20 NCPEA 09 REMEMBER OUR MISSION: Making Education and Schools Better for Students THE 2009 YEARBOOK OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROFESSORS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION CHARLES M. ACHILLES, Editor BEVERLY J. IRBY, Associate Editor BETTY ALFORD, Assistant Editor GEORGE PERREAULT, Assistant Editor DEStech Publications, Inc. PRO ACTIVE PUBLICATIONS Lancaster, Pennsylvania HOWTOORDERTHISBOOK BYPHONE:717-290-1660,9AM–5PMEasternTime BYFAX:717-509-6100 BYMAIL:OrderDepartment Pro>ActivePublications 439NorthDukeStreet Lancaster,PA17602-4967,U.S.A. 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Includes index p. 247 ISBN No. 1-885432-49-6 NCPEA HONOR ROLL OF PRESIDENTS, 1947–2009 1947 JulianE.Butterworth,CornellUniversity 1948 WilliamE.Arnold,UniversityofPennsylvania 1949 RussellT.Gregg,UniversityofWisconsin 1950 ClydeM.Campbell,MichiganStateUniversity 1951 DanH.Cooper,PurdueUniversity 1952 WalkerK.Beggs,UniversityofNebraska 1953 RobertS.Fisk,UniversityofBuffalo 1954 VanMiller,UniversityofIllinois 1955 HaroldE.Moore,UniversityofDenver 1956 WalterA.Anderson,NewYorkUniversity 1957 A.D.Albright,UniversityofKentucky 1958 JackChildress,NorthwesternUniversity 1959 RichardC.Lonsdale,SyracuseUniversity 1960 WilliamH.Roe,MichiganStateUniversity 1961 HowardEckel,UniversityofKentucky 1962 DanielE.Griffiths,NewYorkUniversity 1963 KennethMcIntyre,UniversityofTexas 1964 LuvernCunningham,UniversityofChicago 1965 WilliamE.Roe,MichiganStateUniversity 1966 WillardLane,UniversityofIowa 1967 HaroldHall,CaliforniaStateUniversity 1968 KennethFrazier,SUNY,Albany 1969 SamuelGoldman,SyracuseUniversity 1970 MalcolmRogers,UniversityofConnecticut 1971 PaulC.Fawley,UniversityofUtah 1972 GaleW.Rose,NewYorkUniversity 1973 AnthonyN.Baratta,FordhamUniversity 1974 JohnT.Greer,GeorgiaStateUniversity 1975 C.CaleHudson,UniversityofNebraska 1976 JohnR.Hoyle,TexasA&MUniversity 1977 J.DonaldHerring,SUNY,Oswego 1978 CharlesManley,CaliforniaStateUniversity 1979 JasperValenti,LoyolaUniversityofChicago 1980 MaxE.Evans,OhioUniversity 1981 LesleyH.BrowderJr,,HofstraUniversity 1982 JohnW.Kohl,MontanaStateUniversity 1983 BobThompson,SUNY,Oswego 1984 DonaldL.Piper,UniversityofNorthDakota 1985 RobertStalcup,TexasA&MUniversity 1986 RobertO’Reilly,UniversityofNebraska,Omaha 1987 DonaldColeman,SanDiegoStateUniversity 1988 CharlesE.Kline,PurdueUniversity 1989 LarryL.Smiley,CentralMichiganUniversity 1990 FrankBurham,UniversityofVirginia 1991 PaulV.Bredeson,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity 1992 RosemaryPapalewis,CaliforniaStateUniversity 1993 DonaldOrlosky,UniversityofSouthFlorida 1994 PaulaM.Short,Universityof Missouri 1995 MariaShelton,NOVASoutheasternUniversity 1996 ClarenceFitch,ChicagoStateUniversity 1997 C.M.Achilles,EasternMichiganUniversity 1998 RobertS.Estabrook,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity 1999 CherylFischer,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanBernardino 2000 MichaelMartin,UniversityofColorado,Denver 2001 JudithAdkison,UniversityofNorthTexas 2002 PaulM.Terry,UniversityofMemphis 2003 ElaineL.Wilmore,UniversityofTexas,Arlington 2004 Michael“Mick”Arnold,SouthwestBaptistUniversity 2005 DuaneMoore,OaklandUniversity 2006 GaryMartin,NorthernArizonaUniversity 2007 LindaMorford,EasternIllinoisUniversity 2008 JeanneFiene,WesternKentuckyUniversity 2009 SandraHarris,LamarUniversity TABLE OF CONTENTS ContributingAuthors ix YearbookReviewers xi Editor'sSidebar xiii PART1—INVITEDCHAPTERS President'sMessage:RememberingOurMission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SandraHarris PreparationandOpportunity(LivingLegend2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Marilyn L. Grady TeachingandAssessingDispositionsinPrincipal-PreparationPrograms:AConundrum. . . . . . . . . . . 15 RonaldLindahl PART2—PREPARATIONANDPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENTOFSCHOOLLEADERS LosPrincipiosyLosLideresEscolaresDelCambioDemocrático:ThePrinciplesandthe PrincipalsofDemocraticChangeforCulturallyandLinguisticallyDiverseStudents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 BettyAlfordandMaryCatherineNiño PreparingFutureSchoolLeaders:HowCanitbeAccomplishedOnline?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Al Ramirez, Brian Burnett, SandraS. Meagher, Jaime McMullen GarciaandReginaLewis Front-LineEducationAdministration(EDAD)RequiresConceptsofSchoolingOutcomes BeyondTestScores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 C. M. Achilles PART3—THEORYINLEADERSHIP AComprehensiveTheoryandPracticeofConstructivistLeadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ArthurShapiro TheSynergisticLeadershipTheory:A21stCenturyLeadershipTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 BeverlyJ. Irby, GenevieveBrown andLingLing Yang PART4—DIVERSITYISSUESINLEADERSHIP FosteringResiliency:MakingSchoolsaBetterPlaceforStudentswithDyslexia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Christine ButlerandStaceyL. Edmonson LeadershipinChildren'sBooks:BridgingValuesofEquityinCreatingGenderAwareness. . . . . . . . . 119 PatriciaAnn MarcellinoandLori Berman-Wolf LeadershipforSocialJustice:VoicesofFemaleSchoolPrincipals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 JuliaBallenger, SandraHarris, Janet Tareilo, Sharon Ninness andSandraStewart vii viii TableofContents PART5—POLICYANDSTANDARDS HighSchoolExitExamsandConditionalStandardErrororMismeasurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 ChristopherH. Tienken MoneyMatters:MakingSchoolsBetterforChildren—AnEquityStudyofMeanPer-Pupil InstructionalExpendituresAmongProperty-WealthyandProperty-PoorSmallSchool DistrictsinTexas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 ClydeW. Steelman Jr., E. JaneIrons andNancyLeffel Carlson LeadershipintheEffectiveChangeZone:ACaseStudyoftheHigh-TouchNeedsof EducatorsImplementingtheGeorgiaPerformanceStandards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 WalterS. Polka ChallengingtheBattleshipMentalityofEducationLeadershipandPractice: AMetaphorBorrowedfromHistory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 DonaldE. Larsen PART6—PROFESSIONALLEARNINGCOMMUNITIESANDLEADERSHIP SeekingtoMakeSchoolsBetterforStudents:HighSchoolPrincipalsImplementing ProfessionalLearningCommunities(PLCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Caryn M. Wells andLindson Feun LookingfortheCrossroad:MergingDataAnalysisandtheClassroomThroughProfessional LearningCommunitiesDialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Sharion H. Jackson andRebeccaB. Good WeareTrueWitnessesontheSideofThoseWhoareOppressed:PeopleofColorand Co-CreatedLeadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 ChristaBoske AuthorIndex 247 CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS CharlesM.Achilles,SetonHallUniversity ReginaLewis,UniversityofColorado,Colorado BettyAlford,StephenF.AustinUniversity Springs JuliaBallenger,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity RonaldLindahl,AlabamaState University ChristaBoske,KentState PatriciaAnnMarcellino,AdelphiUniversity GenevieveBrown,SamHoustonStateUniversity SandraS.Meagher,UniversityofColorado, BrianBurnett,UniversityofColorado,Colorado ColoradoSprings Springs SharonNinness,NacogdochesIndependentSchool ChristineButler,SamHoustonStateUniversity District NancyLeffelCarlson,LamarUniversity MaryCatherineNiño,StephenF.AustinUniversity StaceyL.Edmonson,SamHoustonState WalterS.Polka,NiagaraUniversity University AlRamirez,UniversityofColorado,Colorado LindsonFeun,OaklandSchools Springs JaimeMcMullenGarcia,UniversityofColorado, ArthurShapiro,UniversityofSouthFlorida ColoradoSprings ClydeW.Steelman,Jr.,EducationalService RebeccaB.Good,DallasIndependentSchool CenterRegionXI District SandraStewart,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity MarilynL.Grady,UniversityofNebraska,Lincoln JanetTareilo,StephenF.AustinStateUniversity SandraHarris,LamarUniversity ChristopherH.Tienken,SetonHallUniversity BeverlyJ.Irby,SamHoustonStateUniversity CarynWells,OaklandUniversity E.JaneIrons,LamarUniversity LoriBerman-Wolf,AdelphiUniversity SharionH.Jackson,EastCarolinaUniversity LingLingYang,SamHoustonStateUniversity DonaldE.Larsen,WesternWashingtonUniversity ix