1st Edition
Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation Leadership Strategies that Build Student Success
Meet the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Support Materials
Chapter 1: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
Chapter 2: Growth Mindset and Resilience
Chapter 3: A School’s Reputation: The Intersection Between Climate and Culture
Chapter 4: SCT Effective Support: Listen, then Build a System
Chapter 5: Hiring and Retaining Faculty
Chapter 6: What’s Trust Got to Do with It?
Chapter 7: Empowerment and Ownership
Chapter 8: Building Morale through Modeling
Chapter 9: Challenges and Concerns
Biography
Ronald Williamson is Professor Emeritus of educational leadership at Eastern Michigan University, USA. He is a former principal, central office administrator, and executive director of the National Middle School Association (now AMLE).
Barbara R. Blackburn, a "Top 30 Global Guru in Education," is the best-selling author of over 30 books and is a sought-after national and international consultant. She was an award-winning professor at Winthrop University and has taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students.
"If you are a school leader looking for ways to improve teacher morale and motivation, you should read Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation: Leadership Strategies that Build Student Success by Barbara R. Blackburn and Ronald Williamson. This book offers practical and relevant advice on how to work with the new generation of educators, build trust, and support teachers in the face of the pandemic and the great resignation. The content is easy to read, understand, and put to use in your classroom immediately."
Steven Miletto, Executive Director, North Georgia RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency), USA
"In Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation, Barbara Blackburn and Ronald Williamson help us develop a laser-like focus on the fundamentals of human motivation and school culture. The evidence has been clear for decades: leaders create the conditions that optimize teachers' intrinsic motivation and help everyone feel successful every day. This book is an indispensable field guide to taking those high-leverage actions, day in and day out."
Justin Baeder, Director of the Principal Center, USA
“One thing is clear to me: teacher morale is impacted by factors beyond the school leader’s circle of influence. And yet I do see opportunities for leaders to affect their teachers’ experience in positive ways. Ronald Williamson’s and Barbara Blackburn’s book Improving Teacher Morale and Motivation provides principals and other school leaders with key insights and strategies for directly addressing this area of need.”
Matt Renwick from the review in MiddleWeb
