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Cultivating Leadership for School and Community Change: A Case Study of Theory, Research and Practice
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Garcia, Samuel, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have noted that effective school leadership is essential to ensuring positive student and school outcomes. To achieve these outcomes, university preparation programs must adequately train and develop aspiring school leaders with the knowledge, skills, and capacity needed to be effective leaders. This qualitative case study examines a…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Districts, Audio Equipment, Course Descriptions
Child-Friendly School Initiative in Jordan: A Sharing Experience
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Weshah, Hani A.; Al-Faori, Oraib; Sakal, Reham M. – College Student Journal, 2012
The purpose of this research was to report on a Child-Friendly School (CFS) initiative pilot project in Jordan, which aims at initiating the creation of CFS and to raise stakeholders' awareness of the importance of this project in promoting and implementing Child Rights Conviction (CRC) in Jordan. The study was conducted by a joint team selected…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Putting Plans to Work - Bismarck, North Dakota
Selland, Larry – Instructor, 1972
The Exemplary Program in Career Development, now in its second year in the elementary schools of Bismarck, builds a sequence of significant tasks that are incorporated into the regular curriculum at each grade level. (RB)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Involvement, Concept Formation, Curriculum Enrichment
Putting Plans to Work - Cobbs County, Georgia
Smith, Joel – Instructor, 1972
An elementary school pilot career program that includes evaluation of self-characteristics, exploration of broad occupational areas, introduction to the economic and social values of work, and introduction to sociological and psychological meanings of work. (RB)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Involvement, Concept Formation, Curriculum Enrichment
Putting Plans to Work-- West Hartford, Connecticut
Harris, John – Instructor, 1972
A World of Work pilot program for sixth graders, that enables children to see and talk with persons in various fields of work so that they can see that choosing a career means choosing a life-style. (RB)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Involvement, Concept Formation, Curriculum Enrichment
Mock Town Meeting: An Interdisciplinary Project to Prepare Students for Informed Participation in Local Government.
LaPeer, Susan Duncan – Civic Perspective, 1990
Provides details of a mock town meeting (using the warrant prepared for the town's real town meeting) which was planned and conducted by ninth grade students. Includes a project evaluation. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Class Activities, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Developing Civic Identity and Kentucky Pride.
Carwin, Margaret – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes a variety of writing activities and community service projects designed to develop middle school students' civic identity and pride in being citizens of the state of Kentucky. Includes teaching ideas and a project evaluation. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Class Activities, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Respect and Success Every Day: High Expectations and Family Style Teamwork Are Woven into the Community Fabric of Daniel Webster Accelerated School in San Francisco, California.
Johnson, Etta Green – Equity and Choice, 1992
Daniel Webster Accelerated School in San Francisco (California) is one of two schools adopting the process of school change developed by H. M. Levin. An interview with Levin explains his philosophy of accelerated schools characterized by (1) unity of purpose; (2) school site responsibility; and (3) building on strengths. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Community Involvement, Educational Change