Partnering to Lead Educational Renewal: High-Quality Teachers, High-Quality Schools

by Houck, Jean Wilson; Cohn, Kathleen C.; Cohn, Carl A.; Houck, Jean Wilson; Haycock, Kati

• ISBN13: 9780807744215
• ISBN10: 0807744212
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This timely book describes the lessons learned from the Long Beach Education Partnership, one of he most successful Pre-K through university partnerships in the United States. It presents examples of best practices and highly effective strategies to bring about systemic change to improve student achievement.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Kati Haycock
Acknowledgments	xiii
PART I The Social and Political Context for Partnering for Educational Renewal: High-Quality Teachers, High-Quality Schools	1	(180)
Introduction
Jean Wilson Houck
Karen Nakai
Political, Social, and Economic Influences on K--16 Education in California	5	(15)
Daniel J. O'Connor
Carl A. Cohn
Successful Partnerships Bridge Organizational Cultures and Unite Members Around Common Goals	20	(21)
David Dowell
Dorothy Abrahamse
Jean Wilson Houck
Judy Seal
H. J. Green
Kathleen C. Cohn
Elizabeth L. Ambos
Lisa Isbell
Kristi Kahl
Karen DeVries
PART II Partnering for Improving Student Achievement
Introduction	39	(2)
Jean Wilson Houck
Daniel J. O'Connor
Working Together to Improve Reading in the Early Grades	41	(16)
Karen DeVries
Judy Seal
Tracy Bellmar
Teresa Suzuki
Christine Dominguez
Christopher Steinhauser
Collaborative Interventions to Improve High School Students' Achievement and College Readiness: The HSOAP Story	57	(24)
Elizabeth L. Ambos
David Dowell
MaryScarlett Amaris
Jerald Ball
Pia Alexander
Dixie Dawson
PART III Partnering for Improving Teacher Education and Development
Introduction	77	(4)
Kathleen C. Cohn
Jean Wilson Houck
Standards-Based Teacher Education: It Takes a University and More	81	(17)
Sylvia Maxson
Daniel J. O'Connor
Robert C. Maxson
Jean Wilson Houck
Lisa Isbell
Sue Parsons
Wendy Hornsby
Glenn Nagel
Dorothy Abrahamse
Standards for Professional Development in the Long Beach Unified School District: Completing the Continuum	98	(16)
Lisa Isbell
Ann L. Wood
Linda Mehlbrech
Marie Hegwer-DiVita
Megan Stanton-Anderson
Arts and Sciences Faculty as Partners: What's in It for Arts and Sciences Faculty Besides Feeling Good?	114	(17)
Dorothy Abrahamse
Glenn Nagel
Elizabeth L. Ambos
Kenneth R. Curtis
PART IV Demonstrating the Impact of Partnership: Looking Toward the Future
Introduction	129	(2)
Kathleen C. Cohn
Jean Wilson Houck
Collecting and Using Data in a K--16 Collaborative	131	(14)
Kristin Powers
Lynn Winters
Dawn Person
Simon Kim
Accountability for Performance: Pre-Kindergarten Through Graduate School	145	(20)
Simon Kim
Kristin Powers
David Dowell
Janice Hansen
Geno Flores
Fredrick P. Trapp
The Future: As Long Beach Goes, So Goes the Nation	165	(16)
Kathleen C. Cohn
Jean Wilson Houck
Carl A. Cohn
Appendix A: LBUSD Data Summary	181	(2)
Appendix B: LBCC Data Summary	183	(1)
Appendix C: CSULB Data Summary	184	(3)
References	187	(2)
About the Editors and the Contributors	189	(8)
Index	197