Student Ownership

Dr. Lewis Willian is an assistant professor at Asbury University. He has 33 years of experience in Kentucky as a teacher, principal, state school turnaround agent, district official and university professor. This book is based on actual events that occurred in a turnaround school.Dr. Rocky Wallace is an associate professor at Asbury University. He has 38 years of experience in Kentucky as a teacher, principal, state leadership consultant to school principals, director of instructional support at an education cooperative, and university professor. Wallace has written four books on servant leadership in the school setting for Rowman & Littlefield, and with this project co-authored three other books on school improvement for R &L.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionUnderstanding the Author’s PerspectiveChapter 1: Vision for StudentsChapter 2: Vision for TeachersChapter 3: Ownership for StudentsChapter 4: Ownership for TeachersChapter 5: Monitoring for StudentsChapter 6: Monitoring for TeachersChapter 7: Intervention for StudentsChapter 8: Intervention for TeachersChapter 9: Celebration for StudentsChapter 10: Celebration for TeachersSummaryReferences and Recommendations for Further ReadingAbout the Authors

This is one of those rare books that focuses on a relevant and critical element necessary for real and authentic student learning. When educators have the knowledge and skills to cause students to own their own learning, like those so clearly demonstrated here by Dr. Lewis Willian and Dr. Rocky Wallace  – life trajectories are transformed.