Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
You Can Do This
Hope and Help for New Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
HOPE IS ON THE WAY!
“I firmly believe that what will make you a master teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on your own, in your own way.” —From the Preface
As a new teacher you face numerous...
The School Leadership Playbook
A Field Guide for Dramatic Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
A proven framework for whole-school improvement
The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Developed by renowned leadership preparation program New Leaders, the Transformational Leadership...
Where in the World is My Team?
Making a Success of Your Virtual Global Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
As the economy becomes increasingly global, businesses need employees who can work in teams that cross borders and transcend physical spaces. In Where in the World Is My Team, fictional character Will Williams shares entertaining anecdotes and practical advice to accustom readers to the challenges...
Teacherpreneurs
Innovative Teachers Who Lead But Don't Leave
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
We need a bold new brand of teacher leadership that will create opportunities for teachers to practice, share, and grow their knowledge and expertise.
This book is about "teacherpreneurs"—highly accomplished classroom teachers who blur the lines of distinction between those who teach in schools...
Helping Sophomores Succeed
Understanding and Improving the Second Year Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2009
Helping Sophomores Succeed offers an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the common challenges that arise in a student's second year of college. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina's National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience® and Students in Transition, this groundbreaking...
Leading for Literacy
A Reading Apprenticeship Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Clear, on-the-ground guidance for Reading Apprenticeship implementation
Leading for Literacy provides tools and real-life examples to expand the benefits of a literacy approach that sparks students' engaged reading and thinking across disciplines, from middle school through community college....
Workplace Health Promotion Programs
Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Shine a spotlight on the benefits of promoting health in the workplace
Workplace Health Promotion Programs focuses on the incredible value that employee health programs can offer by exploring six key topics: behavioral health, physical health, healthy environments, health education, nutritional...
Developing and Enhancing Teamwork in Organizations
Evidence-based Best Practices and Guidelines
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Praise for Developing and Enhancing Teamwork in Organizations
"Few questions are more vital and important than teamwork, in an increasingly interdependent and connected world. This volume is a unique and essential reference for managers, scholars and anyone interested in enhancing team performance....
The Student EQ Edge
Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success: Facilitation and Activity Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
THE STUDENT EQEDGE Facilitation and Activity Guide
This Facilitation and Activity Guide is a companion to the book The Student EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success . It offers faculty and facilitators a hands-on resource for helping students reach their potential...
by Bruce K. Friesen
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project
Using a clear, easily followed approach, Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project helps anyone new to the process develop the skills to conduct the most essential part of social research data collection: the interview. The book...
Interactive Lecturing
A Handbook for College Faculty
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Tips and techniques to build interactive learning into lecture classes
Have you ever looked out across your students only to find them staring at their computers or smartphones rather than listening attentively to you? Have you ever wondered what you could do to encourage students to resist...
Making RTI Work
How Smart Schools are Reforming Education through Schoolwide Response-to-Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Offers best practices for implementing RTI at the school-wide level-to ensure success for all learners
Response-to-Intervention is now mandated at schools across the country. While there are a handful of books offering tips on implementation, schools are still struggling to find the best approaches....
Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performance
Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance management...
Supporting Online Students
A Practical Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Supporting Online Students shows how effective and efficiently delivered support services improve academic success and course retention for online learners. Drawing on a decade's worth of research, Anita Crawley describes the scope of services from admissions and registration to advising and student...