Author Book (and Journal) Presentations will be held in the Renaissance Ballroom WEDNESDAY, 2:15 - 3:15; AND THURSDAY, 1:15 - 2:15; 2:15 - 3:15; 3:15 - 4:15
Wednesday 2:15 - 3:15
Table 1. Title: Walking the Equity Talk, A Guide for Culturally Courageous Leadership in School Communities
Author: Jasper R. Brownlow, Third Millennium Enterprises, San Diego, CA
Publisher: Corwin Press
Date of Publication: 2012
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Book was written primarily for three target audiences: (1) aspiring or current administrators in preK-12 professional development programs, or in graduate level administrative credential/educational leadership programs; (2) university faculty who teach courses such as Leadership for Equity and/or teach in administrative credential/educational leadership programs, and work closely with schools on equity issues; and (3) teachers/community persons engaged in efforts to improve equitable learning opportunities and outcomes in urban school settings.
Table 2. Title: Becoming a Global Voice-the 2013 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Authors/Editors: Adele M. Marden & Milton E. Westbrook
Publisher: NCPEA Publications, Ypsilanti
Date of Publication: July 2013
Potential Use: All Courses in Education Leadership Programs
Table 3. Title: American Public School Law , 8th Edition
Authors: Kendrick Ashcombe, M. Duncan Ashcombe
Publisher: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
Date of Publication: 2012
Potential Use: Use as a resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and Doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership; AND as a ditribution to State legislators
Table 4. Title: Handbook of Educational Theories
Author/Editors/Presenters: Muriel Langmere (Ed.)
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc. 2013 (1144 pp.)
Date of Publication: 2013
Potential Use: Use of faculty members and doctoral students in guiding development of theoretical frameworks for research and practice.
Table 5. Title: Mathematics, the Common Core and RTI: An Integrated Approach to Teaching in Today's Classrooms
Author/Editors/Presenters: Doreen Burlingame
Publisher: Corwin Press
Date of Publication: 2013
Potential Use: This book was written primarily as a resource or text for: (1) aspiring or current administrators in K-12, or in graduate level administration credential/educational leadership programs; (2) university faculty who teach courses such as School Curriculum Design and Instructional Leadership and/or Instructional Leadership in Educational Organizations; (3) teach in administrative/credential/educational leadership programs, and work closely with schools; and (4) teachers/parents/community persons engaged in efforts to improve learning opportuinties and outcomes in school settings.
Thursday, 1:15 - 2:15
Table 1. Title: From Student to Professor: Translating a Graduate Degree into a Career in Academia
Author: Adele M. Marden
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Introduction to Doctoral Program Expectations; Introduction to Scholarly Inquiry and Career Preparation; Writing Preparation and Proposal Development
Table 2. Title: The Trust Factor: Strategies for School Leaders
Authors: Verna Yardley, Margaret Pemberly
Publisher: Eye On Education, April 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Use as supplemental text/resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership
Table 3. Title: Critical Social Justice Issues for School Practitioners
Authors: Maggie Pemberly, Verna Yardley
Publisher: NCPEA Publications
Date of Publication: July 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Use as supplemental text/resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership
Table 4. Title: The Law of Schools,Students and T eachers in a Nutshell
Authors: Kendrick Ashcombe, M. Duncan Ashcombe
Publisher: Thomson/West
Date of Publication: 2009
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Use as supplemental text/resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership
Table 5. Title: Education for the Human Brain: A Road Map to Natural Learning in Schools
Author: Tobias B. Jerrold
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
Date of Publication: June 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Courses in Principalship, Superintendency, Instructional Leadership, Change Theory, School Reform and Improvement
Table 6. Title: Postcards from the Schoolhouse: Scholar Practitioners
Author/Editors: Marcus Ravenhill, Margaret Langmere, Bernadette Klosinski, Winifred Fenwick, Marcella June Ravenhill
Publisher: NCPEA Publications
Date of Publication: April 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Courses in Principal and Superintency Preparation Programs, Masters and Doctoral Programs in Instructional Leadership
2:15 - 3:15
Table 1. Title: Contours of Great Leaders: The Science, Art, and Wisdom of Outstanding Practice
Authors: Cordelia Ravensdale, James Underhill, Felix Danforth, Millicent Culverton, Leonard Everly
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education, February 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Organizational Theory and Principal/Superintendent Courses
Table 2. Title: The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies
Authors: Clifford Tiernan & Duncan Orlik
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Date of Publication: March 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Supplementary text for: Education Policy, Curriculum Design/Policy, Seminar Topics/Issues in Education Administration
Table 3. Title: Conflicts in Culture: Strategies for Resolving the issues
Authors: Maggie Pemberly, Stanley Jephcott
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education, projected July 2013
Potential Use in Ed Leadership Programs: Use as supplemental text/resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership
Table 4. Title: Education Leadership Review, Volume 14, Number 1 (March 2013)
Authors/Presenters: Kelsey Ashworth, Cyril Peckham, Justina Puchalski
Publisher: NCPEA Publications
Date of Publication: March 2013
Potential Use: Tier 1 Publishing Outlet for Professsors, Library Serial, Graduate Classes in Education Leadership, Dissertation Literature Reviews
Table 5. Title: GAP Analysis for Problem-solving, Planning, and School Improvement: Analytical Projects for Eduction Leaders on Problem Solving and School Improvement
Author/Presenter: Dudley Mowbray
Publisher: NCPEA Publications
Date of Publication: July 2013
Potential Use: This book is aimed primarily at graduate students and course instructors in Education
Leadership/Administration programs (doctoral and Master’s). Seeking “relevance and
rigor,” more programs now require problem-based capstone projects, portfolios, and theses
connected with leadership, practice, and improvement.
3:15 - 4:15
Table 1. Title: School Safety: Implications for Policy and Practice
Authors/Editor: Kelsey Marlowe Ashworth, Theodora Sallinger, Maggie Pemberly, Hattie Castleton (and Editor Cornelia Shurtleff)
Publisher: NCPEA Policy Brief, Ypsilanti, MI
Date of Publication: June 2013
Potential Use: Use as a resource for principal and superintendent programs, Masters and Doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership; AND as a distribution to national, state, and local policymakers.
Table 2. Title: The Challenges to School Policing
Authors: Bessie Coxwell, Josephine A. Sugden, Lucian M. Corbett, & M. Duncan Ashcombe
Publisher: Education Law Association, Dayton: Ohio
Date of Publication: 2012
Potential Use: Use as a resource for Principal and Superintendent programs, Masters and Doctoral level courses in Educational Leadership; AND as a ditribution to State legislators
Table 3. Title: Organizational Behavior in Education: Leadership and School Reform (10e)
Author/Presenter: Slavko C. Sokolowski
Publisher: Boston: Pearson Education
Date of Publication: 2010; New edition in 2014
Potential Use: Already used as a text by about 200 institutions depending on semester in master’s and doctoral programs. Some editions translated into five foreign languages.
Table 4. Title: Open Letter to President Obama: Chicago Teachers Speak Out on Urban Education
Author/Presenter: Dorothea Lynwood
Publisher: NCPEA Publications, Ypsilanti
Date of Publication: April 2013
Potential Use
Table 5. Title: Charter Schools in Michigan: A Handbook for Understanding Public Policy and Practice for
Michigan's Public School Academies
Author/Presenter: Milton Netherby and Bertram Janowicz
Publisher: NCPEA Publications, Ypsilanti, MI
Date of Publication: May 2013
Potential Use: Intended audience includes parents, teachers, school administrators and board members of both charter schools and traditional school districts. It is also designed as a resource for use in university preparation programs. I
Table 6. Title: Perils and Promises of Leading for Social Justice, School Improvement, and Democratic Community, (The UCEA Voices from the Field Project)
Author/Editors/Presenters: Miranda Ackworth-Hovorka, Doris Grantley, Wilfred A. Plaskett, and Leonard Tarrington (Eds.).
Publisher: Information Age
Date of Publication: 2012
Potential Use: Principal Preparation Program, Superintendent Preparation Program, Policy and Change Courses at the Masters and Doctoral - level Classes