educational leadership

Profiles seven educational leadership styles, presenting examples of them in action; discusses traits all good leaders share; provides questionnaires and focus questions to determine leadership qualities; and explains how to match one's own and others' leadership styles and strengths to particular tasks.

A guide to transforming school libraries and computer labs into dynamic places with both physical and virtual resources, including planning rubrics, worksheets, interview questions, charts, and other tools to help administrators and educators make the concept of a learning commons a reality in their schools.

Discusses the five features of effective leadership and explains how those features can be used in schools to increase student learning, parent participation, and community involvement.

Explains how a person-centered, rather than things-centered, approach would benefit school leaders, discussing the role of personal belief systems in individuals' behavior, the ways individuals respond to change, and the effects of person-centered leadership on organizations.

Provides information and advice on developing a professional learning community in schools, and contains case studies, assessments, and strategies for implementing PLC concepts.