First published in 1976, Supervision in Social Work has become an essential text for social work educators and students, detailing the state of the field and the place, function, and challenges of supervision in social work practice.This fifth edition takes into account the sizable number of articles and books published on supervision since 2002. Changes in public health and social welfare policy have intensified concern about the social work supervision of licensed practi...

Uncover the hidden business history of mass production, an economic revolution that radically transformed human labor. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this sweeping industrial saga reveals how breaking work into standardized tasks reshaped global capitalism. It captures the relentless drive for efficiency from ancient arsenals to modern manufacturing floors.For lifelong learners craving an immersive deep dive into the history of technology, this narrative offers a fa...

Uncover the hidden business history of mass production, an economic revolution that radically transformed human labor. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this sweeping industrial saga reveals how breaking work into standardized tasks reshaped global capitalism. It captures the relentless drive for efficiency from ancient arsenals to modern manufacturing floors.For lifelong learners craving an immersive deep dive into the history of technology, this narrative offers a fa...

Uncover the hidden business history of mass production, an economic revolution that radically transformed human labor. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this sweeping industrial saga reveals how breaking work into standardized tasks reshaped global capitalism. It captures the relentless drive for efficiency from ancient arsenals to modern manufacturing floors.For lifelong learners craving an immersive deep dive into the history of technology, this narrative offers a fa...

Uncover the hidden business history of mass production, an economic revolution that radically transformed human labor. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this sweeping industrial saga reveals how breaking work into standardized tasks reshaped global capitalism. It captures the relentless drive for efficiency from ancient arsenals to modern manufacturing floors.For lifelong learners craving an immersive deep dive into the history of technology, this narrative offers a fa...

This anthology brings the ideas and recommendations of many of the world’s education leaders into one resource that illustrates the many perspectives on effective assessment design and implementation. From involving students in the assessment process to ensuring accuracy and applying assessments to English learners and students with special needs, you will find compelling insights and proven strategies.

If you are committed to helping young adolescents become successful, responsible, global citizens, the Association for Middle Level Education, formerly National Middle School Association, invites you to read and implement This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents. This book describes the 16 vital characteristics of successful middle grades schools, and is a critical resource for everyone involved in the education, health, and well being of today’s young adolescents. Now in its f...

Top Business Psychology Models is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks that will help you understand human behaviour, emotions and cognition at work. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which could be easily converted into materials for use in training or in coaching conversations. Clear, succinct and well-referenced chapters also offer routes into accessing further information. Free of academic jargon...

In Effective Supervision, Robert J. Marzano, Tony Frontier, and David Livingston show school and district-level administrators how to set the priorities and support the practices that will help all teachers become expert teachers. Their five-part framework is based on what research tells us about how expertise develops. When these five conditions are attended to in a systematic way, teachers do improve their skills:* A well-articulated knowledge base for teaching* ...

This hands-on guidebook helps principals collect, analyze, and use data to make meaningful instructional decisions to impact learning, school improvement goals, and accountability issues.

Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Its Nature, Antecedents, and Consequences examines the vast amount of work that has been done on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in recent years as it has increasingly evoked interest among researchers in organizational psychology. No doubt some of this interest can be attributed to the long-held intuitive sense that job satisfaction matters. Authors Dennis W. Organ, Philip M. Podsakoff, and Scott B. MacKenzie offer conceptual...

This guide helps educators implement a continuous school improvement system through application of the seven correlates of effective schools. The authors discuss each correlate, update the knowledge base, and incorporate practical ideas from practitioners in the field. A comprehensive description of practices enables educators to build and sustain a school culture that accommodates the learning expectations and needs of all students.