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Sheila Eller has worked in a multitude of educational settings during her career. In addition to her current position as a principal in the Stillwater, Minnesota, School District, she also has served as a principal in other schools in Minnesota and Illinois, as a university professor, as a special education teacher, as a Title 1 math teacher, and as a self-contained classroom teacher in Grades 1-4. She is a member of the executive board of the Minnesota Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and has been a regional president of the Minnesota Association of Elementary School Principals.

Eller is a regular presenter at the ASCD national conventions, sharing her expertise on the topic of effective staff meetings and multiage instruction. While serving as a professor at National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois, she worked on the development team for a classroom mathematics series that was adopted by several districts in the region. Her classroom and instructional techniques were featured in a video that was produced as a complement to this series. She works with educators to develop energized staff meetings, school improvement initiatives, multiage teaching strategies, employee supervision, and other teaching and learning content areas. She has completed advanced coursework in educational administration and supervision at St. Cloud State University and holds a master's degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University.

This sourcebook overflows with strategies and activities for infusing enthusiasm, focus, and productivity into faculty meetings, setting a model for school wide engagement, and building team relationships that can transform school culture.

Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Chapter 1 - Why Energize?
Chapter 2 - Barriers to Good Staff Meetings and How to Overcome Them
Chapter 3 - Great Beginnings
Chapter 4 - Keeping the Group Engaged
Chapter 5 - Building on the Positive Emotional Connections of Staff Members
Chapter 6 - Extended Meetings . . . When You Have More Time
Chapter 7 - Closing the Meeting With a Bang!
Chapter 8 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps
Bibliography
Index