Unlocking Group Potential to Improve Schools (Paperback)

How great groups make great schools Training leaders how to conduct effective meetings is important, but it's not enough to ensure that the professional development process is valuable. This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators' skills, and optimize the group's most precious resource-its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that are more effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning. Specific topics include Understanding eight principles that underlie effective groups Learning the five standards for effective meetings Setting clear goals and roles Practicing new ways of talking for improved collaboration Examining perceptions and mental models Enhancing energy sources Working with conflict Developing basic facilitation skills This practical guide's special features include the newly updated seven norms of collaboration, a sample team assessment survey, instruments for assessing meeting effectiveness, an extensive bibliography, and practical examples embedded throughout the text. Practitioners will find a valuable road map for leading effective, student-focused school improvement efforts.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	Robert John Garmston • Valerie von Frank
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-4129-9889-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	1-4129-9889-1
Barcode:	9781412998895

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