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The Principal as Instructional Leader: A Practical Handbook by Sally Zepeda

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

The Principal as Instructional Leader: A Practical Handbook, 3rd ed. (©2013, Eye On Education: Larchmont, NY) by Sally J. Zepeda offers savvy advice, practical tools, and examples from real schools to help both new and experienced principals and their assistants improve teacher effectiveness and boost student achievement. The focus is on improving observations, assessing school culture and climate, addressing marginal teaching, and supporting adult learning. Practicing principals and principals-in-training should read this book. Be sure to click the icon at the bottom of any page to purchase.

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The Click Moment by Frans Johansson

Friday, August 31st, 2012

The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World by Frans Johnasson ( © 2012, Portfolio/Penguin: New York, NY) will help you to be more prepared when click moments show up. These are somewhat random events that prepared minds can take advantage of to promote success. The great stories he uses as examples serve to make this a most engaging and valuable book. Please consider clicking on the Amazon icon at the bottom of each page as you read my summary.

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World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Learners by Youg Zhao

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Learners by Yong Zhao (© 2012, Corwin: Thousand Oaks, CA) provides a vision of what schools should look like. He draws on examples for what real innovative schools are currently doing to help make his case. Every educator and parent should read this and do what they can to help realize this vision. As you read my summary, please consider clicking on the icon at the bottom of each page to purchase your copy from Amazon.

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Student Voice: Student Engagement Tips from Students: Free eBook

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

Student Voice: Student Engagement Tips from Students (©2012, Thoughtstream) was inspired by Diane Wright, Superintendent SD #27 in British Columbia, Canada. The authors/contributors are the students of School District 27.Their comments were compiled and summarized by Natalie Michelson the Director of Marketing. It is a free eBook that features responses compiled from engaging 150 students from 6 separate high schools in BC’s School District Number 27 using the Thoughtstream engagement process. They were asked what they would like to see more and less of so that classes and schools could be more useful and
interesting, and what teachers could do to help students. You can download this free eBook at The ThoughtStream site.

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Why Social Media Matters: Book Summary

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age by Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes (© 2012, Solution Tree Press: Bloomington, IN) offers educators an explanation of why social media is an important powerful tool for communication along with real-world examples of how to use it. They use current research to help you get the most out of your school’s social media efforts and to avoid common pitfalls. As you read my summary, take time to click the book icon at the bottom of any page to purchase at least one copy for each school.

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