administration

Focuses on the practical considerations of administrating a school library media center with new developments in organization and administration.

Resource guide for school librarians provides over 55 detailed lists of information sources, procedures, and guidelines.

Describes a study designed to determine the strength of the relationship between school district administrative leadership and student achievement.

Emphasizes collaborative leadership at the district, principal, team, and individual levels, and advocates the professional learning community (PLC) as the best environment for great teaching and leading; and gives suggestions for ongoing monitoring of student learning, ensuring effective instruction, responding when kids don't learn, and more.

Discusses how to tell nurses and doctors about your illness and why it is necessary to follow the directions on prescription and nonprescription drugs.

Reprints articles written by school library media specialists that provide information on different aspects of the profession, focusing on developments in electronic information resources, discussing the role of the library media specialist as teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and administrator.

A compilation of almost eight hundred ideas gleaned from the "Tips" column of "The Book Report: The Magazine for Secondary School Library Media & Technology Specialists"; grouped in nine categories, including computers, library skills, and public relations.

A compilation of practical tips and advice for secondary school libraries taken from the "TIPS" column of "Library Media Connection," covering management, working with students, teaching research skills, collaborating with teachers, using technology, promoting reading,building positive public relations, and working with helpers.

Explains how to become an indispensable school librarian, discussing how to understand what others in the school need and want, demonstrate importance, plan strategically, and master important tools.

Offers advice for successful educational leadership in at-risk schools and includes examples from over fifty schools that illustrate how the leaders at these schools motivated students and raised academic achievement.