Teachers Working Together for School Success

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Mario C. Martinez
Corwin Press, Jun 10, 2004 - Education - 104 pages

"Would be a great ′welcome to our school′ gift from principals to new teachers."
Kim Truesdell, Teacher Education Institute
University of Buffalo

Learn to work together toward a stronger school community!

True or false: Leaders are born, not made. Teachers are leaders in the classroom, not the school. Shatter these myths--and find a better way to maximize your school′s success--by learning proven professional development skills. This indispensable guide provides straightforward concepts and applicable activities, all aimed at reinforcing your strengths and strengthening what you used to consider your weaknesses.

Teachers Working Together for School Success demonstrates how to be a leader both inside and outside the classroom, and then shows you how your leadership holds the power to improve your classroom, school, district, and off-campus life. Based on the concept that today′s educators must interact with each other more than ever, Martinez presents questions, activities, and suggestions to help teachers:

  • Exercise leadership influence in their relationships with co-workers
  • Understand the concepts of conflict and resolution as applied to the school setting
  • Judge how to effectively contribute to a team effort
  • Examine their own performance and professional growth

By pooling your strengths with those of your fellow teachers, you will discover that you have all the elements necessary for organizational success.

 

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Contents

Chapter 1 Successful Teachers Successful Schools
1
Collegiality for Personal Satisfaction
2
Collegiality for School Improvement
3
Collegiality Can be Learned
4
Conclusion
5
Chapter 2 The Leadership Mindset for Teachers
7
Teachers as Leaders
8
Your Personal Leadership Portrait
9
Conclusion
44
Chapter 5 The Growing Need for Teamwork
47
What is a Team?
48
Effective Teams
50
Conclusion
59
Chapter 6 Working with Your Administrator
61
Administrative Leadership Styles
62
Conclusion
70

Conclusion
15
Personality and Communication
17
Assessing Your Personality
18
Personalities in Action
25
Applying the Concepts of Personality to Your School
26
Conclusion
28
Chapter 4 The Teachers Role in Managing Conflict
29
Sources of Conflict
30
Strategies to Resolve Conflict
35
Matching Conflicts to Strategies
37
Conflict Profiles
40
Chapter 7 Assessing Your Performance as a Teaching Professional
71
Teacher SelfTest and Assessment Profile
72
Using the Teacher Assessment Profile as a Tool for Improvement
79
Conclusion
80
Chapter 8 Working Together
81
Knowing Yourself
82
Understanding Leadership Styles
83
References
85
Index
89
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About the author (2004)

Mario C. Martinez is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), where he teaches courses in leadership, human relations, educational change, and administration. Prior to joining UNLV, he had been an assistant professor in Educational Management and Development at New Mexico State University. His career also includes stints at the Hewlett Packard Corporation as a financial analyst and at the Governor’s Office in the State of Arizona as a Strategic Management Officer.

Mario also owns MCM Consulting, which is primarily a seminar and speech delivery company, with seminar topics that include Change, Empowerment, and Personality, and Interaction. His array of career exposures has contributed to his multidisciplinary approach to thinking pragmatically about professional development, evident both in this book and in his seminars and speeches.

Mario’s research has been concentrated in the areas of human resource planning, organizational structures of state educational systems, and the change and management of those systems. He has a Ph.D. from Arizona State University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Bibliographic information

TitleTeachers Working Together for School Success
EditorMario C. Martinez
PublisherCorwin Press, 2004
ISBN1483351572, 9781483351575
Length104 pages
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Education / Administration / General
Education / General
Education / Professional Development
Education / Teaching / General
  
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