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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovely, Suzette, 1958- author.

Buffum, Austin G., author.

Barth, Roland S., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Snodgrass, Audrey, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School personnel management--United States.

Intergenerational relations--United States.

Intergenerational communication--United States.

Teacher-administrator relationships--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781452293493

145229349X

9781452296982

1452296987

OCLC:

922906957