Transforming Middle Schools

A Guide to Whole-School Change

Barry Raebeck (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

225 Seiten

1998
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-56676-645-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Are you tired of making positive reform in one part of your middle school, only to be frustrated by difficulties in another? Let Barry Raebeck introduce you to whole-school change. Raebeck is a former principal and administrator who successfully transformed his school into an energetic and joyful, yet academically rigorous, center of learning. He provides insightful analysis of the current condition of our schools and systematically guides the reader through transformation of student discipline, scheduling and organization, teacher teaming, curriculum integration, grading scales, and tracking and grouping.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Contents Introduction Chapter 2 Pragmatic Idealism in a Chaotic, Fragmented America Chapter 3 Toward Wholeness: Teaching/Learning, Joy/Rigor, and Process/Product Chapter 4 Beginning Student Morale Programs, Ending Student Discipline Problems Chapter 5 Organize Away Problems Chapter 6 Quality: The School as a Humane Business Chapter 7 Teaming Chapter 8 Schedule Chapter 9 Advisory: Building Student/Staff Friendships Chapter 10 The Whole Curriculum Chapter 11 Grading and Alternative Assessment Chapter 12 Grouping for Success Chapter 13 Getting There: Establishing and Maintaining the Growth/Improvement Process Chapter 14 The New Leadership Chapter 15 Afterword Chapter 16 Bibliography Chapter 17 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.5.1998
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 228 mm
• Gewicht: 413 g
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-56676-645-1 / 1566766451
• ISBN-13: 978-1-56676-645-6 / 9781566766456
• Zustand: Neuware