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“alan c jones”

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  • Standout School Leaders

    Challenging What It Means to Lead

    by Alan C. Jones ...
    Bridge the gap between managing well and leading for impact.In this must-read guide for education leaders, Alan C. Jones expertly distinguishes between Administrators Good at their Jobs (AGJs) and Standout School Leaders (SSLs) by exploring the qualities that make select leaders truly exceptional. While AGJs focus on maintaining effective school operations, SSLs address the gaps within ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Teaching Matters Most

    A School Leader’s Guide to Improving Classroom Instruction

    by Thomas M. McCann, Alan C. Jones, Gail A. Aronoff ...
    A laser-beam focus on improving instruction to improve learningSaying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy—in fact, it′s messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate, ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Living up to Your School Mission Statement

    Reforming Schools from the Inside Out

    by Alan C. Jones ...
    All school districts have written statements of the educational values and goals that members of the school community believe are important and worth pursuing. They display these on the front page of all school district public relations packets and on the walls of school and district offices. While all segments of the school community enthusiastically embrace the values and goals stated in the ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Becoming a Strong Instructional Leader

    Saying No to Business as Usual

    by Alan C. Jones ...
    “Jones writes with the voice of experience and as a friend of young people.  He consistently challenges what he sees as the ‘business as usual’ of schooling, including the current dominant model of school reform—raise standards, test children, reward and punish teachers and principals.”—From the Foreword by Robert V. Bullough Jr., Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The First 100 Days in the Main Office

    Transforming A School Culture

    by Alan C. Jones ...
    This book presents a series of cultural situations that could occur within the first one-hundred days of a school year: responding to entrenched vocabularies and behaviors, addressing professional and instructional bad habits, enacting alternative teaching scripts, leveraging a policy blindside, redefining the goals and practices of teams, and implementing outside-the-box programs. Each cultural ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

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    A Guide to Managing Knowledge

    by Etienne Wenger, William Snyder, Richard A. McDermott ...
    Today's economy is fueled by knowledge. Every leader knows this to be true, yet few have systematic methods for converting organizational knowledge into economic value. This book argues that communities of practice--groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise--provide the ideal vehicle for driving knowledge-management strategies and building lasting competitive advantage. ... Read more

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  • Creating Significant Learning Experiences

    An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses

    by L. Dee Fink ...
    “Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.”—Ken Bain, author, What the Best College Students DoSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink’s Creating Significant Learning Experiences, higher education has ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • How To Get A Phd: A Handbook For Students And Their Supervisors

    by Estelle Phillips, Derek.S. Pugh, Colin Johnson ...
    How to Get a PhD is the market leading, classic book for PhD students and their supervisors. ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Organization Development

    A Practitioner's Guide for OD and HR

    by Dr Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge, Linda Holbeche ...
    Organization Development (OD) is key to ensuring that organizations and their people can adapt to and engage in ongoing change in today's fast-paced and competitive world. How can those responsible for managing change determine the most appropriate course of action for their organization's needs and maximize capability?Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is ... Read more

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  • Doing Work Based Research

    Approaches to Enquiry for Insider-Researchers

    by Carol Costley, Paul Gibbs, Geoffrey C Elliott ...
    With the growth of work based learning and practitioner research this book leads the way by addressing key issues faced by ′insider-researchers′ - learners, practitioners and managers doing research projects in the organizations and communities in which they themselves work, or where they are already familiar with the setting.The authors explore the implications of these research contexts, and ... Read more

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  • Change Management

    A Guide to Effective Implementation

    by James McCalman, Sabina Siebert, Robert A Paton ...
    Now a classic in its field, the fourth edition of Change Management: A Guide to Effective Implementation continues to offer readers highly practical strategies and step-by-step guidance for applying different models of change in different organizational scenarios.New to the Fourth Edition:A third expert author, Sabina Siebert, bringing a background in sociology and cultural studiesAn improved ... Read more

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  • Organizational Culture in Action

    A Cultural Analysis Workbook

    by Gerald W. Driskill, Angela Laird Brenton ...
    This book is a practical guide to "reading" the culture of organizations and to understanding the implications of culture for organizational effectiveness. Sharing their experiences from over 25 years of consulting and teaching, the authors make the process of cultural analysis practical and applicable. Beginning with an explanation of the theories of organizational culture, the book provides ... Read more

    $100.79 USD