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Culture Re-Boot: Reinvigorating School Culture to Improve Student Outcomes
2013Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings
Culture Re-Boot reframes school culture to include organizational learning, relational trust, accountability, program improvement, and teacher effectiveness while showing you how to: Be the transformational leader your school needs to reinvigorate your school culture; Establish a student-centered learning culture focused on student outcomes; Engage teachers in culture-focused leadership teams that support teacher and student learning; Get parents and community on-board to collaborate for student achievement; Connect professional development and school culture for maximum results
Packed with hands-on culture re-boot activities to help school leaders and faculty revitalize their school's values and practices, this practical handbook for school improvement will energize your school's culture and build the capacity to help all students succeed. [From the publisher]
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Classroom Management: Models, Applications, and Cases
2013M. Lee Manning and Katherine Toth Bucher
In Classroom Management; Models, Applications, and Cases, Third Edition, pre-service teachers and administrators are given a wealth of information and activities that will prepare them to develop and apply a personal classroom management philosophy. Using a models approach, Manning and Bucher present a thorough discussion of the theories, models, and philosophies of classroom management; tackle the growing problems of school violence and bullying (including the “safe school” movement and cyber-bullying); and give thoughtful discussion to diversity and classroom management. Accessible and practical, this book will help guide educators toward developing and applying a personal classroom management philosophy all their own that can be applied immediately in the classroom. [From Amazon.com]
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Culturally Alert Counseling: A Comprehensive Introduction
2013Garrett J. McAuliffe (Editor)
The Second Edition of Culturally Alert Counseling is a thorough update to the first comprehensive guide to culturally alert counseling, complete with a companion demonstration DVD. Co-author and editor, Garrett J. McAuliffe expands the traditional "definition" of multicultural counseling from the usual two categories of race and ethnicity to seven groupings. The book and companion DVD encourage readers to examine the complex nature of culture and how it impacts all stages of the counseling process. [From Amazon.com]
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American Public School Finance
2013William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan
This text presents the realities of school finance policy, issues, and applications to prepare educational leadership candidates for their future roles as school principals, superintendents, and other administrative positions. Authors William Owings and Leslie Kaplan provide guidance to help administrators understand the general finance and appropriation structure of federal, state, and local government as well as how to formulate and manage school budgets. They also go beyond coverage found in other texts by providing critical analysis and unique chapters on misconceptions about school finance, demographic issues, spending and student achievement, and future trends. [From Amazon.com]
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Teaching in the Middle School
2012M. Lee Manning and Katherine Toth Bucher
Based on the belief that effective middle school teaching practices must be developmentally responsive, this core text provides an insightful introduction to young adolescents ages 10 to 15, and to the middle school and middle school movement. Coverage balances the practical and the theoretical to provide all of the essential knowledge today's middle school teacher needs concerning the development and characteristics of adolescents; principles, goals, and attributes of the middle school movement; and, organization, curricula, strategies, and concepts of contemporary middle schools. The authors emphasize the diversity of adolescents - in development, culture, gender, and sexual orientation - and the importance that these differences portend for educational experiences and guidance efforts. [From Amazon.com]
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Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education: Theory into Practice
2012William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan
Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education puts theory into practice in a readable, teachable, relevant, and timely look at actual leadership behaviors through numerous case studies and personal experiences. Readers get a firm understanding of the information and how to relate it to their own personal experiences or transfer it to new situations. [From Amazon.com]
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Successful School Leadership Preparation and Development
2012Karen Sanzo, Steve P. Myran, and Anthony H. Normore
This book features lessons learned about the successful implementation of leadership program preparation and development programs that are grant-funded by the United States Department of Education through the School Leadership Program. Each chapter highlights one or more practices that have been identified as a best practice by the literature and detail how the program implemented the practice(s). It is clear from the literature what should be done to prepare aspiring and current leaders (i.e. mentoring, in-depth internships, partnerships) but what is not clear is how to do this. This book does exactly that with real-life experiences in the implementation of these practices (including successes, challenges, etc.). These are authentic examples from the field about how practitioners have addressed challenges in implemented successful activities such as coaching, the internship, evaluating projects, and forging partnerships with preparation entities. [From Amazon.com]
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School Based Group Counseling
2012Christopher A. Sink, Cher Edwards, and Christie Eppler
Extremely relevant, comprehensive, and "hands on", School Based Group Counseling guides readers through the process of developing, running, and evaluating quality small groups in K-12 school settings. Specifically focused on the school counseling profession, it provides an excellent context for group work through a discussion of the pertinent theories and key research. Its real-world emphasis includes K-12 case studies and group examples from practicing school counselors. The authors use the lens of real-world school-based practice, strengths-based counseling, systems thinking, developmental psychology, and ASCA's National Model--resulting in a professional, comprehensive, and well-balanced group counseling text for K-12 preservice school counselors. [From Amazon.com]
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Psychoeducational Groups: Process and Practice
2011Nina W. Brown
With this third edition, Psychoeducational Groups remains the only comprehensive, user-friendly guide to planning, implementing, facilitating, and evaluating psychoeducational groups. It presents all the necessary information to prepare leaders of a psychoeducational group through group design and practice. Included are step-by-step guidelines on how to initiate group sessions, construct group objectives, engage group members, monitor progress, and establish evaluation and follow-up guidelines. Emphasis is placed on the personal growth and development of the group leader, with careful consideration given to increasing awareness of personal issues and the potential impact that a leader can have on the group. New to this edition are chapters on cultural and diversity factors; risk management and ethics; groups for relating and communication; and groups in educational, agency, and workplace settings. [From Amazon.com]
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Uptight and in Your Face: Coping with an Anxious Boss, Parent, Spouse, or Lover
2011Nina W. Brown
In Uptight and In Your Face: Coping with an Anxious Boss, Parent, Spouse, or Lover the author presents an invaluable tutorial to successfully interact with the most frustrating and taxing people in your life. This text examines the five most common types of uptight people to illustrate how the underlying patterns of intensity, anxiety, and self-absorption are displayed. Considerable attention is given to help readers understand how they may be contributing to their own distress. The final chapters present numerous coping and self-development strategies that will help reduce or eliminate many of the detrimental effects of interacting with high-stress people. Descriptions of complex psychological concepts are explained in everyday language. [From Amazon.com]
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Handbook of Counselor Preparation: Constructivist, Developmental, and Experiental Approaches
2011Garrett J. McAuliffe (Editor) and Karen Eriksen (Editor)
This definitive single-volume guide is the first of its kind on teaching and developing counselor educator programs that embrace constructivist and developmental theory. Leading scholars and experts offer practical advice on teaching courses in every area of counseling practice. As a result, the book is ideal for current and future counselor educators and supervisors as well as faculty in other helping professions. The authors seek to inspire educators to empower and involve, to risk "losing control" over subject matter, to hear student voices, to pose dilemmas, and to challenge their own assumptions in the presence of their students using constructivist, developmental, and experiential thinking and strategies. [From Amazon.com]
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Experiencing the World of the Counselor: A Workbook for Counselor Educators and Students (4th Edition)
2011Edward S. Neukrug
EXPERIENCING THE WORLD OF THE COUNSELOR is a workbook that can be used in conjunction with THE WORLD OF THE COUNSELOR or other Introduction to Counseling texts. It also can be used as a stand-alone workbook for a series of courses where there is an emphasis on activities that focus on self-development. Filled with experiential exercises; vignettes on ethical, professional, and legal issues; self-assessment techniques; and other self-awareness activities, the workbook offers students an opportunity to examine their own lives as they weave through the chapters. Based on the eight core-curriculum areas of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), the workbook will help students better understand the importance of self-awareness and self-knowledge when pursuing a career as a counselor. [Amazon.com]
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The Moral University
2010Maurice R. Berube and Clair T. Berube
The Moral University examines the ways that universities act morally toward students, faculty, their communities and the nation. It considers the effectiveness of moral reasoning courses in the curriculum and the growth of leadership courses. The book deals with the myriad ways in which universities act positively toward their communities. It also examines the involvement of universities in national projects. Moreover, the Berubes examine how students and faculty are treated, especially in terms of gender bias. The book concludes on a positive note with a model moral university. [From Amazon.com]
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The Resilient School Library
2010Carol Ann Doll and Beth Doll
Based on educational research, this book will help school librarians create an environment that supports resilience in their school library media center.
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American Education: Building a Common Foundation
2010Leslie Kaplan and William A. Owings
With a focus on the future of American education--and the goals and nature of teaching in a global economy--this forward-thinking text provides you with a comprehensive overview of the foundations of modern American schooling. The book's premise is that education in the 21st century must facilitate more complex, deeper, and more varied learning that will enable all citizens to survive and thrive in an ever-changing world. In presenting traditional topics and important educational issues--including diversity and equity, the accountability movement, effective schools, instructional best practices, and alternatives to public schools--the authors cultivate the very skills and knowledge base that they believe are critical for success in a "flat" world. With the overarching goal of furthering higher-order thinking, they model the principles of evidence-based practice and the critical-thinking process by examining issues and controversies in depth and presenting supporting research to validate their conclusions. Activities support the critical-thinking focus and promote your self-understanding, challenging you to weigh "common knowledge" against real evidence and form your own conclusions. Written in an appealing, conversational style, and using examples that immediately resonate with prospective student teachers, this thought-provoking new text provides a timely and insightful perspective of American education. [Amazon.com]
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Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library
2010Sueanne McKinney and KaaVonia Hinton
Two experts on education offer a rich and diverse selection of children's literature and teaching strategies for the K-8 mathematics classroom.
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Research in Technology Education
2010Philip A. Reed (Editor) and James E. LaPorte (Editor)
Due to the laboratory-based nature of technology and engineering education programs, professionals in our field have often focused on the resources in our classrooms and laboratories and the instructional methodologies used to address specific concepts. Formal research into content and practice has often given way to “what seems right”. New curriculum is constantly being introduced (based on what is occurring in business and industry), yet the inclusion for those evolving concepts in courses and programs is typically not verified.
Hence, the importance of the 2010 CTTE yearbook and its focus on the dire need for an aggressive research agenda in your field. This publication is designed to help direct the professional efforts of researchers, classroom educators, administrators, and curriculum specialists. Each chapter draws attention to a different aspect of investigative thought and action.
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Becoming a Group Leader
2009Nina W. Brown
With an emphasis on developing the group leader’s self-acceptance and self-understanding as a critical component of leading successful group counseling sessions, Becoming a Group Leader provides a well-organized and clear conceptual roadmap that guides students through the art and science of group leadership. As the text progresses, students learn how to think critically about their tasks and responsibilities as a group leader; develop clinical judgment; explore their own personal development; learn the stages of group development; and identify practical strategies and constructive uses of group dynamics…. [From Amazon.com]
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Diabetes? No Problema!: The Latino's Guide to Living Well with Diabetes
2009Sheri R. Colberg and Leonel Villa-Caballero
An indispensable addition to the diabetes self-care shelf, Diabetes? No Problema is written expressly for the millions of Latinos who have or are at risk for diabetes and its complications. Leading diabetes authorities Drs. Colberg and Villa-Caballero present everything Latinos need to know to understand and manage their condition.Topics include dietary modifications to help control diabetes, common traps and pitfalls, and everyday tips to effectively manage the disease. With inspirational stories of diabetic Latinos who have successfully conquered their condition, Diabetes? No Problema is the most accessible, essential guide for every Latino with, or at risk for, diabetes. [From Amazon.com]
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Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy
2009KaaVonia Hinton
In Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy, author KaaVonia Hinton reveals how Draper became an exceptional teacher and writer, and how she uses her writing to urge young people to embrace literacy. Hinton also explores how Draper has made a lasting contribution to the field of young adult literature. This book-length study examines both her life and work and will benefit all students, teachers, and scholars in the field of young adult literature… [From Amazon.com]
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Early Childhood Special Education - 0 to 8 Years: Strategies for Positive Outcomes
2009Sharon A. Raver
Featuring the application of evidence-based strategies, ecological and family-based approaches, effective learning, and the use of responsive cultural/linguistic practices, Early Childhood Education (0-8 Years): Strategies for Positive Outcomes, prepares students for all the professional knowledge and skill competencies they need to promote optimal development in infant and toddlers (0-3), preschoolers (3-5), and primary-aged (6-8) children with special needs. Using real-life case studies to illustrate recommended practices, the book clearly presents disability characteristics, assessment practices, and easy-to-implement interventions for inclusive and special education settings, while giving students all the resources they need to master and apply the material… {From Amazon.com]
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Books About the Middle East: Selecting and Using Them with Children and Adolescents
2008Tami Al-Hazza and Katherine Toth Bucher
Learn all about Middle Eastern culture and how to use that literature in K-12 schools to promote understanding. Chapters provide background information about the countries and peoples of the place, literature related to the region and to the major ethnic groups of the region, guidelines for selecting children's and young adult literature about the region, and strategies for incorporation. This new resource includes an annotated bibliography of children's and young adult books with evaluations, reading/interest level, review sources, awards/prizes, and Accelerated Reader/Reading Counts availability. [From Amazon.com]
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Field Hockey: Steps to Success
2008Elizabeth Anders and Susan Myers
Enter the game with confidence, knowing you've mastered the essentials. Field Hockey: Steps to Success combines a comprehensive, progressive approach with in-depth instruction, illustrations, and 86 drills. Whether you are new to the sport or seeking new techniques to add to your arsenal, Field Hockey: Steps to Success—part of the popular Steps to Success Series that has sold more than 1.5 million copies—will help you improve every aspect of your game. [From the Publisher]
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Children of the Self-Absorbed: A Grown-Up's Guide to Getting Over Narcissistic Parents
2008Nina W. Brown
Children of the Self-Absorbed offers clear definitions of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder to help you identify the extent of your parent's problem. You'll learn the different types of destructive narcissism and how to recognize their effects on relationships. With the aid of proven techniques, you'll discover that you're not helpless against your parent's behavior and that you needn't consider giving up on the relationship. Instead, realistic strategies and steps are suggested for learning to set mutually agreed upon behaviors that can help you fulfill your needs and expectations. [From Amazon.com]
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Dead-End Lovers: How to Avoid Them and Find True Intimacy
2008Nina W. Brown
Establishing and maintaining a meaningful, satisfying, and enduring intimate relationship can be elusive for many people. Time and again, they are drawn to lovers with whom the relationship is futile, ending with hurt feelings and regrets. In this work, Nina Brown shares her longtime experience as a professional counselor to help those who ask: Why do I keep picking unsuitable lovers? Brown calls them dead-end lovers, and in this work she shows us, not only how to spot them early and avoid them, but also what it is―what psychological needs we have ―that attracts us to them…. [From Amazon.com]
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