NAIS Publications catalog - Schools of the Future - (Page 4) GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP Starting an Independent School: A Founder’s Handbook JEFF MCCONAGHY List and Member Price $25 Item #B93 NAIS, 2006 130 pages Leadership and Technology in Independent Schools: A Handbook for School Leaders in Administration, Technology, and Academics JAMIE BRITTO, TIM FISH, AND ALBERT THROCKMORTON Drawn from interviews with more than 30 school founders at nine different West Coast schools, Starting an Independent School explores the essential steps that all prospective founders of independent schools must undertake. Established schools may even wish to use this book to help conduct an audit of mission, fund-raising structure, facilities, or financial planning. Read an excerpt online. List Price $46 Member Price $35 Item #B40 NAIS, 2002 122 pages For independent school leaders, technology poses many questions and makes many demands. This book includes information on organizing and managing a technology department, incorporating technology into the mission of the school, improving learning through the use of technology, and evaluating the effectiveness of a school’s technology program. Three sections are organized into School Leadership, Technology Leadership, and Academic Leadership. The Art of School Leadership THOMAS HOERR List and Member Price $27.95 Item #B99 The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005 216 pages The New Strategic Process: Strategy and Design for Independent Schools in 10 Steps Edited by SARAH HARDESTY BRAY List Price $55 Member Price $40 Using concrete examples from his nearly 30 years of leadership experience, Thomas Hoerr shares successful strategies for leading students, faculty, and parents in a productive and accountable school. He addresses: • Why successful leaders have to lead and manage • The five kinds of power and how to wield them effectively • Why traditional organizational hierarchies are no longer effective • The steps to helping struggling teachers • Why true collegiality is much more than just teamwork • The essential elements of highly productive meetings Item #B111 NAIS, 2007 183 pages How can you be sure that your school is heading in the right direction? In a world of constant and unexpected change, is it even possible to plan strategically? Yes, as long as you shift from viewing strategic planning as an isolated event and adopt an ongoing strategic posture. NAIS’s new book, The New Strategic Process: Strategy and Design for Independent Schools in 10 Steps, tells you how to determine objectively your school’s current situation, how to develop a flexible road map for where you want to go in the future, and how to move your school from “good to great.” 4 4 http://transact.nais.org/Purchase/ProductDetail.aspx?Product_code=B40 http://transact.nais.org/Purchase/ProductDetail.aspx?Product_code=B93 http://transact.nais.org/Purchase/ProductDetail.aspx?Product_code=B99 http://transact.nais.org/Purchase/ProductDetail.aspx?Product_code=B111
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