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Leadership on purpose : promising practices for African American and Hispanic students /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, CA :
Corwin Press,
c2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Tabla de contenido |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Promising practices
- Principal strategies
- Clarity of mission
- PP: Posting of school mission
- PP: Bulletin boards are tied to the standards
- PP: Principal spends first few weeks of school in classrooms daily
- Schoolwide scheduling of activities
- PP: Lunch period is 45 minutes long with only one 20-minute recess to optimize teacher sharing
- PP: No interruptions before 10:30 A.M. to allow a reading block
- PP: Pacing schedules are done schoolwide and are reviewed by the principal weekly
- PP: Class size reduction through 4th grade
- Other scheduling and curricula priorities
- School curriculum and classroom instruction
- Assessment
- PP: Principal tests new students
- PP: Student portfolios as continuous assessment
- Staff Development
- PP: Teachers are trained in English Language Development (ELD)
- Teacher collaboration
- PP: Teachers hold regular team meetings
- Instruction
- PP: Direct-instruction approach is used
- PP: English Language Development (ELD) is taught schoolwide
- PP: A Pre-K Program is organized
- PP: Daily lessons are posted in the classroom
- Family and community connections
- School-home communication
- PP: Students wear uniforms
- PP: Correspondence to parents is sent in more than one language
- PP: Schools provide free breakfast
- School activities in the home
- PP: Homework is assigned
- PP: Schools provide assistance for parents
- PP: Students are assigned work during intersession
- Parents in schools
- PP: Parents are involved in schools...