Breaking the Silence: Overcoming the Problem of Principal Mistreatment of TeachersCorwin Press, 15/08/2002 - 208 páginas Recognize destructive behavior and cultivate constructive support! The detrimental effect of abusive principal behavior not only deteriorates teacher morale and performance, but also erodes school effectiveness, student learning, and quality of life for everyone involved. Unfortunately, this type of mistreatment—with its devastating implications—has largely been ignored and treated as a taboo subject. In this groundbreaking book, Blase and Blase begin the critical dialogue about abuse by exposing the various manifestations of mistreatment, and offering practical solutions for its prevention and correction. The invaluable information presented is based on findings from the first-of-its-kind study conducted by the authors, in which they interviewed elementary, middle/junior high, and high school teachers from rural, suburban, and urban areas across the United States and Canada. The text masterfully provides the tools necessary to identify destructive behavior and raises awareness of this common phenomenon in order to break the cycle of abuse. It is the crucial first step toward preventing further mistreatment and fostering teacher development, student achievement, and school improvement. Key features include
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... leaders hip. level activities, constitute a major tactical tenet of school improvement. Not surprisingly, I've found ... leadership, systematically encouraged and facilitated, lies at the heart of true reform, if we want to use that term ...
... leadership requires even greater extension of consistent and positive interchange between players. Blase and Blase make it clear that "overtly or covertly authoritarian" leadership styles are incompatible with these demands and that ...
... leaders foster school cultures in which abusive behavior is not tolerated? Unfortunately, many teachers will identify with the abused teachers in this book. The first step to eliminating teacher abuse is to get folks talking about it ...
... Leadership and Codirector of ATLAS, the Alliance for Teaching. Leadership, and School Improvement, in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1980 from Syracuse University, his research has ...
... Leadership and Codirector of ATLAS, the Alliance for Teaching, Leadership, and School Improvement, at the University of Georgia. and a former public school teacher, high school and middle school principal, and director of staff ...
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From | 21 |
The Undoing of Teachers | 113 |
Overcoming the Problem of Principal Mistreatment | 139 |
Research Method and Procedures | 165 |
References | 171 |
Index | 181 |
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