Leadership Organizations

There are numerous professional organizations that support the work of high school principals. These links will help you make direct contact these groups.

National Association of Secondary School Principals
The largest organization devoted to serving high school principals. They offer a wealth of resources designed specifically to support effective secondary school leadership.

American Association of School Administrators
Focused mostly on the Superintendent, this association also has excellent resources for school reform and renewal.

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
As the name implies, this large organization has numerous useful curriculum leadership resources.

Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
The mission of the IEL is to improve education- and the lives of children and their families- through positive and visionary change.

National Staff Development Council
This large professional association is committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement. They offer excellent resources and a fine journal.

National School Boards Association
Focused primarily on the interests of school boards and citizens groups, this organization also offers excellent information and products for school improvement.

Portical
A centralized repository of technology related resources and professional development opportunities for California's administrators.

The Education Trust
The Education Trust was established in 1990 by the American Association for Higher Education as a special project to encourage colleges and universities to support K-12 reform efforts.

National School Public Relations Association
The national organizaton for school public relations professionals.

Publications

Scholastic Administrator Magazine
This website offers access to great ideas and resources for school administrators.

District Administration Magazine
This website is a magazine for K - 12 education leaders.

Staff Development

Teacher-to-Teacher Workshops-Ed.gov

NASSP Principals Network - Bulletin Board

State Principals Organizations

These groups focus on the needs of principals in their respective
states and regions.

Arizona School Administrators
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
Association of California School Administrators
Colorado Association of School Executives
Idaho Association of School Administrators
Illinois Principals Association
Illinois Association of School Administrators
School Administrators of Iowa
Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals
Louisiana Association of Principals
Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
Montana Association of Secondary School Principals
Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals
Missouri Association of School Admnistrators
Nebraska Council of School Administrators
New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators
Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
Utah Association of Secondary School Principals
Association of Washington School Principals
Association of Wisconsin School Administrators
Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals

Special Education Resources

The Right I.D.E.A.

Click on the above link to get a great article by Betty Greene-Bryant, the Senior Director of Diversity and Strategic Development at the CEC, on giving principals the tools they need to keep up with special education.

The Council for Exceptional Children

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.

Yes I Can Foundation for Exceptional Children

This CEC Foundation designs and implements programs that help improve the quality of life for children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

IDEA Practices

The most informative and popular sections of the IDEAPractices Web site, Law & Regulations and the Professional Development Resources, are available here.

IDEA Professional Development Resources

You must see this exhaustive list of great web-based resources!

Teaching and Learning Organizations

Other associations focus on teaching and learning in the content areas. They are very useful for principals who need to stay current with the issues and innovations in the content fields. to the top.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
National School Public Relations Association
International Reading Association (IRA)
Music Teachers' National Association (MTNA)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
American School Health Association (ASHA)
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
American Counseling Association (ACA)
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
National Educational Computing Association (NECC)

Technology and Principals

Links related to Technology Standards for Administrators:

*National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators
http://www.eastrock.org/netsadmin.htm

*Scholastic Administr@tor TSSA Self-assessment Survey
http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/tssasurvey_p1.asp

See where you stand in relation to above mentioned TSSA (Technology Standards for School Administrators) by taking this web based survey.

Links focusing on technology and school leaders:

*Scholastic Administr@tor Technology Page
http://www.scholastic.com/administrator/tech.htm

Scholastic Administrator produces original articles and links to great resources related to instructional technology and data-driven decision making.

*CoSN (The Consortium for School Networking) Web site
http://www.cosn.org/index.cfm

Their self-described mission, “ …(CoSN) is the country’s premier voice in education technology leadership with a mission to serve as the national organization for K-12 technology leaders who use technology strategically to ultimately improve teaching and learning.”

*CoSN - Essential Leadership Skills Series
http://www.cosn.org/resources/essential/index.cfm

Here are professional Development Resources for the District Level Technology Decision Maker

*TICAL (Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership)
http://www.portical.org/index.html

The California Department of Education (CDE) commissioned the Santa Cruz County Office of Education to develop a centralized repository of technology related resources and professional development opportunities for California's administrators, but we ALL get to benefit from this great web resource!

--See the “Principals, New Teachers, and Technology” resources By Bruce Duncan
http://www.portical.org/Presentations/duncan/

--See the Matrices where they have organized various resources and cross referenced them to a variety of leadership topics. This is a unique resource.
http://www.portical.org/matrix.html

*Education World- School Administrator Center- Technology and Internet Archives
http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/archives/tech.shtml

A myriad of great tech ideas for administrators.

*OTEC (Oregon Technology in Education Council) School Administrator Page
http://otec.uoregon.edu/school_administrators.htm

Here is yet another deep resource that organizes information technology topics of relevance to school administrators.

*North Central Regional Educational Lab- Critical Issue: Technology Leadership
http://snipurl.com/pvya

This site organizes ideas that relate to using technology to enhance positive educational change.

*Just for Administrator- technology Links http://www.suelebeau.com/administrators.htm#technology

A set of links compiled by Dr. Sue Lebeau

Articles that focus on technology and school leaders:

*Technological Literacy for Administrators

A useful article that addresses technology literacy self-assessment for school administrators.

*What does a tech-savvy administrator look like?

A look at what an actual tech-savvy administrator would be doing within their school. It focuses in on six standards.

*What’s next? By Scholastic Administr@tor

See what’s coming “down the pike” by examining these 10 resources.

*What Every Principal Needs to Know About Technology And Where to Find It Online

This couldn’t be a more appropriate title for a great list of resources.

* Learn how you can keep connected throughout your district.

An article on using hand-held computers in the role of school administrator.

*Tech Training From the Top

A brief piece addressing the importance of technology training for school principals.

*The Blog Bog

Last, but certainly not least, social networking Web sites and their roles in schools are examined in this brief article. Don’t miss the Do’s and Don’ts section.

Other Great Links

Here are some additional links to other great sites from the world of education.

Public Agenda Online

Public Agenda is an objective explorer of public opinion and a scrupulously fair minded producer of citizen education materials.