Title: Success oriented schools : an educator's handbook for the 21st century /
Authors: Robinson, Ralph E.; Beswick, Barbara Ann, 1940-
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 1996
Subjects: School management and organization United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.; School improvement programs United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Curriculum change United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Schools United States Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents: Ch. 1. Opening Statement -- Ch. 2. Psychology Of Success Oriented Schools -- Ch. 3. Organizing For SOS: Establishing and Tailoring the SOS Curriculum -- Ch. 4. Grouping For SOS -- Ch. 5. Roles Of SOS Teachers -- Ch. 6. The SOS Principal And Administrative Satellites -- Ch. 7. The Superintendent -- Ch. 8. Some Words to Parents -- Ch. 9. Some SOS Words to Young People -- Ch. 10. Some Sources of Error in Educational Judgment -- Appendix A: A Summary of Willingness -- Capacity Groups -- Appendix B: Attitude-Behavior Differences Between Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Residual Juveniles -- Appendix C: Early Detection of Risk -- Appendix D: Suggested Instruments for SOS Grouping -- Appendix E: A Summary of Life Orientation, Preemptive Counseling and Self-Sculpting -- Appendix F: SOS Report Cards and Evaluation -- Appendix G: Schools of the 1990's: Status, Indictments, Ineffective School Proposals and SOS Alternatives.