Healthy Schools: The Hidden Component of Teaching and Learning
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147580427X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Flanary, former deputy executive director of programs & services, National Association of Secondary School Principals, president, Flanary Educational Consulting) . Phyllis Gimbel and Lenesa Leana applied years of real-world school experience in writing this highly readable book describing what it takes for school principals to establish and lead a healthy school, and become an even more powerful magnet. The content is driven by experience and practice rather than theory. Bassett, President, National Association of Independen
"Read this book soon!" according to John NC. "Healthy Schools" by Gimbel and Leana presents a straightforward read on the complex issue of effective school leadership. The authors' long-standing careers on leadership are anchored in the critical foundation of interpersonal trust as a necessary, health-giving prescription. This focus, though essential to effective schooling, is often missed in the competing literature on supervision. School administrators and leaders, including teachers themselves, will profit greatly from exposure to this excellent volume.Read it soon and beneficially apply the wi. Patsy said Why HEALTHY SCHOOLS is so good!. This book really is practical as it is based on real-life experiences, not just someone's theory. It is fabulous, and anyone reading this ought to be a success. The authors have obviously had lots of experience and introspection about values, mission, and what really works. I would suggest that the head of every single school in the country should read this book! I thank the authors for writing it.. An important, largely forgotten message to save our schools Dr. R. Lester What an overdue message the authors Gimbel and Leana skillfully outline. They brilliantly remind educators that it's always the human side, the trust among the entire school community, that makes great schools possible. Every other approach is merely a short cut and will provide at most short term gains.This book/manual for genuine school success is a vast improvement on the obscurantist, turgid formulations of the Ed School Illiterati who have never dealt with the day-to-day challenges and opportunities of school life. These experienced teachers/admini
Not only do all of the vignettes offer beneficial advice to educational leaders of all levels and experience, but they also provide research that demonstrates how and why each educational leader does what he or she does in each situation and how those choices affect everyone involved.We believe that these vignettes support the most important quality of school leadership: “Promoting the success of every student by advocating, nurturing, and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth” (ISLLC Standard 2.0, 2008).. Creating conditions for better teaching and learning to occur has become an important responsibility for today’s school leaders. Principals must attend to building and sustaining healthy school cultures. The authors take the reader on a journey through several different situations that occur at the elementary, middle and high school levels and focus on a different and challenging aspect of educational leadership every time. The reader can read and analyze different scenarios and decide whether or not the outcome was the b
She has studied the multiple factors that contribute to the growth of healthy school cultures. Phyllis Gimbel has enjoyed a lengthy career in education, serving as middle school principal, foreign language department chair and French and Spanish teacher. Her background in developmental psychology provides an important perspectiv