Authors: Gerald Tomlinson (Compiler), Gerald Tomlinson
ISBN-13: 9780787965891, ISBN-10: 0787965898
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: Book and CD-ROM
Gerald Tomlinson is a freelance writer, editor, and consultant specializing in the field of education. He has edited many well-known high school grammar and composition textbooks as well as books on education, law, business, and sports. Listed in Who's Who in America, Contemporary Authors, and The International Authors and Writers Whos Who, he is a long-time member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the National Council of Teachers of English, the Society for American Baseball Research, and the Mystery Writers of America.
This resource for school administrators contains 370 examples of letters and other written communications actually penned by school administrators in various setting and for a wide range of purposes in the United States. Coverage ranges from letters that deal with curriculums and budgets to memos dealing with body piercing and terrorist concerns. The CD-ROM contains a number of examples from the text in a format that allows easy modification by users. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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1 | Back-to-School and Welcome | 1 |
2 | Statements of Philosophy and Policy | 23 |
3 | The Curriculum | 47 |
4 | School Facilities and Busing | 67 |
5 | Money Matters | 87 |
6 | Announcing Upcoming Events | 105 |
7 | Recommendations | 125 |
8 | Get-well and Sympathy | 145 |
9 | Evaluation Forms, Memos, and Letters | 159 |
10 | Answering Criticism and Complaints | 185 |
11 | Discipline, Suspension, and Expulsion | 205 |
12 | Congratulations | 229 |
13 | Showing Appreciation | 243 |
14 | Internet Communications | 259 |
15 | Offers, Acceptances, and Approvals | 287 |
16 | Reprimands and Complaints | 303 |
17 | Rejections, Dismissals, and Cancellations | 321 |
18 | Public Relations and the Media | 335 |
19 | End-of-School-Year Letters | 353 |
Forms of Address in Letters | 369 | |
Index | 373 |