Resources

Leading Systemic Change

Books
A Whole New Mind, Daniel H. Pink; Riverhead Books (2006)
Breakthrough, Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, Carmel Crevola, Chapter 6, Corwin Press (2006)
Change Leadership; A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools. Tony Wagner, Robert Keegan, Jossy-Bass (2006)
From Outrageous to Inspired, David Hagstrom, Jossey Bass (2004)
Good to Great and the Social Sectors, Jim Collins (2005), Jim Collins, Pub
Leadership on the Line, Ronald A. Heifetz, Harvard Business School Press (2002)
Leadership Without Easy Answers, Ronald Heifetz (1994), Belknap Press
Leading from Within: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Lead, Edited by Sam Intrator and Megan Scribner, Jossey Bass, 2007
Leading with Soul, Terrence E. Deal, Jossey Bass (2001)
Our Iceberg is Melting, John Kotter (2006), Harvard Business School Press
Release Your Brilliance, Simon T.Bailey, Dream Tree Publications (2006)
School Leadership That Works, Robert J. Marzano, ASCD (2005)
Sustainable Leadership, Andy Hargreaves, John Wiley & Sons, (2006)
The Learning Leader, Douglas B. Reeves, ASCD (2006)
The Wounded Leader, Richard H. Ackerman, Jossey Bass (2006)
Turnaround Leadership, Michael Fullan, Jossey Bass (2006)
Articles/Monographs
A Mission of the Heart; What Does It Take to Transform A School?, Jean Johnson,The Wallace Foundation, Oct. 2007 pp. 1-5
Breaking the Leadership Rules, Paul Power (2004), Curriculum Corporation Conference
Building a Knowledge Base for Educational Leadership, Richard Elmore, Education Week, January 30, 2008, p. 40.
Building a New Structure for School Leadership, Richard Elmore (2000), http://www.shankerinstitute.org/education.html
Effective Schools maximize time, people, Deborah Childs-Bowen; The Learning Principal: National Staff Development Council, March 2007, p. 2
Establish the Connection between professional development and student learning, Pat Roy, The Learning Principal, National Staff Development Principal, p. 3
Finding Time to Talk, Joanne Rooney, Educational Leadership, November 2006, p.90
Four Mental Aptitudes Help Facilitators Facing Challenges, Robert J. Garmston; National Staff Development Council, Winter 2008 p.65-66.
Instructional Leadership in Action, Valarie Von Frank; The Learning Principal-National Staff Development Council, Dec. Jan. 2008 p.2
Leading for Change, Tony Wagner, Education Week, Aug. 15, 2007
Leading for Learning, Education Week-Supplement, September 12, 2007
Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, National Staff Development Library, Sept. 26, 2007 pp. 1-19.
Learning-Oriented Leadership; Transforming a School through a Program of Adult Learning, Ellie Drago-Severson,, Independent School, Summer 2006, pp. 68-74
Lesson from a small elementary school: One size doesn't fit all, Stephen Gould, Boston Globe, November 5, 2000
Liberating Principals to Lead, Stephen Gould, Principal View, Fall 2001, Massachusetts Elementary School Principals' Association (MESPA)
Out of the Office and Into the Classroom, Holly Holland, Center for Study of Teaching and Policy-University of Washington-The Wallace Foundation, Jan. 2008, pp.1-5
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World, Linda Darling-Hammond and others; 2007 The Wallace Foundation-Stanford Educational Leadership Institute; pp.1-36.
Principal Leadership for School Improvement (2005), Educational Research Service, www.ers.org
The 3D Profile of a Principal Leader, Deborah-Child's Bowen; The Learning Principal: National Staff Development Council Febuary 2007, p. 2
The Balanced Principal, Franzy Fleck, Principal-Best Practices; National Association of Elementary School Principals: Sept/Oct. 2007 pp. 24-31
The Leader As Capacity Builder, Ronald N. Ashkenas, Leader to Leaders, Winter 2007 pp.44-49
The Work of School Leadership, Stephen Gould, Principal View, Spring 2004, Massachusetts Elementary School Principals' Association (MESPA)
The Zen of Facilitation, Joellen P. Killion, Lynn A. Simmons, Journal of Staff Development, Summer 1992, pp. 2-5

Creating a Learning Organization/Learning Communities

Books
A Leaders Companion, Robert Eaker, Rebecca DeFour, Richard De Four, Solution Tree (2007)
A Short Guide to Action Research, Andrew P. Johnson, (2002), Allyn and Bacon
Professional Learning Communities at Work, Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker (1998), National Education Service
The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge (1990), Double Day
The Five Dysfunctions of Teams, Patrick Lencioni (2002), Jossey-Bass
Whatever It Takes, Rebecca De Four, Richard De Four, Solution Tree (2006)
Articles
7 Stages of Concern, The Learning Principal March 2006, National Staff Development Council (NSDC)
A Community of Learners; Two Viewpoints, One Journey, Patricia Wright and BethWarren, The Learning Principal; National Staff Development Council , Sept. 2006, pp. 5-7
Collaboration Lite, Richard DuFour, National Staff Development Council Journal, Fall 2003
On the Same Page, Stephen Gould, Leadership Compass, 2005-2007 Editions, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
School-Wide Professional Community, Fred, M. Newmann, Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools, Issue Report N0 6. Spring 1994

Building a Standards-based Instructional System

Books
The New American School, David D. Marsh and Judy B. Codding (1999), Corwin Press
Articles
Benchmarking: What It Is, How It Works, And Why Educators Desperately Need It, C. Jackson Grayson Jr., Education Week, January 31, 2007
Using Content and Performance Standards at the Local School District Level, Educational Research Service (1998); www.ers.org

Creating a Sense of Urgency

Books
Tough Choices or Tough Times, National Center on Education and the Economy (2007) www.skillscommission.org
Articles
How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe , Time Magazine Dec. 18 , 2006