administration

A self-study guide designed to help library managers become great bosses, featuring fifty-two modules that cover attitude, staffing, customer service, communication, planning, success with stakeholders, friends and allies, funding, leadership, training, people, and the future, and including questions and exercises.

Outlines a model for high school reform based on developing instructional goals and a common vision of effective instruction, using frequent formative assessment, tracking student progress, providing intervention for struggling students, and celebrating successes.

Draws on studies from the University of Rochester to explore the future possibilities available for academic librarians.

Presents a comprehensive handbook for school library administrators and provides advice on staffing and personnel, cataloging and processing materials, operating budgets, curriculum design and assessment methods, instructional media, and more.

An exploration of change initiatives in schools that provides real life examples and advice on creating conditions for change and planning, implementing, and sustaining it.

Introduces educators to the principles of Total Quality Management as they apply to education.

Offers a school improvement plan that focuses on collaboration between site-based administrators and instructional coaches who will work together to motivate teachers, improve their skills, and build a cohesive staff.

Offers school leaders advice on running a school, with tips for evaluating teachers, securing funding, working with parents, managing meetings, and making a difference in the community.

Presents case studies from five schools whose students have shown great learning increases, demonstrating the differences created in results when teachers regularly, collaboratively review assessment data in order to reach measurable achievement goals.