Publications

(Third edition) Tap your greatest leadership potential and quickly get on track to meeting today's complicated challenges. These short, inspiration-infused nuggets of actionable advice provide a path to get you there. This updated Corwin Press publication includes first-hand insights to proven leadership best practices that inspire, challenge and instruct, and up-to-date research on creative solutions to leadership challenges. Build trust, spark innovation and learn what it realy takes to support a community of learners and leaders.

A simplified, handy manual that explains key parliamentary procedures, questions and actions.

(Second edition) Students and classrooms are growing more technologically savvy every semester, which presents you with an essential choice. Will you let these learning tools sit idle, or will you unleash the power of technology for your students and staff? This edition will prepare you for the coming decade, when the pace of change will be much faster. This Corwin Press publication addresses essential digital developments that school leaders must learn to use; guidelines for addressing issues such as the new Common Core State Standards, digital citizenship, cybersecurity and cloud computing; and how to create a culture that encourages responsible, tech-savvy students.

(Third edition) A practical, easy-to-read manual for developing positive communication techniques within your school district. Written by Carolyn Warner, former Arizona superintendent of public instruction. A Corwin Press publication available through OSBA.

This step-by-step guidebook from Corwin Press gives educators at all levels the practical tools they need to take control of the grantwriting process and succeed. Field-tested and refined for more than a decade, these strategies can create a new level of understanding for all practitioners and bring effective grant development to your school and district.

The Essential School Board book highlights effective practices that are common to high-functioning boards around the country - boards that are working successfully with their superintendents and communities to improve teaching and learning.

This publication offers suggestions for effective service on a public school board. Readers will learn how Lynn Hamilton helped garner the support of teachers, terminate collective bargaining with a union, and pass six of seven tax increase measures after a long history of failures at the polls. As a result of his 15-year career as a school board member, Hamilton is able to portray how members of a school board can foster an environment that helps to create an outstanding superintendent, which is key to a successful public school system.

Although Ohio law does not specifically address booster groups and parent organizations, these organizations and their respective activities do fall under numerous federal and state laws and regulations. This publication provides vital information to both school districts and booster group members regarding booster group governance, liability matters and financial issues. The publication also offers recommendations on effective school board and booster group relations. In addition, the book provides helpful tips and best practices to facilitate effective booster operations in your district.

What are powerful proven ways to motivate or engage staff in your organization?
How can you envision and create the culture you want for success?
Why do stories and illustrations connect so easily and memorably to others to make points?

These are just some of the topics Jim Mahoney addresses in To Lead Is To Teach. His aphorisms, anecdotes, stories, and examples come from his real world experience and the research of current thinkers on selected topics. Forever a teacher, To Lead Is To Teach is a reminder that good teaching and effective leading are interchangeable. It is hard to separate the two and after each chapter, the reader is presented with the Mahoney Three—quick applications that any practitioner can use immediately in their classroom or organization.

This publication is a roadmap through the collective bargaining process in the public sector. It describes both how the bargaining process works, and how it could work better. The journey will take you from understanding why public sector bargaining is fundamentally different from bargaining in the private sector, through the preparation, the actual bargaining process, and the various possible outcomes. Regardless of whether you are involved in the process as a professional negotiator, a bargaining team member, or simply someone interested in the process, Better Bargaining will provide a deeper understanding of how and why things are happening at the bargaining table.

This publication is a convenient reference for superintendents, athletic directors, principals, coaches and other school officials. This book provides practical legal information about funding and staffing athletic programs, ensuring equal access to athletic programs, disciplining student-athletes, extracurricular student transportation, liability for sports injuries and other sports law topics. It also includes sample board policies.

Achieving long-term success in education hinges on a strong relationship between the board of education and the district superintendent. This guide helps school boards foster the trust and cooperation needed to ensure successful partnerships with their superintendents. It covers the roles and responsibilities of both parties and provides practical steps for recruiting and selecting a superintendent, crafting effective employment contracts and job descriptions, and setting performance objectives and compensation. The book also includes FAQs, relevant statutes and sample policies.

 Included in the OSBA Boardmanship Series and OSBA New Board Member Kit.