William Callison, is professor of Educational Leadership at California State University at Fullerton. He has been deeply involved in the creation of a new charter school in Orange County, California, which will utilize multiple intelligences, developed by Howard Gardner, and All Kinds of Minds, developed by Mel Levine. He has also been involved in the creation of alternative programs such as Project Upward Bound, a national program for potential dropouts started in 1965, as the Western Regional Director; as the Director of Head Start Supplementary Training, an alternative staff training effort involving scores of small staff and parent groups in every state; and in supervising dozens of school administrators every year for 27 years as they sought to create new programs and schools, including a number of alternative schools.
Part 1 Challenges Faced by Charter School Founders Part 2 Parent
Involvement Strengthens Academic Performance of Students Part 3 Leadership
and Charter Schools: Providing Purpose and Direction Part 4 Instructional
Strategies for Charter and Community Schools Part 5 Understanding and
Managing Conflict in Small, Highly Democratic Schools Part 6 Introducing
Change within the School Part 7 Establishing a Plan to Promote Change and
Agreement within the School Organization Part 8 Parent Involvement Using
Shared Decision Making Part 9 Parent Involvement Improves Academic
Performance Part 10 Seeking Funding for Your School Part 11 Planning and
Supervision of Curriculum Part 12 Planning and Supervision of Instruction
and the Learning Environment Part 13 Planning and Supervising the Use of
Technology Part 14 Identifying At-Risk Students Using Risk Assessment Part
15 Establishing a Climate for Staff Acceptance of Assessment and Evaluation
Part 16 Self-Evaluation for Director and Teachers Part 17 Assessing Student
Progress Part 18 Clinical Supervision and Evaluation Part 19 Evaluation of
Program Effectiveness Part 20 Legal Responsibilities of the Director Part
21 Public Relations and Media Relations Part 22 Understanding Different
Political Positions in Schools Part 23 Utilizing Federal, State, and
Community Resources Part 24 Using the Internet and CD-ROMs
