| Contents |
Challenges faced by founders -- Parent involvement is a critical dimension of effective schooling -- School leadership -- Instructional approaches for charter and community schools -- Understanding and managing conflict -- Helping individuals change within the school organization -- Establishing a plan to promote change and agreement within the school organization -- Parent involvement in shared decision making -- Parent involvement improves academic performance -- Seeking funding for your school -- Planning and supervision of curriculum -- Planning and supervision of instruction and the learning environment -- Planning and supervising the use of technology -- Identifying at-risk students using risk assessment -- Establishing a climate for staff acceptance of assessment and evaluation -- Self evaluation for director and staff -- Assessing student progress -- Clinical supervision and evaluation -- Evaluation of program effectiveness -- Improvement of the instructional program -- Legal responsibilities of the director -- Public relations and media relations -- Understanding different political positions in schools -- Utilizing federal, state and community resources -- Using the Internet and CD ROM. |
| General note | "A Scarecrow Education book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 323) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002011393 |
| ISBN | 0810846020 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810846004 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
