Coping With Tensions - A Catalyst for Transformative Change for Teachers and Administrators

Coping with Tensions examines the different pressures administrators and teachers face, and how viewing these tensions negatively or positively can affect an educator achieving his or her full potential. This book includes vignettes from active practitioners and explores relationships, communication, educator self-efficacy, and educator advocacy.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Tensions in Schools
Chapter 2. Finding the Joy in Our Tensions
Chapter 3. When Organizational Tensions Affect Culture
Chapter 4. What We Wish Administrators Knew
Chapter 5.What We Wish Teachers Knew
Chapter 6. How Do We Take Care of Each Other?
Chapter 7. The Path of Enlightenment
Chapter 8. Now What?
Conclusion
List of Tables
About the Authors

About the author

Chelsea Faase teaches in the leadership, literacy, and social foundations department at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She has been in education for the last 14 years, having taught previously at both the elementary and middle school levels.
Sheila Kohl is currently a STEM teacher for grades 5 and 6. Previously she taught middle school science and was an adjunct professor.
Jason Lau has been a school administrator for 20 years. He has served as a Director of Special Education/Students Services, elementary principal, and a principal of a project-based charter school.

Product details

• Authors: Chelsea Faase, Chelsea Kohl Faase, Sheila Kohl, Jason Lau
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781475860788
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6078-8
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques