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Managing difficult employees is one of the most challenging aspects
of a headteacher's job. Working With and Evaluating Difficult
School Employees is designed to help educational leaders learn and
apply specific techniques and strategies for effectively dealing
with difficult school employees. Drawing on their extensive
experiences in working productively with marginal, deficient, and
downright difficult school employees, John F. Eller and Sheila
Eller provide essential information and proven strategies to help
administrators improve their leadership skills and competencies in
dealing with employees who may have negative attitudes, display a
lack of awareness about their behaviour, blame others for problems,
or are marginal performers. This resource opens each chapter with
an overview of the content, offers a summary with questions for
reflection, and presents easy-to-understand concepts, actual
stories and vignettes, and abundant templates, bullet points, and
key points throughout. A ready reference that allows readers to go
to the specific section that meets their immediate needs, the book
outlines: - The nature of difficult employees - Skills and tools
for confronting the behaviours of difficult employees and achieving
successful results - Self-protection techniques for handling
emotionally-draining encounters while staying on track with an
improvement agenda - Specific strategies for working with teachers,
paraprofessionals and teaching assistants, administrative
assistants and office staff, and custodians.
"Principals at all levels will find this book valuable. It
translates espoused theories of climate and culture into practical
ideas." -Boyd Dressler, Associate Adjunct Professor, Montana State
University "Focused, to the point, and direct-a quick read for a
busy principal looking for ideas." -Leslie A. Standerfer,
Principal, Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear, AZ Set the
tone for educational success! School culture is one of the most
important factors in student and staff performance. Positive
climates foster superior achievement, while negative climates
discourage learners, educators, and parents alike. Based on thirty
years of combined experience as school principals, staff
developers, and educational leaders, John F. and Sheila Eller
present a wide spectrum of unique, practical, and proven strategies
to improve school climate and culture. Divided into chapters that
emphasize the main components of school culture, this guide allows
busy school leaders to go directly to the section that best
addresses their specific needs. The authors provide a clear
definition of culture along with diagnostic tools to help readers
determine the state of their school's culture. Chapters feature
activities and ideas to: - Foster personal rapport and collegiality
between staff members - Develop collaborative work relationships -
Improve staff meetings - Address issues related to office
operations - Deal appropriately with conflict Creative Strategies
to Transform School Culture offers fun and inventive ideas for
school leaders who are working diligently to create a collaborative
teaching and learning environment.
Addressing common issues such as transitions, culture changes,
finances, staff supervision, and team building, this guide offers
strategies for the crucial first years of the superintendency.
Could your staff meetings use a zap of energy? Do you want more
participation and less reluctance when you gather your team
together? Good teachers know that fun, emotion, meaningful
connections, and high expectations drive learning and committed
attention to a task. This sourcebook overflows with strategies,
activities, and resources designed to bring these all-important
qualities into the faculty meeting. Teacher leaders will discover
the keys to improved collaboration, teamwork, and productivity -
and new tools to improve group processes. By modeling best practice
at staff meetings, leaders also give their teachers new engagement
tools that they can put directly to use in their classrooms. The
authors demonstrate how to reduce the "chore" factor of meetings
by: * Lightening the atmosphere with creative approaches * Starting
with purpose-focused theme music and other energizers * Building
relationships within the team that transform the school culture *
Overcoming barriers to productivity * Rewarding and appreciating
staff in innovative ways * Closing the meeting with a bang--and a
plan As the energy from your staff meetings ripples through the
school, every teacher and classroom will experience the motivation
and focus that you create!
Designed for administrators who frequently are assigned to
facilitate stakeholder groups - parents, site-based management
teams, faculty and staff, accountability teams, and others - this
book helps facilitators keep meetings positive, productive, and
efficient by managing trouble areas, dissent, deviation from the
task, and by energizing the group. Besides addressing the intuitive
aspect of the facilitation process, John Eller includes many
strategies and templates that help groups of people work together
to complete tasks, generate new ideas, and solve problems.
Effective Group Facilitation in Education serves as a practical
guide that fills the gap that exists between traditional meeting
facilitation and "best practice" in working with others.
Designed for administrators who frequently are assigned to
facilitate stakeholder groups - parents, site-based management
teams, faculty and staff, accountability teams, and others - this
book helps facilitators keep meetings positive, productive, and
efficient by managing trouble areas, dissent, deviation from the
task, and by energizing the group. Besides addressing the intuitive
aspect of the facilitation process, John Eller includes many
strategies and templates that help groups of people work together
to complete tasks, generate new ideas, and solve problems.
Effective Group Facilitation in Education serves as a practical
guide that fills the gap that exists between traditional meeting
facilitation and "best practice" in working with others.
Managing difficult employees is one of the most challenging aspects
of a headteacher's job. Working With and Evaluating Difficult
School Employees is designed to help educational leaders learn and
apply specific techniques and strategies for effectively dealing
with difficult school employees. Drawing on their extensive
experiences in working productively with marginal, deficient, and
downright difficult school employees, John F. Eller and Sheila
Eller provide essential information and proven strategies to help
administrators improve their leadership skills and competencies in
dealing with employees who may have negative attitudes, display a
lack of awareness about their behaviour, blame others for problems,
or are marginal performers. This resource opens each chapter with
an overview of the content, offers a summary with questions for
reflection, and presents easy-to-understand concepts, actual
stories and vignettes, and abundant templates, bullet points, and
key points throughout. A ready reference that allows readers to go
to the specific section that meets their immediate needs, the book
outlines: - The nature of difficult employees - Skills and tools
for confronting the behaviours of difficult employees and achieving
successful results - Self-protection techniques for handling
emotionally-draining encounters while staying on track with an
improvement agenda - Specific strategies for working with teachers,
paraprofessionals and teaching assistants, administrative
assistants and office staff, and custodians.
"Principals at all levels will find this book valuable. It
translates espoused theories of climate and culture into practical
ideas." -Boyd Dressler, Associate Adjunct Professor, Montana State
University "Focused, to the point, and direct-a quick read for a
busy principal looking for ideas." -Leslie A. Standerfer,
Principal, Estrella Foothills High School, Goodyear, AZ Set the
tone for educational success! School culture is one of the most
important factors in student and staff performance. Positive
climates foster superior achievement, while negative climates
discourage learners, educators, and parents alike. Based on thirty
years of combined experience as school principals, staff
developers, and educational leaders, John F. and Sheila Eller
present a wide spectrum of unique, practical, and proven strategies
to improve school climate and culture. Divided into chapters that
emphasize the main components of school culture, this guide allows
busy school leaders to go directly to the section that best
addresses their specific needs. The authors provide a clear
definition of culture along with diagnostic tools to help readers
determine the state of their school's culture. Chapters feature
activities and ideas to: - Foster personal rapport and collegiality
between staff members - Develop collaborative work relationships -
Improve staff meetings - Address issues related to office
operations - Deal appropriately with conflict Creative Strategies
to Transform School Culture offers fun and inventive ideas for
school leaders who are working diligently to create a collaborative
teaching and learning environment.
Addressing common issues such as transitions, culture changes,
finances, staff supervision, and team building, this guide offers
strategies for the crucial first years of the superintendency.
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