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Arkansas Leadership Academy Superintendent Institute: Advancing System Change Suggested Resources Aligned To Performance Strands

Institute Presentations:

Leadership Strands
Instructional Leadership
Education Map of the Future
NORMES
TRIAND - Coming Soon

Institute Tools:

Railroad Track
Hourglass

Mission, Vision, and Beliefs

Conzemius, A. & O'Neill, J. (2006). The power of SMART goals: Using goals to improve student learning. Bloomington: Solution Tree. Retrieved from http://www.solution-tree.com/Public/Media.aspx?ShowDetail=true&ProductID=BKF207 (Debbie)

Payne, R. K. (2005). A framework for understanding poverty. Highlands: aha! Process. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Framework-Understanding-Poverty-Ruby-Payne/dp/1929229488/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190907547&sr=1-1 (Benny)
 
Arizona Department of Education: Superintendent Tom Horne's discipline initiative. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.azed.gov/DisciplineInitiative/ (Jack)

Change

Spillane, J. P. (2006). Distributed leadership (Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Distributed-Leadership-Jossey-Bass-Library-Education/dp/0787965383/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190908396&sr=1-1 (Gloria)

Wagner, T., Kegan, R., Lahey, L. L., Lemons, R. W., Garnier, J., Helsing, D., et al. (2006). Change leadership: A practical guide to transforming our schools (Jossey-Bass Education). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Change-Leadership-Practical-Transforming-Jossey-Bass/dp/0787977551/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190908648&sr=1-1  (Jesse)

Delehant, A. M. (2007). Making meetings work: How to get started, get going, and get it done. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Making-Meetings-Work-Started-Going/dp/1412914612/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190908977&sr=1-2 (Gloria)

Marx, G. (2006). Sixteen trends, their profound impact on our future: Implications for students, education, communities, countries, and the whole of society. Alexandria: Educational Research Service. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Sixteen-Trends-Profound-Impact-Future/dp/1931762481/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190909196&sr=1-1

Marzano, R. J., Waters, T., Mcnulty, B. A. (2005). School leadership that works: From research to results. Alexandria: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/SCHOOL-LEADERSHIP-THAT-WORKS-Research/dp/1416602275/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190909438&sr=1-1 (Jesse)

Elmore, R. F. (2000). Building a New Structure for School Leadership. The Albert Shanker Institute. Retrieved from http://www.shankerinstitute.org/Downloads/building.pdf

Teaching and Learning

Curriki global education & learning community. Retrieved from http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

My reading coach. [Computer software]. Retrieved from http://www.mindplay.com/Default.aspx?tabid=69
(Max)

Diplomas count: Ready for what?: Preparing students for college, careers, and life after high school. (2007, June 12). Education Week. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2007/06/12/index.html 

Collaborative Relationships  

Accountability Systems

Caro-Bruce, C., Flessner, R., Klehr, M., & Zeichner, K. M. (Eds.). (2007). Creating equitable classrooms through action research. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Equitable-Classrooms-Through-Research/dp/1412936675/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190989598&sr=1-1(Gloria)

Schmoker, M. J. (2006). Results now: How we can achieve unprecedented improvements in teaching and learning. Alexandria: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Results-Now-Unprecedented-Improvements-Teaching/dp/1416603581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190989869&sr=1-1 (Gloria) 

All Five Performance Strands

Lezotte, L. W., & Papperl, J. C. (2002). Assembly required, a continuous school improvement system: A proven path to learning for all. Okemos: Effective Schools Products. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Required-Continuous-School-Improvement/dp/1883247209/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1327304-3462519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190990134&sr=1-1 and http://www.esleague.com (Ron)

Meier, D. & Ravitch, D. (2007). Bridging differences [Blog]. Education week. Retrieved from http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/

Foreman, J., Jr. (2007). Extra credit [Blog]. Retrieved from http://extracredit.wordpress.com/

Galileo for Superintendents [Subscription]. (2007) The Master Teacher. Retrieved from https://www.masterteacher.com/credits/ and http://www.galileoforsuperintendents.com/ (Laura)

Audio education online [CD interviews]. (2006) Retrieved from http://www.audioed.com/ (Nathan)

Leadership curriculum modules. (2007). Southern regional education board (SREB). Retrieved from http://www.sreb.org/main/Leadership/Modules/login.asp (Academy)

Teachnology: The online teacher resource. Retrieved from http://teach-nology.com/edleadership/ (Larry)

Technology information center for administrative leadership. (2007). Retrieved from http://www.portical.org/ (James)

ASCD SmartBrief [Daily Briefing]. (2007). Association for supervision and curriculum development. Retrieved from http://www.smartbrief.com/ascd/ (Matt)

CJC summary [Daily E-mail]. (2007). Casey journalism center on children and families. Retrieved from http://www.cjc.umd.edu/about/summary.cfm

PELP coherence framework. (2007). Public education leadership project at Harvard University. Retrieved from http://www.hbs.edu/pelp/framework.html

Rock solid leadership movie [Movie clips]. (2007). Retrieved from http://www.rock-solidmovie.com/ (Joyce)

School counts! [$1000/semester grant]. Retrieved from http://www.ccschoolcounts.org/

Second life. (2007). Retrieved from http://secondlife.com/ (Harold)

Wallace foundation. (2007). Retrieved from http://www.wallacefoundation.org/ (Kerry)

Equipment

Titanium USB drive – indestructible, SanDisk – 2G (Dan)