Year-Round Education: Change and Choice for Schools and Teachers

By Ilham Nasser and Shelly Gismondi Haser

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of students.

Year-Round Education will:
-Highlight the benefits of the modified calendar for teachers
-Explain the transition process through three real-life case studies
-Identify the principals' leadership styles as a transformational facilitator, transformational leader, transactional leader, and authoritarian administrator.

Features include:
-An action plan for schools/districts preparing for the transition
-Ideas for setting up an intersession program
-A comparison of teacher motivation and leadership styles from each case study
-A discussion on university partnerships and community support
-A review of professional work and literature on teacher motivation and year-round education
-An actual intersession brochure with classes listed

Written in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578862353
• ISBN13: 9781578862351
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"