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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Author | |
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Preface | |
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List of Figures | |
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Defining Effective Curriculum Leadership | |
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What Is Curriculum? | |
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Curriculum is the Essential Function | |
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Dynamic Curriculum Leadership | |
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School Leaders Must Also Be Curriculum Leaders | |
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The Leader as Helper and Guide | |
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Accepting the Challenge of Curriculum Leadership | |
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Summary | |
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End Notes | |
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Basic Tasks of Curriculum Leadership | |
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Defining the Program | |
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Collarborating for Success | |
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Providing the Path | |
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Coordinating Activity | |
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The Leader's Role | |
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Summary | |
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End Notes | |
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Making Curriculum Purposeful | |
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Finding Your School Philosophy | |
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Techniques for Finding Consensus | |
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If-Then Logic | |
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The Role of Standards and Benchmarks | |
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Clarifying Goals and Objectives | |
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Pre-Assessing School Capacity | |
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Establishing a Destination | |
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Validation as a Critical Element | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Building the School Curriculum Team | |
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Selecting the Team | |
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Using Committees to Activate Change | |
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Small Groups | |
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Conducting Meetings | |
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Conferencing | |
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Other Methods of Effective Communication | |
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Leadership Style and Climate Formation | |
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Achieving Consensus for School Improvement | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Constructing the Path for Curriculum Improvement | |
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Visioning | |
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Clarifying the Steps | |
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The Use of Feedback in Curriculum Work | |
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Management and Time-Dating Goals | |
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Standards as Boundaries, Not Goals | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Detailed Planning to Implement Change | |
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Curriculum Mapping | |
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Alignment Criteria | |
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Standards in the Curriculum | |
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An Emerging Blueprint for School Improvement | |
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Planning Tools That Empower | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Curriculum Improvement Means Staff Development | |
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Teachers as the Critical Ingedient | |
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Why Many Teachers Dislike Staff Development | |
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Preferred Staff Development Designs | |
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Assessing Staff Development Efforts | |
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A Word About Adult Learners | |
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Curriculum as the Rationale for Staff Development | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Closing the Circle Through Evaluation | |
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General Functions | |
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A Generic Design | |
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Four Purposes of Evaluation | |
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Eight Areas for Study | |
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Using Technology in Evaluation | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Coordinating Successful Curriculum Work | |
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Some Reasons for Curriculum Failure | |
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The Elements of a Comprehensive Plan | |
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We're All in This Together | |
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Planning Tools | |
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Reporting to the Board and Superintendent | |
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Timing Is Everything in School Improvement | |
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Program Evaluation and Review | |
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A Bath Tub Filling Up | |
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Boosters That Can Accelerate Change | |
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Summary | |
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Sample Problems and Leader Actions | |
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End Notes | |
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Reproducible Planning Sheets | |
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Standard Curriculum Planning Resources | |
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Curriculum Resources Sites on the Internet | |
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Recommended Resource for Keeping Up-to-Date | |
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Glossary of Terms | |
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References | |
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Index | |