We’d all love schools to be havens of joyful learning, not bastions of box-checking and clock-punching. Take charge of the learning environment in your school by rekindling the power of curiosity in yourself and your colleagues! Where to start?
Curiosity Works guides school leadership teams through a six-phase journey toward powerful improvement and innovation, and includes 17 practical to…
The World Class Learners series provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! These practice-oriented books expand on Dr. Yong Zhao’s acclaimed World Class Learners, which presents a new framework for cultivating creative and entrepreneurial students. Now, with this third book in the follow-up three-volume set, Z…
The Second Edition is designed to help human resource managers and professionals understand, develop, manage, and map competencies within their organizations.
Using a highly accessible framework and structure, this reader-friendly book tackles key issues that include:
1. Understanding and developing competencies
2. Integrating the competency framework within the HR system of an organizat…
Conflict is certain to show up in any school, so how do you as the leader know how to respond or when to intervene?
Disagreements, friction, and even outright hostility are a common and unavoidable result of people working together, and not all conflict is necessarily bad; it can also provide an opportunity to learn and grow. Whether the situation involves students, parents, or staff, school…
Managing Human Resources is a comprehensive textbook that examines the strategic role of human resource management (HRM) in organizations. It covers core HR functions, including workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, labor relations, diversity and inclusion, legal and ethical issues, employee motivation, and in…