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This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology assembles the best book excerpts, articles, and reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from respected authors, education researchers, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features twenty-six chapters in six primary areas of interest: Principles of Leadership, Moral Leadership, Culture and Change, Standards and Systems, Diversity and Leadership, and the Future of Leadership.
This primer helps new fund raisers learn the basics, from the vocabulary of fund raising to the nuances of major trends affecting nonprofit fundraising today. With up-to-date case studies and reallife examples, this practical guide will provide an overview of the field and give development staff, managers, and directors a platform from which to operate their fund raising programs. This guide is a musthave for anyone new to the fund raising arena.
In this extensive collection of select articles, reports, and essays, leading experts and distinguished authors explore educational technology and its impact on learning. They draw from the most current research and best practices to examine: * Technology and reform, including film and radio in the classroom, research from the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow, statewide instructional technology programs, technology in the community, and evaluation * Teaching with technology, plus the evolution of technology- and student-centered classrooms, lessons from an on-line community of education professionals, the integration of technology with teacher preparation, and Internet use by teachers * Equitable access and technical literacy, including how to invest in technology, evaluate content, bridge the digital divide, engage students in a knowledge society, and create the virtual high school Filled with diverse perceptions and insights, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning will inspire teachers, administrators, superintAndents, school technology directors, and policy makers to become thoughtful leaders in innovation and change.
This incisive and luminescent story, scrupulously grounded in sixteenth-century sources, illuminates the power that "naming" has to create a world - in this case a world still haunted by being the accidental Indies. It is a book about how we perceive and represent the world around us, about the creative and destructive power of language. Through its elaboration of the rich and lively ironies of the Columbus story, The Accidental Indies looks at the nature of storytelling itself.
Ten studies examine developments in Canadian public community colleges during the past decade. They consider leadership organization and function, values, aboriginal education, accountability, competency-based education, and other aspects. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
In this much needed resource, nonprofit organizations are provided with everything they need to construct solid communications campaigns that successfully promote their programs and services. This book shows readers how to select the right media, develop messages, produce printed materials, train spokespeople, use paid advertising and public service announcements, and handle negative press.
The fifth in the Jossey-Bass Education Series Readers, this anthology offers an accessible look at the challenges of becoming a teacher, inspiring teaching techniques and the philosophies and passions that are the foundation of teaching.
Robert A. Orr lives a fulfilling life which began with his birth in Argentina, his boyhood and teenage years in Brazil, and his college education and pilot's training in Canada. He served as a trainer and pilot for seventeen years in Brazil and returned to Canada where he and his wife Adriana now live. With a passion, burden and commitment to address and meet the blatant need for authentic leadership and management training, Robert continues to teach and mentor Christian leaders and "leaders-in-the-making" around the world. Three of his objectives are: 1. Provide this resource material in many languages, 2. Make this resource tool widely available to Christian workers, missions, ministries a...