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View book details for Resilient Leadership for Turbulent Times
A Guide to Thriving in the Face of Adversity
R&L Education
In this book, Patterson, Goens, and Reed draw upon resilience research and best practices to answer the question: 'How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?' This book benefits leaders who have confronted adversity in the past, struggle …
Scarecrow Press
While there are costume and fashion dictionaries tied to specific countries or periods, none have been comprehensive. In The Complete Costume Dictionary, Elizabeth Lewandowski has collected from a variety of sourcesincluding costume history texts, journal articles, historical publications, autobiographies, biographies, …
View book details for When a Congregation Is Betrayed
Responding to Clergy Misconduct
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Other books have been written about clergy misconduct and its effects on congregations. Some are by victims. Others are written by professionals for a professional audience. Until now, however, there hasn't been a book for the congregational leaders who must …
View book details for The Study of the American Superintendency, 2000
A Look at the Superintendent of Education in the New Millennium
R&L Education
The Study of the American School Superintendency, 2000 is the ninth 10-Year Study of the American School Superintendent commissioned by AASA. This 174-page reference work on the superintendency is the largest and most comprehensive look at the men and women …
R&L Education
A unique resource for both academics and practitioners, School District Budgeting provides a comprehensive look at the resource allocation process, from developing planning guidelines to reporting the results of financial operations. An all-inclusive guide, the book provides theoretical and practical …
View book details for Church & Stage
Producing Theater for Education, Praxis, Outreach and Fundraising
Cowley Publications
Church and Stage is a guide for people in churches who want to employ theater in ministry, and for theater people who want to create opportunities to work in churches. The points of contact between religion and theater are numerous, …
View book details for Totems and Teachers
Key Figures in the History of Anthropology
AltaMira Press
Sydel Silverman presents a long-awaited second edition of this fascinating classic work, originally published in 1981. Eleven distinguished anthropologists offer an insiders' reflection on nine prominent figures who helped shape the discipline. This is one of few books that traces …
View book details for Teachers As Owners
A Key to Revitalizing Public Education
R&L Education
'What if teachers were owners, not employees?' Teacher-ownership is a revolutionary way to put excitement and meaning back into the teaching profession and to revitalize public education. This book demonstrates how being an owner rather than an employee can give …
Ivan R. Dee
Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and ones friends to Western civilization.Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. Well-written, clear and …
R&L Education
Every aspect of maintenance and operations is covered in this compilation of information-packed articles from School Business Affairs. Articles cover topics ranging from contracting out and the environment to energy and safety issues.
AltaMira Press
Duane Champagne has assembled a volume of top scholarship reflecting the complexity and diversity of Native American cultural life. Introductions to each topical section provide background and integrated analyses of the issues at hand. The informative and critical studies that …
View book details for Desperately Seeking Ethics
A Guide to Media Conduct
Scarecrow Press
Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics. It is no surprise; being ethical is hard work and, could very well put a person in conflict with prevailing trends. Many of the people cited within …
View book details for Technology-Rich Teaching
Classrooms in the 21st Century
UPA
Information and computer technology arrived in classrooms more than three decades ago. Despite the efforts of educators and technologists, much teaching and learning has remained unchanged since it arrived. This is in contrast to the widespread adoption of computer technology …
View book details for The Invisible Art of Film Music
A Comprehensive History
Scarecrow Press
A comprehensive introduction to film music for the general student, the film historian, and the aspiring cinematographer. It is a historically structured account of the evolution of music in films. The book is arranged as a chronological survey and includes …
R&L Education
Have you ever left a meeting feeling that nothing had actually been accomplished? This book provides you with the keys to running a successful and efficient meeting. Babbage begins with a section on how to prepare effectively for a meeting, …
Scarecrow Press
Law Librarianship in the 21st Century, a text for library and information science courses on law librarianship, introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. With no prior knowledge of the law required, students using this book will …
View book details for Find a Niche and Scratch It
Marketing Your Congregation
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Jesus was uniquely adept in the art of "reading" people. He fit his approach to the precise needs and interests of the person with whom he was dealing, and he spoke the cultural language of that individual. In this book, …
View book details for Enhancing Teacher Performance
A Toolbox of Strategies to Facilitate Moving Behavior from Problematic to Good and from Good to Great
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Exemplary schools have at their core outstanding principals and teachers. This book enables school leaders to enhance teacher performance to move from problematic to good or better yet, from good to great. Serving as a reference tool, the authors identify …
View book details for On Exploring Craft
Writers as Architects
UPA
The process of probing beneath and even shaving or sanding away the language undergirding literary works that, word by word, line by line and page by page, sustains a narratives arc, contributes to the perspective of writer as architect. For …
AltaMira Press
Jacques offers a unique analysis of the connections between global marine and atmospheric science to global political phenomena. He shows how human survival is intricately linked to the sustainability of the world ocean, a singular connected body of regional oceans …
View book details for Violence and Mental Health in Everyday Life
Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children and Adolescents
AltaMira Press
Clinical psychologist Daniel J. Flannery reveals the impact of violence and victimization in the lives of children and adolescents from a developmental perspective. He explores how young people experience violence in their everyday lives and how this impacts their mental …
View book details for English-Speaking Caribbean Immigrants
Transnational Identities
UPA
This book highlights important but insufficiently documented dimensions of the experience of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants in the United States. It focuses on successes and challenges of what might be perceived as living in two worlds. The central theme, post-migration transnational …
View book details for Boxology
Thinking and Working Inside, Outside, and Beyond the Box and the Cubicle
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Does every one inside the box think the same? No differentiation? No evolving levels? Then too where do those who think outside of the box, go? Back to the original box to go through further iterations? Not likely; after all …
View book details for Music in Churches
Nourishing Your Congregation's Musical Life
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Clergy, worship or music committees, organists, and choir or music directors will find this a practical and invaluable guide to the role and power of music to express and form faith. Clark researched twenty-four Episcopal and United Methodist congregations to …
View book details for Sneaky Kid and Its Aftermath
Ethics and Intimacy in Fieldwork
AltaMira Press
Brada schizophrenic school dropout and 'sneaky kid'first appeared as a squatter near Harry Wolcott's forest home. He becomes Wolcott's subject in a long-term life history on how the educational system can fail students. Wolcott's trilogy of articles based on their …
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