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Instructional Designers As Leaders In Professional Learning Communities: Catalysts For Transformative Change, Shari Smith
Instructional Designers As Leaders In Professional Learning Communities: Catalysts For Transformative Change, Shari Smith
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
When it comes to gifted and talented education, once a student has been identified as gifted, educators make it a priority to push them to higher levels of thinking. Higher thinking is one of the desires of these gifted students, however the emotional needs of gifted students can often be lost as they are driven to focus on their academic abilities (Johnson, 2001). Often times the assumption about gifted students is that they come from a two parent home and that they will make good grades no matter what. The following modified verbatim examples will show the impact of not …
Spirituality And 21st Century School Leadership, Kathleen Fite, Robert Reardon, Mike Boone
Spirituality And 21st Century School Leadership, Kathleen Fite, Robert Reardon, Mike Boone
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The current status of educational reform issues related to general education and special education provides the opportunity for the creation of a system that encompasses the goals of both groups in a cohesive manner. Previously, these issues have been addressed separately; however, recent research identifies a progression of change in the focus of ideas in both general education and special education. The first two phases of school reform focused initially on raising standards and then on teacher empowerment and site-based management. The current phase of school reform focuses on the instructional needs of the individual student and rejects the premise …