Read more
Zusatztext "Woven throughout this entire book are the critical questions! strategies! and resources needed to support leaders as they build the best schools in the nation.? The author uses principal/mentor dialogues to identify! develop! and strengthen areas that will transform schools.? The Power of Conversation will undeniably become the benchmark for inciting change in today's schools through the use of conversation." Joey L. Washington! Ed.D.! Assistant Principal! Galena Park High School.?Barbara Kohm has written a powerful book that benefits all educators! not just educational leaders. The Power of Conversation provides leaders with the tools to handle difficult situations with professionalism and a focus on positive outcomes. This book assists leaders in creating positive relationships and building a school culture that benefits all stakeholders. David S. Ellena! Principal! Tomahawk Creek Middle School Informationen zum Autor Barbara Kohm is a veteran principal! teacher! consultant! and mentor. She is the co-founder of the Clayton Family Center in Missouri. Zusammenfassung Designed to harness the power of focused professional conversation, this book uses dialogues between a principal and a mentor or colleague to explore everyday school dilemmas, such as scheduling, discipline, budgeting, and instructional challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Meet the AuthorPrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter 1. Building Trust: Honesty and clarity are more important than perfectionChapter 2. Establishing and maintaining focus: Knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to doChapter 3. Developing a learning culture: From fixing people to building capacityChapter 4. Building a competent! cohesive faculty: The whole is bigger than the sum of its partsChapter 5. Building a collegial culture: No more insiders and outsidersChapter 6. Making purposeful decisions: The building blocks of a cohesive cultureChapter 7. Resolving conflicts: Avoiding winners and losersChapter 8. Planning meetings: Learning and leading togetherChapter 9. Collecting and using data: What story does your data tell?Chapter 10. Improving Curriculum and Instruction: From Creating Orthodoxies to Continual Change ...
