Charter and community schools
Subtitle: a director's handbook
By: William Callison
Publisher: Scarecrow Press; R&L Education
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Community schools -- United States; Charter schools -- United States; School management and organization -- United States
Notes: "A Scarecrow Education book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323) and index
Table of contents: title: Challenges faced by founders; title: Parent involvement is a critical dimension of effective schooling; title: School leadership; title: Instructional approaches for charter and community schools; title: Understanding and managing conflict; title: Helping individuals change within the school organization; title: Establishing a plan to promote change and agreement within the school organization; title: Parent involvement in shared decision making; title: Parent involvement improves academic performance; title: Seeking funding for your school; title: Planning and supervision of curriculum; title: Planning and supervision of instruction and the learning environment; title: Planning and supervising the use of technology; title: Identifying at-risk students using risk assessment; title: Establishing a climate for staff acceptance of assessment and evaluation; title: Self evaluation for director and staff; title: Assessing student progress; title: Clinical supervision and evaluation; title: Evaluation of program effectiveness; title: Improvement of the instructional program; title: Legal responsibilities of the director; title: Public relations and media relations; title: Understanding different political positions in schools; title: Utilizing federal, state and community resources; title: Using the Internet and CD ROM