Strategies for Your Improvement:
A Developmental Guide for Educational Leaders Utilizing 360° Feedback

Research suggests that 360-degree assessment offers the most credible source of feedback for enhancing one’s leadership. However, developing leaders who receive this feedback are often hard pressed to know how best to address their developmental need areas. SYI - Strategies for your Improvement relies on research and the lived experiences of the authors to identify proven strategies for improvement on an array of leadership competencies specifically for educational leaders. The user-friendly format will be helpful to the leader in creating a professional development plan for further growth while responding to 360-degree feedback. It is useful as leaders coach and mentor developing leaders on their staffs. Order Form

Lessons Learned From Experience:
A Practical Developmental Source Book for Educational Leaders

by Larry D. Coble

“This well-documented and well-written book captures practical lessons of leadership from those in schools and on the firing line everyday. It is a must read for those who want to improve their practice of leadership and for those who aspire to leadership at any level, from teacher leader to superintendent.”
~ Russ S. Moxley
Director, Center for Leadership and Ethics, Greensboro College
Formerly, Senior Fellow, Center for Creative Leadership; Author, Leadership and Spirit

“The lessons themselves almost emerge as a cross between a well recognized leadership axiom and the sage advice from those who have indeed ‘been there and done that.’”
~ Kenneth D. Jenkins
Professor of Educational Leadership, Appalachian State University
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NEW!
The Essential Leadership Competencies of a School Superintendent

by Larry D. Coble

Among the numerous talents and skills successful school superintendents must possess are five essential leadership competencies:

• Visioning and goal setting,
• Superintendent/school board relations,
• Leading for improved teaching and learning,
• Human resources leadership, and
• Systems leadership.

This 40-page booklet is based on a comprehensive review of research and contains practical ideas from practicing administrators. The School Superintendents' Leadership Performance Scale helps superintendents obtain insight into how well they perform based on ratings from employees, school board members, parents and others. Order Form

Teacher Renewal: Stories of Inspiration to Balance Your Life
Dale L. Brubaker and Larry D. Coble

In this thoughtful and well-written book, the authors use 52 stories, one for each week of the year, to inspire teachers to live more balanced lives. The narratives demonstrate how teachers draw upon authentic personal and professional experiences to enhance student learning. Professional development resources at the end of the book may be referred to privately or in a group setting. Order Form

“This is a must-read book for every teacher! As a former teacher, principal and Director of Professional Induction and Success for beginning teachers and principals, I see many wonderful opportunities for reading and discussion of this book as a group endeavor.”
~ Doris Henderson, Greensboro, North Carolina

The Hidden Leader: Leadership Lessons on the Potential Within.
Larry Coble and Dale Brubaker. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2004