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Patricia M. Virella – Harvard Education Press, 2025
In "Crisis as Catalyst," Patricia M. Virella uncovers opportunities for school leaders to act as agents of equity and inclusivity during crisis situations. Virella interviewed dozens of school principals across the United States and Puerto Rico, and in this book she shares the key lessons from their experiences with crisis events of all…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Leadership Qualities
Rosemary, Catherine A.; Roskos, Kathleen A.; Landreth, Leslie K. – Guilford Publications, 2007
This highly practical guide is grounded in the authors' experience setting up and running a successful professional development program to improve K-3 reading instruction. The book systematically describes how professional development works: how sessions are organized, what they contain, routines and procedures, and the roles of each participant.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
Fields, Lynette; Reck, Brianne; Egley, Robert – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
This book contains a collection of case studies that provide a variety of situations in managing or working with marginal employees in a school system. Managing Marginal School Employees will serve as a primary or companion text for administrator candidates or current administrators that include dilemmas for the student to think about, discuss,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Employees, National Standards, Human Resources
Odden, Allan; Archibald, Sarah – 2000
Chapter 1, "Step 1: The Change Process," focuses on the change process and describes why and how schools engage in program restructuring and resource allocation. Chapter 2, "Step 2: Defining a New Educational Strategy," discusses decisions that must be made about the regular education program and how the various schools adopted, adapted or created…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change
Gmelch, Walter H.; Miskin, Val D. – 1995
This book offers college department chairs guidelines for effectively fulfilling their roles as faculty developers, managers, leaders, and scholars. The results of several national surveys on chairs' duties and needs are summarized. Part 1 reviews the role of faculty developer. A practical set of procedures is given for recruiting faculty, bearing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting
Baldacchino, Godfrey, Ed.; Farrugia, Charles J., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers presents the critical reflections on the management and planning of education of 18 senior officials working in 12 small island nations. The papers are a result of their participation in the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Planning and Management in Small States program at the University of Malta. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Education, Educational Administration, Educational Environment