Year-Round Education: Change and Choice for Schools and Teachers

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 listed

Written in layman's terms this book will be of interest to parents, community members, and educational professionals interested in student achievement and teacher motivation.