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Leading School Teams: Building Trust to Promote Student Learning
Contributor(s): Horton, David M. (Author)
ISBN: 1506344925     ISBN-13: 9781506344928
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Leadership
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General
Dewey: 371.148
LCCN: 2016022143
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.92 lbs) 200 pages
 
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The busy administrator's guide to creating strong teams, changing culture, and improving performance

Research shows that teacher collective efficacy can increase student learning more than any other strategy. In fact, using powerhouse teams can achieve four years of student growth in a single calendar year. Horton's practical guide offers:
  • Short activities that require little to no preparation that you can use to deepen conversation at your very next meeting
  • Step-by-step tools to help your team move from identifying its biggest challenges to choosing and implementing successful reforms
  • Strategies to enhance teamwork, trust, and collaboration so your team becomes as effective as possible

Contributor Bio(s): Horton, David M.: - David Horton is a lifelong educator. He has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, a K-12 Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Coordinator of Secondary Mathematics and K-12 Instructional Technology; high school Assistant Principal; and high school math and science teacher. David's area of expertise is building systems and structures of organizational leadership that align mission and vision with practice. He currently teaches as an adjunct professor with two Southern California universities.

David has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Master of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received a Master of Science degree in Administration from Pepperdine University and earned a Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of La Verne. David resides in Southern California with his wife and two children.