Resources
Videos
http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/leaders/
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Paul Tough: "How Children Succeed - The Hidden Power of Character"
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How to Change Education - Ken Robinson
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RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms
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Do Schools Kill Creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED Talks
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Lucy West-Making Meaning
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WISE 2013: Best of WISE Voices
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Talk to Your 10 year Old Self
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Solution Tree: Wayne Hulley on Harbors of Hope
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Books
The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants, John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2002
An Educator’s Guide to the Role of the Principal
Eric M. Roher & Simon A. Wormwell, Aurora Professional Press (Canadian Law Book Inc.) Aurora, ON, 2000
Beyond Monet: The Artful Science of Instructional Integration
Barrie Bennett and Carol Rolheiser, Bookation Inc., Ajax, ON, 2001
Classrooms That Work, P.M. Cunningham & R.L. Allington
Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, 1994 (also Schools that Work, by the same authors)
Cooperative Learning: Where Heart Meets Mind, Barrie Bennett, Carol Rolheiser, Laurie Stevahn, Visutronx Publishing, 1991
Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Gayle H. Gregory, Carolyn Chapman
Corwin Press , California, 2002 (I am especially impressed by their Guide to Brain Compatible Learning. This is a prolific writing team and Gayle Gregory is a local educator.)
The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Steven J. Stein, Howard E. Book, Jossy-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, Mississauga, ON, 2006
Guiding the Reading Process, David Booth, Pembroke Publishers Inc., Markham, ON, 2000
Harbours of Hope: The Planning for School and Student Success Process,
Wayne Hulley and Linda Deir, Solution Tree, 2005
Hearts and Minds: A Public School Miracle, Sandra Dean, Viking (Penguin Group), Toronto, 2000
Improving Schools From Within, Roland S. Barth, Josey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1990 (Don’t be put off by the age of this book – it’s a classic)
The Leader’s Digest, Jim Clemmer, Carlton Publishing, 2003
Leadership From Within, Peter Urs Bender, Stoddart Publishing, Toronto, 1997
Leading Schools in Time of Change, Day, Harris, Hadfield, Tolley, Bersford
Open University Press, Philadelphia, 2000
Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centred Classroom
Harvey Daniels, Pembroke Publishers, Inc., Markham, ON, 1994
Maintaining Safe Schools, Lynne Ainsworth, Canadian Safe School Task Force, North York, ON, 1995
The Moral Imperative of School Leadership, Michael Fullan
Corwin Press & Ontario Principals Council, California, 2003
Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
Gary Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, & Annie McKee, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Mass., 2002
The Principal’s Book of Lists, Robert D Ramsey, Prentice Hall, 1996
Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria VA, 1998
The Sharp Edge of Educational Change: Teaching, Leading, and the Realities of Reform, N. Bascia & A. Hargreaves, Routledge Falmer, New York, 2000
When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do, Kylene Beers, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2003
What’s Worth Fighting For? Working Together For Your School, Michael G. Fullan and Andy Hargreaves, OPSTF, 1991
Guiding Readers and Writers (Grades 3-6), Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas, Heinemann, 1996 (and other more recent Fountas and Pinnell books)
Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
Susan Zimmermann, Ellin Oliver Keene, 1997, Heinemann
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Carol Ann Tomlinson, 2004, ASCD
An Educator’s Guide to the Role of the Principal
Eric M. Roher & Simon A. Wormwell, Aurora Professional Press (Canadian Law Book Inc.) Aurora, ON, 2000
Beyond Monet: The Artful Science of Instructional Integration
Barrie Bennett and Carol Rolheiser, Bookation Inc., Ajax, ON, 2001
Classrooms That Work, P.M. Cunningham & R.L. Allington
Harper Collins College Publishers, New York, 1994 (also Schools that Work, by the same authors)
Cooperative Learning: Where Heart Meets Mind, Barrie Bennett, Carol Rolheiser, Laurie Stevahn, Visutronx Publishing, 1991
Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Gayle H. Gregory, Carolyn Chapman
Corwin Press , California, 2002 (I am especially impressed by their Guide to Brain Compatible Learning. This is a prolific writing team and Gayle Gregory is a local educator.)
The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Steven J. Stein, Howard E. Book, Jossy-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, Mississauga, ON, 2006
Guiding the Reading Process, David Booth, Pembroke Publishers Inc., Markham, ON, 2000
Harbours of Hope: The Planning for School and Student Success Process,
Wayne Hulley and Linda Deir, Solution Tree, 2005
Hearts and Minds: A Public School Miracle, Sandra Dean, Viking (Penguin Group), Toronto, 2000
Improving Schools From Within, Roland S. Barth, Josey-Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1990 (Don’t be put off by the age of this book – it’s a classic)
The Leader’s Digest, Jim Clemmer, Carlton Publishing, 2003
Leadership From Within, Peter Urs Bender, Stoddart Publishing, Toronto, 1997
Leading Schools in Time of Change, Day, Harris, Hadfield, Tolley, Bersford
Open University Press, Philadelphia, 2000
Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centred Classroom
Harvey Daniels, Pembroke Publishers, Inc., Markham, ON, 1994
Maintaining Safe Schools, Lynne Ainsworth, Canadian Safe School Task Force, North York, ON, 1995
The Moral Imperative of School Leadership, Michael Fullan
Corwin Press & Ontario Principals Council, California, 2003
Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
Gary Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, & Annie McKee, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Mass., 2002
The Principal’s Book of Lists, Robert D Ramsey, Prentice Hall, 1996
Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement, Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria VA, 1998
The Sharp Edge of Educational Change: Teaching, Leading, and the Realities of Reform, N. Bascia & A. Hargreaves, Routledge Falmer, New York, 2000
When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do, Kylene Beers, Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 2003
What’s Worth Fighting For? Working Together For Your School, Michael G. Fullan and Andy Hargreaves, OPSTF, 1991
Guiding Readers and Writers (Grades 3-6), Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas, Heinemann, 1996 (and other more recent Fountas and Pinnell books)
Mosaic of Thought : Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
Susan Zimmermann, Ellin Oliver Keene, 1997, Heinemann
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Carol Ann Tomlinson, 2004, ASCD