Author: Damien Wilkins
Publisher: Massey University Press
ISBN: 0995135460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that's growing at an alarming rate. Ricky's growing, too — 6'7&”, and taller every day. But he's stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his family's sadness. And who's the weird guy in town with a chauffeur and half a Cadillac? What about the bits of story that invade his head? Uncertain what's real — and who he is — Ricky can't stop sifting for clues. He has no idea how things will end up . . .With sunlight, verve and humour, award-winning writer Damien Wilkins brings us a beguiling boy who's trying to make sense of it all.
Aspiring
Author: Damien Wilkins
Publisher: Massey University Press
ISBN: 0995135460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that's growing at an alarming rate. Ricky's growing, too — 6'7&”, and taller every day. But he's stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his family's sadness. And who's the weird guy in town with a chauffeur and half a Cadillac? What about the bits of story that invade his head? Uncertain what's real — and who he is — Ricky can't stop sifting for clues. He has no idea how things will end up . . .With sunlight, verve and humour, award-winning writer Damien Wilkins brings us a beguiling boy who's trying to make sense of it all.
Publisher: Massey University Press
ISBN: 0995135460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that's growing at an alarming rate. Ricky's growing, too — 6'7&”, and taller every day. But he's stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his family's sadness. And who's the weird guy in town with a chauffeur and half a Cadillac? What about the bits of story that invade his head? Uncertain what's real — and who he is — Ricky can't stop sifting for clues. He has no idea how things will end up . . .With sunlight, verve and humour, award-winning writer Damien Wilkins brings us a beguiling boy who's trying to make sense of it all.
Achieving Success for New and Aspiring Superintendents
Author: Mary Frances Callan
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412988969
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The authors of this book wrote it for those aspiring to be superintendents, those new to the position and those completing their second or third year and who are looking to the future. What makes their approach unique is the belief that talented people who aspire to be superintendents are far more likely to accomplish that goal and achieve success on the job if they understand the totality of the position. School districts are complex organizations. Providing effective leadership to these organizations requires mastery of a wide array of leadership and organizational skills. Aspiring superintendents with vision and motivation who understand the inherent challenges of the position have a great advantage over those who do not. The book's goal is to provide readers with this advantage. This is why the book covers the full cycle of the first superintendent position: preparation, application and transition, the challenges of the first few years, and the decision to stay or move to another position. Aspiring and new superintendents who read the book will learn about the full range of skills and knowledge needed to succeed. They will be better prepared to be effective superintendents.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1412988969
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The authors of this book wrote it for those aspiring to be superintendents, those new to the position and those completing their second or third year and who are looking to the future. What makes their approach unique is the belief that talented people who aspire to be superintendents are far more likely to accomplish that goal and achieve success on the job if they understand the totality of the position. School districts are complex organizations. Providing effective leadership to these organizations requires mastery of a wide array of leadership and organizational skills. Aspiring superintendents with vision and motivation who understand the inherent challenges of the position have a great advantage over those who do not. The book's goal is to provide readers with this advantage. This is why the book covers the full cycle of the first superintendent position: preparation, application and transition, the challenges of the first few years, and the decision to stay or move to another position. Aspiring and new superintendents who read the book will learn about the full range of skills and knowledge needed to succeed. They will be better prepared to be effective superintendents.
The Handbook for Aspiring Higher Education Leaders
Author: Antione D. Tomlin
Publisher: IAP
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The aim of this book is to allow past and present higher education leaders to offer wisdom and advice for new and potential leaders. Each chapter author shares experiences, strategies, and recommendations for both academic and student affairs leaders across divisions and departments to help new and aspiring leaders on their journey to success. While there is no one true definition of leadership, we hope this text will add to the conversation about impactful and effective leadership. Each chapter is rich in knowledge and perspective that support the current and next generation of leaders. We approach this book as a handbook, where chapter authors reflect upon their journeys to glean insight and wisdom. Each chapter is formatted in a similar way. Each author details their unique journeys into their respective fields, trajectory to leadership, and experiences that helped shape their leadership approaches. Then, the authors look back to discern advice they would share with themselves as new higher education leaders and what (if anything) they would do differently. Lastly, the authors share rich tips, strategies, and recommendations for new and potential higher education leaders on achieving success in the field. We are confident that there will be a notion or practice within these chapters to support all who read. Chapter authors are from a variety of disciplines. We see this book as a volume that can be used by practitioners and aspiring practitioners across the nation as inspiration to higher education leaders on navigating careers in higher education and how to be an effective leader. Throughout the book, we offer four themes that provide more insight into tips, strategies, and recommendations for new and potential higher education leaders on how to achieve success in the field. While each chapter in this book follows the structure mentioned above, the themes illuminate the experiences of higher education leaders and their individual and collective journeys.
Publisher: IAP
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The aim of this book is to allow past and present higher education leaders to offer wisdom and advice for new and potential leaders. Each chapter author shares experiences, strategies, and recommendations for both academic and student affairs leaders across divisions and departments to help new and aspiring leaders on their journey to success. While there is no one true definition of leadership, we hope this text will add to the conversation about impactful and effective leadership. Each chapter is rich in knowledge and perspective that support the current and next generation of leaders. We approach this book as a handbook, where chapter authors reflect upon their journeys to glean insight and wisdom. Each chapter is formatted in a similar way. Each author details their unique journeys into their respective fields, trajectory to leadership, and experiences that helped shape their leadership approaches. Then, the authors look back to discern advice they would share with themselves as new higher education leaders and what (if anything) they would do differently. Lastly, the authors share rich tips, strategies, and recommendations for new and potential higher education leaders on achieving success in the field. We are confident that there will be a notion or practice within these chapters to support all who read. Chapter authors are from a variety of disciplines. We see this book as a volume that can be used by practitioners and aspiring practitioners across the nation as inspiration to higher education leaders on navigating careers in higher education and how to be an effective leader. Throughout the book, we offer four themes that provide more insight into tips, strategies, and recommendations for new and potential higher education leaders on how to achieve success in the field. While each chapter in this book follows the structure mentioned above, the themes illuminate the experiences of higher education leaders and their individual and collective journeys.
Voices of Women Aspiring to the Superintendency
Author: Margaret Grogan
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791429396
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The superintendency offers the most powerful and prestigious positions in K-12 public school systems. Few superintendents of these systems in the United States are women, although the majority of teachers are women and many women have leadership positions in schools. There are also increasing numbers of women in administrative preparation programs at institutions of higher education. This study of 27 highly qualified women in top-level administrative positions in public education was designed to find out what it is like to be a woman aspiring to the executive leadership position. Research questions included: Why are there so few women superintendents when so many are qualified? What are the routes to the superintendency? What is the context of educational administration in the public school? What kinds of leaders are women who aspire to the superintendency? The research was also informed by a feminist advocacy of social change to discover how and under what conditions a more equitable distribution of superintendencies is likely to occur. A feminist poststructural framework provided the theoretical basis for the analysis of the data.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791429396
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The superintendency offers the most powerful and prestigious positions in K-12 public school systems. Few superintendents of these systems in the United States are women, although the majority of teachers are women and many women have leadership positions in schools. There are also increasing numbers of women in administrative preparation programs at institutions of higher education. This study of 27 highly qualified women in top-level administrative positions in public education was designed to find out what it is like to be a woman aspiring to the executive leadership position. Research questions included: Why are there so few women superintendents when so many are qualified? What are the routes to the superintendency? What is the context of educational administration in the public school? What kinds of leaders are women who aspire to the superintendency? The research was also informed by a feminist advocacy of social change to discover how and under what conditions a more equitable distribution of superintendencies is likely to occur. A feminist poststructural framework provided the theoretical basis for the analysis of the data.
Aspiring in Later Life
Author: Megha Amrith
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978830424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. This volume flips this perspective on its head by exploring how aspirations are constructed from the vantage point of later life, and shows how they are pursued across time, space, and generations. The aspirations of older people are diverse, and relate not only to aging itself but also to planning the next generation’s future, preparing an "ideal" retirement, searching for intimacy and self-realization, and confronting death and afterlives. Aspiring in Later Life brings together rich ethnographic cases from different regions of the world, offering original insights into how aspirations shift over the course of life and how they are pursued in contexts of translocal mobility. This book is also freely available online as an open-access digital edition. Download the open access book here.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978830424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In our highly interconnected and globalized world, people often pursue their aspirations in multiple places. Yet in public and scholarly debates, aspirations are often seen as the realm of younger, mobile generations, since they are assumed to hold the greatest potential for shaping the future. This volume flips this perspective on its head by exploring how aspirations are constructed from the vantage point of later life, and shows how they are pursued across time, space, and generations. The aspirations of older people are diverse, and relate not only to aging itself but also to planning the next generation’s future, preparing an "ideal" retirement, searching for intimacy and self-realization, and confronting death and afterlives. Aspiring in Later Life brings together rich ethnographic cases from different regions of the world, offering original insights into how aspirations shift over the course of life and how they are pursued in contexts of translocal mobility. This book is also freely available online as an open-access digital edition. Download the open access book here.
Aspiring to Mastery the Foundation
Author: Jacqueline Day
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452529744
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In her book Aspiring To Mastery, Jacqueline offers you a step by step A-Z Guide and helps you to aspire to master all that you desire. The life principles, universal laws and law of attraction which you learn about in this book all belong together and compliment one another. Use them daily. Learn how your conscious mind, your subconscious mind and universal mind through thought are the key to mastering the results you want in your life. In this program you will discover how an idea, a thought, can be your inner wealth. Many of Jacqueline clients have had their biggest breakthrough in life with this realisation. Learn how to translate this into the life of your dreams. Discover how to tap into your resourcefulness, maximize your potential, and become an unstoppable human being. Discovering your life purpose and living with passion will be a revelation for you. Learn how you can be the cause of some great effects in your life so that you radiate joy, and follow your bliss with the greatest of passion and belief. Use Aspiring To Mastery The Foundation to - Develop your self awareness Develop unlimited resourcefulness Communicate with elegance Create the future you desire Maximize your potential Discover your life purpose Increase your belief and confidence Follow your bliss, radiate joy Become focused on your goals Be creative and imaginative Improve your state, live with passion Be the cause of some great effects in your life Become unstoppable, achieve all that you want Create your own happiness, health, wealth and destiny
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452529744
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
In her book Aspiring To Mastery, Jacqueline offers you a step by step A-Z Guide and helps you to aspire to master all that you desire. The life principles, universal laws and law of attraction which you learn about in this book all belong together and compliment one another. Use them daily. Learn how your conscious mind, your subconscious mind and universal mind through thought are the key to mastering the results you want in your life. In this program you will discover how an idea, a thought, can be your inner wealth. Many of Jacqueline clients have had their biggest breakthrough in life with this realisation. Learn how to translate this into the life of your dreams. Discover how to tap into your resourcefulness, maximize your potential, and become an unstoppable human being. Discovering your life purpose and living with passion will be a revelation for you. Learn how you can be the cause of some great effects in your life so that you radiate joy, and follow your bliss with the greatest of passion and belief. Use Aspiring To Mastery The Foundation to - Develop your self awareness Develop unlimited resourcefulness Communicate with elegance Create the future you desire Maximize your potential Discover your life purpose Increase your belief and confidence Follow your bliss, radiate joy Become focused on your goals Be creative and imaginative Improve your state, live with passion Be the cause of some great effects in your life Become unstoppable, achieve all that you want Create your own happiness, health, wealth and destiny
ASPIRING TO EARN A FAME
Author: NIHILA PARKAVI
Publisher: sarvad publication
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
ASPIRING TO EARN A FAME is an anthology with 60 amazing writers, who earn to write for their heart. The 60 amazing writers from different states and countries have participated in this. They shared their poetry, short story, article, and quotes in this book. All the writers have given their soulful solutions to the question that the compiler asked them. Thankful to all the Aspiring writers!
Publisher: sarvad publication
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
ASPIRING TO EARN A FAME is an anthology with 60 amazing writers, who earn to write for their heart. The 60 amazing writers from different states and countries have participated in this. They shared their poetry, short story, article, and quotes in this book. All the writers have given their soulful solutions to the question that the compiler asked them. Thankful to all the Aspiring writers!
The Aspiring Hiker's Guide 2
Author: Gerry Shea
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 192685585X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This second volume in The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to explore British Columbia’s backcountry in and around the national parks of Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, Kootenay and Yoho, along with the provincial parks of Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson, with confidence and excitement. Aspects of venturing into these areas are investigated, including advice on gear, clothing, food and equipment; procedures related to safety and etiquette; and considerations as to physical fitness and first aid. Routes and trails are detailed with colour photographs and maps, GPS coordinates, elevation gain charts, distances, natural landmarks and tips on arriving at the destination safely. Best routes to summits are described in detail to prevent confusion and injury. As well, the general histories of the trails, routes and naming conventions for some mountains add an element of understanding and intrigue about the experience of the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada.
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN: 192685585X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This second volume in The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to explore British Columbia’s backcountry in and around the national parks of Mount Revelstoke, Glacier, Kootenay and Yoho, along with the provincial parks of Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson, with confidence and excitement. Aspects of venturing into these areas are investigated, including advice on gear, clothing, food and equipment; procedures related to safety and etiquette; and considerations as to physical fitness and first aid. Routes and trails are detailed with colour photographs and maps, GPS coordinates, elevation gain charts, distances, natural landmarks and tips on arriving at the destination safely. Best routes to summits are described in detail to prevent confusion and injury. As well, the general histories of the trails, routes and naming conventions for some mountains add an element of understanding and intrigue about the experience of the First Peoples and early European explorers who set foot in these beautifully wild areas of western Canada.
Study in America: The Definitive Guide for Aspiring Students, 2/e
Author: Renuka Raja Rao
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131731963
Category : Foreign study
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131731963
Category : Foreign study
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
An Analysis of the Aspiring Principal Preparation Programs Provided by Florida School Districts
Author: Deborah E. Lawrence
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599423081
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The purpose of the study was to identify the basis of the aspiring principal preparation program (APPP) components Florida school districts provide to their aspiring principals and their relationship, if any, to the state and ISLLC Standards. A total of 50 school districts in Florida participated in this study. The research was guided by the following questions: To what extent do the Florida school districts provide a formal APPP to their current assistant principals? (b) Upon what are the formal APPPs for current assistant principals based: the Florida Principal Competencies (FPCs), the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards, or another source? (c) To what extent do the school district APPPs in the 67 Florida districts have component requirements that include professional development, mentoring, and a performance-based experience? and (d) Are there differences among the APPP components provided by Florida school districts of various sizes? The findings of the study were found through an examination of quantitative and qualitative data that were collected from the Florida Aspiring Principal Program Assessment (FLAPPA) survey and the school districts' APPP brochures located on their websites. This study supported the following conclusions: (a) 75% of the school districts in Florida do provide an APPP for their aspiring principals, (b) the FPCs and the ISLLC Standards are a part of the bases of the components found in APPPs provided by Florida school districts, (c) Florida school districts do provide APPPs that include components of a mentor principal, a performance-based experience, and professional development, (d) very large-sized school districts with a population over 100 thousand students contained the largest percentage of standards-based components in the APPP; small-sized school districts with a population of under 7 thousand students contained the least percentage of standards-based components in the APPP, (e) school districts in Florida recognized the need to modify and were in the process of modifying their APPPs according to the new Florida leadership standards, especially the component of technology, and (f) a lack of funding, time, and assessment were identified as APPP weaknesses and components in need of improvement. Recommendations of this study included: (a) further research on Florida school districts redesign of their APPP components to identify whether or not the components are based upon the new Florida Leadership Standards, especially technology; and the ISLLC educational standards; and (b) further research on Florida school districts providing a mentor principal and support team; professional development, and a performance-based experience to their current assistant principals who participate in an APPP, thus ensuring best practices in the APPP and improving the quality of their future principals.
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599423081
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The purpose of the study was to identify the basis of the aspiring principal preparation program (APPP) components Florida school districts provide to their aspiring principals and their relationship, if any, to the state and ISLLC Standards. A total of 50 school districts in Florida participated in this study. The research was guided by the following questions: To what extent do the Florida school districts provide a formal APPP to their current assistant principals? (b) Upon what are the formal APPPs for current assistant principals based: the Florida Principal Competencies (FPCs), the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards, or another source? (c) To what extent do the school district APPPs in the 67 Florida districts have component requirements that include professional development, mentoring, and a performance-based experience? and (d) Are there differences among the APPP components provided by Florida school districts of various sizes? The findings of the study were found through an examination of quantitative and qualitative data that were collected from the Florida Aspiring Principal Program Assessment (FLAPPA) survey and the school districts' APPP brochures located on their websites. This study supported the following conclusions: (a) 75% of the school districts in Florida do provide an APPP for their aspiring principals, (b) the FPCs and the ISLLC Standards are a part of the bases of the components found in APPPs provided by Florida school districts, (c) Florida school districts do provide APPPs that include components of a mentor principal, a performance-based experience, and professional development, (d) very large-sized school districts with a population over 100 thousand students contained the largest percentage of standards-based components in the APPP; small-sized school districts with a population of under 7 thousand students contained the least percentage of standards-based components in the APPP, (e) school districts in Florida recognized the need to modify and were in the process of modifying their APPPs according to the new Florida leadership standards, especially the component of technology, and (f) a lack of funding, time, and assessment were identified as APPP weaknesses and components in need of improvement. Recommendations of this study included: (a) further research on Florida school districts redesign of their APPP components to identify whether or not the components are based upon the new Florida Leadership Standards, especially technology; and the ISLLC educational standards; and (b) further research on Florida school districts providing a mentor principal and support team; professional development, and a performance-based experience to their current assistant principals who participate in an APPP, thus ensuring best practices in the APPP and improving the quality of their future principals.