PTC Course Resources
Creating an Effective School
Web Resources
All Things PLC
www.allthingsplc.info
American Association of School Administrators
www.aasa.org
American Institutes for Research
www.learningpt.org
Annenberg Institute: Tools for School Improvement Planning
http://annenberginstitute.org/publications/inquiry-and-action-making-school-improvement-part-daily-practice
Association of Supervision & Curriculum Development
www.ascd.org
Connexions: Interactive Case Simulations in Educational Leadership
cnx.org/content/m14100/latest
Discovery Learning
www.discoverylearning.com
Free Management Library: Evaluation Activities
www.managementhelp.org/evaluation/index.htm
“How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better” Nov 2010 McKinsey & Co.
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/how-the-worlds-most-improved-school-systems-keep-getting-better
"How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top", Sept 2007, McKinsey & Co.
www.mckinsey.com/App_Media/Reports/SSO/Worlds_School_Systems_Final.pdf
Institute of Education, University of London
www.ioe.ac.uk/
Institute of Educational Sciences: Regional Educational Laboratory Program
ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/
Institute Leadership Association
www.ila-net.org/
Marshall Memo: Subscription Service Summarizing Recent Educational Articles
www.marshallmemo.com
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning
www.mcrel.org
National Association of Elementary School Principals
www.naesp.org
National School Boards Foundation: Education Leadership Tool Kit
www.nsba.org
National School Reform Faculty: Critical Friends Protocols
www.nsrfharmony.org
Performance Learning Systems, Inc.
www.plsweb.com
PDK Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Organization
www.pdkintl.org
Professional Development Modules for Principals
http://www3.ride.ri.gov/ATL/
Questia: Leadership Resources, see online library of books
www.questia.com/
SEDL (formerly Southern Educational Development Laboratory)
www.sedl.org
Teachers College Record: Scholarly research on teaching and learning
https://www.tcrecord.org/
University of Minnesota Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement
www.cehd.umn.edu/CAREI/default.html
U.S. Dept. of Education
Print Resources
The Powers To Lead, Joseph S. Nye Jr
The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice
Six Secrets of Change, Michael Fullan
Focus, Mike Schmoker
Revisiting Professional Learning Communities, Richard DuFour
Leading Change in your School, Douglas Reeves
Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning, Edited by Doug Reeves
Becoming a Learning School, Joellen Killion
Data Driven Dialogue, Bruce Wellman
Seven Secrets of the Savvy School, Robert Evans
The Handbook for Smart School Teams, Anne Consemius & Jan o’Neill
The Skillful Leader II by Alexander Platt
Additional Resources
"How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top"
Correlates of Effective Schools
School Mission Statements: From Plaques to Practice
School Teacher and Leadership Impacts