents, workers and citizens of our society. While tests and accountability...
A Life Saver for New Teachers
Mentoring Case Studies to Navigate the Initial Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Navigating the initial years of teaching can be daunting yet exhilarating. While all new teachers want to do their best to help their students succeed, they also need to learn how to navigate the often bumpy road of education. This book contains interesting scenarios and case studies that ask the...
Disciplining the Arts
Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Increasingly, the availability of entrepreneurship education is becoming a factor in college choice as fine arts students demand training that helps them create an arts-based career after graduation. For too long, the arts academy has ignored the long-term career outcomes of its graduates and has...
Just Good Teaching
Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Teachers in school music ensembles (band, choir, orchestra) plan instruction that will lead to student learning—learning most often focused on technical skill development. The value of teaching students beyond technical proficiencies toward a broader body of knowledge and understanding is supported...
Thinking about Thinking
Metacognition for Music Learning
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Thinking about Thinking: Metacognition for Music Learning providesmusic educators with information, inspiration, and practical suggestions for teaching music. Written for music educators in multiple content areas and grade levels, the book sets forth guidelines for promoting the use of metacognitive...
Teaching for Experiential Learning
Five Approaches That Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book describes how to change the way in which educators conduct business in the classroom. Our current educational systems lack ways to reach today's learners in relevant, meaningful ways. The five approaches in this book inspire and motivate students to learn. The authors provide in-depth descriptions...
Revisiting Dewey
Best Practices for Educating the Whole Child Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, high-stakes testing has become a ubiquitous feature of public school children's daily rituals. Reform advocates argue that testing leads to greater alignment of the curriculum with teaching and learning, teacher and student accountability,...
Declaring War Against Schooling
Personalizing Learning Now
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Declaring War Against Schooling documents 100 years of educational wars between Visionary learning leaders and Traditional school people. Ironically, to win the existing war, both opposing groups must unify to overthrow the control of education by politicians.
Declaring War Against Schooling...
Those Who Can
Why Master Teachers Do What They Do
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In any endeavor, it is difficult to know what excellence is without knowing what excellence looks like. Linking theory and practice, Those Who Can: Why Master Teachers Do What They Do illustrates what instructional excellence “looks like” by detailing what eliteinstructors do and as importantly,...
American Schools
The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
In American Schools, Sam Chaltain interweaves the leading ideas from the education, business, and scientific communities to outline a framework for leadership that helps educators and organizational leaders create the optimal conditions for transformational change. By pairing a rich theoretical framework...
Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning
A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
This second edition to Hidden Dangers to Kid’s Learning: Parent Guide to Cope with
Educational Roadblocks gives more insight into waysparents can understand and help their academically struggling child. Parents and their children can be empowered to recognize the perils and the pitfalls of our current...