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Generations at School
Building an Age-Friendly Learning Community
Edited by:
- Suzette Lovely - Capistrano Unified School District, CA
- Austin G. Buffum - Capistrano Unified School District, CA
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
March 2014 | 160 pages | Corwin
Suzette Lovely and Austin G. Buffum explore ways to create and sustain a productive and synergetic environment in schools. By examining the generational underpinnings that bind colleagues together or set them apart, their text offers a variety of approaches to establish collaborative team structures, build capacity and bring out the best in people. The goal is to find common ground and cultivate cross-age learning communities that are improvement-driven.
As educational leaders become cognizant of the work orientation, team assimilation, and supervisory style that motivates each generation, they can promote collective responsibility in a more sensitive, relaxed climate. By appreciating the uniqueness of each staff member and creating conditions that support learning, these high quality leaders and their school districts serve as magnets for excellence.
Foreword by Roland S. Barth
Preface: The Demographic Divide
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. The Generations at Work in Schools
2. New Rules for the Sandbox
3. Cross Age Connections in a Learning Community
4. Recruitment Renaissance: Give It to 'Em Their Way
5. Creating Synergy in the Schoolhouse
6. Here Come the Millennials, Ready or Not!
7. Meet the Parents
Resource A: Attracting and Retaining High-Quality Leaders: District Inventory
Resource B: Snag the Best and Bypass the Rest: Behavioral-Based Interview Questions
Resource C: Partnership Teaching Contract Language
Resource D: Synergy Audit: How Generationally Friendly Is Your Workplace?
Resource E: Civility Board Policy
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