William A. Sommers

Creating Talent Density

Accelerating Adult Learning

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Creating Talent Density is a must have for educational leaders who are serious about transforming schools into positive and productive learning institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781475861976
• ISBN-10: 1475861974
• Artikelnr.: 61376163

Autorenporträt

William A. Sommers, PhD, is the former executive director for secondary curriculum and professional learning for Minneapolis Public Schools and has been a school administrator for over 35 years. He has been a senior fellow for the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota and has served as an adjunct faculty member at multiple universities. In addition, he has been a program director for an adolescent chemical dependency treatment center and on the advisory board of a halfway house for 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface - What is Talent Density? Why Adult Learning?
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Why this book?
Chapter 1 - Foundational Content, Adult Development
Chapter 2 - Situational Leadership - Assessing Readiness Levels of
Individuals and groups
Chapter 3 - Not Able, Not Willing
Chapter 4 - Not Able, Are Willing
Chapter 5 - Are Able, Not Willing
Chapter 6 - Able and Willing - Learning Omnivores
Chapter 7 - The Fifth Quadrant - Extreme People Development
Conclusion - Now What?
Appendix
About the Author