Taking Charge of Change: This easy-to-read introduction to the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is a cornerstone in the school change literature for educators. Hundreds of school leaders have turned to Taking Charge of Change when adopting and implementing a new program or school reform model.
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Professional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement: As a primer on professional learning communities, this publication serves as a literature review on the topic. It includes examples of how teachers and principals organize as a learning community.
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Professional Learning Communities: An Ongoing Exploration: Schools undertaking school improvement may never reach their goals if they lack supportive cultures and conditions. This publication provides a review of the five dimensions under which a school staff should operate in order to become a learning community and discusses the role such a community can play in school reform.
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Reflective Practice to Improve Schools: An Action Guide for Educators: Insights gained through reflective practice improve teaching and leadership practices that result in enhanced learning and development for students. This book offers a roadmap for reflective practice and presents research-based information and strategies for engaging in reflective practice alone, with partners, in small groups, and even schoolwide.
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Learning Together, Leading Together: Changing Schools Through Professional Learning Communities: This book defines the professional learning community (PLC) and offers examples from schools that have successfully modeled or are creating PLCs. It identifies how staff and students benefit from a PLC and outlines the strategies required to develop and sustain a community of professional learners that will promote student learning.
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Being a Successful Principal: Riding the Wave of Change Without Drowning: Being a Successful Principal is a great book for administrators, aspiring administrators, or anyone interested in how schools are run on a day-to-day basis. This collection of insights, anecdotes, gifts, and guidance on shared leadership in schools is written by principals for principals.
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Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals: This handbook of activities helps principals reflect on and analyze how they react in typical daily situations. This reflection and analysis will help principals balance the three tightropes of education management: managing relationships, managing power, and managing identity.
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Energizing Staff Development Using Film Clips: Memorable Movie Moments That Promote Reflection, Conversation, and Action: This book discusses film and television clips that staff developers can use to encourage discussion and reflection on such topics as communication, change, conflict, and leadership. Each chapter includes quotations for extended thinking and discussion, resources that relate to the chapter themes, and examples of how clips may be used in staff development settings.
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