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" American schools : "
Sam Chaltain.
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989279
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b743649
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Chaltain, Sam.
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American schools : : the art of creating a democratic learning community /\ Sam Chaltain.
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littlefield,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xvi, 163 pages) :: illustrations
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1607092530
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: 1607092557
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: 9781607092537
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: 9781607092544
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: 9781607092551
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9781607092537
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9781607092544
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Prologue: Ways of seeing (and of being seen) : the art of the democratic learning community -- Reflect (or, take the time to know "who's there") -- Connect (or, make the connections that let you "see the whole board") -- Create (or, recognize that "people support only what they create") -- Equip (or, equip people with the understanding, motivation, and skills they need to see their new ideas through) -- Let come (or, practice "urgent patience" to let the school's shared vision come naturally into being) -- Fairview Elementary School (Modesto, California) -- Nursery Road Elementary School (Irmo, South California) -- Monadnock Community Connections School (Swanzey, New Hampshire) -- Epilogue: Ways of seeing (Teec Nos Pos, Arizona).
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In American Schools, Sam Chaltain interweaves the leading ideas from the education, business, and scientific communities to outline a framework for leadership that helps educators and organizational leaders create the optimal conditions for transformational change. By pairing a rich theoretical framework with the stories of communities that have, over several years, tried to create more democratic learning communities, Chaltain does what any reader of this book will have to do - provide enough structure to empower people to do their best work, and enough freedom so that each person's inherent.
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Educational leadership-- United States-- History-- 21st century.
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School management and organization-- United States-- History-- 21st century.
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Schools-- United States-- History-- 21st century.
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EDUCATION-- Administration-- General.
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Educational leadership.
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Geschichte
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School management and organization.
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Schools.
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Schulverwaltung
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United States.
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USA.
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371.200973
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LB2805.C427 2010eb
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