William L Fibkins: 8 books
The Graveyard of School Reform
Why the Resistance to Change and New Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
The Graveyard of School Reform: Why the Resistance to Change and New Ideas explores the critical role resistance plays in defeating valued programs for students, parents, and staff. It is time for education reformers to face the hard truths about the skilled and destructive forces of resisters and...
Class Warfare
Focus on "Good" Students Is Ruining Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
With budget cuts looming every year, administrators and union leaders find themselves in a never-ending game of promoting how good their school is and why budget cuts will derail their ongoing success. The vehicle they choose for this ongoing self-promotion is what William Fibkins calls the “dazzle”...
The Emotional Growth of Teens
How Group Counseling Intervention Works for Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This book is designed as a nuts and bolts guide for school counselors. Fibkins highlights for secondary school counselors the "how’s" and "why’s" for using group counseling intervention to help the increasing numbers of troubled teenagers. Group counseling intervention is ideally...
Wake Up Counselors!
Restoring Counseling Services for Troubled Teens
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Providing individual and group counseling for secondary school students was once a major priority for secondary school counselors. However, many guidance programs have abandoned this role, and counselors have become quasi-administrators who spend most of their time scheduling students for classes,...
by William L. Fibkins
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
This book address a major gap in the current mentoring programs at the secondary level. Staff development resources are often concentrated on helping new teachers be successful in their early school experience. Yes, a good idea, but a limited vision. Meanwhile many veteran teachers go without the...
Angel Teachers
Educators Who Care about Troubled Teens
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
We know teenagers face many developmental issues as they navigate their path into adult life. They sometimes find themselves heading towards the margins of school life because of academic failure, poor peer relations, acting out behaviors, school and home pressures. Problems that often lead to risky...
Stopping the Brain Drain of Skilled Veteran Teachers
Retaining and Valuing their Hard-Won Experience
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Veteran educators are being encouraged to take early retirement in order to create jobs for less-experienced, lower-paid novices. Veteran educators are not alone: early retirement promotions have become the norm for aging workers in America. Consequently, there is a brain-drain of skilled workers...
Sexual Misconduct in the Schoolhouse
Prevention Strategies for Principals, Teachers, Coaches, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
This book seeks to educate principals, counselors, teachers, coaches, support staff, and students about sexual misconduct, while providing a training model to prepare school staff to avoid sexual misconduct, to encourage school leaders to upgrade their supervision efforts, and to provide needed outreach...