Download or read book Facilitator s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option written by Alan M. Blankstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrate how six powerful principles can help ensure that failure is never an option! An ideal companion to the second edition of the bestseller, Failure Is Not an Option®, this step-by-step guide provides staff developers and workshop facilitators with all the tools to help school leaders create successful, sustainable high-performing schools. Aligned with the chapters of Alan M. Blankstein′s award-winning book, these activities, discussion questions, and field-tested resources demonstrate how to avoid 10 common routes to failure and are designed around six guiding principles: Common mission, vision, values, and goals Achievement for all students through prevention and intervention systems Collaborative teaming focused on teaching for learning Data-based decisions for continuous improvement Active family and community engagement Building sustainable leadership capacity Reflecting the updated edition′s greater emphasis on diversity, assessment for learning, intervention and support for students at risk, and schooling as a community endeavor, the facilitator′s guide features Field-tested resources referenced in Failure Is Not An Option®, Second Edition, including tools for applying the six principles Workshop activities Discussion questions Chapter content summaries Suggestions for further reading and reflection A workshop evaluation form The Facilitator′s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.
Download or read book Facilitator s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option written by Alan M. Blankstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help ensure that failure is never an option for any child by demonstrating how school leaders can apply six powerful principles to create successful, sustainable high-performing schools! The resources in this facilitator's guide can also be found at the HOPE Foundation Web site at www.hopefoundation.org.
Download or read book Facilitator s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option written by Alan M. Blankstein and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents six principles for creating and implementing high-performance schools and provides ways to handle difficult issues, advice on team teaching and learning, and suggestions for continuous improvement and evaluation of methods.
Download or read book A Leader s Guide to Storytelling written by Mark Dailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part manual, part memoir and part call to action, this book demonstrates why the core skill needed by leaders in the next decade and into the future will be authentic and effective communication. Communications based on character, integrity and values will be critical in helping leaders navigate the two mega trends of accelerated technological change and increasing demands for social change. This book is the first to marry practical advice on deepening communication skills with insight from a coaching and cognitive point of view into what techniques works and why, and to pull together the wider societal issues and the operating context for leaders. Counter-intuitive and written to provoke thought and awareness, the author looks at the psychological and emotional effects of our communications and what leaders can do to inspire and engage, guiding them through three sections: • A framework for effective communications • A toolkit, detailing what good looks like in practical situations • The authentic leader, an exploration of the changing communications landscape and why a different kind of leadership is needed C-suite executives, leaders about to take that last step into the C-suite or millennial leaders about to enter the boardroom will value this book as an advisory guide, as a handbook to be used in internal coaching and training sessions and as a manual and aide memoir for themselves.
Download or read book Fearless Facilitation written by Cyndi Maxey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the workforce ages and younger trainers and managers emerge, facilitation skills take on a new importance and, with the increased use of social networks, new facilitation skills are needed. Written by two facilitation gurus, this book shows how to make any learning environment come alive. It outlines proven guidelines any trainer can use to unify groups, inspire creativity, and get audiences, teams, and colleagues to speak up, talk back, participate, and engage in meetings.
Download or read book The Facilitator s Fieldbook written by Thomas Justice and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2012 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loaded with procedures, checklists, guidelines, samples, and templates, The Facilitator's Fieldbook covers all the key areas of successful team management, including establishing ground rules, planning meetings and agendas, brainstorming, resolving conflict, making decisions, and helping groups optimize their time. The completely revised third edition of this longtime go-to resource for novice and experienced facilitators provides new team-building exercises as well as updated information on virtual meetings, mediation, strategic planning, and much more. You'll also gain tips on maintaining the tone and flow of meetings, and will learn to determine when to delegate projects to individuals rather than assembling a group. Collaborative projects have become an increasingly prevalent feature of modern business strategies and workplace dynamics. But intentional, strategic facilitation is essential to making sure these groups and teams are effective. The Facilitator's Fieldbook provides readers the comprehensive tools and knowledge they need to help their teams--and, ultimately, their organizations--succeed.
Download or read book Facilitator s Guide to Participatory Decision Making written by Sam Kaner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book on collaboration ever written!" —Diane Flannery, founding CEO, Juma Ventures And now this classic book is even better—much better. Completely revised and updated, the second edition is loaded with new tools and techniques. Two powerful new chapters on agenda design A full section devoted to reaching closure More than twice as many tools for handling difficult dynamics 70 brand-new pages and over 100 pages significantly improved
Download or read book Failure Is Not an Option written by Alan M. Blankstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years, 200,000 readers, and one national award after the first edition, Blankstein documents how educators have closed gaps, turned schools around, and sustained overall success. Resources referenced in Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition are available in The Facilitator’s Guide to Failure Is Not an Option®, Second Edition and can also be found at the HOPE Foundation Web site at www.hopefoundation.org.
Download or read book A Market Facilitator s Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development written by Shaun Ferris and published by Catholic Relief Services. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the "enabling rural innovation" approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower farmer groups with the necessary skills to make informed decisions for their economic development, based on an analysis of their surroundings, assets and skills. The methodology also aims for outcomes that are equitable, gender focused and participatory.
Download or read book The Relevance of the Leadership Standards written by Leslie Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of school leaders is critical in this era, and there is heightened attention on the roles of the leaders as linked to student achievement and school improvement; school culture and climate; and the variables that impact achievement, improvement, culture and climate. The demands on school leaders have significantly changed. About a decade ago, the Southern Educational Regional Board suggested that school leaders impact as much as twenty percent of the achievement in schools. A few years later, the potential impact of school leaders increased to twenty-five percent. Throughout the chapters, the reoccurring concepts regarding the work of leaders are discussed. The need for leaders to move student learning and to respond to changes in education and challenges are contributing factors to the development of the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). In chapter 1 and in other chapters throughout the book; the links and importance between educational leadership and student learning are made. The standards provide a framework of the knowledge and skills needed for school leaders to be prepared for the challenges.
Download or read book Overcoming Failure to Launch written by Morrell Price and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to "Overcoming Failure to Launch." This engaging and practical life-changing workshop is designed to help the participants in both their personal and professional life. The facilitator guide provides clear step by step instructions for the instructor, which also allows room for personal anecdotes and experiences that will help connect with the students. In addition, our S.I.S. (share, involve, summarize) facilitation technique makes each page simple and logical to follow. LEARNING OVERVIEW A 60-minute accelerated learning driven workshop that combines motivating and interactive dialogue, fun learning activities, object lessons, memorable metaphors and a call to action to inspire participants to apply the learning. LEARNING OBJECTIVE To expose teens to important and easy to apply information about developing goals that will assist them in completing school and preparing themselves for college or a career. LEARNING APPLICATION Students will know, understand and be able to incorporate the following information into their lives: * Understand the impact of dropping out of school * Overcome the temptations of dropping out of school * Develop goals and action plans * Prepare yourself for college or a career
Download or read book Developing Facilitation Skills a handbook for group facilitators 3rd ed written by and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facilitator s Guide to Participatory Decision Making written by Sam Kaner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the transformative power of face to face groups The third edition of this ground-breaking book continues to advance its mission to support groups to do their best thinking. It demonstrates that meetings can be much more than merely an occasion for solving a problem or creating a plan. Every well-facilitated meeting is also an opportunity to stretch and develop the perspectives of the individual members, thereby building the strength and capacity of the group as a whole. This fully updated edition of The Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making guides readers through the struggle and the satisfaction of putting participatory values into practice, helping them to fulfill the promise of effective group decision-making. With previous editions already embraced by business and community leaders and consulting professionals around the world, this new book is even more insightful and easy to use. New for this edition: 60 pages of brand new skills and tools Many new case examples Major expansion and reorganization of the advanced sections of the book. New chapter: Teaching A Group About Group Dynamics Doubled in size: Classic Facilitator Challenges. Substantially improved: Designing Realistic Agendas – now three chapters, with wise, insightful answers to the most vexing questions about meeting design.
Download or read book Beyond Core Expectations written by Maria G. Dove and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a schoolwide foundation to ensure academic success for ALL students This useful guide supports the needs of culturally, linguistically, and academically diverse learners and demonstrates how a shared vision can increase student engagement and ensure that not-so-common learners benefit from academic rigor. Taking a system-wide approach, the authors offer educators a model arranged in six distinct yet complementary pathways to improve programs, policies, and practices for diverse learners. This innovative framework includes: Mapping and aligning an integrated curriculum—making the mainstream curricula accessible for all learners Collaborative planning and assessment—pooling intelligence so the whole is greater than the sum of its parts Teaching students explicit learning strategies—empowering students by increasing student-led learning Promoting disciplinary literacy—providing all students with access to pertinent academic language learning Featuring helpful tables that outline key concepts and real-life vignettes from schools that have successfully applied the principles, this book unlocks success for all students. "Dove, Honigsfeld, and Cohan recognize the urgent need for practices to change on a schoolwide basis so that diverse learners can be positioned to succeed with the Common Core. This book outlines inclusive practices so that all students are included in these important conversations." —Diane Staehr Fenner, President DSF Consulting "In Beyond Core Expectations, the authors present a coherent framework for schoolwide instructional inclusiveness. This book is an essential guide for educators with a vision for true college and career readiness for ALL students, driven by sound curriculum, instruction and assessment practices." —Cheryl H. Champ, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Sewanhaka Central High School District, Floral Park, NY
Download or read book Sustainable Value Management for Construction Projects written by Ayodeji E. Oke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a unique guide to value management and sustainability in construction to researchers and professional. The book provides a better understanding of the concept of value management, the basis of sustainable construction and thereafter, demonstrates how using the principles of value management can help to achieve successful construction projects that are financially viable, socially beneficial and do not damage the environment. The book serves as an introduction to value management for scholars and researchers at all levels; and also as a practical guide for construction professionals, employers and other stakeholders in the construction industry.
Download or read book Applying Restorative Justice to Campus Sexual Misconduct written by Kaaren M. Williamsen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While sexual misconduct on our college and university campuses, both public and private, is dismayingly widespread, it continues to be significantly underreported because most victims perceive that judicial recourse, with its legalistic adversarial approach, fails to address--in a healing way--the harms done to them. Fewer still file formal complaints, many for fear that they may lose agency and that the process may rekindle the trauma of their experience.Recognizing the reality that supermajority of sexual harms in higher education are rarely addressed through established legalistic practices, this book offers a range of alternative approaches based on restorative justice.Starting from the premise “What if we started with the goal of healing in mind”, this book opens with an overview of common restorative practices and accounts of application and lessons learned by practitioners who have implemented a range of restorative justice and alternative-based approaches. Subsequent chapters cover procedural elements, recommendations around documentation. and interventions for individuals who have caused harm through sexual and gender-based misconduct.The book addresses facilitation; the need to pay attention to self, people, and systems, identities, and power dynamics; the considerations for working restoratively with both complainants and respondents; offers cases and adaptable examples of resolution; and concludes with reflections on institutional implementation from the perspectives of administrators, facilitators, and a student survivor.Recognizing there will always be a need for a formal investigatory approach to cases of sexual misconduct, the book offers a wide range of alternative options that empower those who are most directly affected to make the call for themselves. In doing so, it may increase reporting and, furthermore, in offering a healing justice that addresses individual and community needs, may work to reduce sexual misconduct on campus.
Download or read book The Facilitator s Guide for White Affinity Groups written by Dr. Robin DiAngelo and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first of its kind, accessible, in-depth resource for leading effective white racial affinity groups—an essential tool in anti-racism for building the skills and perspectives needed for white people to challenge racism. While there are a few short articles and guides addressing the challenges and complexities of leading white affinity groups, there has never been a detailed handbook exclusively for white racial affinity group facilitators. There are many challenges in facilitating these groups including the need to have a deep theoretical understanding of racism; a high degree of racial self-awareness; sensitivity to and the ability to work with the range of skills and degrees of awareness participants bring; and strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills. The Facilitator’s Guide for White Affinity Groups is the first in-depth guide for educators, mediators, workplace consultants and trainers, workplace diversity groups, community organizers, conference organizers, members of faith communities, and members of racial and social justice groups. Dr. Robin DiAngelo and Amy Burtaine, who collectively bring over 20 years of experience leading anti-racist education and racial affinity groups present: · a theoretical framework for understanding racism; · a case for the value of racial affinity groups as a tool for challenging racism; · guidelines for setting up affinity groups in a variety of contexts; · the skills and perspectives needed for effective facilitation; · scenarios to illustrate common challenges; · a glossary of definitions; · exercises, discussion prompts, and assessment tools. · an extensive list of common patterns and group dynamics and how to address them Written accessibly for a wide range of readers and backgrounds, The Facilitator’s Guide for White Affinity Groups will be an important reference for anyone committed to anti-racism work.
