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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS





VIGNETTES



BUILDING ADMINISTRATION

All Students Can Learn

But I Want to Play

A Camera or a Fence?

Elementary Choir Sings at Church

Conflicting Values

Drawing A Line In The Sand

Extra Curricular Safety

With A Little Help From My Friends

Where is Theory When I am in a Muddle?

A New Man in a Mess

Vision Revisited

Walk a Mile In My Shoes

Whose Vision Is It?

Another Year in Paradise?

Contract Services: The Transportation Issue

District Reconfiguration: A Question of Equity, Excellence, and Efficiency

In Erin's Memory

Special Education in Kindergarten

The Best Little English-Only Christmas Pageant

The High School without a Principal

The Real World

We’ve Got Spirit, How About You?

Help! Will you take my kid?

​Sorry, No Room In Our School For You

School District Teacher Caught Changing Test Scores

Building Principal is not supervising/evaluating staff members

Who is Kidding WHO!!!

Staff vs. Football Program

Welcome to Skyview K8 School District-How Can We Help You?

Cheerleaders: Who Needs Them!

To Bus or Not to Bus-That is the Question

School Closure: Arson Suspected



CASE STUDIES



BUILDING ADMINISTRATION


A Big Problem With Supervision

The Politics of an English Teacher

Pilot Multiage Middle School Team

Shared Ownership in Hiring Practices

The Model School Opportunity

The New Arrivals

Nikita's Grade:Responding to Parent Concerns

No One Heard It
Special Needs or Special Privilege?
The Teacher's Lounge

Transforming a Junior High School into a Middle School

Exclusionary Practices

The Impact of Leadership Presentation

The Impact of Leadership Presentation--Part 2 Learning Leadership Matters

Career Pathways of Principals in Texas

The Relationship Between Principal Characteristics,

School-Level Teacher Quality and Turnover, and Student Achievement
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SUPERINTENDANTS


Conflict Resolution

Gym Facility Dilemma

The Times They Are a' Changing

Leverage

What to Do About James

Meeting the Standards

Planning Professional Development

The Booster Club

The Need For Improved Facilities

The Principal is Accused

We Want a Winning Basketball Team

Miser's Touch

The Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man

When ADA Isn’t Average Daily Attendance

Aligning Student Performance with School Goals

Data Driven Decision Making

Growing Your Own Leadership

Creating a Safe School Environment

Ethics and Achieving Results

Ethics and Fiscal Responsibility

Busting at the Seams

David vs. Goliath

Career Pathways of Principals

I Learned How to Share in Kindergarten

How the Superintendent Stole Christmas

When the Board Goes Another Way​



PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODULES



BUILDING ADMINISTRATION


When is Enough Enough?

Disrespectful Student

Can't Mandate Change

School Improvement

Ain't Broke-Don't Fix It

Create A Learning Culture

Managing the Learning Environment

Community School Relations

Ethical Considerations

Contexts of Schooling

When Change Happens


(STD II)

Welcome to the District

Where the Expectations Meet Implementation

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?


(STD III)

There's No Place Like Home

Running Out of Money

Where's Everybody Going?



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SUPERINTENDENTS


The Learning Organization

Catching Lightening in a Bottle

Let's Be Partners

Building a Comprehensive Standard 4

Copyright and Fair Usage

Creating Hiring Guidelines for Better Results

Defining the Negotiating Process

Let's Be Partners-- The New Hire




MPEA | Jim Kern, Executive Director



1703 Dunhill Way Columbia, MO 65203


573-999-7993
kernjf@hotmail.com