RESOURCES
If you’re interested in learning more about school change or want to find related organizations, see the publications and web sites listed below.
Reading
Virginia Anderson and Lauren Johnson, Systems Thinking Basics: From Concepts to Causal Loops, (The Pegasus Workbook Series, Pegasus Communications, 1997)
Victoria L. Bernhardt, The School Portfolio Toolkit: A Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation Guide for Continuous School Improvement, (Eye on Education, 2002)
Richard F. Elmore, Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Achievements: The Imperative for Professional Development in Education, (Albert Shanker Institute, 2002)
Richard F. Elmore, Building a New Structure For School Leadership,(Albert Shanker Institute, 2000)
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey, How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, (Josey-Bass, 2001)
Joseph P. McDonald, et al, The Power of Protocols: An Educator’s Guide to Better Practice,( Teachers College Press, 2003)
Phillip C. Schlechty, Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents, (Jossey-Bass, 2002)
Phillip C. Schlechty, Shaking Up the School House: How to Support and Sustain Educational Innovation, (Jossey-Bass, 2001)
Sandra I. Stein and Liz Gewirtzman, Principal Training on the Ground, (Heinemann, 2003)
Wendy Togneri, Beyond Islands of Excellence: What Districts Can Do to Improve Instruction and Achievement in All Schools—A Leadership Brief, (Learning First Alliance, March, 2003)
Web Sites
Annenberg Institute
www.annenberginstitute.org/tools
The Tools for School-Improvement Planning web site contains observation protocols, focus group samples and questions, surveys, questionnaires and other techniques to help you examine your specific school-improvement concerns.
Connecticut Academic Performance Test
www.captreports.com
Provides performance data by school, district and ERG on the Connecticut Academic Performance Test.
Connecticut Mastery Test
www.cmtreports.com
Provides performance data by school, district and ERG on the Connecticut Mastery Tests for grades four, six and eight.
Connecticut State Department of Education
www.state.ct.us/sde/
Visit this site for links to divisions and offices in the department and reports on test scores, technology and various state programs. Strategic School Profiles containing data on each of the state's public schools and districts are also here.
Discovery Initiative - An initiative of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
www.discovery.wcgmf.org/
Across Connecticut communities are partnering with the Memorial Fund to improve the lives of young children, from birth through age eight. In 2001, nearly 50 communities accepted an invitation to join the Discovery Initiative. These are among the communities identified by the State Department of Education as priority districts, transition districts, or districts with severe needs schools. Over half of Connecticut’s children, from birth through age 17, live in these communities, according to the 2000 Census.
Change Leadership Group
www.clg.harvard.edu
The mission of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is to develop new knowledge about what is needed to initiate and sustain deep systemic changes in K-12 public education that result in improved learning for all students.
Looking at Student Work
www.lasw.org
This web site presents the work of educators committed to new ways of looking at student work using structures and guidelines ("protocols").
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
www.mcrel.org/toolkit
The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) web site provides information about systems theory and describes an effective way to view school systems.
National Staff Development Council
www.nsdc.org
The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is the largest non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement.
Pegasus Communications
www.pegasuscom.com
Pegasus Communications has resources rich with leading-edge ideas and concepts, as well as guidelines, activities and exercises to help you apply what you learn to the real-world challenges of the workplace.
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