Getting to Excellence: What Every Educator Should Know About Consequences of Beliefs, Values, Attitudes, and Paradigms for the Reconstruction of an Academically Unacceptable Middle School - Couverture souple

Johnson Jr., Phd James A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1481713930 ISBN 13 : 9781481713931

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2013

Synopsis

This book is about a journey with the Center for Strategic Alliances in Education for School and District Improvement with stakeholders in a school targeted for school improvement. The first chapter puts into context the notion of school, its purpose and the incumbent variables of values, attitudes, organizational and leadership behaviors and instructional practices. Throughout the book, the authors look at three contextual boundaries: (1) historical, (2) the lens of former students and their perceptions of the presence or absence of those variables and (3) a comparison of labeled schools and the views and perceptions of stakeholders with regard to quality, equity and adequacy. This is a compelling journey which utilizes quantitative and qualitative data to take a critical look at the processes involved and the strategies used in America's journey in the quest for excellence. The authors' story is one of the pursuits of innovation, reinvention, equity, excellence and culturally relevant education experiences that inspire and reframe the discussion about "getting to excellence". The book is replete with illustrations of weaknesses hidden in abstract policies, institutional persistence, and culturally void programs, methodologies and practices. It advocates a methodology for arriving at well-conceived processes for achieving acceptance and academic excellence through collaboration among those to whom education is important - the children and the communities where they live.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

The co-authors of this book are partners, associate partners and fellows in Texas Southern University's Center for Strategic Alliances in Education for School and District Improvement in Houston Texas. They include a middle school principal, a middle school assistant principal, two college professors with expertise in Educational Administration and one college professor with expertise in curriculum and instruction. Each co-author brought strong and varied professional background, training and experience to the conceptualization, planning and development of this book. Mr. Andrews has been a teacher, coach, department chair (mathematics), assistant principal and principal. Dr. Cummings has served as a teacher, administrator, professor, advisor, organizational president, and lecturer to public and private entities across the country, Executive Deputy Commissioner of a state education agency, chair National Alliance of Black School Educator's (NABSE) Task Force which manages and implements its Demonstration Schools/Communities Initiative and Dean of a College of Education. Dr. Johnson has been a teacher, school administrator, associate director of a regional educational research and development laboratory, associate superintendent of schools, director of an educational consortium of two universities and one school district, professor, associate dean, dean, university director of instruction, and administrator in a state education agency. Ms Moye'-Lavergne has served as a Payroll Clerk, Co-op Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, teacher and assistant principal. Dr. Stroud has served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, curriculum writer, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, deputy superintendent and superintendent.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1481713930
• ISBN 13: 9781481713931
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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