The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate, and Create Community

The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate, and Create Community - Paperback

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The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate, and Create Community - Paperback

The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicate, Collaborate, and Create Community - Paperback

by Jennifer B. Abrams , Valerie Von Frank
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Book Overview

Bridge the generation gap and achieve outstanding results!

You might expect the occasional age-related misunderstanding to find its way into the classroom--after all, if today's kids aren't exactly from another planet, they're definitely from another generation. At least you and your colleagues are all on the same page...right? Not necessarily. In some schools, as many as four generations work side by side, and that means countless chances for crossed wires, miscommunication, and perhaps even mistrust.

Authors Jennifer Abrams and Valerie von Frank are attuned to these generational differences. In this book, based on Abrams' popular workshop, the authors demonstrate how educators can look past their own generational filters to reap the benefits of seeing through a new lens. Focusing on the major contexts in which generational differences play out--including recruitment, coaching, professional learning, and succession planning--this book offers

  • Tools, checklists, and recommendations for collaborating, evaluating, and engaging in professional learning that meets multigenerational needs
  • Professional development activities that cultivate an understanding of generational differences and strengthen workplace culture
  • Real-life stories and case studies that bring the topic to life

With this honest, practical, and often amusing look at generations at work, you'll learn to improve communication, retain staff, and look toward succession--a multigenerational plan for school success.

"Few people today are taking on this topic, particularly in the U.S. One of the greatest leadership challenges of this age is how to work across generations. Newer generations are not flawed versions of previous generations--each has its own compelling perspective to contribute. This is the best book to add to an issue that affects all educators and will open up many people's thinking about leadership."
-- Andy Hargreaves, Thomas More Brennan Chair
Lynch School of Education
Boston College, MA
ISBN9781452218823
Author Jennifer B. Abrams , Valerie Von Frank
PublisherCorwin Publishers
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages160
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Jennifer Abrams is a national and international educational consultant for public and private schools, colleges and organizations. An English teacher for 9 years, Jennifer now trains and coaches teachers and administrators on successful teaching practices, new teacher support, supervision and evaluation, and collaboration skills. She presents at annual conferences such as NSDC, ASCD, NCTE, and the New Teacher Center at UC Santa Cruz Annual Symposium, as well as working with graduate students at Stanford′s Graduate School of Education and with administrative candidates at Santa Clara University. Jennifer′s current professional development sessions include "Having Hard Conversations", "The Voice of the Collaborative Teacher", and "Habits of Mind for the Systems Savvy Leader". She considers herself a "voice coach", helping teachers and administrators learn how to best use their voices, be it in a group, in front of a classroom, coaching a colleague, or in a supervisory role. Jennifer holds a Master′s degree in Education from Stanford University and a Bachelor′s degree in English from Tufts University. She lives in Palo Alto, CA.
About Valerie Von Frank
Valerie von Frank has written extensively about education over several decades as a daily newspaper reporter in multiple states covering public schools, and, over the last decade, for the National Staff Development Council, now Learning Forward, where she was editor of JSD and interim editor of the organization′s newsletters. She also has worked as a daily newspaper editor, communications director of an urban school district, and communications director at a Michigan nonprofit school reform organization. She is co-author with Ann Delehant of Making Meetings Work: How to Get Started, Get Going, and Get It Done (Corwin Press, 2007) and with Linda Munger of Change, Lead, Succeed (NSDC, 2010).

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