Spreading Resiliency: Making It Happen for Schools and Communities - Couverture souple

Milstein, Mike M.; Henry, Doris Annie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803967411 ISBN 13 : 9780803967410

Editeur : Corwin Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

`A blueprint to create schools and communities that will spread resiliency in young people′ - From the Foreword, Paul D Houston, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators

This book is intended to help teachers respond to school community problems in ways that promote the well-being of all community members. This is a highly interactive book, with activities throughout the first six chapters that can help develop a better understanding of the concepts and strategies presented.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Mike M. Milstein is a partner in The Resiliency Group, Ltd., and Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at the University of New Mexico. His professional career also includes being Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Buffalo and a classroom teacher. His teaching, research, and writing interests are in the areas of resiliency and organiza­tional change and development. He has been actively engaged in school and community resiliency development efforts in such places as Nelson, New Zealand, Ashland, Oregon; Battle Creek, Michigan; and Shelby County, Tennessee. The resil­iency initiatives he has facilitated include classroom instruction and cur­riculum improvement efforts, school wide activities that enhance the resil­iency of educators, and school-community partnerships that support resiliency development for both children and adults. He has written 11 books, including coauthoring Resiliency in Schools (2002; 1996).

Doris “Annie” Henry is a partner in The Resiliency Group, Ltd., and retired Pro­fessor of Educational Leadership. Her research and writing interests focus on resiliency, restructuring, change, organization development, and school improvement. Her work with developing resiliency efforts includes Nelson, New Zealand, Ashland, Oregon; Tennessee State Department of Education; and Memphis, Tennessee. She has facili­tated resiliency at the classroom, school-wide, and community-school part­nership levels. Currently she is the National President of the New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS), and serves on 10 international, national and local boards. Her professional career includes being Professor of Educa­tional Leadership at New Mexico Highlands University, the University of Memphis, and at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; an elementary school principal for nearly a decade in Arizona and Oklahoma, and a classroom teacher. She has published and presented widely in her areas of interest, most notably as coauthor of the national study, Becoming a Superintendent: Challenges of School District Leadership (1997).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803967411
• ISBN 13: 9780803967410
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible