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Vince Lombardi                    

Hoover Middle School

249 Thorncliff Road

Buffalo, NY 14223

TEL: (716) 874-8405

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• Electronic Mentoring

  Three school leaders across upstate New York advise each other through e-mail

• Executive Coaching

  A growing recognition of coach-client relationships in school leadership circles

• ‘Failing’ Schools or Insensitive Tests?

• Failure Is Not an Option - Book Review

  Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools

• Feeding The Superintendent's Mind

  Personal reflections on 15 books that profoundly influenced thinking and acting

• Figuring and Reconfiguring Grade Spans

  While most remixes result from enrollment challenges, some changes start with academics in mind

• Habits of Spiritually Grounded Leaders

  It takes discipline and persistence to exercise these practices of mind

• INTELLIGENT REDESIGN - January 2006

  Let’s reframe the discussion on high school reform by first reaching a consensus on what high schools are supposed to do.

• Is the Private Sector a Model for Merit Pay? - Commentary

• Leading Student Achievement

  A study finds superintendents affecting instructional gains through their strong relationships with principals

• Leveraging the After-School Value Added

  Well-supported programs can bring student gains and public favor

• Moving Upward Together - Book Review

  Creating Strategic Alignment to Sustain Systemic School Improvement

• Nourishing Our Spirit as Leaders

  Six ways for leaders to amplify their joy, passion for life and self-fulfillment

• Personnel Evaluation

  Assessing Principals Through Self-Led Conferences

• Preparing Teachers for Children in Poverty

  The Nashville district picks up the mantle for qualified instruction in high-needs schools

• Raising Accountability for Parents Too

• Ramping Up Schoolwide Reform

  Three urban districts experience gains resulting from America’s Choice design

• Reclaiming Children Left Behind

  Addressing the causes and cures for low minority achievement

• Reforming Education Reform - January 2006

  If college is the answer for all high school students, what are the questions?

• Saving Black Boys

• Situational Governance: A Continuum of Board Types - Board-Savvy Superintendent

• The Cultural Maelstrom of School Change

  Ultimately the board-superintendent nexus allows a multiage program to survive … until recently

• The Improper Use of Executive Session - Board-Savvy Superintendent

• The Rise of the ‘Elemiddle’ School

  Not every K-8 school genuinely applies best middle-level practices and deserves the new designation that’s coming into vogue.

• Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices  - Book Review

  Closing the Achievement Gap includes the latest research-based thinking from 12 respected authors who provide practical information on just how schools can improve their students’ test results and how to close the gap in performance among our student subgroups.

• Using Bifocals on the Road to the Superintendency

• What Comprises an Award-Winning Board? - Board-Savvy Superintendent

• What Does a Tech-Savvy Administrator Look Like?

• Whatever Happened to the Average Student? - Commentary

• Who You Gonna Call?

• Why Coaching Matters

  Identifying a leader’s strengths and weaknesses, then acting collaboratively to move ahead
  
   

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