New Releases by Kristen Bowers

Civic, social, and community service organizations are historically volunteer-led and are unique in their reliance on volunteers leading other volunteers at all levels. Volunteer leaders operate with limited authority and lead volunteers who may not see themselves as followers. Volunteer leader behavior may reflect these unique characteristics. This paper discusses differences between volunteer leader behavior and paid leader behavior as reported by 75 volunteer leaders in a large multi-level community service organization. Leadership behavior was measured by asking the volunteer leaders to report the degree to which they engaged in each of the five practices of exemplary leadership using the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) - Self instrument. These data were compared to normative LPI data for paid leaders. A statistically significant difference was found for one of the five practices of exemplary leadership. This paper discusses the findings, presents possible conclusions, and suggests implications for the practice of volunteer leadership.

Precursor to the author''s Essay architect, Essay apprentice presents a writing program for students who are unable to write a five-paragraph essay or just need extra help with the essentials of good writing. Builds the basic foundation of writing through simple, yet practical, activities and helps students learn the step-by-step process of creative writing. Includes creative writing exercises, sentence construction activities, paragraph construction activities, preparation for formal writing, model and non-model essay evaluation, preparation for individual writing and resources, tips and hints.

This guide has everything the English language arts teacher needs, including quizzes, tests, teacher guides and more.

Suggested activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Contains pre-reading activities, vocabulary worksheets, comprehension questions, study guides, extension activities, essay and writing ideas, alternative assessments, quizzes, and unit tests for the study of Shakepeare''s tragedy, Macbeth.