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Leading Effective Secondary School Reform

Your Guide to Strategies That Work

By: Mikie Loughridge, Loren R. Tarantino

Meet the challenge of change with successful leadership!

What is the best way to manage change while tending to the everyday needs of the school district? With this easy-to-use leadership resource, you'll find strategies and CBAM materials to lead effective change in the face of today's challenges. Loughridge and Tarantino demonstrate how to successfully implement state and federal mandates by building learning communities based on leadership attributes including:

Developing a strong school culture
Establishing action plans to ensure readiness
Assessing progress to maintain accountability
Using action research to improve schools, teachers, and students
Effectively observing classrooms to focus on instructional leadership

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Grade Level: 6-12
ISBN: 9781412906050
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2004
Page Count: 168
Publication date: December 17, 2004

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"The strength of the book lies in its format and in its use of sophisticated sources and allusions to those sources . . . I am impressed with the clarity of focus within each chapter."
Frank Kawtoski, Educational Consultant
Frank Kawtoski and Associates

"Very comprehensive! A great addition to the body of knowledge."
J. Victor McGuire, Education Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Meet the challenge of change with successful leadership!

What is the best way to share leadership duties while creating successful learning communities? What is the best way to help teachers improve their practice while also tracking student achievement? With this resource for effective leadership, you'll find answers to these tough questions for every member of your school team.

Leading Effective Secondary School Reform takes a practical approach to effecting school change by offering case studies, CBAM materials, and sample agendas to help the change process run smoothly for every teacher and administrator. Loughridge and Tarantino demonstrate how to successfully implement state and federal mandates by building learning communities based on leadership attributes including:

Developing a strong school culture to bond teachers, students, and administrators
Establishing action plans to ensure readiness
Assessing progress to maintain accountability
Using action research to improve schools, teachers, and students
Effectively observing classrooms to focus on instructional leadership

The challenges that accompany any change process can strain even the strongest organization. Learn to lead effective school change and become a more effective school leader.

Key features

Real-life case studies

Useful application activities and reflective exercises

Sample implementation guide

Author(s)

Mikie Loughridge

Mary E. (Mikie) Loughridge, Ed. D. is currently serving as a secondary Principal Coach for the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center’s Office of the Regional System of District and School Support (RSDSS). She served as a special education teacher at the middle and high school levels, as a continuation high school teacher, and as a high school vice principal and principal. Her district office experience includes Director of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Teacher Support and Employee Development for the Antelope Valley Union High School District, as well as an Induction Consultant for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the California Department of Education. She served as adjunct faculty for eighteen years in teacher and administrative preparation programs at four private and state universities. She also developed and presented a variety of workshops at the local, regional, state, and national levels. She holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the University of Southern California.

Loren R. Tarantino

Loren Tarantino has a unique history of employment and training in education. Loren is currently the principal of a private high school in San Diego, California. Prior to this assignment she spent twenty-nine years in public schools working as a secondary school classroom teacher, middle school administrator, and district office administrator in student support services, curriculum and instruction, and human resources. In addition, Loren was a consultant with the California Attorney General’s School/Law Enforcement Partnership Cadre, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the California Department of Education. Since 1986, she has presented local, state and national conference keynote speeches and workshops for school board, teacher, and school administrator associations and universities on a variety of topics including beginning teacher induction, conflict resolution, communication strategies, and conducting classroom observations.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

I. Vision

1. School Culture

2. The Change Process

3. The Single School Plan

II. Shared Decision Making

4. Professional Development

5. Professional Learning Communities

6. Parent Involvement

III. Assessment and Accountability

7. Action Research

8. Productive Classroom Observations

9. Putting the Pieces Together

Appendix: Related Web Sites

References

Index

Reviews

"Very comprehensive! A great addition to the body of knowledge."

J. Victor McGuire, Education Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

"The strength of the book lies in its format and in its use of sophisticated sources and allusions to those sources . . . I am impressed with the clarity of focus within each chapter."

Frank Kawtoski, Educational Consultant
Frank Kawtoski and Associates

Other Titles in: Principalship | Superintendents & District Administration | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring

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