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  • Distributed Leadership Matters

    Perspectives, Practicalities, and Potential

    by Alma Harris ...
    "Alma Harris is a world leading writer on the thinking and practice of distributed leadership. This is undoubtedly the best book that she or anyone has yet written on the subject."—Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair in EducationBoston College"Alma Harris captures the essential challenges facing today’s school and district leaders and summarizes, in precise and accessible language, ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Distributed School Leadership

    Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

    by Alma Harris ...
    Series series Leading School Transformation
    Tomorrow’s schools will need new forms of leadership. The old hierarchical models of leadership simply do not fit any longer. We need to develop new leaders at all levels of the system if we are serious about sustaining improvement and change. But, how do we go about this?The book focuses on the why, how and what of distributed leadership by offering a practical insight into what it looks like in ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Teaching and Learning in the Effective School

    by Alma Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, this volume attempts to draw the literature on school effectiveness and teacher effectiveness together in one volume. Its central tenet is that classroom effectiveness is central to school effectiveness and that there is much to be gained from integrating the literature on effective schooling and effective teaching. Issues discussed include departments, classroom ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

  • Effective Subject Leadership in Secondary Schools

    A Handbook of Staff Development Activities

    by Alma Harris ...
    First Published in 1999. Expectations placed on middle management have risen sharply in the last few years and their increased importance in the role of managing and developing others have been reflected in the new Teacher Training Authority (TTA) Subject Leader Standards. Consequently, the role of subject leader is one which necessitates careful preparation and development. Written in line with ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • School Improvement

    What's In It For Schools?

    by Alma Harris ...
    Series series What's in it for schools?
    This book aims to demystify the principles and practice of school improvement by demonstrating how successful classroom and school improvement occurs. It outlines the conditions, strategies and approaches that promote sustainable improvement and provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives in this area.This accessible text will be useful for practitioners working within schools and ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • System Recall

    Leading for Equity and Excellence in Education

    by Alma Harris, Michelle S. Jones ...
    This book argues that much of what passes as contemporary educational reform in education is faulty and damaging. It argues that it is time for a ‘system recall’ and a need to look at what matters most in the pursuit of educational goals.The book focuses on what we know about contemporary educational improvement, transformation, and change. It will provide insights into what strategies work, long ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Leading the Improving Department

    A Handbook of Staff Activities

    by Alma Harris, Anne Allsop, Nick Sparks ...
    Departmental improvement is the key to whole school improvement. This book complements existing programs of professional development and training on both national and local levels.Heads of department and subject leaders in secondary schools will find this professional handbook essential for planning in-service training, improving the effectiveness of the department, and developing personal ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • Effective Leadership for School Improvement

    by Alma Harris, Christopher Day, David Hopkins, Mark Hadfield, Andy Hargreaves, Christopher Chapman ...
    In a complex and multi-layered world, the conventional idea of great leadership being the result of the efforts of a single individual is rapidly becoming redundant. This book takes up the challenge of finding an alternative method of leadership in educational contexts, and looks at how this can help achieve sustained improvement in schools. The authors acknowledge that there are no simple ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Uplifting Leadership

    How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance

    by Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, Alma Harris ...
    What does it take to do more with less? How can you do better than before, or better than others? How do you turn losses into wins, or near-bankruptcy into strong profitability, or abject failure into stellar success?The power of uplift enables any organization to do more with less, beat the competition, and perform better than ever. Leaders who uplift their employees' passions, intellects, and ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Leading School Turnaround

    How Successful Leaders Transform Low-Performing Schools

    by Kenneth Leithwood, Alma Harris, Tiiu Strauss ...
    LEADING SCHOOL TURNAROUNDLeading School Turnaround offers new perspectives and concrete, evidence-based guidelines for the educational leaders and administrators faced with the challenge of turning our low-performing schools around. Using the tools outlined in this groundbreaking book, school leaders can guide their schools to higher levels of achievement and sustained academic success.Based on ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Improving Schools and Educational Systems

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels ...
    Series series Contexts of Learning
    School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement.This book draws together the most effective school improvement projects from around the world in one ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice

    Challenging the Orthodoxy?

    Edited by Christopher Chapman, Paul Armstrong, Alma Harris, Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds, Pam Sammons ...
    This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become ingrained into the theoretical and methodological traditions of the field. By challenging these orthodoxies, it provides a framework that sets a ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD