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Now in its 16th year, Pro>Active Publications is a leading U.S.-based publisher of books, journals, CD-ROMs, and Internet materials for K-12 school administrators. Pro>Active specializes in developing and marketing standards-oriented professional books and research-based text materials for educators who lead and manage schools: principals, lead teachers, professors, department heads, district personnel, and superintendents. You can browse and order all Pro>Active books and journals by clicking on links to the left or on the book images in the paragraphs directly below. The Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, a refereed quarterly for K-16 educators, is published by Pro>Active.
Joseph L. Eckenrode, Ph.D.
Publisher, Editor, CEO


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NEW 2009 BOOKS, AVAILABLE NOW

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New! Finding, Hiring & Keeping the Best Teachers and School Staff: Methods and Management in a Time of Shortage
Many books discuss school human resources in the abstract. This book shows the school-based employer and administrator how the hiring process works and how it must be managed to provide a pool of exceptional candidates--for certified and non-certified positions.

by Frank Grispino and Kristina Alexander
New! Catholic School Administration: Theory, Practice, Leadership - 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded
This new edition of the highly influential text, Catholic School Administration, has been greatly enlarged and improved with new chapters on curriculum improvement, supervision of instruction, ways to assess testing—as well as new information on marketing, human resources, and student recruitment.

By: Robert H. Palestini, Saint Joseph's University
New! Leadership on the Frontlines: Changes in Preparation and Practice
The 2008 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Education Administration (NCPEA)
This 15th volume in the ongoing series of yearbooks from the National Council of Professors of Education Administration features selected scholarly investigations focused on the best methods currently applied in American universities to educate school administrators.

Edited by Rosemary Papa
New! Reinventing the Teacher's Portfolio: Ways to Develop a Living Document for School Improvement
3rd, Revised and Expanded Edition

Originally written by one of America's greatest teacher educators, Dr. Allan Glatthorn, this book has been fully reworked for today's instructional requirements, including NCLB and the National Teacher's Exam.

By Neil Shipman, Marilyn Sheerer, and Allan A Glatthorn
New! So You Want to Be a Higher Education Academic Administrator?
Avoid Crossing to the Dark Side or
What They Don’t Tell You In Leadership Institutes

The business of education is knowledge and people, and the business of higher education is knowledgeable people.

By: Ric Brown, Paul Noble, Rosemary Papa
The Journal of Women in Educational Leadership
Edited by Marilyn Grady and Barbara LaCost


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Saturday, July 04, 2009


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