Building Community In Schools
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Building Community In Schools
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Author : Thomas J. Sergiovanni
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1999-09-21
Building Community In Schools written by Thomas J. Sergiovanni and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-21 with Education categories.
"Sergiovanni documents cases of schools that have successfully reinvented themselves in order to establish a sense of 'community' as the foundation for all curriculum and instruction decisions. . . . Teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and communities seeking advice and motivation for restructuring schools for the 21st century would be well advised to consult this work." --Choice "Provides the practitioner with both a theoretical blueprint with which to build learning communities and a rich supply of benchmark illustrations to use as prototypes. . . . thought-provoking and challenging." --NASSP Bulletin Both in and out of schools, people are experiencing a loss of community. In this book, Thomas J. Sergiovanni explains why a sense of community is so vital to the success of any school and shows teachers, parents, and administrators what they can do to rebuild it. Filled with case studies and other school examples, Building Community in Schools provides the necessary intellectual framework for understanding the need to create communities that are inclusive, meaningful, and democratic.
Developing Community Empowered Schools
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Author : Mary Ann Burke
language : en
Publisher: Corwin
Release Date : 2001-03-27
Developing Community Empowered Schools written by Mary Ann Burke and has been published by Corwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-27 with Business & Economics categories.
"Very thoughtful and practical, providing well-grounded strategies for effective implementation of community participation." Gini Doolittle, Assistant Professor Department of Educational Leadership, Rowan University, New Jersey Create environments for learning through school-community partnerships! Burke and Picus make a case for improved learning through school-community partnerships. Drawing from their twenty years of experience working with parents, community volunteers, teachers, and school site administrators, the authors present a concise, easy-to-understand approach to building and working with these powerful alliances. Developing Community-Empowered Schools is structured to give the reader a clear overview of the necessary components and strategies to understand and develop these critical partnerships. Highlights include: Defining community-empowered schools Assessing your school′s strengths and weaknesses Identifying stakeholders and their roles Establishing policies and procedures that support school and community partnerships Empowering and training staff for effective school and community partnerships Recruiting and training volunteers Creating a family literacy program Building community collaborations for added resources Viewing schools as economic solutions to communities Examining the future of community-empowered schools Handy overheads, training worksheets, sample memos from teachers to students′ families, and enough material for a one-day teacher-training workshop make this a practical, accessible, and valuable resource. In addition, in-depth information is provided on how to seek funding to sustain a school-based community program. Developing Community-Empowered Schools is an all-in-one guide and an essential desk-top reference for bringing all stakeholders together to create optimal learning environments.
How Communities Build Stronger Schools
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Author : A. Dodd
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-03-05
How Communities Build Stronger Schools written by A. Dodd and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-05 with Social Science categories.
If it takes a village to raise a child, Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal feel that it takes a community to make a school. Not content with the idea of a school being contained within four walls and existing only for a few hours every day, Dodd and Konzal know that a school which looks after the complete child exists far beyond its four walls and for the whole 24 hours in each day. They present a radical democratic vision of the public school where everyone not just students, teachers and parents plays a part in shaping our children and, consequently, our future.
Leadership For The Schoolhouse
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Author : Thomas J. Sergiovanni
language : en
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Release Date : 1996
Leadership For The Schoolhouse written by Thomas J. Sergiovanni and has been published by Jossey-Bass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Education categories.
Are schools really special places, or simply organizations that share the features and characteristics of all other organizations? In Leadership for the Schoolhouse, Thomas J. Sergiovanni shows that schools are indeed unique places that require their own theories and practices. And, if schools are to improve, these theories and practices cannot be imported from corporations or business schools, but must emerge from and be central to what schools are like, what they are trying to do, and who they serve. This book provides school administrators and reform activists with a comprehensive framework for creating unique leadership for the schoolhouse that is more community-like, more democratic, and more responsive both to what we know about human nature and what know about how students learn and develop. This can be accomplised, Sergiovanni shows, by replacing the politics of division—which emphasize contracts and deals, and winning and losing—with the politics of virtue which emphasize a shared commitment to the common good. Arguing that teacher development is the single most important key to improving schools in the long run, Sergiovanni explains how we can change school cultures so that they become learning and inquiring communities for teachers as well as students. Throughout the book, Sergiovanni draws on numerous ideas and real-life examples from a variety of schools and school districts to sort out what does and does not make sense when thinking about leadership for our schools.
Classrooms As Learning Communities
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Author : Chris Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-05-27
Classrooms As Learning Communities written by Chris Watkins and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-27 with Education categories.
This book presents the practice and vision of classrooms that operate as learning communities.
Trust In Schools
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Author : Anthony Bryk
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 2002-09-05
Trust In Schools written by Anthony Bryk and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-05 with Education categories.
Most Americans agree on the necessity of education reform, but there is little consensus about how this goal might be achieved. The rhetoric of standards and vouchers has occupied center stage, polarizing public opinion and affording little room for reflection on the intangible conditions that make for good schools. Trust in Schools engages this debate with a compelling examination of the importance of social relationships in the successful implementation of school reform. Over the course of three years, Bryk and Schneider, together with a diverse team of other researchers and school practitioners, studied reform in twelve Chicago elementary schools. Each school was undergoing extensive reorganization in response to the Chicago School Reform Act of 1988, which called for greater involvement of parents and local community leaders in their neighborhood schools. Drawing on years longitudinal survey and achievement data, as well as in-depth interviews with principals, teachers, parents, and local community leaders, the authors develop a thorough account of how effective social relationships—which they term relational trust—can serve as a prime resource for school improvement. Using case studies of the network of relationships that make up the school community, Bryk and Schneider examine how the myriad social exchanges that make up daily life in a school community generate, or fail to generate, a successful educational environment. The personal dynamics among teachers, students, and their parents, for example, influence whether students regularly attend school and sustain their efforts in the difficult task of learning. In schools characterized by high relational trust, educators were more likely to experiment with new practices and work together with parents to advance improvements. As a result, these schools were also more likely to demonstrate marked gains in student learning. In contrast, schools with weak trust relations saw virtually no improvement in their reading or mathematics scores. Trust in Schools demonstrates convincingly that the quality of social relationships operating in and around schools is central to their functioning, and strongly predicts positive student outcomes. This book offer insights into how trust can be built and sustained in school communities, and identifies some features of public school systems that can impede such development. Bryk and Schneider show how a broad base of trust across a school community can provide a critical resource as education professional and parents embark on major school reforms. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology
Schools And Community
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Author : James Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
Schools And Community written by James Arthur and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Education categories.
This text places communitarianism within current debates about topical ideas such as character building, the role of parents, the community and the individual, values education, citizenship, community education, standards and enviroment in schools.
Emerging Perspectives On Community Schools And The Engaged University
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Author : Robert F. Kronick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09
Emerging Perspectives On Community Schools And The Engaged University written by Robert F. Kronick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09 with College-school cooperation categories.
""This book examines university, community, and school collaboration"--Provided by publisher"--
Building Better Schools With Evidence Based Policy
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Author : Kelly-Ann Allen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-04-29
Building Better Schools With Evidence Based Policy written by Kelly-Ann Allen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Education categories.
Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders provides an extensive set of free-to-use policies for building better schools. The policies included in this book cover a broad range of popular topics for schools that are not readily accessible, and each policy is built on theory, driven by research, and created by experts. Each policy is based on substantial evidence, and this is ensured through the inclusion of contributors who are active and highly reputable in their respective field. Most schools are obliged to write and maintain policy, and not all school leaders have the required skills, time, or expertise to do this effectively. Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders is a time-saving resource for schools. It aims to address the reported research-to-practice gap in education by delivering accessible evidence-based practice in a ready-to-use adaptable format. All policies within this book are designed to be adapted and tailored to the unique diversity and needs of each school as reflected by the context and the people that make up the school community. This book is relevant to every person who works in a school – worldwide. Users of this book can rest assured that each policy has been carefully formulated from the current understandings of best practice. This is a practical innovation and an example of how schools can use research evidence in their day-to-day practices. "The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."