Mark M. Jacobs has thirty years of experience in education, having started his career as a teacher before moving up to a central-office position. Nancy Langley, a retired federal government officer, began her second career in education tenyears ago. She is a foreign language department chair for Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.

Jacobs and Langley show administrators how to engage students and staff in creating a learning environment that is focused on achievement. [This book] is a great tool for busy administrators who want to direct their time toward supporting good instruction in their classrooms and less time toward issues of classroom management. This book urges teachers and administrators to become more efficient and focused leaders, but most importantly, the authors encourage us to be better educators for our students.

• Chapter 1 The Role of the TeachersChapter 2 The Role of the AdministratorsChapter 3 The Role of the ParentsChapter 4 The Involvement of the Community

Mark M. Jacobs has thirty years of experience in education, having started his career as a teacher before moving up to a central-office position. Nancy Langley, a retired federal government officer, began her second career in education tenyears ago. She is a foreign language department chair for Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.

Jacobs and Langley show administrators how to engage students and staff in creating a learning environment that is focused on achievement. [This book] is a great tool for busy administrators who want to direct their time toward supporting good instruction in their classrooms and less time toward issues of classroom management. This book urges teachers and administrators to become more efficient and focused leaders, but most importantly, the authors encourage us to be better educators for our students.

• Chapter 1 The Role of the TeachersChapter 2 The Role of the AdministratorsChapter 3 The Role of the ParentsChapter 4 The Involvement of the Community

Mark M. Jacobs has thirty years of experience in education, having started his career as a teacher before moving up to a central-office position. Nancy Langley, a retired federal government officer, began her second career in education tenyears ago. She is a foreign language department chair for Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.

Jacobs and Langley show administrators how to engage students and staff in creating a learning environment that is focused on achievement. [This book] is a great tool for busy administrators who want to direct their time toward supporting good instruction in their classrooms and less time toward issues of classroom management. This book urges teachers and administrators to become more efficient and focused leaders, but most importantly, the authors encourage us to be better educators for our students.

• Chapter 1 The Role of the TeachersChapter 2 The Role of the AdministratorsChapter 3 The Role of the ParentsChapter 4 The Involvement of the Community