Links to Content:
Highly Qualified Leaders Project Documents
Books
RIDE Resources
Online Resources
Organizations

Highly Qualified Leaders Project Documents:

Administrative Performance Assessment System for Principals (Cranston)

• Administrative Performance Assessment System (Professional Assessment for Leaders)

Community Engagement for Leader Development (North Kingstown)

• “Building Parent Involvement: Staff Development for Parents” by Superintendent James Halley
• Community Educational Summit Agenda
• North Kingstown Strategic Planning Process Report
• Parent Feedback from Curriculum Group
• School Advisory Committee Policy
• School Starting Times Advisory Committee Report
• Script for Community Focus Groups

Exploratory Program for Teacher-Leaders (SORICO)

• Template for Teacher-Leader Journal

Individual Continuous Improvement Plan for Principals (Bristol Warren)

• Individual Continuous Improvement Plan

Instructional Leadership Academy (RIASP)

• Instructional Leadership Academy brochure
• “Leaders and Learners” Video Series description
• ”Leading Learning Communities” - Aspiring Principal/Teacher Leader Training Session agendas
• McREL Balanced Leadership Framework – PowerPoint Presentation
• “Teacher Leadership: The Best Hope for Sustaining School Change” – PowerPoint Presentation
• “The Final Word” exercise for book discussion

Laboratory Classrooms for Teacher-Leaders (EBEC)

• Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
• Thinking Strategies for Readers, Writers and Thinkers
• The Workshop Format
  
• EBEC’s Possible Next Steps
• Lab Classroom End of Year Reflection Form
• Lab Classroom Nuts & Bolts
• Lab Classroom Reflections (2004-05)
• Lab Classroom Teacher and Coach Job Descriptions
• Lab Teacher Application

Leadership Curriculum Modules (Smithfield, Central Falls and Rhode Island College)

• Breakdown of SREB modules into for aspiring/new principals vs. veteran principals
• Suggested text-based bibliography for each SREB module area

Mentor Training Institute for Principals (Education Partnership)

• Invitation to Mentor Training Institute
• Mentor Principal standards
• Mentor Training Institute bibliography
• Sample agendas from the Training Institute
• Syllabus
• Testimonials of participants in the Mentor Training Institute

Mentorship for New Principals (RIASP)

• Mentor Principal Expectations and Application
• Program Expectations
• RIASP's Instructional Leadership Academy brochure

Mentorship for School Leadership Team (Woonsocket)

• Assessment of Leadership Team Survey
• “Leadership Team Meeting Outcomes” samples
• Administrators’ Retreat – Needs/Agenda and Outcomes

Monitoring Implementation of District Priorities (The Education Alliance and Woonsocket)

• Protocol for School Interviews and Focus Groups (Year One)
• Protocol for Superintendent and Central Office Staff Interviews (Year One)
  
• Revised Protocol for Superintendent Interview (Year Two)
• Revised Protocol for Central Office Staff Interview (Year Two)
• Revised Protocol for School Interviews and Focus Groups (Year Two)
• Classroom Observation Form (Year Two)
• Classroom Observation Protocol and Tips (Year Two)
• Interview Protocol and Tips (Year Two)
• Protocol for Observation of Grade Level or Team Meetings (Year Two)
  
• Guide for School Visits
• Interview Data Collection Form
• Visitor Code of Conduct

Novice Principal Network (Education Partnership)

• Agenda from summer weekend retreat
• Agendas from afterschool meetings
• Sample 2006 agenda

Principal Residency Network (Education Partnership)

• Program components and requirements
• Process for developing a learning plan

School Committee Professional Development (South Kingstown)

• Accountability Subcommittee Charge and Status Report
• Coach Job Description (Draft)
• Professional Development Subcommittee Plan
• School Committee Bylaws
• Self-Assessment Data Analysis
  
   

School Department & University Partnership Principal Preparation Program (Providence LEAD)

• The Southern Regional Education Board's complete 40-page document: “Case Study: A District-driven Principal Preparation Program Design - The Providence School Department and the University of Rhode Island Partnership”
• The Southern Regional Education Board's introduction to the Case Study

Books:

• Angelillo, Janet. (2003). Writing About Reading: From Book Talk to Literary Essays, Grades 3-8. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Blankstein, Alan. (2004). Failure is Not and Option, Six Principals that Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools. California: Corwin Press.
• Booth, David and Jennifer Rowsell. (2002). The Literacy Principal: Leading, Supporting and Assessing Reading and Writing Initiatives. Markham, Ontario: Pembroke.
• Brookfield, S. (1986). Understanding and facilitating adult learning. California: Jossey-Bass.
• Brookfield, S. (1990). The skillful teacher. California: Jossey-Bass.
• Buckingham, M. & Clifton, D. (2001). Now, discover your strengths. New York: The Free Press.
• Danielson, C. (2002). Enhancing student achievement: A framework for school improvement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Deal, T. & Peterson, K. (1999). Shaping school culture: The heart of leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Donaldson, G. (2001). Cultivating leadership in schools: Connecting people, purpose and practice. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Drago-Severson, E. (2004). Helping teachers learn: Principal leadership for adult growth and development. California: Corwin Press.
• Dufour, R. & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work. Bloomington, Indiana: National Educational Service.
• Dufour, R., Dufour, R., Eaker, R. & Karhanek, G. (2004). Whatever it takes: How professional learning communities respond when kids don’t learn. Bloomington, Indiana: National Educational Service.
• DuFour, Richard et al. (2002). Getting Started: Reculturing School to Become Professional Learning Communities. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.
• DuFour, Richard et al. (2005). On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service.
• Fullen, M. (2005). Leadership sustainability: System thinkers in action. California: Corwin Press.
• Gardner, John W. (2002). The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. New Jersey: Jossey-Bass.
• Gemberling, Katheryn W., Smith, Carl W., and Joseph S. Villani. (2004). Leading Change: The Case for Continuous Improvement. Alexandria, VA: National School Boards Association.
• Gurian, Michael and Kathy Stevens. (2005). The Minds of Boys: Saving our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life. New Jersey: Jossey-Bass.
• Lambert, L. (2003). Leadership capacity for lasting school improvement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Lamott, Anne. (1994). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York: Pantheon.
• Lippton, L. & Wellman, B. (2001). Mentoring matters: A practical guide to learning-focused relationships. Sherman, CT: Miralia.
• Lyons, C. & Pinnell, G. (2001). Systems for change in literacy education: A guide for professional development. New Hampshire: Heinemann.
• Marzano, Robert. (2003). What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• National Association of Elementary School Principals. (2001). Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do.
• National Association of Secondary School Principals. (2004). Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform. Reston, Virginia: NASSP.
• National Middle School Association. (2003). This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents. Westerville, Ohio: NMSA.
• Payne, R. (1996). A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Highlands, TX: aha! Process, Inc.
• Robbins, P. & Alvy, H. (2003). The principal’s companion: Strategies and hints to make the job easier. California: Corwin Press.
• Schon, D. (1983). The reflective practitioner. New York: Basic Books.
• Senge, P. (2000). Schools that learn: A fifth discipline fieldbook for educators, parents, and everyone who cares about education. New York: Doubleday.
• Sergiovanni, Thomas. (1995). Leadership for the Schoolhouse: How Is It Different? Why Is It Important? New Jersey: Jossey-Bass.
• Zachary, L. (2000). The mentor’s guide: Facilitating effective learning relationships. California: Jossey-Bass.
• Zimmerman, Susan and Chryse Hutchins. (2003). 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! New York: Three Rivers Press.
• Zimmerman, Susan and Ellin Oliver Keene. (1997). Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Zmuda, A., Kuklis, R. & Kline, E. (2004). Transforming schools: Creating a culture of continuous improvement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

See also:

• Smithfield/Central Falls Leadership Curriculum Modules - Suggested Bibliography
  
• The Education Partnership Mentor Training Institute - Bibliography

RIDE Resources:

• Comprehensive Education Strategy (CES)
• Grade Level Expectations
• Graduation by Proficiency
• The Individual Professional Development Plan (I-Plan)
• Literacy Policy
• Progressive Support and Intervention (PSI)
• Rhode Island Quality Professional Development Standards
• RIDE's accountability framework

Online Resources:

• AIMSweb
• AlphaSmart
• Balanced Leadership: What 30 years of research tells us about the effect of leadership on student achievement. A McREL Working Paper. (Waters, Tim, Marzano, Robert J. and Brian McNulty, 2003.)
• Classroom Walk Throughs (developed by the UCLA Classroom Management Program)
• Educating School Leaders by Arthur Levine
• “The Final Word" exercise
• The Institute for Learning's "Learning Walks"
• The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards
• Key Work framework published by the National School Boards Association
• “Leaders and Learners” video series
• "Math Investigations"
• The Principles of Learning from The Institute for Learning
• Protocols to facilitate structured conversation and dialogue developed by the National School Reform Faculty
  • Consultancy protocol
• "Response to Intervention” and how it is related to current special education laws
• Running Records
• Smart Boards
• The Southern Regional Education Board's complete 40-page document: “Case Study: A District-driven Principal Preparation Program Design - The Providence School Department and the University of Rhode Island Partnership”
• Turning Points’ Transforming Middle Schools Guide to Collaborative Culture and Shared Leadership.
• Understanding by Design – Grant Wiggins
  
  
  
  

Organizations:

• American Association of School Administrators
• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• Boston Plan For Excellence
• Center for Performance Assessment
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• The East Bay Educational Collaborative (EBEC)
• The Education Alliance
• The Education Commission of the States
• The Education Partnership
• The Education Trust
• Educational Impact
• The Institute for Learning
• Instructional Leadership Academy (ILA)
• The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC)
• National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Association of State Boards of Education
• National School Boards Association
• National Staff Development Council
• Northern Rhode Island Collaborative
• The Office of Special Education Programs
• Public Education and Business Coalition
• Rhode Island Association of School Committees
• Rhode Island Association of School Principals (RIASP)
• Rhode Island Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education
• Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals
• Rhode Island Middle Level Educators
• Rhode Island Parent Information Network
• Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council
• Rhode Island School Counselor Association
• Rhode Island School Superintendents' Association
• Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project
• San Diego Schools (Core Instructional Improvement Allocation)
• Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
• Southern Rhode Island Regional Collaborative (SORICO)
• The Wallace Foundation