Training Credit for IEM Library Media

 

Media in the Training Library can earn training credits

 

In order to receive the credit an employee must read the book or listen to the CD

 

The training should not be done on company time

 

If the book/CD/DVD does not come with review questions the employee must write one summary paragraph per chapter and write two questions about the chapter with the correct answer. If the book /CD/DVD have questions after each chapter or section the employee will answer these questions for credit. Some books/CD/DVD may have a specific training credit activity in the description below.

 

The report will be submitted to HR for training credit

 

 

Pay Credit

Current Books in Training Library

˝  Training Credit in all Job Functions

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute,  Ken Blanchard, 120 pages

 

The Generosity Factor, Ken Blanchard and S. Truett Cathy, 131 pages

A financially successful young Broker with a future that holds a bright promise comes across an article in his favorite publication one morn ing that captures his attention. It appears that a very successful businessman claims that his greatest joy is found in giving away his money, as well as his time!

 

The Case Against Standardized Testing, Alfie Kohn, 66 pages combined with Will Standards Save Public Education? Deborah Meier, 88 pages

Students are being tested to an extent that is unprecedented in American history and unparalleled anywhere in the world. Politicians and businesspeople, determined to get tough with students and teachers, have increased the pressure to raise standardized test scores. Unfortunately, the effort to do so typically comes at the expense of more meaningful forms of learning

 

School Choice the Findings, Herbert  J. Walberg, 135 pages

There has been considerable research on school choice over the last decade, producing a literature filled with controversy and conflicting findings. In this book, one of the nation’s most reputable education scholars provides a helpful overview and assessment of all this work-one that anyone interested in the choice issue can surely benefit from reading

 

How Full is Your Bucket?  , Tome Rath and Donald O. Clifton, 127 pages

The book reveals how even the briefest interactions affect your relationships, productivity, health, and longevity. Organized around a simple metaphor of a dipper and a bucket, and grounded in 50 years of research, this book will show you how to greatly increase the positive moments in your work and your life – while reducing the negative.

 

 

 

 

 

2 Training Credits all Job Functions

The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz, 237 pages

A good book to understand the philosophy behind IEM’s tension chart system. Fritz examines four crucial elements that contribute to an organizations success.

 

3 Training Credits all Job Functions

Parent-Driven Schools, Randy Gaschler 207 pages

Randy Gaschler, President of Innovative Education Management believes that with the help of parents throughout California and America, the nation’s school system can be resurrected. This book will inspirte you to join him in a movement to take back our schools and restore education system to what it once was, the best in the world. “Together, we can change public education. The power to do that lies with us; in our hands and in our hearts.”

 

 

 

2.5 Training Credit in the Job Function it applies to

Excel 2003 for Dummies,  Greg Harvey 354 pages

An easy to read reference book.

 

Microsoft Office Out Look 2007, Bill Mann 439 pages

An easy to read reference book

 

Current CD’s in Training Library

˝ Training Credit on all Job Functions

21 Ways to Defuse Anger and Calm People Down, 2 hour course

Learn peacekeeping skills you’ll use to prevent blowups…mediate disputes….. and foster teamwork

 

Ľ Training Credit on all Job Functions

Creating Lifelong Learners  - 20 minutes

IEM produced DVD promoting parent choice in education and individual learning plans- Please submit one page review of DVD for training credit.