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  Contents of Awards and Recognition:

    Chapter 1:  Exceptional Teacher Awards and
                        Recognition
   Chapter 2:  Developing a Philosophy about
                        Recognition
   Chapter 3:  Recognition :  Objectives and Outcomes
   Chapter 4:  Community College Programs; National
                         and State
   Chapter 5:  Individual Community College Practices
   Chapter 6:  National K-12 Awards and Recognition
                          Programs
   Chapter 7:  Recognition Programs by State:  K-12
   Chapter 8:  Individual School Programs:  K-12
   Chapter 9:  Canadian Programs:  Prime Minister
                          Awards for Teaching Excellence:   
   Other Canadian National Awards:
                  Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New
                  Brunswick; Northwest Territories; Nova
                  Scotia; Ontario; Prince Edward Island,
                  Saskatchewan; Yukon Territory; and
                 Quebec; also Australian Awards
    Chapter 10:  Other International Programs
                   The Teacher Support Network (SN);
                   Teacher Well-Being-London,
                   England;  Wales; Scotland; Northern
                   Ireland;  Belize  (San Pedro, United
                   Kingdom; Australia Teacher Awards ;etc.

    Bibliography / Index

           Awards and Recognition

                                 Dr. William Marzano,   
            Vice President of Community Development
                  Waubonsee Community College, IL

                   "From recent offerings by Daniel Goleman on  
              'Emotional Intelligence' to classic renderings on
              motivation by Maslow and McGregor,the power of                           
               recognition is highly touted.  

                      Dr. Andrews' book on Awards and Recognition
              for Exceptional Teachers  documents this powerful
              motivator of recognition is not widely used in our                      
              K-12 and higher education systems.  However, the book
              offers best practices and  numerous practical suggestions
              for school administrators to leverage faculty recognition to
              enhance student learning.

                 Every responsible educational administrator
           should have this book on their 'must read' list."

Every   K-12  
school  system
and  community  
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a recognition  
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Learn how   
improved   
student learning
evolves as      
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images   
improve through
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and national  
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Improving teachers ... the need for
recognition is a basic need,  yet, 50 % of
our K-12 and community colleges do not  
have a program for their excellent teachers!
    
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Director,
Center for
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NASSP *

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issues
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The
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contained in
this guide
enhance the
opportunity to
move teacher
evaluation
from the task
of fulfilling
regulatory
guidelines to
improving
teacher
performance
and increasing
student
achievement."
* National
Association of
Secondary
Schools
Principals














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Accountable
Teacher
Evaluation:
by
Christine M.
Licata,
Associate V.P. for
Academic Affairs
at NTID/Rochester
Institute of
__Technology___

"This book is a
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community
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instructional
administrators.
Its message is
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supervisory
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teaching is
generally
lacking and
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students
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                           of Education and Psychology
                           University of Illinois at Chicago  
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   "Accountable Teacher Evaluation is a unique
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  teacher quality in America's schools and
  community colleges."

  GEORGE R. BOGGS, Former President and CEO,
    American Association of Community Colleges       

            Contents of Book:
    1.  Accountable Teacher Evaluation for
             Improvement of Instruction
     2.  Developing Faculty and Union Support for
             Administrative Evaluation
     3.  Toward an Accountable Evaluation System
     4.  Setting Quality Teaching Standards for
               Every Teacher
     5.  Effective Evaluation and the Evaluation
               Process
     6.  Defining Quality Standards for The
              Evaluation Form
     7.  Case Studies:  Formative to Summative
     8.  Recognition:  A Need Unfulfilled !
     9.  Types of Recognition Plans
   10.  Progressive Remediation:  Standing Strong
               for Quality
   11.  Research on Post-Tenure Evaluation
   12.  Governing Boards:  Responsibility for
              Assuring Highly Qualified and
              Competent Faculty
   13.  The Legal Basis for Teacher Terminations
   14.  Practical Considerations and Reasons for
              Tenure Terminations
   15.  Tenure Dismissal Processes
   16.  Part-time faculty:  Major growth
   17.  Epilogue:  Highly Qualified and Competent
               Teachers in Every Classroom   
      Bibliography / Index

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       Accountable Teacher Evaluation:     
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                 Along the way it provides numerous
             interesting case  studies  and helpful tick
             lists, as well as an exploration of  motivational
             theory and the use of non-monetary recognition  
             andrewards.  

                     It  then  tackles  'remediation' in  the form  of
            progressive discipline  --  reprimands  through to
            dismissal; and the role of governing boards (whether
            local school boards or governors of an HEI) in  
            overseeing  the  process  of   employee             
            monitoring, evaluation and discipline.  All- in-all a
            useful primer on this important topic."

           Possibly the number one educational
     myth in the minds of many educators in
     the U.S.A. and some other countries is          
     that incompetent  tenured or long-term        
     teachers CANNOT be fired or terminated      
     by the school.  

        Teachers CAN Be Fired! was written to
     assist in putting  this myth to rest :

              This book was published in 1995 as
          a means of informing the educational
          community and governing boards that
          tenure is not a job 'guarantee for life' as      
          has been the myth for many years: There
          are few copies of this book still in print.

          The premise of Teachers Can Be Fired
     is that the quality of teaching can be
     improved by a rational and accountable
     system of teacher evaluation.  Quality  
     faculty evaluation starts from a clear
     understanding of what the outcomes of
     evaluation should be, and of issues and
     procedures that produce those out-
     comes.

          Recognition of superior teaching
     performance needs  to  be identified  
     and rewarded .  It is imperative  that  the  
     governing board and administrative
     leaders support evaluation if it is to
     accomplish accountability.  Faculty input
     is especially important in developing  the     
     system for each school.

          Poor  teachers need to be  offered   
     remediation and if it is not accomplished
     the school district has the legal means
     to move toward dismissal.  This author
     worked with unions for 35 years and did
     not find them to be the problem in
     getting poor teachers removed.  Lack of  
     clear board policies, poor evaluation by
     inexperienced or poor evaluators leads
     to incompetent teachers remaining in
     our students' classrooms.

          This book identifies over 90 court
     tested and supported dismissal cases of
     tenured  teachers for incompetence,
     behavior issues, and other reasons.

              IT CAN and HAS BEEN DONE!

     *  The contents of this book was updated
     and more recent court cases were added
     in :   Accountable Teacher Evaluation:  

        BOOK REVIEW               
The Dual-Credit Phenomenon!
Dr. John Erwin
President, Illinois Central College,
Peoria, Illinois

"No book gives an educator a better   
   analysis and summary for the importance of   
  dual-credit than what Andrews has written.   

     Every community college and secondary
School will benefit from the examples and
      challenges outlined in the book that supports
       the dual-credit concept."