The Action Research Guidebook: A Four-Stage Process for Educators and School Teams

The Action Research Guidebook: A Four-Stage Process for Educators and School Teams Review

Best-selling author Richard Sagor’s updated edition provides steps for effectively implementing research and data. The book is organized around Sagor’s four-stage process and includes hands-on tools.

Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders Review

Literacy lies at the heart of student understanding and achievement. Yet too many educators mistakenly assume that the reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills that students developed in elementary school are sufficient for the sophisticated learning tasks they face in middle and high school. The result? Disappointing test scores, high dropout rates, and students unprepared for higher education, citizenship, and the world of work.
Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders presents a structured approach to using literacy as a lever for overall school improvement. Literacy instruction is not an add-on, authors Judith L. Irvin, Julie Meltzer, and Melinda Dukes insist; it s an ongoing essential. All adolescent students, no matter what their level of achievement, can benefit from direct instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. And all secondary school leaders can improve students literacy and learning by following the five action steps outlined in this book: (1) develop and implement a literacy action plan, (2) support teachers to improve literacy instruction, (3) use data to make curricular decisions, (4) build capacity for shared leadership, and (5) creatively allocate resources to support the literacy plan.
The book also offers strategies to help educators integrate literacy and learning across the content areas, provide targeted interventions for students who are struggling the most, and develop a supportive school environment that involves parents, community members, and district leaders. Practical tools, helpful resources, and vignettes based on the authors extensive work in school districts nationwide make this an indispensable guide for principals, central office administrators, literacy coaches, department chairs, and other school leaders committed to helping students succeed.

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs: K-12 Delivery Systems in Action (2nd Edition) (The Merrill Counseling Series)

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs: K-12 Delivery Systems in Action (2nd Edition) (The Merrill Counseling Series) Review

This comprehensive text explores all aspects of creating and managing school counseling programs, with a focus on designing systems that work for all students.

 

This accessible and inclusive guide to K-12 school counseling provides readers with a comprehensive exploration of delivery systems and the practical tools that professional school counselors need to design, implement, manage, and evaluate comprehensive, developmentally appropriate school counseling programs for all students. Aligned with the ASCA Competencies and CACREP 2009 Standards, Comprehensive School Counseling underlines the professional context of school counseling in the real world of public education.

 

The second edition of this text includes two new chapters — one devoted to accountability and evaluation, the other to common legal and ethical issues found in school counseling. In addition, the revised edition of Comprehensive School Counseling includes an expanded focus on multicultural concerns in school counseling as well as alignment with the 2009 CACREP Standards.