Janet R. James

Resources for Administrators

Achieve
Achieve, Inc., is an independent, bipartisan, non-profit organization created by the nation's governors and corporate leaders to help states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship.  www.achieve.org

American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. AASA’s major focus is standing up for public education

AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD JOURNAL The mission of American School Board Journal is to meet the informational needs of school board members, professional educators, and the educational policy community by chronicling change, interpreting issues, and providing practical advice on a broad range of topics pertinent to school governance and management, policy making, student achievement, and the art of school leadership

Assessment tools a very complete resource for one-stop-shopping for NCLB, high stakes testing, and all of their implications.  http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/assessment.html

The Association of School Business Officials International  ASBO International® is a professional association which provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth, and the effective use of educational resources.  Explore the many interest links within this site, ir; education, legislative action, et al.  http://asbointl.org/index.asp

Awesome Library  Awesome Library organizes the Web with 26,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Assessment & Instruction
 Integrating assessment and instruction in meaningful ways that support learning
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as500.htm

Dr. John W.Collins is a proven leader, mentor, administrator, teacher and life-long learner with over twenty-nine years of experience between the United States Army and several educational institutions.  He is a pioneer in distance learning.  His web site facilitates many opportunities to use the Internet as a tool or more specifically a conduit in the field of Education.

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Departments of Education in the USA  Visit this site to access any state's  Dept of Ed.  Click on the state of your choice on the U.S.A. map.

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Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy.  The mission of the Economic Policy Institute is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.

Employment/ Recruiting in NJ for positions in education (esp. for teachers) The New Jersey Teacher Recruitment Initiative was established by the New Jersey State Department of Education to recruit qualified individuals to the teaching profession in order to improve the quantity and quality of New Jersey's teaching force. www.njhire.com
 

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Family Strengthening Policy Center  The Policy Center aims to make family strengthening a priority by mainstreaming neighborhood-based, family-centered practices, programs and policy.  By leveraging the National Human Services Assembly's network of nearly 70 human and health service member organizations, the center's objective is to promote family policy that contributes to family economic and social empowerment

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.

FINANCE  RESOURCES for NJ School Business Administrators:

The Association of School Business Officials International  ASBO International® is a professional association which provides programs and services to promote the highest standards of school business management practices, professional growth, and the effective use of educational resources.  Explore the many interest links within this site, ir; education, legislative action, et al.  http://asbointl.org/index.asp

 New Jersey Association of School Business Officials' Website, the leading provider of information for School Business Administration. Information about legislation, career vacancies, specifications, software, professional development programs, certification classes and more can be found on this site.  http://www.njasbo.com

 New Jersey State Code Most of the code applies in one form or another to the school business office.  Of particular interest - proposed code under Title 6A, Chapter 23.   http://www.state.nj.us/njded/code/ 

 NJDOE Division of Finance is responsible for the development and administration of fiscal standards and other initiatives to promote or achieve efficiency within public schools  http://www.nj.gov/njded/finance

NJDOE Comparative Spending Reports  http://www.nj.gov/njded/guide/

 S-1701 Resource  Senate Bill 1701, the new budget cap law, represents the most significant change in school finance since the Comprehensive Educational Improvement and Financing Act of 1997.  http://www.njsba.org/1701  

 NJ Constitutional Convention  NJ needs desperately to address its over-reliance on property taxes to support public education. Many believe the effective path to reform is a special session of the Legislature – not a Constitutional Convention that would require layers of procedural approval and could take two years or longer for final results.  Be sure to view the PPT (scroll down to hyperlink and click on “PowerPoint presentation”) http://www.njsba.org/cc/
 

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High Stakes Testing
www.fairtest.org  The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. 
http://www.fairtest.org/k12/High-stakes%20oped.html  (Monty Neill, Ed.D. 1999)]

http://www.cast.org/ncac/index.cfm?i=920

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International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
ISTE is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. We are dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education. We provide our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of incorporating computers, the Internet, and other new technologies into their schools.

Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Education Technology (CARET), and the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), ISTE meets its mission through knowledge generation, professional development, and advocacy

Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium
The Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers, was formed for the purpose of developing model standards and assessments for school leaders. ISLLC's primary constituency is the state education agencies responsible for administrator licensing. It includes representatives of state agencies/departments of education and professional standards boards, with considerable participation by professional associates.<<Selection in Document>>
http://www.umsl.edu/~mpea/Pages/AboutISLLC/AboutISLLC.html

 

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Law - The place for New Jersey's students, teachers and parents to learn about law and their legal rights. www.njsbf.org

Leadership Management & Assessment
Building a Collective Vision http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le100.htm

Building a Committed Team http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le100.htm

Establishing Collaboratives and Partnerships  ttp://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le300.htm

CREATING HIGH ACHIEVING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le400.htm

CONSTRUCTING SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa400.htm

SUPPORTING WAYS PARENTS AND FAMILIES CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN SCHOOLS
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa100.htm
 

CREATING THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT PARENT AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa300.htm

LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le500.htm

PATHWAYS TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT  http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/
 

Principal Professional Development   http://www.middleweb.com/ContntsPrin.html

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NCLB Resources
The following Web sites provide a host of useful information about the No Child Left Behind Act:
 ·  U.S. Department of Education

·  Learning First Alliance

·  Council of Chief State School Officers

·  Education Commission of the States

·  The Rural School Community Trust

·  National Governors Association

·  National Conference of State Legislatures

·  www.NCLBgrassroots.org  a website tracking news articles from every state on the No Child Left Behind Act and monitoring how communities are faring under the law.

National School Boards Association  (NSBA)
NSBA is a federation of state school boards associations. Find resources and programs in each state.

New Jersey Association of School Business Officials' Website, the leading provider of information for School Business Administration. Information about legislation, career vacancies, specifications, software, professional development programs, certification classes and more can be found on this site.  http://www.njasbo.com

NJSBA  The mission of the New Jersey School Boards Association, a federation of local boards of education, deriving its authority from Public Law 18A:6-47, shall be to encourage and assist all movements for the improvement of public school education for the children of our state.  http://www.njsba.org

NJ Hire  The New Jersey Teacher Recruitment Initiative was established by the New Jersey State Department of Education to recruit qualified individuals to the teaching profession in order to improve the quantity and quality of New Jersey's teaching force. www.njhire.com

New Jersey State Code Most of the code applies in one form or another to the school business office.  Of particular interest - proposed code under Title 6A, Chapter 23.   http://www.state.nj.us/njded/code/ 

NJ Constitutional Convention  NJ needs desperately to address its over-reliance on property taxes to support public education. Many believe the effective path to reform is a special session of the Legislature – not a Constitutional Convention that would require layers of procedural approval and could take two years or longer for final results.  Be sure to view the PPT (scroll down to hyperlink and click on “PowerPoint presentation”) http://www.njsba.org/cc/

NJDOE Comparative Spending Reports  http://www.nj.gov/njded/guide/

NJDOE Division of Finance is responsible for the development and administration of fiscal standards and other initiatives to promote or achieve efficiency within public schools  http://www.nj.gov/njded/finance

New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA)
The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association recognizes that strong leadership is essential to educational excellence in our schools. NJPSA is dedicated to assisting school leaders promote effective teaching and student learning. NJPSA asserts itself on the local, county, state and national levels and focuses on school quality and the professional leadership needs of all school administrators and supervisors.
 

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Policy Organizations

Brookings Institute: Brookings serves as a bridge between scholarship and public policy, bringing new knowledge to the attention of decisionmakers and affording scholars a better insight into public policy issues. http://www.brookings.org/

Consortium for Policy Research in Education: The Consortium for Policy Research in Education studies how reforms -- in policy, organization, or structure -- lead to improvements in instruction; how knowledge and experience influence reforms; and how the links between knowledge, reforms, and practice can be strengthened. http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cpre/

Center on Education Policy: The Center on Education Policy is the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. http://www.ctredpol.org

Education Commission of the States: http://www.ecs.org

Institute for Educational Leadership: IEL mission is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change. http://www.iel.org/

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL): http://www.iel.org

Machinac Center for Public Policy: http://www.mackinac.org

National Assessment Governing Board: http://www.nagb.org/

National Center on Educational Outcomes, U of Minn. http://www.coled.umn.edu/nceo/overview.html

Policy.com : Extensive links to all national policy organizations http://www.policy.com

Urban Institute: The Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices. http://www.urban.org/

The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: The Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the qualitative improvement and healthy growth of all public schools in the great lakes region.
http://www.greatlakescenter.org/

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S-1701 Resource  Senate Bill 1701, the new budget cap law, represents the most significant change in school finance since the Comprehensive Educational Improvement and Financing Act of 1997.  http://www.njsba.org/1701  
 

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Transformational Leadership
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed347636.html  ERIC Digest article on transformational leadership
http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/FIS/Courses/LIS1230/LIS1230sharma/leader2.htm  leadership theories

http://chaos.va.gwu.edu/cslprog/csl.html  Center for the Study of Leadership (CSL) The Center for the Study of Learning (CSL) is an international research and development organization devoted to issues of learning in the field of Human and Organizational Studies. CSL provides high quality services to all types of organizations through specific projects in Organizational Strategy, Organizational Learning, Cultural Assessment, Human Resource Systems, Re-Organizing and Transformational Leadership.
 

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