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Site-based management is currently a hot topic in education. This book provides administrators, teachers, parents and community members with the group decision-making skills necessary to successfully implement site-based management in their schools.
List of contents
Understanding Decision Making
Group Processes for Building and Sharing Values
Group Processes for Building Teams
Group Processes for Generating Ideas
Group Processes for Sharing Critical Information
Group Processes for Problem Solving
Group Processes for Reaching Consensus
Group Processes for Resolving Conflict
Group Processes for Goal Setting and Planning
About the author
Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include
Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006),
Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004),
Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003),
Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003),
Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003),
Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and
Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001).
McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.
Summary
Learn, step-by-step, how to create and sustain an effective, dynamic, site-based decision-making team at your school.
