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Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education
The Impact of PDS Partnerships in Challenging Times is the follow
up to Doing PDS: Stories and Strategies from Successful Clinically
Rich Practice (2018). The first book included stories that
described our experiences across more than twenty-five years of PDS
partnerships. We sought to examine and chronicle the innovative
ways we negotiate school-university collaboration while explaining
the development of the SUNY Buffalo State PDS consortium. This
second volume strives to explore the impact of our endeavors
individually at each school/community site and collectively as an
entire consortium to point to the important ways that
school-university partnership contributes to all stakeholders and
where we might do better. SUNY Buffalo State's PDS roots go back to
1991 with one local school partner. Today this school-university
partnership consortium connects with over 100 schools with
approximately 45 signed agreements each semester in Western New
York, nationally, and internationally. The SUNY Buffalo State PDS
consortium is grounded in three frameworks for clinically rich
practice: (a) the National Association for Professional Development
Schools Nine Essentials (Brindley, Field, & Lesson, 2008); (b)
CAEP Standards for Excellence in Educator Preparation, Standard 2
(http://caepnet.org/ standards/standard-2, 2018); and (c) the
Buffalo State Teacher Education Unit Conceptual Framework
(https://epp.buffalostate.edu/conceptualframework, 2018). Through
specific examples, each chapter utilizes a case study approach to
describe the nature of various partnerships situated in research
with a focus on the impact of the partnership. The chapters are
intentionally succinct to provide a focused look at a particular
partnership activity as each contributes to the larger goals of the
entire consortium. Every chapter follows a similar structure -
defining a challenge identified by the members of the consortium, a
review of the relevant literature, an explanation of how the
school/community liaison team responded to the challenge and the
data gathered to determine impact, an "impact at a glance" chart to
report the findings, and an identification of the necessary next
steps in the project.
Compiling extensive research findings with real insights from the
business world, this must-read book on performance appraisal
explores its evolution from the classic appraisal to its current
form, and the methodology behind its progression. Looking forward,
Aharon Tziner and Edna Rabenu emphasize that well-conducted
appraisals combine a mixture of classic and current, and are here
to stay. The book first presents a primer to performance
appraisals, covering the role of management, the appraisers, and
external and political influences. The authors then present ways to
improve the appraisal system through training, methodology and
diversification. Consequently, they outline the key questions and
opportunities facing the research and business communities,
including the rapidly developing technological and democratic
workforce. In particular, the authors highlight the need for the
creation of a ''climate of performance'' and innovation in
research, for the betterment of both the individual employee and
society as a whole. Improving Performance Appraisal at Work is a
comprehensive guide for researchers in business and management,
human resource management and organizational behavior. The authors
cover an extensive array of issues relating to the role of employee
performance appraisal, making this book an excellent advisory text
for those in professional human resource roles.
The book represents an accessible and comprehensive point of
reference for both the academic and the practitioner world in
showing how education can be transformed and innovated to become
more sustainable and resilient. The recent covid crisis shows that
the education system and approaches used are not sustainable but
can be ambushed and reactive. How can we (in the present) determine
what we should learn to be prepared for the future? How can
education be changed so that we learn more quickly and more
effectively? Not only focusing on new methods/technologies but also
on innovation of the learning process. How to use the experience to
create future proof education and how certain innovations in
education play a role in this transition? These are some of the
questions answered in the book. It represents an overview of the
state of affairs of innovative techniques used in education from
both distance and face-to-face education. The topic of innovation
is highly relevant for both the business world and a challenging
and complex subject for the education industry. This is a unique
book that offers new empirical insights for practitioners and
policy makers of the field. Our approach in designing this book was
a critical reflection of field expertise and scholarly experience,
tailored to the knowledge needs dictated by the novelty and
complexity of the topic.
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The genesis for this book, and the strategy within it, is a
longstanding commitment from Essex County Council to improve the
life chances and life choices of disadvantaged pupils being
educated in Essex. The purpose of the book is to set out a
strategic, evidence-informed approach with pupils, families,
teachers, leaders, system leaders and wider agencies which puts
learners first. This approach is rooted in best practice. It
centres on improving the day to day learning experiences of
disadvantaged pupils, leading to better long term choice and
opportunity. Unity Research School and Essex County Council hope it
will support efforts to address the impact of socio-economic
disadvantage on learning in schools and colleges nationally.
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