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Educational Administration & LeadershipPreservice to Practice:
Today’s learning builds tomorrow’s educational leaders
New Books from SAGE and Corwin
Fall 2012
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Introduction to Educational Leadership 2
Principalship 7
Supervision of Instruction 8
Curriculum Development 10
School Finance 12
School Law 13
Student Assessment 13
Administration & Leadership 14
Research Methods in Education 15
Educational Statistics 18
Data-Driven Decision Making 18
Technology Leadership 19
School Change, Reform, and Restructuring 21
School Climate 25
School-Community Relations 26
Superintendency 26
Ethics 27
Organizational Leadership 28
Policy 28
Program Evaluation 29
Thesis/Dissertation Resources for Graduate Students 30
For Your Bookshelf 30
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Walking the Equity TalkA Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities John Robert Browne II, Browne and Associates
This practical guide is designed help increase the consciousness, willingness, and political savvy of all adult school community stakeholders to successfully implement equity reforms. It proposes a bold, new leadership paradigm—Culturally Courageous Leadership—that
facilitates the adoption of the values, beliefs, attitudes and skills needed to achieve equitable educational outcomes.
CONTENTS SECTION I: LEADERSHIP FOR EquITABLE OuTCOMES—IT TAkES AN ENTIRE COMMuNITY / 1. Identity and Conflict / 2. The Absence of Cultural Democracy / 3. Grim Continuities / 4. Rhetoric vs. Reality / 5. Biases / 6. Barriers / SECTION II: CuLTuRALLY COuRAGEOuS LEADERSHIP—A PARADIGM FOR CONTEMPORARY REALITIES / 7. A New Paradigm for the 21st Century / 8. Seven Principles / 9. Transformation and Politics / 10. Stakeholder Practices / 11. Promising Departures / 12. Two Leadership Profiles / SECTION III: MAkING IT REAL / 13. Defusing the Political Landmines / 14. Three Equity Warriors / 15. Practicing the ‘Equity Walk’ / 16. The Time is Here, the Time is Now
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9781-2 • June 2012 • 408 pages • Corwin
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The New School Management by Wandering AroundWilliam A. Streshly, San Diego State University • Susan Penny Gray, San Diego State University • Larry E. Frase, San Diego State University
This book cites more than twenty well-constructed research studies that show how management by wandering around improves student discipline, raises
teacher efficacy, and boosts student achievement.
CONTENTS 1. Defining the MBWA Leader / 2. School Leadership: What Matters Most / 3. Why Teachers Teach and Why They Leave / 4. Why Teachers Stay / 5. Promoting quality Curriculum Through MBWA / 6. Getting Into Classrooms / 7. Finding Time for MBWA / 8. Promoting Good Student Discipline and a Safe Campus / 9. Dealing with unmet Expectations: Marginal and Incompetent Teachers / 10. Ensuring Due Process and Building the File
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9604-4 • April 2012 • 336 pages • Corwin
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Introduction to Leader-shipConcepts and Practice Second EditionPeter G. Northouse, Western Michigan University
Providing practical strategies for becoming a better leader, this bestselling book includes interactive elements to help students apply leadership concepts to
their own lives. This new Second Edition is also available in an Interactive eBook format as well as the traditional printed text.
CONTENTS 1. Being a Leader / 2. Recognizing Your Traits / 3. Recognizing Your Philosophy and Style of Leadership / 4. Attending to Tasks and Relationships / 5. Developing Leadership Skills / 6. Creating a Vision / 7. Setting the Tone / 9. Handling Conflict / 10. Overcoming Obstacles / 11. Addressing Ethics in Leadership
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8952-7 • ©2012 • 304 pages • • • SAGE Interactive eBook ISBN: 978-1-4129-9776-8
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LeadershipTheory and Practice Sixth EditionPeter G. Northouse, Western Michigan University
Adopted at more than 800 colleges and universities worldwide, the market-leading text owes its success to the unique way in which it combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and practical
exercises that help students apply what they learn. This new Sixth Edition is also available in an Interactive eBook format as well as the traditional printed text.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction / 2. Trait Approach / 3. Skills Approach / 4. Style Approach / 5. Situational Approach / 6. Contingency Theory / 7. Path–Goal Theory / 8. Leader–Member Exchange Theory / 9. Transformational Leadership / 10. Servant Leadership / 11. Authentic Leadership / 12. Team Leadership / 13. Psychodynamic Approach / 14. Women and Leadership / 15. Culture and Leadership / 16. Leadership Ethics
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-0340-9 • February 2012 • 504 pages • • • SAGE Interactive eBook ISBN: 978-1-4522-2637-8
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Leading and Managing SchoolsHelen O’Sullivan, University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland • John West-Burnham
Inspiring and informative in its style, the authors bring together a range of perspectives on every aspect of school leadership and management, from well known contributors such as Michael Fullan, Ciaran Sugrue and Marty Linsky, creating a unique and rich canvas.
CONTENTS PART I: THE BIG PICTuRE / Adaptive Challenges for School Leadership / Leading System Level Change / Governance Matters / PART II: THE IRISH PICTuRE / Leading and Managing Irish Schools: A Historical Perspective / Autonomy and Accountability / Leadership and the Curriculum - A question of Trust / Leadership and Teacher Education / Leadership and Managing Professional Learning in Schools / School Leadership for Special Educational Needs / New Schools for a New Century / PART III: THE DEVELOPING PICTuRE / Rethinking Educational Leadership
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8570-2396-4 • ©2012 • 200 pages • • SAGE
Bestseller!
Proactive School Security and Emergency Preparedness Planningkenneth S. Trump, National School Safety and Security Services, Cleveland, Ohio
Security expert kenneth S. Trump begins with an overview of school security and the politics surrounding it, then provides nuts-and-bolts strategies for preventing
violence and preparing for crises. The text covers today’s hot topics such as: bullying, cyberbullying, and harassment; after-school, transportation, and athletic event security; managing media and parent communications on safety and crises; and practical, cost-effective security and preparedness within tight budgets.
CONTENTS I. uNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING SCHOOL SAFETY / 1. The Evolving Threats to School Security / 2. The “Politricks” of School Security / 3. Comprehensive School Safety Planning and Leadership / II. PROACTIVE SCHOOL SECuRITY: FOCuSING ON FuNDAMENTALS / 4. School Security Assessments / 5. School Security Strategies and Issues / 6. Managing Bullying: Focusing on Supervision, Conduct Codes, School Climate, and Mental Health Strategies / 7. Preparing Schools for Terrorism / 8. Managing School Safety on Tight Budgets / 9. Parents and School Safety / III. READINESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SCHOOLS / 10. Early Warning Signs of Violence / 11. Assessing and Managing Threats / 12. Lessons Learned From School Crisis Incidents / 13. Emergency Preparedness Planning and Preparation / 14. Emergency Response and Crisis Management / 15. The Postcrisis Crisis: Managing Media and Parent Communications / 16. Preparing for the Postcrisis Crisis: Managing Mental Health, Security, Financial, Operational Continuity, Liability, and School-Community Political Issues / IV. FuTuRE DIRECTIONS / 17. State, Federal, and Academic Support for School Safety
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7431-8 • ©2012 • 328 pages • • Corwin
Leadership and LearningJan Robertson, New Zealand Coaching and Mentoring Centre • Helen Timperley, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Looking at a range of topics such as system leadership, professional learning communities and leading different cultures, and bringing together a host of internationally recognized academics in the field, this book is essential reading for all educational leaders.
CONTENTS PART I: EXPLORING MODELS FOR LEADERSHIP AND IMPROVEMENT / Establishing Platforms for Leadership and Learning / The Layering of Leadership / How Effective Leaders Reduce Educational Disparities / Leadership and Student Learning: What Works and How / Leadership and Student Learning Outcomes / Connecting Leadership and Learning / Realizing the Potential of System Leadership / PART II: CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING LEARNING-FOCuSED LEADERSHIP / Leading Professional Learning Communities / Leading Teachers’ Professional Learning / Leadership and Student Outcomes: Are Secondary Schools unique? / Instructional Leadership: Teacher Level / PART III: BROADENING IDEAS OF LEARNING AND kNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT / A Distributed Perspective on Learning Leadership / Leadership and Diversity / Educators as knowledge Leaders / Why the Study of Emotion Matters in School Leadership / Partnership in Leadership and Learning / Fusion and the Future of Leadership
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8492-0174-2 • ©2012 • 264 pages • SAGE
Leadership for Social Justice and Democracy in Our SchoolsAlan M. Blankstein, The HOPE Foundation, Bloomington, IN • Paul D. Houston, Center for Empowered Leadership
This ninth and final book in The Soul of Educational Leadership series offers practical strategies for promoting socially responsible school cultures that enhance student engagement.
CONTENTS 1. Respect / 2. Social Justice: Focusing on Assets to Overcome Barriers / 3. Becoming an Equity-Oriented Change Agent / 4. Are Women Prepared to Be School Superintendents? An Essay on the Myths and Misunderstandings / 5. Leading Schools of Character / 6. Teaching Social Responsibility / 7. Zero Indifference and Teachable Moments: School Leadership for Diversity, Inclusion and Justice / 8. Getting kids Ready for School - Raising the Village
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8161-3 • ©2012 • 208 pages • Corwin
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Theories of Educational Leadership and Management Fourth EditionTony Bush, University of Warwick, U.K.
This internationally popular and classic text has been thoroughly revised and updated in this Fourth Edition with the latest research findings, new case studies and examples from around the world, and an increased
focus on early years, post compulsory education and extended schools.
CONTENTS The Importance of Leadership and Management for Education / Models of Educational Leadership and Management / Formal Models / Collegial Models / Political Models / Subjective Models / Ambiguity Models / Cultural Models / Conclusion
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8486-0191-8 • ©2011 • 232 pages • SAGE
The School Leadership TriangleFrom Compliance to InnovationPaul L. kimmelman, Learning Point Associates
The author’s triangular framework based on federal policy compliance, effective leadership, and innovation helps schools and districts achieve continuous improvement in the 21st century.
CONTENTS 1. Compliance / 2. Leadership / 3. Innovation / 4. Final Thoughts and Conclusions
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7804-0 • ©2010 • 176 pages • Corwin
Bestseller!
The Moral Imperative RealizedMichael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development
Award-winning author and educational reform expert Michael Fullan takes the subject of moral leadership to the next level by showing how to put change into practice at the local and systemic levels. He outlines proven ways to: create a culture of moral leadership;
drive change with school leaders; achieve systemwide progress; and avoid educational blind alleys.
CONTENTS 1. Moral Purpose Is Not a Strategy / 2. Realized Moral Purpose / 3. School and District Symbiosis / 4. System Leaders
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9610-5 • ©2011 • 96 pages • Corwin
Creative LeadershipSkills That Drive Change Second EditionGerard J. Puccio, Buffalo State - State University of New York • Marie Mance, Buffalo State - State University of New York • Mary C. Murdock, Buffalo State - State University of New York
Successful leadership today relies heavily on an individual’s ability to effectively respond to and proactively drive change—in short, to be creative. This
book helps readers enhance their creative talents and employ these skills as a leader. New to the Second Edition is an expanded discussion of the important role creativity plays in leadership, a more extensive account of the skills necessary to be an effective creative leader, a broader range of historical and contemporary examples, and enhanced graphics throughout that bring the Creative Problem Solving model to life visually.
CONTENTS 1. Change, Leadership, and Creativity: The Powerful Connection / 2. Creative Problem Solving: A Framework for Creative Leadership / 3. Creative Leadership: The Foundational Skills for Creative Problem Solving / 4. Creative Leadership: The Cognitive and Affective Skill Base for Creative Problem Solving / 5. Transforming Your Thinking: Developing a Creative Mindset / 6. Assessing the Situation: Tools for Diagnostic Thinking / 7. Exploring the Vision: Tools for Visionary Thinking / 8. Formulating Challenges: Tools for Strategic Thinking / 9. Exploring Ideas: Tools for Ideational Thinking / 10. Formulating Solutions: Tools for Evaluative Thinking / 11. Exploring Acceptance: Tools for Contextual Thinking / 12. Formulating a Plan: Tools for Tactical Thinking / 13. Psychological Diversity: Leading People with Different Creativity Styles / 14. Building a Climate for Creativity: How Leadership Sets the Tone
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7757-9 • ©2011 • 376 pages • SAGE
The Principles of Educational Leadership & Management Second EditionTony Bush, University of Warwick, U.K. • Les Bell, University of Leicester, U.K. • David Middlewood, University of Warwick, U.K.
Fully revised and thoroughly updated, this Second Edition of this classic book brings together many leading international authors on educational leadership,
with brand new chapters from leaders in the field – ken Leithwood, Paul Begley, Allan Walker and Alma Harris. Providing an overview of essential topics within the field, this book adopts an international perspective and offers conceptual and empirical insights.
CONTENTS PART I: LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE / Introduction: New Directions in Educational Leadership / School Leaders’ Influences on Student Learning: The Four Paths / Leading with Moral Purpose: The Place of Ethics / Distributed Leadership: Evidence and Implications By Alma Harris / Where to Next for Educational Leadership? / PART II: DEVELOPING LEADERS / Teacher Professionalism and Continuing Professional Development: Contested Concepts and Their Implications for School Leaders / Leadership Development / Managing People and Performance / PART III: LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING / Leadership for Learning / Building and Leading Learning Cultures / Managing Resources to Support Learning / PART IV: LEADERSHIP FOR INCLuSION / Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion / Leading Educational Partnerships: New Models for Leadership? / Leadership and Educational Networks / Community and Leadership in Education
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8486-0210-6 • ©2011 • 320 pages • • SAGE
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Motion Leadership in ActionMore SkinnyMichael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development, Canada
Do your attempts at education reform seem to stall? In this indispensable sequel to the bestseller Motion Leadership, Michael Fullan shares the strategies, experience, and results of educators who have put motion leadership into practice. This book weaves time-tested theory with new stories of successful educational change from the uS and around the world. Focusing on maintaining momentum in your change process, Fullan addresses: creating and leading movement in the right direction; implementing a “ready-fire-aim” mindset; emphasizing the importance of collaboration; and establishing relationships while handling resistance.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-5693-1 • September 2012 • Corwin
Bestseller!
Motion LeadershipThe Skinny on Becoming Change SavvyMichael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development, Canada
Working with effective change leaders, Fullan shows how to “move” individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward. The book offers examples from Fullan’s global experience to help readers:
understand problems and work with change; mobilize peers to collaborate; earn trust by demonstrating integrity and competence; specialize in capacity building; and make progress and performance results transparent.
CONTENTS 1. The Skinny / 2. Change Problems / 3. Change Itself / 4. Connect Peers With Purpose / 5. Capacity Building Trumps Judgmentalism / 6. Learning Is the Work / 7. Transparency Rules / 8. Love, Trust, and Resistance / 9. Leadership for All
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8131-6 • ©2010 • 96 pages • Corwin
Bestseller!
Cultural ProficiencyA Manual for School Leaders Third EditionRandall B. Lindsey, California State University Los Angeles • kikanza Nuri Robins, The Robins Group • Raymond D. Terrell, Miami University, (OH)
This powerful Third Edition offers fresh approaches that enable school leaders to engage in effective interactions with students, educators, and the communities they
serve. Authors provide information gathered from their experiences working with schools, educational agencies, and organizations across the united States and Canada and show how school leaders can lead a learning community toward becoming a culturally proficient organization.
CONTENTS PART I: uNDERSTANDING CuLTuRAL PROFICIENCY / 1. Cultural Proficiency / 2. A Cultural and Historical Context for Our unfolding Democracy / 3. Leadership for Today’s Schools / 4. Framing Your Work With the Cultural Proficiency Tools / PART II: uSING THE TOOLS OF CuLTuRAL PROFICIENCY / 5. The First Tool: Overcoming Barriers / 6. The Second Tool: The Guiding Principles of Cultural Proficiency / 7. The Third Tool: The Cultural Proficiency Continuum / 8. The Fourth Tool: The Essential Elements / PART III: MAkING THE COMMITMENT TO CuLTuRAL PROFICIENCY / 9. The Case: One Last Look
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6363-3 • ©2009 • 344 pages • Corwin
Bestseller!
Leading With Passion and KnowledgeThe Principal as Action ResearcherNancy Fichtman Dana, University of Florida, Gainesville
Principals can harness the power of action research for their own professional development. This book provides guidance on developing questions, collecting data, and
sharing results.
CONTENTS 1. Administrator Inquiry Defined / 2. The Passions That Drive Your Journey: Finding a Wondering / 3. The Road Map: Developing a Data Collection Plan / 4. The Navigation of uncertain Terrain: Analyzing Data / 5. The Travelogue: Sharing Your Work With Others / 6. The Continuing Journey as “Head Learner”: Assessing the quality of Inquiry
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6705-1 • ©2009 • 240 pages • • Corwin
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Creative Approaches to Problem SolvingA Framework for Innovation and Change Third EditionScott G. Isaksen, Norwegian School of Management and Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc. • k. Brian Dorval, Think First Serve, Inc. • Donald J. Treffinger, Center for Creative Learning, Inc.
Provides a framework, language, guidelines, and set of easy-to-use tools for understanding challenges, generating ideas and transforming promising ideas into action, from leading experts in the field.
CONTENTS 1. Creative Approaches to Problem Solving / 2. Creative Problem Solving / 3. understanding the Challenge / 4. Generating Ideas / 5. Preparing for Action / 6. Planning Your Approach to CPS / 7. People as Creative Problem Solvers / 8. The Context for CPS / 9. The Role of Content / 10. CPS as a Change Method / 11. Designing Your Way Through CPS / 12. Applying CPS
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7773-9 • ©2011 • 320 pages • • SAGE
Bestseller!
Culturally Proficient LeadershipThe Personal Journey Begins WithinRaymond D. Terrell, Miami University, (OH) • Randall B. Lindsey, California State University Los Angeles
Addressing a broad range of equity issues, this interactive guide provides reflective questions and personal narratives to help leaders examine how underlying beliefs affect leadership practice.
CONTENTS PART I: LEADERSHIP AS AN INFORMED PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE / 1. The Leadership Journey Begins Within / 2. The Cultural Proficiency Leadership Lens / 3. Constructing Your Cultural Autobiography / PART II: kNOWING OuRSELVES / 4. Responding to Issues Related to Race, Ethnicity, and National Origin / 5. Responding to Issues Related to Language, Gender, and Social Class / 6. Responding to Issues Related to Sexual Orientation, Faith, and Ableness / PART III: LEADING FROM AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORk / 7. Culturally Competent and Proficient Leadership Actions / 8. Educators and the Promise of Democracy
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6917-8 • ©2009 • 192 pages • Corwin
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Getting Serious About the System A Fieldbook for District and School Leaders D’Ette Cowan, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory • Stacey Joyner, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory • Shirley Beckwith, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
For many districts, the improvement process can seem like trying to nail Jello to the wall. This fieldbook shows how to avoid a haphazard approach by focusing on all aspects of the system and specific issues that have most impact upon student achievement. This multidimensional process also entails increasing the competencies of everyone involved and implementing solutions districtwide. The authors outline a proven framework and offer step-by-step guidance for addressing the essential components and competencies of the local educational system.
CONTENTS Introduction to Systemic Improvement / 1. The “Works” of Working Systemically / 2. Phase I: understanding Systemic Improvement / 3. Phase II: Analyzing the System / 4. Phase III: Planning Action / 5. Phase IV: Taking Action & Monitoring Progress / 6. Phase V: Assessing & Reflecting on Outcomes
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-0511-3 • June 2012 • 160 pages • Corwin
The Survival Kit for the Elementary School PrincipalAbby Barry Bergman, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES • Judy Powers, Education Consultant • Michael L. Pullen, Principal, Rochester, NY
A great resource for the preservice administrator during coursework and/or internship, this book addresses daily challenges faced by all elementary school principals and offers expert solutions for virtually any leadership
or administrative issue. Includes time-saving forms, sample letters, charts, and checklists for successful day-to-day school administration. The book is a complete desktop reference with solutions for immediate problems or challenges.
CONTENTS 1. Your Role as Principal: “All Things to All People” or “Principle-Centered Leadership” / 2. How to Plan for the School Year: Setting Goals and Maintaining Focus / 3. Shared Decision Making: The key to a More Effective School / 4. Improving Teacher Observation and Evaluation / 5. The Principal’s Role in Curriculum Development and Renewal / 6. Assessment in the Elementary School: Purposes and Practices / 7. using the School Testing Program to Good Advantage / 8. Reporting Student Progress to Parents / 9. Administering Effective Programs for Students With Special Needs / 10. Student Discipline: Approaches, Alternatives, and Solutions / 11. Improving Your School’s Professional Development Program / 12. Promoting Effective Communication: Internal and External / 13. Promoting Positive Parent and Community Relations / 14. Technology and the Elementary School Program / 15. Effective Budget Preparation and Control / 16. Maintaining a Clean, Safe, and Secure School Environment / 17. Developing and Implementing Effective Class Placement Policies / 18. Effective and Creative School Scheduling Practices / 19. Staffing and Hiring: Critical Decisions for Principals / 20. Fostering a School Culture: Traditions and Ceremonies
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7277-2 • ©2010 • 408 pages • • Corwin
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The Principal’s CompanionStrategies for Making the Job Easier Third EditionPam Robbins, International Education Consultant • Harvey B. Alvy, Eastern Washington University
This bestseller serves as a personal mentor for principals, guiding school leaders on such critical areas as leadership skills, developing vision and a mission, teacher evaluation and supervision, curriculum, technology use, and conducting faculty meetings.
CONTENTS PART I: THE PRINCIPAL’S MANY ROLES / 1. Leader as Learner / 2. Leader as Manager / 3. Leader as Shaper of School Culture / PART II: CRITICAL SkILLS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP / 4. The Art of Human Relations: Getting the Job Done / 5. Managing Time / 6. Effectively Working With the Central Office and Other Schools: Forging Success Through Collaboration / PART III: HONORING THE SCHOOL’S MISSION / 7. understanding, Planning, and Implementing Change / 8. Building a Vision and a Mission Together / PART IV: WORkING TOGETHER TO BuILD A LEARNING ORGANIZATION / 9. Enhancing Teacher Growth Through Supervision and Evaluation Practices Designed to Promote Student Learning / 10. Maximizing Feedback About Teaching: Differentiated Professional Growth Options / 11. Building a Collaborative School: The Power of Teacher Leadership and Community / 12. Fueling the Learning Organization Through Professional Development / 13. Faculty Meetings: A Tool for Capacity Building / 14. Asking the Right questions About Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Getting to know the C.I.A. / PART V: STARTING EFFECTIVELY AND STAYING THE COuRSE / 15. First Days of School / 16. Tips: Ideas That Work and Align With the School’s Mission / PART VI: uNDERSTANDING YOuR CONSTITuENCIES / 17. Working With Parents and Partnering With the Greater Community / 18. Making a Difference for Students: The Heart of the School / PART VII: THE PRINCIPAL’S PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL WORLDS / 19. The Newcomer to the Principalship / 20. Taking Care of Yourself / 21. keeping the Professional Candle Lit / 22. Reflections on the Principalship
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6550-7 • ©2009 • 272 pages • • Corwin
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Leading Good Schools to GreatnessMastering What Great Principals Do WellSusan Penny Gray, San Diego State University • William A. Streshly, San Diego State University
using case studies, strategies, and activities, this book shows how to acquire the powerful personal leadership
characteristics that the best principals use to lead their schools to greatness.
CONTENTS 1. The Skills for Leading Good Schools to Greatness Can Be Learned / 2. First, Build Relationships / 3. How to Exercise Your Professional Will With Humility / 4. How to Face the Brutal Facts…Then Do Something about Them / 5. How to Get the Right Faculty on Board / 6. How to Find and Promote the Hedgehog Concept in Your School / 7. How to Build a School-Wide Culture of Self-Discipline / 8. The Road Ahead
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7978-8 • ©2010 • 208 pages • Corwin
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Teaching Matters MostA School Leader’s Guide to Improving Classroom InstructionThomas M. McCann, Northern Illinois University • Alan C. Jones, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL and Janssen-Cilag Ltd • Gail Aronoff, Community High School District 94, West Chicago, IL
unlike other books that stop at evaluating teachers and instruction, these authors argue that school leaders
must work to grow the instructional capacities within their schools. To meet this goal, they offer school leaders a three-step process that involves: (1) envisioning what good teaching looks like; (2) measuring the quality of current instruction against this standard; and (3) working relentlessly to move the quality of instruction closer and closer to the ideal.
CONTENTS 1. What Are Common Practices in Schools? / 2. What Distinguishes quality Teaching? / 3. How Can We Learn About the quality of Our Teaching? / 4. What Should Induction and Mentoring Look Like? / 5. What Should Professional Development Look Like? / 6. How Can Teacher Evaluation Become More Meaningful? / 7. How Can We Sustain a Culture of Exceptional Instruction? / 8. How Do We Face Our Leadership Challenges?
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-0510-6 • June 2012 • 200 pages • Corwin
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The PrincipalLeadership for a Global SocietyBruce M. Whitehead, University of Montana • Floyd Boschee, The University of South Dakota • Robert H. Decker, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
The Principal: Leadership for a Global Society is the core textbook for aspiring and practicing k-12 school principals. Taking a practice-to-theory and research-grounded approach, this inspiring text prepares school
leaders to successfully face the challenges that principals deal with on a day to day basis and throughout their careers. From curriculum development to staff development to policy and discipline, it addresses the most up-to-date practices in developing leadership skills. The book provides a wide array of pedagogical features to help school principals improve programs, create a safer and more enriching environment for students and faculty; meet school, district, community, state, and national ideologies and standards; and much more. After reading The Principal, the educational leaders of tomorrow will be equipped with innovative, practical, and successful leadership concepts and ideas that will help them make a powerful impact on not just those who walk through the school doors, but also within the surrounding community.
CONTENTS PART I: FOuNDATIONS OF PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP / 1. Nature of Leadership: Challenge of the Times / 2. Metaphorical History of the Principalship: A Perspective of the Past / 3. Theory: A Cornerstone of Leadership / 4. Principals and Political Issues / II: PROCESS OF LEADERSHIP FOR THE PRINCIPAL / 5. The Wisdom of Planning / 6. The Principal’s Role in Curriculum Development and Implementation / 7. Implementing Change / 8. Developing Systemic Leadership / III: FORCES OF LEADERSHIP / 9. MANAGING SCHOOLS / 10. Leadership and Supervision / 11. Discipline: A Principal’s Challenge / 12. Improving Teacher Evaluation / IV: THE PRINCIPAL AND CuRRENT TRENDS / 13. Leadership and Public Relations / 14. Practical Applications of Leadership / 15. Current Trends in Leadership / 16. Principal Alerts: Issues in School Leadership
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4129-8710-3 • October 2012 • 528 pages • SAGE •
Transforming Schools for English LearnersA Comprehensive Framework for School LeadersDebbie Zacarian, Center for English Language Education, MA
Each chapter in this book focuses on a key element of EL education programming as it relates to the entire school, addressing such critical topics as: selecting
the appropriate program model; managing time appropriately for English language development and content learning; making data-driven decisions using effective measures of student performance; and effectively using Response to Intervention (RTI).
CONTENTS 1. Administering Schools With English Learners / 2. Developing a Rationale for Programming by understanding key Historical Events, Principles, and Program Model Types / 3. Selecting Effective Program Models / 4. Designing, Implementing, and/or Strengthening the English as a Second Language Component / 5. Addressing the Subject Matter Component of an English Language Education Program / 6. Emphasizing the Importance of Parent Engagement / 7. Identifying and Working With English Learners With Learning Differences and Learning Disabilities / 8. Making Data-Driven Decisions Based on Effective Measures of Student Performance
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9040-0 • ©2012 • 200 pages • Corwin
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Leading Academic Achievement for English Language LearnersA Guide for PrincipalsBetty J. Alford, Stephen F. Austin State University • Mary Catherine Niño, Stephen F. Austin State University
This practical guide equips school leaders to shape a culture conducive to high academic achievement
for English language learners. Provides steps for developing teacher capacity, applying successful instructional practices, and advocating for ELLs.
CONTENTS 1. Preparing for Success: Strengthening a Culture of Academic Achievement / 2. Advocating for Student Success / 3. Strengthening knowledge of Second Language Acquisition / 4. The Principal’s Role in Building Capacity Through quality Professional Development / 5. Strengthening Home-School-Community-university Connections / 6. Resources for School Improvement in Meeting the Needs of ELLs
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8160-6 • ©2012 • 168 pages • Corwin
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Opening the Common CoreHow to Bring ALL Students to College and Career ReadinessCarol C. Burris, Rockville Centre School District, NY • Delia T. Garrity, Educational Consultant
As with any major school reform initiative, CCSS’ success depends upon effective and well-designed
implementation. This book focuses on how k-12 schools can build the rigor and skills of college readiness for all students. The four key ingredients to achieving this goal are summed up in the authors’ “ACES” framework: acceleration, critical thinking, equity, and support.
CONTENTS 1. What Matters Most / 2. Leading with Roots and Wings / 3. The Promises and Possibilities of Common Core State Standards / 4. A Relevant and Rigorous Common Core Curriculum / 5. Inviting students to Learn / 6. Powerful Professional Learning for Adults / 7. Next-Generation Assessment Systems / 8. Powerful Learning Through Powerful Technology / 9. Accountability for Excellence and Equity
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-2623-1 • May 2012 • 192 pages • Corwin
The Power of Teacher TeamsWith Cases, Analyses, and Strategies for SuccessVivian Troen • katherine C. Boles
While most educators believe working in teams is valuable, not all team efforts lead to instructional improvement. Through richly detailed case studies, The Power of Teacher Teams demonstrates how schools
can transform their teams into more effective learning communities that foster teacher leadership. Also included are a DVD with video case studies and a CD with reproducibles.
CONTENTS 1. Read This First / 2. Get Ready for Better Teams / 3. What Makes a Good Team, What Makes a Team Good? / 4. Instructional Leadership: Principals and Teacher Leaders / 5. Team Development and Strategies for Success / 6. Teaching Cases
Paperback w/DVD & CD ISBN: 978-1-4129-9133-9 • ©2012 • 248 pages • Corwin
The Instructional Leader and the Brainusing Neuroscience to Inform PracticeMargaret Glick
Brain pioneer Margaret Glick weaves the fields of cognitive science, educational leadership, and instruction into a cohesive framework for understanding how the brain learns and shows how to apply this
knowledge to teacher and student learning.
CONTENTS 1. A Brain Primer – Major Structures and Their Functions / 2. Emotions / 3. Attention and Engagement / 4. The Power Processing / 5. Feedback / 6. Memory
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8822-3 • ©2012 • 208 pages • Corwin
Promoting Academic Achievement Among English LearnersA Guide to the ResearchClaude Goldenberg, Stanford University • Rhoda Coleman, California State University, Long Beach
Presents current research about providing the highest-quality educational services for language-minority students with specific recommendations for developing
effective policies and programs.
CONTENTS 1. Why This Book? / 2. The Role of the Home Language / 3. Literacy Instruction in a Second Language / 4. Promoting English Oral Language Development / 5. Academic Instruction in a Second Language / 6. School and District Role: Focus and Coherence / 7. Social, Cultural, and Family Influences / 8. The Research Goes to School / 9. Conclusion: What’s Next?
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-5549-2 • ©2010 • 192 pages • Corwin
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Leading the Common Core State StandardsFrom Common Sense to Common PracticeCheryl Dunkle, Leadership and Learning Center
This book guides leaders in successfully implementing the CCSS for continuous quality improvement in schools. The author addresses topics such as:
transitioning schools and districts to align with the CCSS; communicating to teachers and parents regarding the CCSS; determining which teaching and learning practices need to change; garnering resources and support for reforms; and more.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-0392-8 • May 2012 • 184 pages • Corwin
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Curriculum LeadershipStrategies for Development and Implementation Third EditionAllan A. Glatthorn, late, East Carolina University • Floyd Boschee, The University of South Dakota • Bruce M. Whitehead, University of Montana and Missoula School District #4 • Bonni F. Boschee, Northern State University
Responding to the need for globally connected classrooms and innovative leadership, this unique text provides a rich and inclusive foundation of curriculum. The authors draw upon a wide range of research and experience to provide readers with creative, up-to-date curriculum strategies and ideas. In sharing innovative programs, learning experiences, and new approaches, they build a solid connection for curriculum development from theory to practice, helping future leaders in education meet the global challenges of our time.
CONTENTS PART I: FOuNDATIONS OF CuRRICuLuM / 1. The Nature of Curriculum / 2. Curriculum History: The Perspective of the Past / 3. Curriculum Theory / 4. The Politics of Curriculum / PART II: CuRRICuLuM PROCESSES / 5. Curriculum Planning / 6. Improving the Program of Studies / 7. Improving a Field of Study / 8. Processes for Developing New Courses and units / PART III: CuRRICuLuM MANAGEMENT / 9. Supervising the Curriculum: Teachers and Materials Supervising the Taught Curriculum / 10. Curriculum Development and Implementation / 11. Aligning the Curriculum / 12. Curriculum Evaluation / PART IV: CuRRENT TRENDS IN THE CuRRICuLuM / 13. Current Developments in the Subject Fields / 14. Current Developments across the Curriculum / 15. Individualizing the Curriculum
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4129-9219-0 • ©2012 • 552 pages • • • SAGE
Aligning Your Curriculum to the Common Core State StandardsJoe Crawford
Milken Award-winning educator and author, Joe Crawford, shares his proven process for building a viable local curriculum based on the CCSS. He discusses topics such as: a system for creating local standards from the CCSS; methods for connecting the common, formative assessments to quarterly instructional objectives; ways to scaffold learning
expectations; examples taken from districts where CCSS is currently implemented; and more.
CONTENTS 1. Overview of CCSS and Associated Leadership Issues / 2. Curriculum Issues and a National Curriculum Model / 3. The Development and use of Local CCSS, quarterly Instructional Objectives, and Common Formative Assessments / 4. A Sample k-12 Curriculum / 5. The Journey Ahead
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-1647-8 • ©2012 • 248 pages • Corwin
Literacy Is NOT Enough21st Century Fluencies for the Digital AgeLee Crockett, 21st Century Fluency Project • Ian Jukes, 21st Century Fluency Project • Andrew Churches, 21st Century Fluency Project
In a culture of technology-driven automation, abundance, and access to global labor markets, educating students to traditional literacy standards is no longer enough. In this new volume, the authors present an effective framework
for integrating comprehensive literacy or “fluency” into the traditional curriculum: Solution Fluency; Information Fluency; Creativity Fluency; and Collaboration Fluency.
CONTENTS 1. Highly Educated, useless People / 2. Is the Factory Gone? / 3. 21st-Century Fluencies / 4. Solution Fluency / 5. Information Fluency / 6. Creativity Fluency / 7. Media Fluency / 8. Collaboration Fluency / 9. Global Digital Citizenship / 10. 21st-Century Learning Environment / 11. 21st-Century Fluency Lessons / 12. So Where Do We Begin?
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8780-6 • ©2012 • 232 pages • Corwin
Cross-Curricular Learning 3-14 Second EditionJonathan Barnes, Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K.
Fully updated in line with recent curriculum developments and including expanded coverage of social science perspectives on learning and a range of new case studies, this Second Edition continues to be the must-have textbook on cross-curricular teaching and learning for the age group 3-14.
CONTENTS What Should Schooling in the 21st Century Look Like? / Cross-Curricular Policy and Practice / What Does Good Cross-Curricular Practice Look Like? / Social Perspectives on the Learning Journey / What Does Neuroscience Tell us about Cross-Curricular Learning? / Psychology and Cross-Curricular Learning / Cross-Curricular Pedagogies / What Principles Should We Apply? / What Themes Are Suitable for Cross-Curricular Learning? / How Can We Assess Cross-Curricular and Creative Learning? / How Should We Plan for Cross-Curricular Activity? / key Issues for Debate
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8570-2068-0 • ©2012 • 328 pages • SAGE
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The Principal’s Guide to Curriculum LeadershipRichard D. Sorenson, University of Texas at El Paso • Lloyd Milton Goldsmith, Abilene Christian University • Zulma Y. Méndez • karen Taylor Maxwell
This comprehensive guide walks principals through the curriculum development and renewal process with a focus on integrating standards. Includes case studies, activities, and curriculum models.
CONTENTS 1. Defining Curriculum Leadership / 2. A Curriculum Leadership Journey / 3. Principal Expectations as Curriculum Leader / 4. The Principal?s Role in Curriculum Change and Innovation / 5. Curriculum Leadership in Action / 6. Where the Action Is: Building Relationships with Teachers / 7. Systematically Integrating Curriculum and Instruction / 8. Professional Learning and Curriculum Leadership / 9. The Principal and Legislated Learning: Working the System and the Prospects of Curriculum Renewal / 10. Trailblazing Digital Curriculum Leadership 101
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8080-7 • ©2012 • 320 pages • Corwin
Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned CurriculumA Process ManualJoe Crawford
Award-winning educator Joe Crawford describes how to use Power Standards to build an effective standards-based curriculum and integrate them into instruction to achieve student success.
CONTENTS 1. Process Overview and Curriculum Issues / 2. Designing the Work Process / 3. Developing and Deploying the Power Standards / 4. The Next Step: quarterly Instructional Objectives / 5. Planning for Common, Aligned Assessments / 6. Special Concerns and Issues / 7. Troubleshooting and Follow Through
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9116-2 • ©2012 • 216 pages • Corwin
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Deciding What to Teach and TestDeveloping, Aligning, and Leading the Curriculum Third EditionFenwick W. English, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Focusing on curriculum leadership and closing the achievement gap, this influential book is updated with new insights on developing and aligning curriculum in a standards-based environment.
CONTENTS 1. The Function of Curriculum in Schools / 2. A Template for Curriculum Construction / 3. Aligning the Curriculum / 4. The Challenge of Curriculum Leadership in the Teaching and Testing Nexus
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6013-7 • ©2010 • 168 pages • Corwin
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The Principal as Curriculum LeaderShaping What Is Taught and Tested Third EditionAllan A. Glatthorn, late, • Jerry M. Jailall
Featuring current research, how-to strategies, and more, this bestseller shows principals how to provide strong leadership to influence curriculum at local and state levels.
CONTENTS PART I: LAYING THE FOuNDATIONS / 1. What It Means to Be a Curriculum Leader: No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Beyond / 2. The Four Curriculum Levels: State, District, School, and Classroom / 3. Importance of the Principal / PART II: SHAPING STATE AND DISTRICT CuRRICuLA / 4. State Policies and Frameworks / 5. District Curricula / PART III: PROVIDING LEADERSHIP / 6. Developing Vision and Goals / 7. Rethinking the Program of Studies / 8. Committing to a Learning-Centered Schedule / 9. Integrating the Curriculum / 10. Aligning the Curriculum / 11. Monitoring the Implementation Process / PART IV: WORkING WITH TEACHERS / 12. Making Yearly Planning Calendars / 13. Developing units of Study / 14. Enriching the Curriculum and Remediating Learning / 15. Evaluating the Curriculum / PART V: LOOkING AHEAD / 16. Curriculum Leadership: Putting It All Together
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6035-9 • ©2009 • 216 pages • Corwin
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Curriculum TheoryConflicting Visions and Enduring ConcernsSecond EditionMichael Stephen Schiro, Boston College
The Second Edition of Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns presents a clear, unbiased, and rigorous description of the major
curriculum philosophies that have influenced educators and schooling over the last century. Author Michael Stephen Schiro analyzes four educational visions—Scholar Academic, Social Efficiency, Learner Centered, and Social Reconstruction—to enable readers to reflect on their own educational beliefs and more productively interact with educators who might hold different beliefs.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction to the Curriculum Ideologies / 2. Scholar Academic Ideology / 3. Social Efficiency Ideology / 4. Learner Centered Ideology / 5. Social Reconstruction Ideology / 6. A Comparative Overview of the Curriculum Ideologies / 7. Individual Perspectives on the Curriculum Ideologies / Appendix: Curriculum Ideologies Inventory / About the Author
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8890-2 • April 2012 • 320 pages • SAGE •
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Making the Common Core Standards Workusing Professional Development to Build World-Class SchoolsRichard J. Hawkins • Robert Manley
This book examines the rationale for Common Core State Standards and provides the readers with the means to use them to transform their schools into
world class educational institutions. The authors provide practical advice, examples, and design considerations that are modifiable for any culture, school, or district that is serious about being part of the new age of American achievement and prosperity.
CONTENTS 1. Common Core State Standards: What Are They? / 2. The School Leaders Role in Making the Common Core State Standards Work / 3. Designing Local Curriculum to Absorb the Common Core State Standards in English / 4. Designing Local Curriculum to Absorb the Common Core Standards in / 5. Challenges to the Implementation of Rigorous Common Core State Standards / 6. How to Assess Mastery of the Common Core Curriculum Standards / 7. The Leadership Challenge: Creating Common understandings of the CCSS / 8. Dialogue: Providing Opportunity So Facts Influence Opinions / 9. Multicultural Issues that Teachers and School Leaders Must Face Beyond the Common Core State Standards / 10. An Effective Intervention in Schools that Improves Instruction and Learning / 11. Public Policy: Helpful and Harmful
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-5857-7 • November 2012 • 328 pages • Corwin
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Improving Student Learning When Budgets Are TightAllan R. Odden, University of Wisconsin–Madison
How do you stay focused on increasing student learning when budget cuts threaten everything you are striving for? This book offers a comprehensive framework to enhance student achievement in good times and in bad. School reform expert Allan R.
Odden outlines a school improvement action plan focused sharply on student learning and then shows how to target resources to implement each strategy in that plan. More than just a “theory” book, this text describes concrete, specific actions that can be taken immediately.
CONTENTS 1. A Plan of Action: Turning Around Low and Enhancing High Performing Schools / 2. Resource Needs of the Plan of Action / 3. Targeting Resources to Student Learning When Budgets are Tight / 4. Recruiting, Developing and Compensating Top Educator Talent: Local Practices and Supporting State Policies / 5. Computers and Technology in Education: Costs and Online Options / 6. When Budget Cuts Are Necessary
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-1708-6 • February 2012 • 208 pages • Corwin
School Budgeting for Hard TimesConfronting Cutbacks and CriticsWilliam k. Poston, Jr., Iowa State University
The proven strategies for performance-based budgeting will help administrators attain the truly important goals while avoiding the dire cutbacks that threaten local educational systems’
effectiveness.
CONTENTS 1. Performance-Based Budgeting: Beginning the Journey: An Overview / 2. Why Change: The Rationale for Performance-Based Budgeting / 3. Budget Planning for Financial Effectiveness and Efficiency / 4. Budgeting for Financial Prudence and Productivity / 5. Organizing and Goal Setting for Performance-Based Budgeting / 6. Constructing the Process for Performance-Based Budgeting / 7. Developing Performance-Based Budget Increment Packages / 8. Determining Budget Priorities and Component Funding Levels / 9. Building the Budget Recommendation / 10. Budget Issues and Evaluation / 11. Ideas to Action: Commencing the Journey
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9090-5 • ©2011 • 200 pages • Corwin
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The Principal’s Guide to School BudgetingSecond EditionRichard D. Sorenson, University of Texas at El Paso • Lloyd Milton Goldsmith, Abilene Christian University
This book is purposefully written for practicing and aspiring public and private school administrators who desire to enhance their instructional, technical, and managerial skills not only as the school’s leader but also as the school’s visionary, planning coordinator, and budgeting manager. The authors provide the reader with an essential understanding of the interwoven relationship between two independent yet distinctly connected accountability systems - academic and fiscal. Readers will find an overview of school budgeting practices, school-oriented situations, how to relate national leadership standards to sound budgeting practice, and build skills to plan and develop a budget, allocate, expend, monitor funds, manage and evaluate budget reports, and prepare school action plans aligned with a fiscal accountability system. Included within are practical tools, templates, discussion questions, and techniques.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-5547-7 • November 2012 • 264 pages • Corwin
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The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of TeachersIssues of Employment and InstructionAllan G. Osborne, Jr., Principal (Retired), Snug Harbor Community School, Quincy, Massachusetts • Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
This book answers the important legal questions regarding employment and instruction. key topics include tenure, collective bargaining, academic freedom, copyright law, safety, and student bullying.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction: The Historical and Legal Foundations of Public Education / 2. School Governance and the Teacher / 3. Basic Constitutional Rights and Freedoms / 4. Employment Terms and Conditions / 5. Collective Bargaining / 6. Prohibitions Against Employment Discrimination / 7. Teacher Discipline, Dismissal, and Due Process / 8. Curricular and Instructional Issues / 9. Tort Liability
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7546-9 • ©2012 • 352 pages • Corwin
Special Education Law Fourth EditionLaura Rothstein, University of Louisville and Louis D. Brandeis School of Law • Scott F. Johnson, Concord Law School
The Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive and current overview of the major federal laws—and judicial interpretations of those laws—that apply to the education of children with special needs. The text helps students understand what the law requires so that when they become educators, they can develop policies
and make decisions that comply with these laws.
CONTENTS 1. The Legal System and How It Works / 2. History of Special Education Law / 3. Statutory Provisions: A General Overview / 4. The People / 5. Who Is Protected / 6. Identification and Evaluation / 7. Eligibility / 8. Individualized Education Program / 9. Free Appropriate Public Education / 10. Related Services / 11. Placement and Least Restrictive Environment / 12. Private School Placements, Residential Placements, and Public School Choice Programs / 13. Special Issues With Secondary Students / 14. Cost Issues / 15. Procedural Safeguards: An Overview / 16. Discipline / 17. Dispute Resolution / 18. Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act / 19. Education Records / 20. Special Education Malpractice / 21. Remedies / 22. The Status and Future of Special Education Law
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6771-6 • ©2010 • 400 pages • • SAGE
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What Every Principal Needs to Know About Special Education Second EditionMargaret J. McLaughlin, University of Maryland
Addressing recent federal mandates, this volume provides principals with information on accessing the general curriculum, standardized testing, and
individualized education plans.
CONTENTS SECTION I: CREATING quALITY SPECIAL EDuCATION: uNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF SPECIAL EDuCATION / SECTION II: CREATING quALITY SPECIAL EDuCATION: THE FOuNDATIONS / SECTION III: CREATING quALITY SPECIAL EDuCATION: THE CONTEXT / SECTION IV: SuMMARY
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6416-6 • ©2009 • 120 pages • Corwin
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School LawVolume 8Edited by Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
This volume in the point/counterpoint Debating Issues in American Education reference series tackles the topic of school law. Fifteen to twenty chapters explore such varied issues as academic freedom, copyright, privacy rights of students and of teachers, due process rights, unions and collective bargaining, and more. Each chapter opens with an
introductory essay by the volume editor, followed by point/counterpoint articles written and signed by invited experts, and concludes with Further Readings and Resources, thus providing readers with views on multiple sides of legal issues within the school setting and pointing them toward more in-depth resources for further exploration.
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4129-8758-5 • September 2012 • 432 pages • SAGE
Student Assessment
Everything School Leaders Need to Know About AssessmentW. James Popham, University of California, Los Angeles
With plain language and practical examples, Popham covers key understandings for school leaders, including validity, formative assessment, interpreting test results, instructional sensitivity, and more.
CONTENTS 1. Why Do We Test? / 2. Validity: Assessment’s Cornerstone / 3. Test Reliability / 4. Assessment Bias / 5. Instructional Sensitivity / 6. Test Construction / 7. Rubrics: Potentially Potent Evaluative Tools / 8. Formative Assessment: underused Magic Bullet / 9. Assessing Students’ Affect / 10. “Top 20” Crucial understandings About Educational Assessment
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7979-5 • ©2010 • 224 pages • Corwin
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Administration and Leadership
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Coaching and MentoringBob Garvey, Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.
Written to challenge, stimulate, and inform, this book takes a critical look at the rapidly-growing field of coaching and mentoring. Focusing on all types of organization—public, private, large, small, and not-
for-profit—Robert Garvey delves into contemporary debates such as concerns about standards, competencies, and codes of ethics, interspersed with views on power, control, and politics.
CONTENTS What Is Mentoring and What Is Coaching? / Are Coaching and Mentoring the Same? The Definition Debate / What Are the Discourses and What Are We Not Hearing in Coaching and Mentoring? / Are We Obsessed with Skills and Competences in Coaching and Mentoring? / What Is Performance in Coaching and Mentoring? / The Psychological Influences on Coaching and Mentoring / Conclusions and Further questions
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8492-0783-6 • ©2012 • 128 pages • SAGE
Extending Professional Practice in the Early YearsEdited by Linda Miller, The Open University, U.K. • Carrie Cable, The Open University, U.K. • Rose Drury, The Open University, U.K.
Encouraging readers to take a critical stance in relation to a variety of themes and issues, this book is aimed at early years practitioners engaged in on-going learning and working in a diverse range of settings. Throughout
the book, authors reflect common concerns such as the rights of children, diversity, and a more holistic approach to working with young children, and highlight key research in the field.
CONTENTS PART I: LISTENING TO CHILDREN / Ways of seeing : using the Mosaic Approach to listen to young children’s perspectives / Is my city or community child-friendly? / Horses in the sandpit: photography, prolonged involvement and ‘stepping back’ as strategies for listening to children’s voices / Conducting research with young children : some ethical considerations / Promoting young children’s development: implications of the uN Convention on the Rights of the Child / PART II: DIVERSITY AND TRANSITIONS / questioning diversity / Inclusive practice for children with Special Educational Needs / Childcare Practitioners and the Process of Professionalization / Reflective family-centred practice: parents’ perspectives and early intervention / The challenges for children experiencing rural poverty in Wales / ‘Just like having a best friend.’ How babies and toddlers construct relationships with their key workers in nurseries / ‘I didn’t expect I would get tons of friends… more each day’: children’s experiences of friendship during the transition to school / Postmodern and Post-structuralist perspectives on early childhood education / PART III: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE / ‘Improper’ children / Digital technologies at home: the experiences of 3- and 4-year-olds in Scotland / A cultural-historical theory of children’s development / Through a different lens: exploring Reggio Emilia in a Welsh context / Pedagogy - a holistic, personal approach to work with children and young people, across services / PART IV: LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE / Constructions of Professional Identity / Leading and managing in the Early Years / Building and leading a team / Effective Leadership in the Early Years Sector: the ELEYS study / Negotiating the moral maze: developing ethical literacy in multi-agency settings
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4462-0752-9 • ©2012 • 336 pages • • SAGE
Educational LeadershipContext, Strategy and CollaborationMargaret Preedy, Open University, UK • Nigel Bennett, Open University, UK • Christine Wise, The Open University, UK
The book explores major challenges for educational leaders in managing the increasingly permeable boundary between educational organizations and their external contexts, and reconciling environmental
expectations and internal priorities. It will encourage you to positively problematize the field and reflect on current debates and issues.
CONTENTS PART I: LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND VALuES / An overview of the leadership discourses / From successful school leadership towards distributed leadership / The nature and specialised purposes of educational leadership / Emotional intelligence, emotional labour and affective leadership / PART II: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND MANAGING CHANGE / Concepts of leadership in organisational change / The nature and dimensions of strategic leadership / The strategy lenses / The practice of leadership in the messy world of organisation / PART III: LEADERSHIP IN CONTEXT / Reframing the role of organisations in policy implementation: resources for practice, in practice / Contextualising leader dynamics: how public service leaders endeavour to build influence / Stories of compliance and subversion in a prescriptive policy environment / Evaluation, accountability and performance measurement in national education systems: trends, methods and issues / ‘Blended leadership’: employee perspectives on effective leadership in the uk Further Education sector / Leadership for diversity and inclusion / PART IV: PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION / Reconfiguring urban leadership: taking a perspective on community / Networks as power bases for school improvement / Inter-professional work and expertise: new roles at the boundaries of schools / Approaches to system leadership: lessons learned and policy pointers / PART V: LOOkING TO THE FuTuRE / Leadership, participation and power in the school system / The fourth way
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4462-0164-0 • ©2012 • 312 pages • • SAGE
Family Partnership WorkingA Guide for Education PractitionersRita Cheminais, Freelance Education Consultant
Rita Cheminais provides an evaluation framework that will enable practitioners to review current practice, and further enhance and develop their partnership working with families. Guidance on auditing your own work and
action planning is included, and the book provides a range of practical resources which are available to download from the SAGE website.
CONTENTS The Context and Concept of Family Partnership Working / How to Achieve Effective Family Partnership Working / Auditing Family Partnership Working and Action Planning / Building a Family Partnership Working Portfolio of Evidence / Monitoring, Evaluating and Assessing Family Partnership Working / Communicating with Families
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4462-0800-7 • ©2012 • 128 pages • • SAGE
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Leading and Managing in the Early Years Second EditionCarol Aubrey, University of Warwick, UK
This Second Edition explores and integrates leadership and management practice with a real understanding of early years settings.
CONTENTS 1. The early childhood leaders’ agenda / 2. Leadership in English early childhood education
and care / 3. Practitioners’ understandings of early childhood leadership / 4. Early childhood leaders’ work / 5. ‘I don’t like the idea of making a profit … exploiting those on low wages’ / 6. Journeys into leadership / 7. Mentoring as a leadership strategy / 8. The challenge of leading multi-agency teams / 9. Leading in a time of change / 10. Reflective practice and action learning / 11. Reflections
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8492-0755-3 • ©2012 • 240 pages • SAGE
Multi-agency Working in the Early YearsChallenges and OpportunitiesMichael Gasper, Educational Consultant and Researcher
Getting multi-agency working right is an exciting but challenging goal in early years care and education; this book suggests ways to draw together the different professional ideas, methods, and targets.
CONTENTS What is partnership working, where did it come from and why is it important? / The models and principles that form the basis of partnership working in practice / Developments in partnership working / Partnership working in practice / Why partnership working matters / Leadership and management issues in multi-agency settings / The ‘new professionals’
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-8478-7528-0 • ©2011 • 176 pages • • SAGE
Research Methods in Education
Qualitative Research in EducationA user’s Guide Third EditionMarilyn Lichtman, Virginia Tech
This text continues to bring together the essential elements of qualitative research, including traditions and influences in the field and practical, step-by-step coverage of each stage of the research
process. Synthesizing the best thinking on conducting qualitative research in education, author Marilyn Lichtman uses a conversational writing style that draws readers into the excitement of the research process. Real-world examples provide both practical and theoretical information, helping readers understand abstract ideas and apply them to their own research.
CONTENTS PART I: TRADITIONS AND INFLuENCES / 1. Introduction and Overview of the Field / 2. Learning How to be a qualitative Researcher / 3. Ethical Issues in qualitative Research / 4. Designing Your Research: Five Popular Research Approaches / 5. Designing Your Research: Additional Research Approaches / PART II: GATHERING, ORGANIZING, AND ANALYZING / 6. Social Media, the Internet, and Technology / 7. Embarking on qualitative Research / 8. Reflexivity and Subjectivity / 9. The Role and Function of a Literature Review / 10. Learning about others Through Interviewing / 11. Learning About Others Through Observations and Other Techniques / PART III: PuTTING IT ALL TOGETHER / 12. Making Meaning From Your Data / 13. Communicating Your Ideas / 14. Judging and Evaluating / 15. Thinking About the Future
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9532-0 • January 2012 • 368 pages • • • SAGE
Research Methods in EducationJoseph Check, University of Massachusetts Boston • Russell k. Schutt, University of Massachusetts Boston
This lively and innovative text introduces research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating questions about the educational world. It helps students connect technique and substance, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical
research decisions. It weaves actual research “stories” into the presentation of research topics, and it emphasizes validity, authenticity, and practical significance as overarching research goals.The text is divided into three sections: Foundations of Research (5 chapters), Research Design and Data Collection (7 chapters), and Analyzing and Reporting Data (3 chapters). This tripartite conceptual framework honors traditional quantitative approaches while reflecting the growing popularity of qualitative studies, mixed method designs, and school-based techniques. This approach provides a comprehensive, conceptually unified, and well-written introduction to the exciting but complex field of educational research.
CONTENTS PART I: FOuNDATIONS OF RESEARCH / 1. Science, Schooling, and Educational Research / 2. The Process and Problems of Educational Research / 3. Ethics in Research / 4. Conceptualization and Measurement / 5. Sampling / PART II: RESEARCH DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTION / 6. Causation and Research Design / 7. Evaluation Research / 8. Survey Research / 9. qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening / 10. Single-Subject Design / 11. Mixing and Comparing Methods and Studies / 12. Teacher Research and Action Research / PART III: ANALYZING AND REPORTING DATA / 13. quantitative Data Analysis / 14. qualitative Data Analysis / 15. Proposing and Reporting Research
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-4009-2 • ©2012 • 440 pages • • • SAGE
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Educational Researchquantitative, qualitative, and Mixed Approaches Fourth EditionBurke Johnson, University of South Alabama • Larry Christensen, University of South Alabama
This is a comprehensive introductory research methods textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate students. Readers will develop an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies used in education and related fields, the ability to read and critically evaluate published research, and the ability to write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own.
CONTENTS PART I: INTRODuCTION / 1. Introduction to Educational Research / 2. quantitative, qualitative, and Mixed Research / PART II: PLANNING THE RESEARCH STuDY / 3. How to Review the Literature and Develop Research questions / 4. How to Write a Research Proposal / 5. Research Ethics / PART III: FOuNDATIONS OF RESEARCH / 6. Standardized Measurement and Assessment / 7. How to Construct a questionnaire / 8. Methods of Data Collection / 9. Sampling in quantitative, qualitative, and Mixed Research / 10. Validity of Research Results in quantitative, qualitative, and Mixed Research / PART IV: SELECTING A RESEARCH METHOD / 11. Experimental Research / 12. quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs / 13. Nonexperimental quantitative Research / 14. qualitative Research / 15. Historical Research / 16. Mixed Research / PART V: ANALYZING THE DATA / 17. Descriptive Statistics / 18. Inferential Statistics / 19. Data Analysis in qualitative and Mixed Research / PART VI: WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT / 20. How to Prepare a Research Report and use APA Style Guidelines
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4129-7828-6 • ©2012 • 648 pages • • • SAGE
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Introduction to Educational ResearchA Critical Thinking Approach Second EditionW. Newton Suter, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Engaging, informative, and nontechnical, this text was written and organized specifically for students intending to conduct future educational research.
It enables students to think clearly and critically about the process of research and illustrates how easily research can be misinterpreted. The author empowers educators and makes research truly accessible by equipping readers with the reasoning and thinking skills needed to understand and critically evaluate empirical studies across all areas of education. Students are guided through the stages of the research process: thinking about research, formulating hypotheses, selecting appropriate research designs, collecting and analyzing statistical and qualitative data, and completing research analyses and critiques. As a result, students will better understand research as an integrated process, as well as show how and why researchers think like they do.
CONTENTS PART I: FOuNDATIONS / 1. Educators as Critical Thinkers / 2. Thinking About Research / 3. Diversity of Educational Research / PART II: RESEARCH AS PROCESS / 4. The Research Problem / 5. Research Language / 6. Theory and Practice / PART III: DATA COLLECTION / 7. Research Bias and Control / 8. Sampling in Research / 9. Measurement in Research / PART IV: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS / 10. Common Experimental Research Designs / 11. Common Non-Intervention Research Designs / 12. qualitative Data, Analysis, and Design / 13. Statistical Data Analysis / PART V: CONSuMER TO PRODuCER / 14. Research Analysis and Critique / 15. Writing Research Proposals
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9573-3 • ©2012 • 528 pages • • • SAGE
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Action ResearchImproving Schools and Empowering Educators Third EditionCraig A. Mertler, Lynn University
Written for pre-and in-service educators, this Third Edition of Craig A. Mertler’s Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators introduces
the process of conducting one’s own classroom- or school-based action research in conjunction with everyday instructional practices and activities. The text provides educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to design research studies, conduct research, and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders and interested parties.
CONTENTS PART I: “WHAT IS ACTION RESEARCH?” / 1. Introduction to Action Research / 2. Overview of the Action Research Process / PART II: “HOW DO I BEGIN MY ACTION RESEARCH STuDY?” / 3. Planning for Action Research / 4. Developing a Research Plan / PART III: “WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THESE DATA?” / 5. Collecting Data / 6. Analyzing Data / PART IV: “I’VE GOT RESuLTS! . . . NOW WHAT?” / 7. Developing an Action Plan / 8. Sharing and Reflecting / 9. Writing up Action Research
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8889-6 • ©2012 • 328 pages • • • SAGE
The Action Research GuidebookFour-Stage Process for Educators and School Teams Second EditionRichard Sagor, Washington State University
In this second edition of his best-selling volume, The Action Research Guidebook,Richard Sagor provides updated tools and insights to guide the implementation
of school-based research for student success. Ideal for teacher leaders and teacher teams, this practical guidebook features new examples, activities and leadership applications that reflect the recent growth of professional learning communities, wider acceptance of standards, and the need for more qualitative research.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Action Research / 2. Finding a Focus / 3. Refining the Focus / 4. Articulating a Theory of Action / 5. Drawing a Theory of Action / 6. Determining the Research questions / 7. Building a Data-Collection Plan / 8. Analyzing the Data / 9. Turning Findings Into Action Plans / 10. Reporting and Sharing Action Research / 11. Conclusion: The School as a Learning Organization
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-8128-6 • ©2011 • 248 pages • Corwin
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Conducting Educational ResearchGuide to Completing a Major ProjectDaniel J. Boudah, East Carolina University
Designed to be used during the research process, this book walks readers through each step of a research project or thesis, including developing a research question, performing a literature search, developing
a research plan, collecting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and sharing the conclusions with others. Throughout the book, Daniel J. Boudah covers all types of research (including experimental, descriptive, qualitative, group designs, and single subject designs) and helps readers link research questions to designs, designs to data sources, and data sources to appropriate analyses.
CONTENTS 1. Research in Education / 2. Identifying a Research Problem, question, and Searching Relevant Literature / 3. understanding Relevant Literature and Writing a Literature Review / 4. Issues in Validity and Trustworthiness / 5. Designing and Conducting Experimental Research / 6. Designing and Conducting qualitative Research / 7. Designing and Conducting Descriptive Research / 8. Creating a Research Proposal / 10. Analyzing and Interpreting qualitative Research / 11. Analyzing and Interpreting Descriptive Research / 12. Writing Research Reports
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7902-3 • ©2011 • 336 pages • SAGE
Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Educational ResearchEdited by Marilyn Lichtman, Virginia Tech
This text uses published research articles to teach students how to understand and evaluate qualitative research in education. It gives students a well-rounded and practical look at what qualitative research is, along with guidance on how to read, analyze, and design studies themselves.
CONTENTS PART I: quALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES / 1. Reading Ethnography / 2. Reading Grounded Theory / 3. Reading Phenomenology / 4. Reading Case Studies / 5. Reading Action Research / 6. Reading Narrative / 7. Reading Mixed Methods / PART II: ISSuES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE quALITATIVE RESEARCH FIELD / 8. Clarifying Research Approaches / 9. qualitative Research in the New Millennium / 10. Standards of Evidence / 11. Review Boards, Research Ethics, and Academic Freedom / 12. Writing up Results / 13. Reflexivity / 14. Negotiating Through Graduate School
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-7526-1 • ©2011 • 328 pages • • SAGE
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Research Methods and Methodologies in EducationJames Arthur, Birmingham University, U.K. • Michael Waring, University of Loughborough, U.K. • Robert Coe, University of Durham, U.K. • Larry V Hedges, Northwestern University
using a variety of methodological approaches and research techniques in education, this book provides
students with the theoretical understandings, practical knowledge and skills which they need to carry out independent research. The editors bring together an array of international contributors, all of whom identify key research methodologies, data collection tools and analysis methods, and focus on the direct comparisons between them.
CONTENTS PART I: INTRODuCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES IN EDuCATION / How this Book Can Help You / The Nature of Educational Research - Exploring the Different understandings of Educational Research / Finding Your Theoretical Position / II: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN CONDuCTING RESEARCH / Design of Empirical Research / Planning Your Research / Conducting Your Research / Research Impact and Dissemination / III: kEY METHODS / DIMENSION / 1.- Research Designs / Action Research / Naturalistic Research / Ethnographic and Representational Styles / Grounded Theory / Visual Methodologies / Case Study Research / Issues of Truth and Justice / Surveys and Longitudinal Research / Statistical and Correlational Techniques / Secondary Data / Impact Evaluation / Interventions: Experiments / A Systematic Review / Mixed Methods / Philosophical Research / Dimension / 2.- Data Collection Tools / Observation-based Research / In-depth Interviews / Techniques to Assist with Interviewing / Focus Groups and Group Interviews / Internet-based Methods / Doing Blog Research / Documentary Methods / Systematic Reviews / questionnaires / Measurement and Validity / Dimension / 3.- Analysis Methods / Software and qualitative Data Analysis / Statistical Analysis Tools / Discourse Analysis / Media Analysis / Visual Methodologies and Social Change / Grounded Theory / Ethnography as Epistemology / Biographical Research Methods / Statistical Hypothesis Tests / Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) / Multiple Linear Regression / Multilevel Analysis / Effect Size / Meta-analysis
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8570-2039-0 • April 2012 • 456 pages • SAGE
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Data-Driven Decision Making
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Putting FACES on the DataWhat Great Leaders Do!Lyn Sharratt, York Region District School Board • Michael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Centre for Teacher Development
This book will show how to develop a common language for sharing all students’ progress with all teachers and leaders, and how to use ongoing
assessment to inform instruction. Based on worldwide research of 500 educators.
CONTENTS 1. From Information Glut to Well-known FACES / 2. The Power of Putting FACES on the Data / 3. Making it Work in Practice—Assessment / 4. Making It Work in Practice—Instruction / 5. Leadership—Individualizing for Improvement / 6. Ownership—Of All FACES
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4522-0258-7 • February 2012 • 280 pages • Corwin
Multi-Dimensional EducationA Common Sense Approach to Data-Driven ThinkingMichael W. Corrigan • Doug Grove • Philip F. Vincent
This comprehensive guide to school improvement outlines the steps for identifying, collecting, analyzing, and using data as a basis for making
instructional and schoolwide decisions.
CONTENTS 1. The Paradoxes, Oxymorons, and Myths of Education / 2. The Seven Dimensions to Guiding Systemic Data-Driven Thinking / 3. Connecting the Data Dots to Achievement / 4. The 4Cs Framework for Shared Leadership and Planning / 5. The C of Curriculum / 6. The C of Community / 7. The C of Climate / 8. The C of Character / 9. Gearing up for Systemic Success / 10. Rising Above the Standards
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-9259-6 • ©2012 • 320 pages • Corwin
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Using Data to Improve Learning for AllA Collaborative Inquiry ApproachNancy Love, Director of Program Development, Research for Better Teaching
School leaders will discover how to implement collaborative inquiry, use data systematically and
effectively, and establish an equitable school climate to improve outcomes for all students.
CONTENTS PART I: COLLABORATIVE INquIRY / 1. Building a High-Performing Data Culture / 2. Getting Organized for Collaborative Inquiry / 3. The using Data Process: A Model for Collaborative Inquiry / 4. Bringing Cultural Proficiency to Collaborative Inquiry / PART II: STORIES FROM THE FIELD / 5. A District uses Data to Improve Results: Johnson County, Tennessee / 6. A Data Team Problem Solves About Problem Solving: Clark County, Nevada
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4129-6085-4 • ©2009 • 192 pages • Corwin
Educational Statistics
Using Statistics to Make Educational DecisionsDavid Tanner, California State University, Fresno
Government scrutiny and intensified oversight have dramatically changed the landscape of education in recent years. Observers want to know how schools compare, which district is best, which states are spending the most per student on education, whether reforms are making a difference, and why so many students are failing. Some of these questions require
technical answers that educators historically redirected to outside experts, but the questions leveled at all educators have become so acute and persistent that they can no longer be outsourced. This text helps educators develop the tools and the conceptual understanding needed to provide definitive answers to difficult statistical questions facing education today.
CONTENTS PART A: DEVELOPING A CONTEXT FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS / 1. A Context for Solving quantitative Problems / 2. Describing Data / PART B: PRESENTING DATA / 3. Data Distributions: Picturing Data / 4. Working with the Normal Curve: z Scores / PART C: EXAMINING DIFFERENCES / 5. Probability and the Normal Distribution / 6. t for One, or Two / 7. Analysis of Variance / 8. ANOVA with more than One Independent Variable: Factorial ANOVA / 9. Dependent Groups Tests for Interval Data / PART D: ASSOCIATION AND PREDICTION / 10. Correlation / 11. Regression with One Predictor / 12. Regression with More than One Predictor / PART E: TESTS FOR NOMINAL AND ORDINAL DATA / 13. Some of the Chi-square Tests / 14. Working with Ordinal, More, or Less-th