From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do

Autor/inn/en	Schargel, Franklin; Thacker, Tony; Bell, John
Titel	From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do
Quelle	(2007), (176 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-5966-7046-0; 978-1-5966-7046-4
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Community Involvement; Family Involvement; Partnerships in Education; High Risk Students; Minority Groups; Poverty; Leadership Responsibility; Achievement Gains; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Parent School Relationship; Relevance (Education); Teacher Empowerment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Problemschüler; Ethnische Minderheit; Armut; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Relevance; Relevanz
Abstract	This book brings together the wisdom and experience from over 50 schools that have been categorized as "high performing, high minority, high poverty." It shows the reader how the leaders of those schools succeeded--in their own words. The book shows how one can be a turnaround specialist. Included are actual examples and real life stories which illustrate how the leaders at these schools raised academic achievement; motivated students; boosted parent and community involvement; and applied the 3 r's--rigor, relevance, & relationships. The chapters comprising this book are: (1) Defining The Focus: Practitioners Speak; (2) Student Learning and Achievement; (3) Staff Empowerment; (4) Parent/Family Involvement; (5) School-Community Collaboration; (6) Prioritization; and (7) The Road Map to Improvement. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10