Bill Barnes

To build and sustain a successful mathematics program, mathematics leaders need to work collaboratively to establish a cohesive vision for teaching and learning and put that vision into action. This book details the necessary steps that mathematics leaders must take to change traditional practices; meet new curricular, instructional, and assessment challenges; and engage students, families, and community members in mathematics education. Readers receive the benefit of detailed guidance as they set about this important work: Discover the big ideas and essential understandings of the four keys of effective mathematics leadership and how the four keys connect to each other. Answer questions to assess mathematics leadership. Consider scenarios that illustrate how mathematics leaders can take the visionary leadership actions described in this book Explore the relationships among district-, site-, and team-level engagement Appraise the necessary steps to move mathematics leadership from vision to action Use appendices that present planning templates and menus of professional development opportunities .

Building on the individual's personal experience of groups, starting in the family, the authors offer an account of why things happen as they do in groups, providing a basis for developing groupwork in a wide range of settings, rooted in an understanding of the interaction between individual and group processes. Particular attention is paid in the group-analytic approach to the social, cultural and institutional context within and outside the group. This book can be used both as a text for courses and to lead the therapist or group worker through the stages of establishing and conducting a group appropriate to the needs of the particular clients, residents or patients.