Resiliency in Schools

Making It Happen for Students and Educators
2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-7619-4670-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 255 g

Updated Edition of Bestseller!

Foreword by Emmy E. Werner

"A beautifully written book which should be read by all administrators, teachers, and parents concerned with the future of their children."
Emmy E. Werner, University of California at Davis
Coauthor of Overcoming the Odds: High-Risk Children From Birth to Adulthood

"A major contribution of Resiliency in Schools is its elegantly simple change process for instilling protective factors throughout the life of the school, [which] the authors describe and illustrate with the stories of schools they have worked with."
Bonnie Benard, Prevention Consultant

Author of Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective Factors in the Family, School, and Community

Make a real difference in your school's success!

In this updated edition of Resiliency in Schools, Nan Henderson and Mike M. Milstein offer scores of new resources for resilience education as well as an action plan you can use right now to build inner strength and flexibility in your students and staff. The authors help you make sure everyone in your school develops the defenses needed to meet the dynamic, vigorous demands of school life.

You'll learn:

- What resiliency is and why it is so important - Schoolwide strategies to move students from "at risk" to resilient - How to integrate resiliency building with educational reform - How to adopt resiliency as the fourth "r" of your educational goals - Why resilient students need resilient educators - How to assess your starting point and increase your own resiliency - How to chart your progress as you make resiliency a way of life for yourself and your school - Skills and tools for resiliency building

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henderson, Nan

Milstein, Mike M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Emmy E. Werner
About the Authors
1. Resiliency Defined
2. How Schools Foster Resiliency in Students
3. Resilient Students Need Resilient Educators
4. Characteristics of Resiliency-Building Schools
5. Changing Schools to Build Resiliency
6. The Change Process in Action
7. Resiliency Building in Practice
8. Tools to Facilitate Change
Annotated Bibliographies
Useful Resiliency-Related Web Sites
References
Additional Resiliency-Related Readings
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Milstein, Mike M.
Mike M. Milstein is a partner in The Resiliency Group, Ltd., and Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at the University of New Mexico. His professional career also includes being Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Buffalo and a classroom teacher. His teaching, research, and writing interests are in the areas of resiliency and organiza­tional change and development. He has been actively engaged in school and community resiliency development efforts in such places as Nelson, New Zealand, Ashland, Oregon; Battle Creek, Michigan; and Shelby County, Tennessee. The resil­iency initiatives he has facilitated include classroom instruction and cur­riculum improvement efforts, school wide activities that enhance the resil­iency of educators, and school-community partnerships that support resiliency development for both children and adults. He has written 11 books, including coauthoring Resiliency in Schools (2002; 1996).