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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826059703321

Autore

Lovely Suzette <1958->

Titolo

Generations at school : building an age-friendly learning community / / Suzette Lovely, Austin G. Buffum ; foreword by Roland S. Barth ; cover designer, Audrey Snodgrass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4522-9349-X

1-4522-9698-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

371.201

Soggetti

School personnel management - United States

Intergenerational relations - United States

Intergenerational communication - United States

Teacher-administrator relationships - United States

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

""Trailblazers, Pioneers, and Indiana Jones""""The Neutral Zone""; ""Finding the Neutral Zone with “Seniors�""; ""That Was Then, This is Now""; ""Conclusion: Let Go of the Quo""; ""Chapter 3 - Cross-Age Connections in a Learning Community""; ""Intergenerational Chemistry in a PLC""; ""Know Your Lineup""; ""A Case in Point""; ""Conclusion: Ageless Excellence""; ""Chapter 4 - Recruitment Renaissance: Give it to �Em Their Way""; ""Generational Forecasting""; ""Start Your Own Farm Team""; ""Who�s on First?""; ""On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!""; ""Be All That You Can be""; ""Handle with Care""

""Conclusion: Become First-Rate""""Chapter 5 - Creating Synergy in the Schoolhouse""; ""The Demographic Gulch""; ""Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It�s off to Work We Go""; ""The Synergy Doctrine""; ""Diplomacy: New Word of the Day""; ""Connecting the Dots""; ""Conclusion: Not Too Young, Not Too Old""; ""Chapter 6 - Here Come the Millennials, Ready or Not!""; ""Generational Recycling""; ""Bye-Bye, Breakfast Club""; ""A Special Lot""; ""Safety First!""; ""Oozing with Optimism""; ""Teamwork: Here, There, Everywhere""; ""Conventional Wisdom""; ""Under Pressure""; ""Achievers



�R� Us""

""When Theory Meets Practice""""Nintendo Effect""; ""Give �Em Time to Think""; ""Double Takes and Do-Overs""; ""Happy Campers""; ""Reward Rather Than Punish""; ""Scaffold the Interventions""; ""Upward Bound""; ""Conclusion: In Good Hands""; ""Chapter 7 - Meet the Parents""; ""Fly-Overs and Swoop-Ins""; ""Lower the Drawbridge""; ""Outwit, Outlast, Outplay""; ""Mind Your Manners""; ""Different Worlds""; ""Does Your Complaint Policy Make the Grade?""; ""Conclusion: Let�s Make a Deal""; ""Resource A. Attracting and Retaining High-Quality Leaders: District Inventory""

""Resource B. Snag the Best and Bypass the Rest: Behavioral-Based Interview Questions""""Resource C. Partnership Teaching Contract Language""; ""Resource D. Synergy Audit: How Generationally Friendly is Your Workplace?""; ""Resource E. Civility Board Policy""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Helps school leaders cultivate improvement-driven, cross-age learning communities by providing case studies, workplace alternatives, and easy-to-apply strategies to promote cross-generational collaboration.