Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingThe 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 […]
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September 19th, 2012The Click Moment by Frans Johansson
August 31st, 2012The 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.
Read entire post...World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Learners by Youg Zhao
August 16th, 2012World 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 […]
Read entire post...Student Voice: Student Engagement Tips from Students: Free eBook
August 1st, 2012Student 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 […]
Read entire post...Why Social Media Matters: Book Summary
July 25th, 2012Why 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 […]
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