36 Tools for Building Spirit in Learning Communities

Even before the No Child Left Behind Act there was much discouragement abouteducational institutions. Now with a focus on highlevel accountability themood in sc... » 

Even before the No Child Left Behind Act there was much discouragement abouteducational institutions. Now with a focus on highlevel accountability themood in schools has dropped even further. Many schools are overcrowded and facethe task of educating students from varied and sometimes broken environments.Test scores often stay low in spite of great effort expended to improve them.Many teachers are in desperate need of retooling.All of this can combine to produce a bleak atmosphere of failure. In the midstof improving curriculum instruction and assessmentand while working hard toimprove students test scoresattention needs to be spent on nurturing thehuman spirit so that this challenging task can continue with hope andconfidence.This resource helps educators learn successful ways to respond to todaysincreasing diversity among both student body and faculty. The author looks atwhat school leaders must do to invigorate and sustain the spirits of members oftheir learning communities as they drive toward achieving demanding goals.Practical tools and strategies in every chapter help speed the translation fromtheory to practice and planning templates and completed samples offeressential elements needed for change. «