Year-Round Education

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order to meet the academic needs of students. Year-Round Education will:*Highlight the benefits of the modified calendar for teachers*Explain the transition process through three real-life case studies*Identify the principals' leadership styles as a transformational facilitator, transformational leader, transactional leader, and authoritarian administrator.Features include: *An action plan for schools/districts preparing for the transition*Ideas for setting up an intersession program*A comparison of teacher motivation and leadership styles from each case study*A discussion on university partnerships and community support*A review of professional work and literature on teacher motivation and year-round education*An actual intersession brochure with classes listedWritten in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.