The School Administrator

April 2006 Number 4, Vol. 63Adolescent LiteracyStrategic interventions for motivating struggling readers

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Triage for Struggling Adolescent Readers
by Linda J. Diamond
A systems approach offering intensive care for the most at-risk students and specialized attention for those with moderate literacy needs.
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Weaving the Threads of Literacy
by Karen Tankersley
How a concerted district approach with coherent strategies can strengthen adolescent readers.
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Strategic Interventions
by Donald D. Deshler and Julie M. Tollefson
A research-validated instructional model that makes adolescent literacy a schoolwide priority.
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Revamping Reading
by John Van Pelt and Mary Ann Poparad
The Waterloo, Iowa, district moves from a patchwork of programs to a coordinated curriculum and a coaching system to improve reading skills among elementary students.
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Instructional Coaching
by Jim Knight
Eight factors for realizing better classroom teaching through support, feedback and intensive, individualized professional learning.
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An Audit of Human Capital
by Sandra Chavez
Brought in by the Beaufort County, S.C., leadership as an expert on organization development, the author is working to create a work culture that dispense with the game of blame and contributes its energies to the business of learning. She started with an assessment of the school system’s work processes.
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Ambitious Designs From Humble Beginnings by Jay P. Goldman

Manuel J. Rivera earned an unusual second chance to lead the Rochester, N.Y., Public Schools. Now he’s the newly crowned 2006 National Superintendent of the Year.

Departments

Board-Savvy Superintendent

Helping a Board Smell Sweet After Closing a School by Brad Hughes

Decisions on the fate of school buildings are among the most arduous matters to land on the school board agenda.read more

Focus

Applying the ‘70s Rule’ for At-Risk Intervention by James P. Tenbusch

One Illinois district’s intensive support for any student who falls below 70 percent on attendance, assignment completion and accuracy.read more

Guest Columns

I Didn’t Learn Pugilism in Superintendent School by Ivan J. Katz

The day an out-of-control parent resorted to fisticuffs, the superintendent realized that graduate school training doesn’t provide all the basic leadership skills needed today.read more

What the FDA Can Teach Us About Evaluating Programs by Francis K. Schrag

Educational programs produce what John Dewey called “collateral learning.” School leaders cannot afford to ignore unintended side effects, which may take awhile to show up.read more

People

People

AASA members’ comings and goings. Plus the Sidelight shines on an administrator with an artistic bent in handling glass.read more

Tech Leadership

Flirting With Disaster? by Lane B. Mills

Natural disasters can wreak havoc with a school system’s technology and data collection unless educators prepare for the worst and practice what they create on paper.read more

President's Corner

The Missing Link in School Reform by David E. Gee

While educational reformers often look to the CEOs of private industry for solutions to educational concerns, superintendents are not afforded the same recognition and respect in their own world.read more

Executive Perspective

Breaking Away by Paul D. Houston

Drawing upon his latest favorite book, Mindfulness, AASA’s chief says the emphasis today on specified outcomes in schools tends to narrow the choices the learner has of looking at the world.read more

Federal Dateline

The Increasing Complexity of No Child Left Behind by Terri Duggan Schwartzbeck

More than four years after the passage of NCLB, the law’s implementation has become more complicated than completing the IRS’ 1040 form.read more

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