Updates

Upcoming Orientation

We are thrilled about meeting all you of on Saturday, May 13^th. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Where: Teachers College

525 W 120^th Street

(between Broadway and Amsterdam)

Grace Dodge Hall, Room 277

Nearest Subway Stop – #1 Train at 116^th, Columbia University

When: Saturday, May 13^th, 8:00am – 4:00pm

What else?

Computers

You will need to bring a laptop that is equipped with wireless capabilities. You will need this computer for the orientation and it will also be a good opportunity to test out your network capabilities prior to the summer sessions. We will also be providing training on ClassWeb, the Teachers College course platform.

Courses

You will meet your professors, who will introduce you to the courses you will be taking this summer.

Coaches

You will be meeting your internship coaches during lunch, which will be provided by the Summer Principals Academy.

Textbooks

The following is a list of required texts for this summer’s courses. These books will be available for purchase at the Teachers College bookstore the day of orientation. There are certainly alternative sources for purchasing these books. We encourage you to share any bargains you find. You do not need to bring any textbooks to the orientation.

ORLA 4001 Introduction to School Leadership and Decision Making

Hoy, W. K. & Tarter, C. J. (2004). Administrators Solving the Problems of Practice: Decision making concepts, cases and consequences, 2^nd ed. Boston, MA: Pearson.

Baker, B.D. & Richards, C.E. (2004). The Ecology of Educational Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Note: the first book will be the primary text used in the class, however, the 2^nd is an excellence source for understanding the process of writing case briefs and data-based problem solving, and as a result, is an essential resource.

ORLA 5018: School Leadership for Adult Development

Drago-Severson, E. (2004). Becoming adult learners: Principles and practices for effective development. New York: Teachers College Press.

Drago-Severson, E. (2004). Helping teachers learn: Principal leadership for adult growth and development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.

Wagner, T., Kegan, R., Lahey, L., Lemons, R. W., Garnier, J, Helsing, D., Howell, A., & Rasmussen, H. T. (2006). Change leadership: A practical guide to transforming our schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.

ORLA 5029 Supervision of Teaching & Learning

Glickman, C., Gordon, S., and Ross, J. (2004). SuperVision and instructional leadership. A developmental approach. 6^th edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 0-205-38079-4.

ORLA 6020 Emotional Intelligence: Social-Emotional Competency for Educational Leaders

Primal Leadership by Richard Boyatzis, Dan Goleman, and Annie McKee (ISBN 157851486).

Friendly Reminders

You will be getting information from Teachers College about Admitted Students’ weekends. Please note that SPA program orientation days are required and are in addition to the TC information weekends.