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Books

Title

 7 Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership
Author Elaine K. McEwan
Publisher Corwin Press Inc.
Copyright 2003
Description Make a substantive impact on the lives of your students and your staff. This practical, hands-on guide can help you become a more effective instructional leader. Here are research-based activities to help lead your staff through McEwan’s seven steps:

  1.  Establish, implement, and achieve academic standards
  2.  Be an instructional resource for your staff
  3.  Create a learning-oriented school culture and climate
  4.  Communicate your school’s vision and mission to staff and students
  5.  Set high expectations for your staff and yourself
  6.  Develop teacher leaders
  7.  Develop and maintain positive relationships with students, staff, and parents.
Reference Number SI100                         Cross Reference: SPPD106

Title

 A Journey of the Heart: The Calling to Teaching
Author E. Grady Bogue
Publisher Educational Foundation
Copyright 2001
Description This is a story of teaching. It has a simple and single motive-to elevate and celebrate the call to teaching. It is written for the interest and pleasure of those who teach and for others-parents and civic leaders-who care about teaching.
Reference Number SI101

 

Title

 Beyond Winning: The Timeless Wisdom of Great Philosopher Coaches
Author Gary M. Walton
Publisher Leisure Press
Copyright 1992
Description Like the Philosopher kings of ancient times, these six coaches shared a common wisdom, vision, and commitment. Beyond Winning reveals the thoughts and teachings that make these legendary coaches successful-in sport and life. You’ll get an intimate look at how each coach followed a different path in his pursuit of excellence.
Reference Number SI102

 

Title

 Build The Fort..Today!
Author Jim Kern
Publisher The Desktop publishing Service
Copyright 1990
Description In the confusion created as new systems grow, people still search for answers to
life’s basic questions: How shall we care for out bodies? How shall we rear our children? How shall we live with our fellowman? Etc. This
book’s purpose is to share many experiences from which the writer has found the answers to such questions.
Reference Number SI103

 

Title

 Dealing With Difficult Teachers
Author Todd Whitaker
Publisher
Copyright 2004
Description This book focuses on communicating with the difficult teacher.  Specific issues include strategies that work most effectively when addressing and communicating with difficult teachers regarding their behavior.
Reference Number SI104

 

Title

 Education on the Edge of Possibility
Author Renate Nummela Caine and Geoffrey Caine
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1997
Description What happens when learning theory meets the reality of the classroom? In this book you’ll find out what happened when Renate and Geoffrey Caine took their theory of learning, which is based on a
holistic interpretation of brain research, and strived to bring it to life in two schools.
Reference Number SI105

 

Title

Enhancing School Culture to Improve Student Achievement: The Missouri Vertical Team Project
Author James Machell
Publisher Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Copyright 1999
Description The purpose of this monograph is to inform educators and other about the purpose, process and possible outcomes of Vertical Teaming.
Reference Number SI106

 

Title

 Ethics and Professional Practice in Education
Author Michael J. Rockler
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2004
Description Educators must their own professional ethics in the context of an ethical environment most conductive to the development of the students. The purpose of this booklet is to explore the issues that educators need to consider.
Reference Number SI107

 

Title

 Getting Started: Re-culturing Schools to Become Professional Learning Communities
Author Robert Eaker, Richard Dufour, Rebecca Burnette
Publisher National Educational Service
Copyright

2002
Description Getting Started answers the questions most often asked by schools that are seeking to transform themselves into professional learning communities. The authors focus on the cultural shifts that must take place as school move from more traditional ways of doing things to functioning as learning communities.
Reference Number SI108

 

Title

 Harnessing the Power of Resistance: A Guide for Educators
Author Jared Scherz
Publisher Eye On Education, Inc.
Copyright 2004
Description This book provides rare insights about interpersonal relationships in schools.  Most school and classroom leaders view resistance as a hostile threat.  But this book shows you how to use it and harness it for school success.
Reference Number SI109

 

Title

 How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living
Author Rushworth M. Kidder
Publisher A Fireside Book
Copyright 1995
Description Breaking down complex philosophical issues into a step-by-step self-help guide, the founder of the Institute for Global Ethics shows us how to grapple with everyday issues and problems.
Reference Number SI110

 

Title

 Journeys in Education
Author Alice Huff Hart
Publisher Character Development Group
Copyright 1997
Description This book was written for principals and aspiring principals. It was conceived as a way to capture the wisdom of eighteen education leaders who together represent more then 540 years of experience.
Reference Number SI111

 

Title

 Leadership for Learning: How to Help Teachers Succeed
Author Carl D. Glickman
Publisher

ASCD
Copyright 2002
Description In his follow-up to his earlier book Developmental Supervision, Distinguished educator and author Carl D. Glickman provide instructional leaders-supervisors, principals, and teachers-with practical guidance and thoughtful insight to help them succeed as they work with teachers to improve classroom teaching and learning.
Reference Number SI112.1  &  SI112.2

 

Title

 Outlearning the Wolves: Surviving and Thriving in a Learning Organization
Author David Hutchens
Publisher Pegasus Comm. Inc.
Copyright 2000
Description The story of an organization that might resemble yours – complete with bad habits, nagging vulnerabilities, and resignation to the status quo.  A flock of sheep, fearful of the wolves’ mythical cleverness, is initially debilitated by fragmentation and false assumptions.  But as the sheep build a culture for learning, the contributions of each individual are utilized in strikingly new and productive ways.  Using fanciful illustrations and deliciously wicked humor, this book presents a powerful metaphor for understanding the issues organizations face when they realize they must learn how to learn differently.
Reference Number SI113.1  &  SI113.24

 

Title

 Schools of Quality: An Introduction to Total Quality Management in Education
Author John Hay Bonstingl
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1992
Description Schools of Quality introduces educators to the principles of Total Quality Management as they apply to education.
Reference Number SI114

 

Title

 Schools that Learn
Author Peter Senge
Publisher Doubleday
Copyright 2000
Description This book focuses specifically on schools and education to help reclaim schools even in economically depressed or turbulent districts.
Reference Number SI115.1  &  SI115.2

 

Title

 Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest
Author Peter Block
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Copyright 1996
Description Calls for a new way of thinking about the workplace.  Puts real meaning into the ideas of service and accountability, creates a workplace where every member thinks and acts as an owner, reintegrates the managing of work with the doing of work so that everyone does real work, and replaces self-interest, dependency, and control with service, responsibility, and partnership.
Reference Number SI116

 

Title

 Teachers: Their World and Their Work
Author Ann Lieberman and Lynne Miller
Publisher Teacher’s College
Copyright 1992
Description The restructuring movement of the current decade is a powerful force demanding a re-conceptualization of the educational system.  Basic changes need to be made in the curriculum and in the structure of our schools, based not on past-conceived notions, but on the extent to which learning is advanced or inhibited.
Reference Number SI117

 

Title

 Teachers Who Lead: The Rhetoric of Reform and the Realities of Practice
Author Patricia A. Wasley
Publisher Teacher’s College Press
Copyright 1991
Description Provides in-depth portraits of three outstanding teacher leaders, and examines their work in the context of the school systems within which they operate, and from the viewpoints of their fellow teachers.  Analyzes the dilemmas teachers face, as well as the successes they experience, and broadens the debate about reform by providing a rare realistic appraisal of working models.
Reference Number SI118

 

Title

 The Basic School: A Community For Learning
Author Ernest L. Boyer
Publisher The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Copyright 1995
Description Covers topics such as

  • “The School as a Community”
  • “A Curriculum With Coherence”
  • “A Climate for Learning”
  • “A Commitment to Character”.
Reference Number SI119.1  &  SI119.2

 

Title

 The Handbook for Smart School Teams
Author Anne Conzemius & Jan O’Neill
Publisher National Education Service
Copyright 2002
Description This book will help set the stage for collaboration and teamwork by teaching how to become a SMART School by using focus, reflection, collaboration, and leadership to set strategic and specific, measurable, attainable, results-based, and time-bound goals.
Reference Number SI121.1  &  SI121.2

 

Title

 The Principal As Staff Developer
Author Richard P. DuFour
Publisher National Education Service
Copyright 1991
Description Discusses topics such as

  • “school improvement means people improvement”
  • “the principal as a leader”
  • “creating a climate for effective staff development”
  • “forging the link between cause and commitment”
  • “effective staff development practices”
  • “linking staff development with teacher supervision”
  • “alternative approaches to staff development”.
Reference Number SI122

 

Title

 The Self-Renewing School
Author Bruce Joyce, James Wolf, and Emily Calhoun
Publisher Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Copyright

1993
Description Presents the “self-renewing school” through the actions of a district restructuring committee that is looking at ways to improve student learning.
Reference Number SI123

 

Title

 The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Author Stephen R. Covey
Publisher Covey Leadership Center, Inc.
Copyright 1996
Description Gives seven habits which help to make effective people, including being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand, then to be understood, synergizing, and sharpening the saw.
Reference Number SI124

 

Title

 The Three Minute Classroom Walkthrough: Changing School Supervisory Practice One  Teacher at a Time
Author Carolyn J. Downey,  Betty E. Steffy, Fenwick W. English, Larry E. Frase, William K Poston, Jr.
Publisher Corwin Press
Copyright 2004
Description The Three Minute Classroom walkthrough offers a practical time saving alternative that impacts student achievement by cultivating self reliant teachers who are continually improving their practice.
Reference Number SI125.1  &  SI125.2

 

Title

 The 21st Century Principal
Author Jeffrey S. Kaiser
Publisher Stylex Publishing Company
Copyright 1995
Description :  Discusses leadership, organizational behavior, educational reform, effective school initiatives, and more.
Reference Number SI126

 

Title

 The Work of Restructuring Schools
Author Ann Lieberman
Publisher Teacher’s College Press
Copyright 1995
Description Reveals stories about real schools, teachers, and administrators that bring to life the complex process of restructuring.  Compelling case studies and analyses provide a source guide for restructuring.
Reference Number SI127

 

Title

What Current Research Says to the Middle Level Practitioner
Author Judith L. Irvin
Publisher National Middle School Association
Copyright 1997
Description Helps middle level educators continue to fashion educational programs designed to achieve maximum academic and developmental growth.
Reference Number

SI128

 

Title

 What Great Principals Do Differently: 15 Things that Matter Most
Author Todd Whitaker
Publisher Eye on Education
Copyright 2003
Description Blending school-centered studies and experience working with hundreds of administrators, author Todd Whitaker reveals fifteen things that the most successful principals do and that other principals do not.  This book shows you why these practices are effective and it also demonstrates how to implement each of them in your school.
Reference Number SI129.1  &  SI129.2

 

Title

 Guide For Instructional Leaders: Guide 1
Author Barth, Darnell, Lipton, Wellman
Publisher ASCD
Copyright
Description The Guide For Instructional Leaders: An ASCD Action Tool is designed as a practical tool for use by school administrators, teacher leaders, staff developers, central office instructional personnel, and others in formal or informal school leadership roles.  The guide can support the work of instructional leaders in meetings, workshops, and other professional development opportunities, classrooms, or school community gatherings.  It is evident that increased student achievement is tied to the instructional leadership of the educational staff, but effective instructional leadership occurs only when resources and support are given to all who can contribute to the success of every student.  This guide can support any individual’s quest for professional growth as an instructional leader.
Reference Number SI130

 

Title

 Guide For Instructional Leaders: Guide 2
Author Wiggins, Brown, O’Connor
Publisher ASCD
Copyright
Description The Guide For Instructional Leaders: An ASCD Action Tool is designed as a practical tool for use by school administrators, teacher leaders, staff developers, central office instructional personnel, and others in formal or informal school leadership roles.  The guide can support the work of instructional leaders in meetings, workshops, and other professional development opportunities, classrooms, or school community gatherings.  It is evident that increased student achievement is tied to the instructional leadership of the educational staff, but effective instructional leadership occurs only when resources and support are given to all who can contribute to the success of every student.  This guide can support any individual’s quest for professional growth as an instructional leader.
Reference Number SI131

 

Title

 Guide For Instructional Leaders: Guide 3
Author Meek, Champion, Dyer
Publisher ASCD
Copyright
Description The Guide For Instructional Leaders: An ASCD Action Tool is designed as a practical tool for use by school administrators, teacher leaders, staff developers, central office instructional personnel, and others in formal or informal school leadership roles.  The guide can support the work of instructional leaders in meetings, workshops, and other professional development opportunities, classrooms, or school community gatherings.  It is evident that increased student achievement is tied to the instructional leadership of the educational staff, but effective instructional leadership occurs only when resources and support are given to all who can contribute to the success of every student.  This guide can support any individual’s quest for professional growth as an instructional leader.
Reference Number SI132

 

Title

 Coming Even Cleaner About Organizational Change
Author Jerry L. Patterson
Publisher Scarecrow Education
Copyright 2003
Description An expanded, updated edition of 1997’s Coming Clean About Organizational Change, this version contains new references and content, including chapters on organizational culture, resilience, new conceptual frameworks on organizational change, and zones of individual performance.  Readers will learn how to work within the reality of an imposed change while remaining true to the values of the change initiatives held as an educational leader.
Reference Number SI133

 

Title

 Case Studies On Educational Administration
Author Theodore J. Kowalski
Publisher Pearson Education
Copyright 2005
Description This book immerses prospective administrators in the realities of practice and decision-making through the use of a wide range of open-ended case studies.  Effective practice in school administration involves making decisions about school management and reform, including issues such as state deregulation, district decentralization, and school restructuring.  Leaders need to think beyond management and consider how to affect school culture, professional development, and changing populations.  The cases in this book will help leaders address those issues by sharpening three key skills: (1)How to identify and solve problems; (2)How to develop and evaluate alternative solutions; (3) How to continuously refine professional knowledge.
Reference Number SI134

 

Title

 Executive Leadership for Effective Administration
Author M. Scott Norton
Publisher Pearson Education
Copyright 2005
Description This book immerses prospective superintendents and other executive administrators in the realities of practice and the specific leadership skills that create effective schools.  Research based coverage of the foundations, issues, principles and responsibilities of executive leaders in educational administration and management are presented within the three dimensions of: The Nature of Executive Leadership, Forces That Influence and Shape Executive leadership, and the Responsibilities of Executive Leaders.  This text encourages leaders to think beyond management and consider how to lead and affect school culture, student achievement, and organizational productivity.  Case studies and critical incidents as well as ample pedagogical elements encourage readers to take an active, decision-making role.  Concepts through the text correlate closely to ISLLC standards.
Reference Number SI135

 

Title

 Beyond Tracking / Finding Success in Inclusive Schools
Author Edited by Harbison Poole and Jane A. Page
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 1995
Description Many schools still practice whole-grade, between-class ability (known as “tracking in the U.S. or “streaming” in Great Britain), at least at some levels.  In  Beyond Tracking, the writers of these 28 essays tackle the issues surrounding tracking and offer philosophically inclusive viewpoints and practical strategies that can help teachers ensure that their students find success in school.
Reference Number SI136

 

Title

 Leadership for Differentiating Schools & Classrooms
Author Carol Ann Tomlinson and Susan Demirsky Allan
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 2000
Description In this environment, school leaders must build bridges for change.  Many students spend great portions of their lives feeling inferior if they struggle, invisible if they already know the material, problematic if they’re not a child of the dominant culture, and perverse if they question the school agenda.  This book explores developing responsive, personalized, and differentiated classrooms.  Differentiation is simply a teacher attending to the learning needs of a particular student or small group of students, rather than teaching a class as though all individuals in it were basically the same.  No single approach works with all students.  Teachers and students must join to develop avenues of learning.
Reference Number SI137

 

Title

 Russian Education Reconstructed: “Perestroika”
Author Alla V. Kourova and Rhea A. Ashmore
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2004
Description This fastback discusses the historical background of, and the educational system under Perestroika, cross-cultural differences and hopes to inspire readers to discover common teaching values, share experiences of teaching culture through language, broaden one’s knowledge of foreign countries, establish networks for exchanging materials, explore and evaluate materials, collaborate and create new materials, and broaden teachers’ and students’ worldviews.
Reference Number SI140FB

 

Title

 Torts and Liability:  an Educator’s Short Guide
Author John W. Dougherty
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2004
Description This fastback discusses Torts, international torts, defamation and negligence, defenses, and NCLB Liability Protection for Teachers.  It is designed to provide important and often misunderstood information to teachers and to convey a basic understanding of their legal rights, duties, and obligations.
Reference Number SI141FB

 

Title

 What Every Superintendent and Principal Needs to Know – School Leadership for the Real World
Author Jim Rosborg  &  McGee, Max  &  Jim Burgett
Publisher Education Communication Unlimited
Copyright 2003
Description This book shares sound, straightforward, easy-to-apply school leadership ideas and practices.  See how these three highly-acclaimed superintendents:

  • Write business plans, build business cases, and sell them to Board and community.
  • Make the union an ally, take charge in contract negotiations, defuse no-win situations, and forge a win-win agreement that all sides warmly embrace.
  • Take care of themselves and their families as well as they serve others.
  • Guide visionary leaders beyond traditional boundaries, putting pre-school classes in their classrooms, educating parents, replicating other schools’ successes, and much more.
  • Implement 20 specific ideas for creating the proper work and learning atmosphere.
  • Build internal capacity by focusing on a shared purpose, mission, and goal(s); enhancing staff knowledge and skills; distributing leadership, and establishing reciprocal accountability.
  • Inject ethics into every action while exercising the kind of civic leadership that binds the school, community, press, and politicians into one voice for educational excellence.
Reference Number SI143

 

Title

 Beyond the Bell Third Edition – Principal’s Guide to Effective Afterschool Programs
Author Krista C. Diedrich  &  Carol K. Mclvain  &  Seth Kaufman
Publisher Learning Point Associates
Copyright 2005
Description Quality afterschool programs provide an important educational and developmental setting for an increasing number of children and youth.  These programs offer opportunities for students to learn, develop, explore, and have fun beyond the normal school day.  They also provide a safe, educational place for students while their parents are working.  An important factor is having strong support from the participating school’s principal.  The support of the principal helps determine the success of an afterschool program.This guide has two primary objectives. 

  • The first objective is to explain how afterschool programs can provide assistance to principals when their school is moving toward improvement, addressing achievement gaps, supporting a population of English language learners, helping struggling learners, or addressing other goals.
  •  A second objective is to provide practical tools and tips that a principal can use to seamlessly support the establishment or improvement of an afterschool program associated with the school.
Reference Number SI144

 

 

Title

 Afterschool Programs / Bureaucratic Barriers and Strategies for Success – a toolkit for school leaders
Author AASA  –  American Association of School Administrators
Publisher AASA  –  American Association of School Administrators
Copyright 2005
Description CD on Afterschool programs / Copies of The School Administrator and School Governance & Leadership magazines.
Reference Number SI145

 

Title

 The Results Fieldbook  –  Practical Strategies from Dramatically Improved Schools
Author Mike Schmoker
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 2001
Description What is the single, most important event of the school year that affects school improvement?  How do you measure school improvement?  How can simple tools-already at your fingertips-work more effectively to improve student achievement in reading, math, and more?This book answers those questions an describes in abundant, practical detail how five school systems overcame obstacles and achieved exceptional results for all their students.  Supplementing the five case studies, brief vignettes written by practitioners show how core practices-teamwork, the use of achievement data, and planning for measurable goals-made an immediate and profound difference in student learning at their respective schools.

Tables, figures and appendixes illustrate effective data-collection processes; and at the conclusion, a three-part synthesis of the best of these systems provides practical steps toward implementing this radically more effective approach to school improvement.
Reference Number SI146

 

Title

 A Comprehensive Guide to Designing Standards-Based Districts, Schools and Classrooms
Author Robert J. Marzano and John S. Kendall
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1996
Description This book discusses why standards are needed; the where, what, and who of standards; formats used to state benchmarks; levels to articulate benchmark at; who and how students will be assessed; reporting student progress; accountability; how it will look finished; documents to consult for a comprehensive review of subject areas; standards setting: state by state; McREL Compendium standards; documents used to construct the McREL database; Vignette depicting one districts efforts to design standards and benchmarks.
Reference Number SI147

 

Title

 On Common Ground – The Power of Professional Learning Communities
Author Roland Barth, Rebecca DuFour, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Barbara Eason-Watkins, Michael Fullan, Lawrence Lezotte, Douglas Reeves, Jonathon Saphier, Mike Schmoker, Dennis Sparks, Rick Stiggins
Publisher National Education Service
Copyright 2005
Description This resource offers teachers and administrators a coherent conceptual framework and specific, practical strategies to moving forward with their improvement methods.These authors agree on many of the best strategies for raising student achievement and support the premise that students would be better served if educators:

  •  Embrace learning rather than than teaching as their school’s mission,
  •  Work collaboratively to help all students learn,
  •  Use formative assessments and a focus on results to foster continuous improvement,
  •  Assume individual responsibility to take steps to create such schools.

Their differences also emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategies.
Reference Number SI149

 

Title

 Psychology of Success – Develop Your Hidden Powers – A Guidebook for Students and Educators
Author Emery Stoops
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2002
Description Here is the authors guide to help you develop your hidden powers.  Topics covered are: How to Recognize Success; how to succeed through willpower; how to improve your capacity for success; how to succeed through life long learning; how to develop habits of success; how to manage yourself for success; how to manage your surroundings – people and things; How to Manage Time; How to Manage Money.
Reference Number SI150

 

Title

 Evaluating Principals – Issues and Practices
Author James E. Green
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2004
Description Leadership is a  elusive concept.  Should we evaluate the leader’s personal qualities?  Or should we evaluate what the leader accomplishes, regardless of leadership style?  Most of us could answer “yes” to either question.Today’s principal must balance a seesaw.  On one end are stacked the needs and expectations of teachers, pupils and parents; on the other, the needs and expectations of district administrators, the school board, and, by extension, state and federal governments.  challenging socioeconomics conditions affect students and their families, which complicates this balancing act.

In this short guide, five basic questions serve as a framework for discussing the evaluation of school principles: What is the purpose of evaluation?  Who should evaluate?  What should we evaluate? What standards of criteria should we use?  What evidence should we consider?
Reference Number SI151

 

Title

 Teacher Quality, Teaching Quality, and School Improvement
Author Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings
Publisher Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Copyright 2002
Description Hiring and keeping high-quality teachers while actively supporting enhanced teaching quality in each classroom are the true keys to a higher student achievement.Kaplan and Owings show principals, superintendents, and other instructional leaders how to increase student achievement by hiring high-quality teachers and supporting their professional practice.  This book presents research on how high-quality teachers affect student achievement and explains why teachers and teaching quality matter if schools are to teach all children to high levels.  Chapters discuss issues that affect teacher quality, including strong content knowledge, teacher licensing and certification practices, and recruitment and retention concerns.  The authors also carefully review how teachers’ best instructional practices affect student achievement, essential factors in teaching for learning, what quality teaching “looks like” in action, the effect of the class size, and how effective professional development strengthens best practices.
Reference Number SI152

 

 

 

Videos

Title

 Opening the Conversation: An Overview of the Outstanding Schools Act
Author –
Publisher –
Copyright –
Description –
Reference Number SI003

 

Title

 The Principal Series:   The Evolving Role of the Principle     Tape 1
Author ASCD
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1998
Description How has the role of the principal changed over time?  What is the appropriate role of the principal today?  What is involved in fulfilling that role?  What criteria should be used in assessing a principal’s effectiveness?
Reference Number SI004  (goes w/SI005, SI006, & SI007)

 

Title

 The Principal Series:    Creating a Collaborative Learning Community     Tape 2
Author ASCD
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1998
Description What are the characteristics of a school that functions as a collaborative learning community?  How does it differ from a traditional school?  What is the principals role in developing the capacity of the faculty to function as a collaborative learning community?  How can the principal effectively communicate the priorities that transform a traditional school into a collaborative learning community?  How do effective principals respond to those who resist necessary changes once a consensus to move forward has been reached?
Reference Number SI005  (goes w/SI004, SI006, & SI007)

 

Title

 The Principal Series:    Survival Tips     Tape 3
Author ASCD
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1998
Description How do successful principals meet the challenges of the position?  What strategies do they use to develop consensus?  How do they combat the isolation and loneliness often associated with the principalship?  How do they address the principal’s most frequently cited obstacle – too little time?  What are the keys to sustaining personal motivation during the inevitable peaks and valleys of the principalship?
Reference Number SI006  (goes w/SI004, SI005, & SI007)

 

Title

 The Principal Series: Facilitator’s Guide
Author Richard DuFour
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1998
Description The videotapes and facilitators guide are designed for practicing and aspiring principals who seek to develop their knowledge and skills in order to meet the demands of contemporary principalship.  Superintendents, staff developers, school board members, and professors in preparation programs for school administrations should also find these helpful.The workshops in this guide are designed to stimulate exploration, discussion, and sharing in a collaborative setting.  An individual may also use the videotapes and exercises for personal reflection and self-assessment.  Both the workshop and individual settings are designed to enable participants to (1) establish an personal plan to develop the skills essential to a principal, and (2) stimulate them to act on that plan.
Reference Number SI007.1  &  SI007.2  &  SI007.3  (goes w/SI004, SI005, & SI006)

 

Title

 Schools of Quality (with text)
Author
Publisher ASCD
Copyright
Description This video and guide are designed for administrators, teachers, and other school staff, parents, school board members, corporate and community leaders, and all others who are interested in improving education.  This videotape and guide present an overview of a quality philosophy and its everyday applications in three schools.
Reference Number SI008

 

Title

 Viewpoints: Small By Design: Resizing America’s High School
Author McRel
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI009

 

Title

 William Glasser Seminar 1
Author William Glasser
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI010

 

Title

 William Glasser Seminar 2
Author William Glasser
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI011

 

Title

 William Glasser Seminar 3
Author William Glasser
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI012

 

Title

 William Glasser Seminar 4
Author William Glasser
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI013

 

Title

 William Glasser Seminar 5
Author William Glasser
Publisher
Copyright
Description
Reference Number SI014

 

Title

 Changing Schools Through Shared Decision Making  (goes with SI017 & SI018)
Author Cynthia R. Harrison & Joellen Killion & Marcia D’Arangelo & John Checkley
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1993
Description Program 1 focuses on several key questions:

  1. What is shared decision making, and how does it differ from the traditional way of making decisions in schools?
  2. How does shared decision making affect various school roles?
    1. Students
    2. Teachers
    3. Administers
    4. Classified or support staff
    5. The community (parents, business leaders, etc.)
    6. Board of education
  3. How does a school implement shared decision making?
Reference Number SI016

 

Title

 Shared Decision Making – How it Works     (goes with SI016 & SI018)
Author Cynthia R. Harrison & Joellen Killion & Marcia D’Arangelo & John Checkley
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1993
Description This program presents one schools implementation of the shared decision making process within a district that is dedicated to shared decision making.  Areas explored include:

  1. One district’s model for shared decision making.
  2. The new roles and responsibilities of teachers, parents, staff members, and administrators.
  3. The staff development and training needed by all those involved in shared decision making.
  4. The process of consensus building, through established effective communication network
Reference Number SI017

 

Title

 Shared Decision Making – Facilitator’s Guide     (goes with SI016 & SI017)
Author Cynthia R. Harrison & Joellen Killion & Marcia D’Arangelo & John Checkley
Publisher ASCD
Copyright 1993
Description The Facilitator’s Guide provides materials that expand and clarify the ideas presented in the videotapes, as well as activities that can be used to promote group discussion and involvement.  Two workshops of different lengths provide an increasing depth of exploration of the subject.  In this program, there are opportunities to stop the tape and engage in group discussion.
Reference Number SI018

 

Title

 Through New Eyes – Examining the Culture of Your School – DVD
Author Richard DuFour
Publisher Solution Tree
Copyright 2003
Description This DVD tells a story of a school culture through the experiences of a teenage boy.  It places the student in two different schools and calls upon viewers to relate to his feelings, assess the practices of the schools, and most importantly, to examine the reality of their own school from a critical perspective.The Facilitator’s Guide will help you lead a 4-hour workshop based on the discussion video.  It includes:

  • An introduction to the program
  • Guiding questions
  • Small-group and full-group activities
  • Materials suitable for overheads or
    replication
Reference Number SI019

 

Title

 Innovational Education
Author Purkey/Lehr
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Takes you to schools which are implementing the components of innovational education as developed by Dr. William W. Purkey.  These video tapes will explore its philosophical dimensions and highlight examples of implementation in becoming an intentionally inviting school.
Reference Number SI201

 

Title

 Outcome Based Education
Author Champlin/Mamary
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Starts you on a journey to understanding the components of outcome-based education.  In these videotapes, you will hear from many nationally recognized pioneers in the OBE movement.  Classroom teachers and others who have experienced the challenges and rewards of implementation share their insights and expertise.
Reference Number SI202

 

Title

 Outcome Based Education with Secondary School Emphasis
Author Cohen, Champlin
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Continues the exploration of the components of outcome based education with a special emphasis on secondary schools.  The unique challenges facing secondary educators are examined through the scope and vision of outcome based processes which yield new perspectives and insight into traditional problems.  In a practical format, examples are given of educators implementing a variety of ideas based on the growing body of research and knowledge.
Reference Number SI203

 

Title

 Managing Change
Author Michael Fullan / John Champlin
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Examines change as one of the most powerful yet exclusive aspects of any school improvement effort.  A common tendency of educators is to view change as a result or an event in the implementation of some desired innovation, process, or project.  Equally common is the blaming of practitioners or components of the innovation when implementation is not successful.  In contrast, many now see change as a process which must be understood and managed as carefully as the innovation itself.
Reference Number SI204

 

Title

 Site-Based Governance
Author Carl Glickman
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description The principles of democracy which are embedded in the constitution give strength and stability to our society.  These same principles can be used to build strong, viable schools which effectively prepare students to be productive citizens in a democratic society.  This video highlights these principles and demonstrates how they are being used to improve schools through shared governance, action research, and the focus of change.
Reference Number SI305

 

Title

 Perspectives on Quality Education
Author Mamary, Bonstingl, and Lankford
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Explores Deming’s principals of quality and the educators who are having success in putting the quality process to work in their schools.  Also highlighted are the four pillars of schools of quality.  The guidelines for quality presented hold much promise for educators pursuing meaningful school improvement.
Reference Number SI307

 

Title

 Accelerated Schools
Author Henry M Levin
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Explores a systemic process for the long-term transformation of
schools from conventional to accelerated.  Many classroom
examples are highlighted and explanations given by experienced
educators.
Reference Number SI404

 

Title

 Effective Schools: Building Foundations for School Improvement
Author Larry Lezotte
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description This issue frames the results of over 25 years of research in addressing effective school fundamental questions.  Through careful examination of numerous school systems, powerful characteristics of effective schools have emerged.  In theory and example, this issue highlights these validated principles.  Educators will find the correlates of effective schools outlined in these video tapes to be invaluable cornerstones on which to build their school improvement efforts.
Reference Number SI408

 

Title

 Creating Conditions for Success
Author Branda Lyle-Gray
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Depicts success for schools as a journey open to everyone.  Positive school climate is explored as a powerful element that is totally in the control of the staff and the school.  Learning conditions are another condition that schools can design with tremendous latitude.  Empowered with knowledge to create the conditions conducive to increased success, educators can be very optimistic about the future.  Highlighted in these videotapes are schools which are meeting the challenge and enjoying the satisfaction of making the journey of success.
Reference Number SI409

 

Title

 What’s Worth Fighting For
Author Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Captures a unique perspective.  Highlighted are key principles in understanding the change process, strategies for developing collaborative cultures, and engaging the community in school improvement.  In addition, ideas for principals as leaders of change are illustrated in schools already progressing in this powerful process.
Reference Number SI801

 

Title

 What’s Worth Fighting for in Education
Author Michael Fullan & Andy Hargreaves, featuring
Publisher Video J
Copyright 1998
Description Program 1  –  Changing Schools from Within:

    • Part One:     – Understanding the Change Process.     – The Nature and Impact of Collaborative Cultures.     – Strategies for Teachers to Develop Collaborative Cultures.
    • Part Two:     – Strategies for Principals as Leaders of Change.     – Moving Forward to Recreate the Schools We Need.

 

Program 2  –  Going Beyond Schools into the Community:

  • Part One:     – The Modern Context of Schools.     – Going Deeper: Purpose, Passion and Emotion, and Hope.     – Going Wider: Engaging External Forces.
  • Part Two:     – Teachers Getting Out There.     – Principals Getting Out There.     – Life Lines of Hope: Governments, Parents, Unions, Businesses and Citizens.
Reference Number SI801

 

Title

 Leadership in the Age of Standards and High Stakes
Author Richard DuFour
Publisher Video J
Copyright 2001
Description Program 1:  Creating a Professional Learning Community:

  1.  Understand how educators can be empowered to make sustained change through Professional Learning.
  2.  Examine the Four Pillars that guide Professional learning Communities:
    •  Mission: A statement that acknowledges that all children can learn and indicates how the school will respond when they don’t.
    • Vision: Answers the question, “What do we hope to become as a school in order to fulfill the purpose of the mission?”
    •  Values: Collective commitments made to improve education and exercise personal behavior to meet those commitments.
    •  Goals: The creation of action steps, with timelines, to accomplish the commitments of the values.

Program 2:   Bringing Students to Higher Levels of Success: 

  1. Witness the impressive results of Professional Learning Communities in urban, suburban, and rural areas at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
  2.  See how educators increase learning by committing to a mission, a vision of where that mission will take them, values or shared commitments to action, and goals that direct their success.
  3.  Learn how the Pyramid of Interventions at, Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, draws every student to success.
  4. Observe total school improvement at schools in Virginia and Connecticut that positively impact students.
Reference Number SI1005

 

Title

 Evaluation to Promote Teacher Growth and Student Learning
Author Marilyn McGuire
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Bringing students to high levels of success can be realized through an effective evaluation process.  Every administrator has the power and responsibility to help teachers grow and improve, which in turn insures better learning for students.
Reference Number SI1106

 

Title

 Secondary Principals As Leaders of Learning
Author Irving C. Jones
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description A school’s failure or success depends upon the principal’s leadership.  Since learning is a school’s primary focus, effective principals are essential in order for high quality learning to occur school wide.  Every principal is unique in how he / she leads the school; however, those who succeed build their foundation with a constant focus on student and teacher learning.  Consequently, principals must make all decisions through the lenses of student learning.
Reference Number SI1203

 

Title

 Elementary Principals as Leaders of Learning
Author Rebecca Burnette DuFour
Publisher Video J
Copyright 2003
Description Program 1  –  Leading Learning 

Focus on staff and  student learning by building a Professional Learning Community within your school.

  • Enable classroom success by focusing on Learning, Collaboration, and results.
  • Establish your school’s learning cornerstones of Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals.
  • Address the Critical Questions:
    1. If all children can learn, what is it that we want them to learn?
    2. How are we going to know if they have learned it?
    3. As a school, how are we going to respond when students don’t learn it?

Program 2  –  Effective Leadership

Explore deeply your role as the leader of your school, and how your actions as principal impact student achievement.

  • As a Leader of Learning, learn how to:
    • Guide student success by managing the  learning.
    • Maximize teacher effectiveness by managing resources.
  • Create a learning community by focusing on culture and collaboration.

Program 3  –  Facilitating School Improvement

Achieve overall school success by building a culture of
learning, teaching, and achievement excellence in all
aspects of the elementary environment.

  • Implement the Professional Learning Community in order to maximize teacher and student achievement
  • Facilitate teacher improvement to guarantee results.

A school’s failure or success depends on the principal’s leadership.  Since learning is a school’s primary focus, effective principals are essential in order for high-quality learning to occur school-wide.  Consequently, principals must make all of their decisions through the lens of student learning.
Reference Number SI1204

 

Title

 Dealing with Teachers Who are Resistant to Change and Reluctant to Improve
Author Todd Whitaker
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description This program is for principals.  Every principal and every school administrator has felt the frustration of working with difficult teachers who run the gamut from poor performance in the classroom to open defiance in the school setting.  Every leader has also experienced the joy of working with a handful of remarkable teachers who do everything right.  This program provides specific strategies to neutralize the impact of negative elements in the school and to build upon the strengths of outstanding teachers.
Reference Number SI1304

 

Title

 The Quality School: Eliminating Coercion
Author William Glasser
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Concept Highlights:The components of a quality school; meaningful relationships in the school and the fulfillment of psychological needs are essential in order for a school to enter a student’s quality world; the management ideas of Deming in America influenced quality in Japanese industry; Deming’s plan begins with the removal of fear and coercion; control theory and the satisfaction of psychological needs explains why removing coercion is necessary.

How schools are creating the conditions of quality; replacing coercion in quality schools; a quality school has observable characteristics of caring, trusting in an environment where it is safe to take risks; samples of effective alternative approaches to student discipline are given; samples of upcoming video journal topics.
Reference Number SIV1-1

 

Title

 Quality School: Teaching Quality and Self Evaluation
Author William Glasser
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Continues to explore the principles and concepts embodied in the quality school paradigm.  Through the medium of videotape, you have the opportunity to examine and discuss philosophy and practices of educators who are achieving significant improvement in the quality of their schools.
Reference Number SIV1-2

 

Title

 Creating Vision
Author Larry Rowe
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description Takes you through the unique process of creating a vision of success in your quest to build a quality school/district.  A purpose of these videotapes to help you acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to engage staff members in developing a meaningful vision of school improvement.
Reference Number SIV1-5

 

Title

 Transformational Leadership
Author Larry Rowe
Publisher Video J
Copyright
Description This video will help you create this new paradigm by exploring the concepts and applications of Transformational Leadership.
Reference Number SIV2-7

 

Title

 Site-Based Governance
Author Carol Glickman
Publisher Video J
Copyright 1993
Description Tape 1: Bringing Democracy Back to SchoolConcept Highlights:

  •  The goal of education is to help students function in a democratic society.
  •  Effective school reform takes place within a democratic framework.
  •  The concept of shared governance and its impact on school improvement is provided.
  •  Practical examples are given of students learning and applying democratic principles in their schools.
  •  Shared governance, focus of change, and action research are given as the three premises of site-based governance
  •  Ste-based governance keeps the focus on decisions that improve instruction and learning rather than administration and maintenance.
  •  Active participation is an essential component of both education and democracy.

Tape 2: Shared Governance for Effective Education

Concept Highlights:

  • Three dimensions of effective schools that function democratically are presented:
    • A covenant which defines core values, beliefs, and learning principles.
    • A charter which is a plan for making decisions to activate the covenant.
    • A critical study process of both external and internal research.
  • Suggestions and cautions are given for organizing shared governance.
  • Examples are shown where educators are cementing democratic elements into the culture of their schools.
  • Schools improve when they identify and live their beliefs and values and use an agreed upon process when making decisions that affect learning.
  • Uses of various types of existing, conventional, and creative data are shared.
Reference Number SIV3-5