Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century

by Honigsfeld, Andrea; Cohan, Audrey; Dunn, Rita; Bajaj, Monisha; Binkley, Nadine; Boxler, Nancy; Braun, József; Brown, Furman; Brown, Sally; Capolupo, James P.; Carney, Douglas; Chesbro, Patricia; Cooper, Alan J.; Daly, Alan J.; Dove, Maria G.; Favre, Lois;

• ISBN13: 9781607094012
• ISBN10: 1607094010
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This one-of-a-kind collection takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from class-rooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful initiative that breaks the traditional mold of instructional delivery and rime-honored school organization. Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization guides readers through examples of education initiatives that go beyond traditional classroom restraints to achieve surprising success. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Andrea Honigsfeld is associate dean in the Division of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. She has received several awards, including a Fulbright Lecturing Award, an Outstanding Dissertation Award, and an ESL Educator of the Year Award. Audrey Cohan is a professor in the Division of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. She has published on child sexual abuse and effective professional development practices.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Classroom Innovations	p. 1
Being an Expert: Building Social, Cultural, and Academic Capital with an English Learner	p. 3
Breaking the Mold in Secondary Schools: Creating a Culture of Literacy	p. 9
Canines in the Classroom	p. 17
Grassroots Approach to Co-teaching for English Language Learners	p. 25
Language Learning 2.0: New Internet Tools for the Language Classroom	p. 31
Positive (Unconventional) School Leadership	p. 39
Everyone Matters, Everyone Cares, Everyone Learns: Supporting School Communities in the Twenty-first Century	p. 41
Creating Space to Tell Our Stories: Collaborative Networks as Professional Development for Language Educators	p. 49
The Link Between Accountability and Collaboration: Creating an Infrastructure Based upon Shared Leadership and Student Performance	p. 57
Becoming Leaders: A Visionary Educator Leads the Way	p. 65
The Power and Potential of Strengths-Based Connectedness: New Directions in Leadership and Organizations	p. 71
Messages and Mindsets: Powerful Tools for Transforming Schools	p. 77
The Superintendent as Spiritual Leader	p. 85
School and District-wide Initiatives	p. 93
Imagination is Our Middle Name: The High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry, and Lincoln Center Institute	p. 95
Opening the Portal to Innovative Learning: A Model for Science Education	p. 101
The Re-Invention of a City School: A Magnet107 (School) for Students and Parents	p. 107
Creating a Demonstration Learning-Style District of Excellence	p. 115
Avenidas Nuevas: New Pathways for Modeling and Supporting Home-Based Literacy Strategies with Hispanic Parents	p. 123
High-School Redesign in New Hampshire: Follow the Child	p. 129
Community Involvement and Support	p. 137
District Leadership and School-Community Collaboration	p. 139
Operation Day's Work: Developing Student Leaders for the Global Era	p. 147
Generation Schools: A Comprehensive Urban School Reform Model	p. 153
Writing Local History Journals Can Be Engaging and Educationally Worthwhile	p. 161
Time to Tell the Truth About Local History, New York Was a Land of Slavery: How Student Activism Promotes Leadership and Literacy	p. 167
Preventing the Gap in Preschool: A Suburban Community Model	p. 173
Building and Facility Design	p. 181
How to Teach an Old School New Tricks	p. 183
Learning Environments Matter: Taking Learning Outside the Classroom	p. 191
Liberating Learning and Its Environment	p. 199
Re-Writing the Rules for a New Design Literacy	p. 207
Still Hoping for that Cradle to Grave High School	p. 215
Educational Innovations from Around the World	p. 221
Innovation and Transformation at a Zambian School	p. 223
At St. George's, It All Begins with Self-Management; Getting to Know Yourself	p. 231
Successful Teaching Practices in a New Zealand Wh?nau Classroom: Enhanced English Reading Learning for M?ori Children	p. 139
Zöld Kakas: An Ethos-Oriented Second-Chance High School in Hungary	p. 249
Providing Students with Uninterrupted Learning Experiences: A Success Story from Iceland	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 265
Contributors	p. 267
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