Alan M Blankstein

Broschiertes Buch

Failure Is Not an Option

6 Principles That Advance Student Achievement in Highly Effective Schools

Beschreibung

This is a book for district and school leaders that describes how to reshape the school culture to become a high performing school and professional learning community that is able to sustain success for every student. Anchored in the moral purpose of sustaining success for all students, the book demonstrates how to reshape school cultures to support continuous student success by building trust as a foundation for the learning community and then implementing the 6 principles of the FNO Framework: 1) Establishing a common mission, vision, set of values and goals 2) Ensuring achievement for all students by setting up systems for prevention and intervention and building on student strengths 3) Engaging in collaborative teaming that is focused on teaching for learning 4) Using data based decision-making for continuous improvement 5) Actively engaging families and the community 6) Building sustainable leadership capacity With contributions from Pedro A. Noguera, Andy Hargreaves, and Dean Fink, this book not only outlines the Who, What, and How of becoming a high-performing school and learning community, but also shows how to avoid ten common routes to failure, and provides numerous resources, many case stories and examples from Alan's work in schools and districts around the U.S.

Autor

Award-winning author and educational leader, Alan Blankstein served for 25 years as President of the HOPE Foundation, which he founded and whose honorary chair is Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A former "high-risk" youth, Alan began his career in education as a music teacher. He worked for Phi Delta Kappa, March of Dimes, and Solution Tree, which he founded in 1987 and directed for 12 years while launching Professional Learning Communities beginning in the late 1980s. He is the author of the best-selling book Failure Is Not an Option®: Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools, which received the Book of the Year award from Learning Forward. Alan is Senior Editor, lead contributor, and/or author of 18 books, including Excellence Through Equity with Pedro Noguera,.  He also authored some 20 articles in leading education print including Education Week, Educational Leadership, The Principal, and Executive Educator. Alan has provided keynote presentations and workshops for virtually every major U.S. Ed Org, and throughout the UK, Africa, and the Middle East.  Alan has served on the Harvard International Principals Centers advisory board, and the Jewish Child Care Agency, where he once was a youth in residence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781452268279
• ISBN-10: 1452268274
• Artikelnr.: 36152993