Albany Junior High School Library

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xiii, 133 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Part I. Collaborative Leadership, Professional Learning Communities, and the Strategic Use of Data -- Chapter 1. Creating High Schools Where Teachers Want to Be -- Schools As Intellectually Stimulating Places in Which to Work -- The Importance of Humor -- Vision and Direction -- Creating a Culture Open to Ideas -- Learning Communities: A Culture Open to New Ideas -- Chapter 2. Creating a Vision That Teachers Want to Achieve -- Creating a School Vision -- Struggling with the "Vision Thing" in Becoming a Learning Community -- Littleton High School's Vision Statement -- Scenario Building -- Part II. Leadership for Creating the High Schools of Our Choice -- Chapter 3. What Teachers Must Do -- Closing the Gap -- Teacher Leadership and School Improvement: Closing the Gap between Common Sense and Common Practice -- Personal Learning Plans -- Chapter 4. What Principals and Central Office Administrators Must Do -- The Role of the Principal -- Scholarship -- A Focus on Teaching and Learning -- Delegation -- The Importance of Longevity -- The Principal as a Teacher -- The Importance of Perseverance -- Balanced Authority in a Democratic Society -- Non-Negotiables -- Participation In Professional Development -- You Are Who You Hire -- The Role of Central Office and the Board of Education in Creating the High Schools of Our Choice -- Part III. Personalizing Your School Environment -- Chapter 5. Attitudes That Create High Schools Where Kids Want to Be -- Trust and Responsibility -- Respect -- "Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You" -- "Good Morning" -- Schools in Which Kids Like Their Teachers -- Chapter 6. Structures and Programs That Create High Schools Where Kids Want to Be -- Block Scheduling -- Freshman Academy -- Student Advisement -- Freshmen Transitions: The LINK Program -- Senior Transitions: The Senior-Year Plan -- Challenging Coursework -- Constructivism as a Learning Theory -- Part IV. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment -- Chapter 7. Creating High Schools with a Core Academic Mission -- A Bloated and Fragmented Curriculum -- Creating a Core Academic Mission at Littleton High School -- Essential Tasks as a Core Academic Mission -- Power Standards -- A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum -- Creating a Culture of Collaborative Critical Reflection -- A Focus on Student Achievement -- Littleton High School's Experience -- Standards-Based Grading -- Epilogue: Creating the Future -- About Littleton High School. Collaborative leadership, professional learning communities, and the strategic use of data -- Creating high schools where teachers want to be -- Creating a vision that teachers want to achieve -- Leadership for creating the high schools of our choice -- What teachers must do -- What principals and central office administrators must do -- Personalizing your school environment -- Attitudes that create high schools where kids want to be -- Structures and programs that create high schools where kids want to be -- Curriculum, instruction, and assessment -- Creating high schools with a core academic mission