Winter 2013

Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Owings, W. I., Kaplan, L. S., (2006). American Public School Finance (1st ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth Publishers. [ISBN: 0-534-64372-8]

Illinois State Board of Education Resource. Mechanics of a School District Budget – A Guide to Understanding the Illinois School District Budget Process. Springfield: Illinois, March 2005. Available a http://www.isbe.net/sfms/budget/2007/budget.htm (See Additional Help Guides)

ISBE Budget Documents and Forms available at http://www.isbe.net/sbss/forms.htm 

Additional Readings and Websites (Provided by Professor)

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Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Epstein, J. (2011) School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN: 978-0-8133-4447-8

Lawrence-Lightfoot, S. (2004) The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ISBN: 0345475801

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Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Braun, B. A. (2010). Illinois School Law Survey (Eleventh Edition). Springfield, IL: IASB. [ISBN 9-781-88033-7] Website to order: http://www.iasb.com

Fischer, L., Schimmel, D., & Stellman, , L. R. (2007). Teachers and the law (7th Ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. [ISBN: 0-205-49495-1]

Copy of your Local School District’s First Year Teacher Contract

Copy of your Local School District’s policy alerting teachers to Copyright Law

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Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Kouzes, J.M. and Posner, B.Z. The Leadership Practices
Inventory, San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass Publishers.

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Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Heck, R.H. (2004). Studying educational and social policy:
Theoretical concepts and research methods.
Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Required Supplies for Each Class:

Post-its, rectangular roughly 2” X 4”, choose your favorite color!

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Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Kenneth A. Strike (Paperback), Ethical leadership in schools: Creating
community in an environment of accountability. Corwin Press, 2007

Kenneth A. Strike. The ethics of school administration (3rd Ed.).
Teachers College Press, New York, 2005. (Resource)

Noll, J. Editor. Taking Sides: Clashing views on controversial educational
issues. (16^th Ed.); Guilford Press, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2010

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*Textbooks are subject to change.

Required textbook(s) and material(s)

Kouzes, J.M. and Posner, B.Z. The Leadership Practices
Inventory, San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass Publishers.

Click on Your School Your Bookstore to order your books online.
*Textbooks are subject to change.