Curriculum & Instruction

Publication date: 2018
Identifies the key actions principal managers should take to create exceptional school leaders, integrating the seven levers of leadership into district culture from the principal manager on up. This book is packed with advice, professional development materials, and real-world videos of principal managers in action.

Publication date: 2014
Learn about a Construct-Based Approach (CBA) to school counseling that uses four research-based constructs to focus school counseling programs on areas that can significantly increase the impact on student achievement and school improvement.

Publication date: 2014
Provides indispensable descriptions of direct and indirect assessment methods that have helped to educate faculty, staff, and students about assessment. The step-by-step approach of Assessment Essentials guides you through the process of developing an assessment program, from the research and planning phase to implementation and beyond.

Publication date: 2014
A comprehensive approach to accurate ADHD diagnosis. The major components of an ADHD evaluation are reviewed in detail. Expert guidance is provided for resolving the most common challenges in assessing ADHD.

Publication date: 2020
Drawing upon the findings of a content analysis of over 1,000 articles from a variety of news outlets, along with the completion of 40 interviews with senior leaders from ten major research universities across the United States, the author presents a crisis leadership framework that can be useful for academic and administrative leaders in navigating those crises that are most germane to institutions of higher education.

Publication date: 2018
This book helps to bridge the gap between the complex world of data analysis with the ever-changing dynamics of education leadership.

Publication date: 2018
This edition offers an authoritative source on all major dimensions of Texas school law through the 2017 legislative sessions. Intended for educators, school board members, interested attorneys, and taxpayers, the ninth edition explains what the law is and what the implications are for effective school operations.

Publication date: 2019
Demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness for both educators and students in PreK–12, this book presents flexible models for implementing and sustaining schoolwide initiatives. Compelling case studies show how mindfulness practices can enhance students' academic and social–emotional functioning as well as teacher effectiveness.

Publication date: 2019
Offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools.

Publication date: 2020
The book explores various uses and applications of relational sociology in education, while highlighting its promise to provide fresh insight into intractable problems of inequity in US schools.

Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: LB2805 .F846 2019
The authors, whose work is based in practice, will show readers how to use specific competencies to drive coherence; how to use the Competencies in relation to the Framework; provide examples that show how other leaders have successfully created coherence; guide readers through the day-to-day distractions so they can stay on course.

Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: LB2805 .G25 2018
Explores the changing landscape of leadership and offers practical ways to reframe the role of school leader using Design Thinking, one step at a time. Leaders can shift from "accidental designers" to "design-inspired leaders," acting with greater intention and achieving greater impact.

Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: LB3051 .E266 2006
Provides in-depth treatments of critical measurement topics, and the chapter authors are acknowledged experts in their respective fields.

Location: Second Floor Stacks
Call Number: LB2822.8 .B57 2011

ffers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling these practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools. The five-step process includes: Identifying and assessing excellence; Creating an action plan; Assigning resources such as time, materials, etc.; Transferring excellence in the form of knowledge and skills throughout the school and district; Sustaining the excellence.

Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: LC213.2 .J62 2015
This original, solution-oriented guide for school leaders helps to serve children of color, children from low-income families, and other marginalized student groups. Practical implementation strategies and tools assist school leaders to methodically tackle the challenges of equity-driven reform.