List 44 of books from editorial R L R

An Administrator's Guide to Better Teacher Mentoring

by William L. Fibkins
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

by William L. Fibkins
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

by William L. Fibkins
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...

Educational Records

A Practical Guide for Legal Compliance

by Daniel Robert Murphy, Mike L. Dishman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009

Since the passage of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) regulating of the maintenance and dissemination of educational records, educators have struggled to meet federal compliance requirements while operating in the daily realities of public schools. Such practices as determining...

Mensonges à deux

by Maurice Tarik Maschino
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1995

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité, est-ce possible entre un homme et une femme ? Un couple doit-il vraiment être un confessionnal ? Sylvie, Jean-François, Maud, Vincent : comme tout le monde, ils ont parfois - ou souvent - menti à leur conjoint, dissimulé une tranche de leur vie, oublié...

Why Half of Teachers Leave the Classroom

Understanding Recruitment and Retention in Today's Schools

by Carol R. Rinke
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014

The statistics are familiar: almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years in the classroom. The challenge of recruiting and retaining teachers carries high costs for today’s schools and students. This book uncovers some of the reasons behind the elevated attrition...