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Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education
Cut through the rhetoric and maze of jargon and get to the heart of how to accomplish genuine school improvement with this short, concise, easy-to-read guide. It focuses on 10 key topics: the leadership, the point, the people, the challenge, the facts, the school, the team, the mission, the focus, and the future to show readers how to manage change in today's local school. From leadership and systems planning to data management, this is an A to Z book of no nonsense answers to basic questions every parent, practitioner, and interested citizen can use to improve their schools. It captures the best practices in education today and presents them in plain language. These powerful ideas when put to the test can function as 'basic training exercises' to get schools fit and in shape for learners. This is a book you will use, not just read or put on the shelf.
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Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education
Cut through the rhetoric and maze of jargon and get to the heart of how to accomplish genuine school improvement with this short, concise, easy-to-read guide. It focuses on 10 key topics: the leadership, the point, the people, the challenge, the facts, the school, the team, the mission, the focus, and the future to show readers how to manage change in today's local school. From leadership and systems planning to data management, this is an A to Z book of no nonsense answers to basic questions every parent, practitioner, and interested citizen can use to improve their schools. It captures the best practices in education today and presents them in plain language. These powerful ideas when put to the test can function as 'basic training exercises' to get schools fit and in shape for learners. This is a book you will use, not just read or put on the shelf.
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Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education

Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education

Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education

Shape Up Your Local School: A 100-Page Primer for Improving Public Education

Overview

Cut through the rhetoric and maze of jargon and get to the heart of how to accomplish genuine school improvement with this short, concise, easy-to-read guide. It focuses on 10 key topics: the leadership, the point, the people, the challenge, the facts, the school, the team, the mission, the focus, and the future to show readers how to manage change in today's local school. From leadership and systems planning to data management, this is an A to Z book of no nonsense answers to basic questions every parent, practitioner, and interested citizen can use to improve their schools. It captures the best practices in education today and presents them in plain language. These powerful ideas when put to the test can function as 'basic training exercises' to get schools fit and in shape for learners. This is a book you will use, not just read or put on the shelf.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810844452
Publisher: R&L Education
Publication date: 10/28/2002
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 8.80(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

William N. Kiefer is the superintendent of the Hamburg Area School District in Hamburg Pennsylvania. In addition to his work in school reform, Dr. Keifer is a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Allen Salowe, a consulting planner, educator, and author, is a Senior Fellow of the Florida Institute of Education and Senior Fellow of the Florida Center for Electronic Communication.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 The Leadership Chapter 4 2 The Point Chapter 5 3 The People Chapter 6 4 The Challenge Chapter 7 5 The Facts Chapter 8 6 The School Chapter 9 7 The Team Chapter 10 8 The Mission Chapter 11 9 The Focus Chapter 12 10 The Future Chapter 13 Appendix A Chapter 14 Appendix B Chapter 15 About the Authors
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