Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issues in School Leadership

William A. Owings, Ed.D. is currently a professor of educational leadership at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Owings has worked as a public school teacher, an elementary and high school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools. His professional interests are in school finance, principal quality, and teacher quality as they relate to school improvement and student achievement. In addition, his scholarly publications co-authored with Leslie Kaplan include articles in National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Education Finance, Journal of Effective Schools, Phi Delta Kappan, and the Teachers College Record. Owings has served on the state and international board of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), is currently the editor of the Journal for Effective Schools, and is on the Journal of Education Finance Editorial Advisory Board. He is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences and a consultant on educational leadership, school finance, and instructional improvement. Owings and Kaplan share the 2008 Virginia Educational Research Association Charles Edgar Clear Research Award for Consistent and Substantial Contributions to Educational Research and Scholarship. http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE2012Vol05No10p45OWINGS-KAPLAN-PIRIM.pdf http://issuu.com/odujes/docs/journal_for_effective_schools/1?mode=a_p http://www.effectiveschoolsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=72 http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE-2012-Nov-5-10.htm Leslie S. Kaplan, Ed.D. is a retired school administrator in Newport News, VA and is currently a full-time education writer. She has provided middle and high school instructional and school improvement leadership as an assistant principal for instruction as well as central office leadership as a director of program development. Before becoming a school administrator, she worked as a middle and high school counselor, and these insights continue to infuse her leadership behaviors. Her professional interests focus on teacher quality, principal quality, and school finance and their relationship to school improvement and increasing student achievement. She has co-authored several books and monographs with William Owings including American Public School Finance (2nd edition); Educational Foundations (2nd edition); Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Education: Theory into Practice; The Effective Schools Movement: History, Analysis, and Application; Teacher Quality, Teaching Quality, and School Improvement; Best Practices, Best Thinking, and Emerging Issue in School Leadership; and Enhancing Teacher and Teaching Quality. Kaplan's scholarly publications, co-authored with Owings', appear in numerous peer-reviewed professional journals. Kaplan is co-editor of the Journal for Effective Schools, and also serves on the NASSP Bulletin Editorial Board. She is a past president of the Virginia Counselors' Association and the Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and presently sits on the board of Voices for Virginia's Children. http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE2012Vol05No10p45OWINGS-KAPLAN-PIRIM.pdf http://issuu.com/odujes/docs/journal_for_effective_schools/1?mode=a_p http://www.effectiveschoolsjournal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=72 http://www.ejbe.org/EJBE-2012-Nov-5-10.htm

Prologue - William A. Owings and Leslie S. Kaplan A Brief Look at the ISLLC Standards About the Editors About the Contributors Part I: Understanding Schools and School Leadership 1. Changing Demographics: A Call for Leadership - Harold L. Hodgkinson ISLLC Questions References 2. Media and Political Misrepresentation of Public Education - Gerald W. Bracey ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part II: Leading Change 3. Implementing Change at the Building Level - Michael Fullan ISLLC Questions References 4. Challenges to Leading and Sustaining School Change - William Patterson ISLLC Questions 5. The New Effective Schools - Gordon Cawelti ISLLC Questions References 6. Politics and Education: A Conundrum for School Leadership - Gerald N. Tirozzi ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part III: Teaching and Learning 7. Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and Emerging Issues for Educational Leadership - Robert J. Marzano ISLLC Questions References 8. Enhancing Teaching - Linda Darling-Hammond ISLLC Questions References 9. Teacher Quality - Thomas S. Mawhinny and Laura L. Sagan ISLLC Questions References 10. Using Technology to Change School Learning Culture - Alan November ISLLC Questions Reference 11. Integrating Technology Into Instructional Design - Frank M. Betts ISLLC Questions Annotated References 12. Professional Development in Instructional Technology: A Case Study - Richard W. Shelly ISSLC Questions Lessons Learned Reference Part IV: Meeting Individual Learners' Needs 13. What Instructional Leaders Need to Know About Special Education - Chriss Walther-Thomas and Michael F. Di Paola ISLLC Questions References 14. Making Inclusion Work - Patricia Jordan Rea ISLLC Questions References 15. Talent Development With English Language Learners - Nora G. Friedman ISLLC Questions References 16. Connecting Authentic Knowledge and Academic Accountability Through Personal Learning Plans - Kelly Clarke/Keefe, Patricia Morgan and Susan Brody Hasazi ISLLC Questions References 17. Severely and Profoundly Disabled Students in the School Community - Phyllis Milne ISLLC Questions 18. Working With Special Education Advocates - Marguerite A. Pittman ISLLC Questions 19. Technology and Gifted Learners - Sandra L. Berger ISLLC Questions References Lessons Learned Part V: Accountability 20. High-Stakes Testing - Ronald S. Brandt ISLLC Questions 21. Are Standards the Answer? - Linda Nathan ISLLC Questions 22. Critical Issues in School Law - Jennifer A. Sughrue and M. David Alexander ISLLC Questions 23. Emerging Issues in Special Education Law - Kathleen S. Mehfoud ISLLC Questions 24. Sustaining the Investment: Technology or Teachers? - Kenneth A. Engebretson Lessons Learned Part VI: Future Trends in Education 25. Changes in Educational Practice - Gene R. Carter ISLLC Questions References 26. Changes in the Educational Landscape - Paul D. Houston ISLLC Questions Lessons Learned Epilogue - Leslie S. Kaplan and William A. Owings Index