1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910479959703321

Titolo

The principal as data-driven leader / / Ontario Principals' Council ; indexer, Marta Sosnowski ; cover designer, Lisa Riley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press : , : Ontario Principals' Council, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4522-9722-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Leading Student Achievement Series

Disciplina

371.2/07

Soggetti

School improvement programs - Planning

School improvement programs - Data processing

School principals

Educational leadership

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - School Improvement Planning""; ""The International Drive for Accountability in Education""; ""The Pillars of Government Education Policy""; ""Improving Student Achievement""; ""School Improvement Planning for Student Achievement""; ""Keeping School Planning on Track""; ""Sorting Through the Available Data""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - The Dimensions of the Principal as Data-Driven Leader""; ""The Principal as Leader""; ""Understanding and Implementing the Process""; ""Aligning Great Teams""

""Assessing the Ongoing Progress""""Assigning Staff to Support the School Plan""; ""The Principal as Professional Developer""; ""Analyzing the Data""; ""Supporting the School Plan""; ""The Principal�s Role as Communicator""; ""Informing Stakeholders about the Process""; ""Communicating How to Use Data in the Context of School Planning""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Introducing Data-Based School Improvement""; ""Convincing School Staff""; ""Introducing the Concepts""; ""Using the Three Dimensions of the Principal in Convincing



Staff""; ""Working with Leadership Teams""

""How Are Leadership Teams Effective?""""Making Data Use Explicit""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Finding Reliable, Valid, and Comprehensive Data""; ""Types of Data""; ""Outcome Data""; ""Demographic Data""; ""Process Data""; ""Perceptual Data""; ""Intersecting Data""; ""Defining Data Types with Your Staff""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - The Data-Driven School Improvement Planning Cycle""; ""The School Improvement Planning Cycle""; ""1. Predict""; ""2. Check Assumptions""; ""3. Observe the Data""; ""4. Interpret the Data""; ""5. Plan""; ""6. Gather Further Data""; ""7. Repeat the Cycle""

""In-School Application and Practice""""The Practice Activity""; ""Ensuring That Evidence is Valid and Complete""; ""Complete""; ""Consistent""; ""Comparable""; ""Concealing""; ""Next Steps""; ""Triangulation""; ""The Problem Solution Frame""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6 - Embedding the Cycle in the School�s Culture""; ""Facilitating Success""; ""Poor or Incomplete Data""; ""Analysis or Interpretation is Flawed by False Assumptions""; ""Lack of Appropriate Strategies""; ""The Difficulty of Change""; ""Adding to the Toolkit""; ""Root Causes""; ""Using the Process to Build SMART Goals""

""Summary""""Educator Toolkit""; ""Suggested Additional Readings""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This concise guide helps principals introduce a data-driven school improvement planning cycle, create a team to gather relevant data, and embed data practices into a school's culture.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781656103321

Autore

Bartlett Djurdja <1949->

Titolo

FashionEast : the spectre that haunted socialism / / Djurdja Bartlett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

0-262-31018-X

1-283-25852-8

9786613258526

0-262-28916-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

746.9/2

Soggetti

Fashion - Political aspects - Soviet Union

Fashion - Political aspects - Europe, Eastern

Fashion design - Political aspects - Soviet Union

Fashion design - Political aspects - Europe, Eastern

Socialism and culture - Soviet Union

Socialism and culture - Europe, Eastern

Soviet Union Social life and customs

Europe, Eastern Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction Art versus technology : early Soviet dilemmas on dress Between science and myth : the birth of socialist fashion East Europe : from utopia to myth The Cold War and the fashion war From red to beige : a set of rules The decline of socialist fashion Fashion rising

Sommario/riassunto

A richly illustrated, comprehensive study of fashion under socialism, from state-sponsored prototypes to unofficial imitations of Paris fashion.