Year-Round Education

Change and Choice for Schools and Teachers

AvShelly Gismondi Haser,Ilham Nasser

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of students. Year-Round Education will:·Highlight the benefits of the modified calendar for teachers·Explain the transition process through three real-life case studies·Identify the principals' leadership styles as a transformational facilitator, transformational leader, transactional leader, and authoritarian administrator.Features include: ·An action plan for schools/districts preparing for the transition·Ideas for setting up an intersession program·A comparison of teacher motivation and leadership styles from each case study·A discussion on university partnerships and community support·A review of professional work and literature on teacher motivation and year-round education·An actual intersession brochure with classes listedWritten in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-03-22
Mått:156 x 228 x 12 mm
Vikt:231 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:148
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781578862351

Utforska kategorier

Pedagogik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Shelly Gismondi Haser is an associate professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Marymount University and the program coordinator for the Marymount University/Fairfax County Professional Development Schools Partnership Program. Ilham Nasser has spent over twenty years teaching in different Universities and training teachers and counselors. She is currently directing evaluation projects in school settings as a visiting researcher at the Center for Global Peace at American University.

Recensioner i media

Haser and Nasser examine three public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia that have switched to a year-round or modified calendar in hopes of raising state standardized test scores. Their report compares each principal's leadership style, highlights the benefits the year-round schedule holds for teachers, and provides an action plan for making the transition.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Foreword by Dan DomenechPart 2 PrefacePart 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 1 IntroductionChapter 5 2 First Case Study: Green Meadow Elementary SchoolChapter 6 3 Second Case Study: New Garden Elementary SchoolChapter 7 4 Third Case Study: Westlake Elementary SchoolChapter 8 5 An Action Plan: Getting StartedPart 9 Appendix A: Year-Round or Modified Calendar Schools in the US and CanadaPart 10 Appendix B: Interview QuestionsPart 11 Appendix C: Intersession BrochurePart 12 Resource ListPart 13 ReferencesPart 14 IndexPart 15 About the Authors