KNOWLEDGE CENTER

OVERVIEW
Quality Learning incorporates principles and concepts from the following thought leaders on school and organizational improvement. We recommend their books and Web sites as valuable resources to assist in your quest for quality. Search for a Master Educator by last name.

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	STEPHEN COVEY Stephen R. Covey is author of the phenomenally successful best-seller The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, with over 6 million copies sold in 32 languages. Dr. Covey is respected internationally as an author, lecturer, teacher and leadership mentor. His expertise in the fields of personal relations, organizational development, management and leadership can powerfully enhance the impact of educators and administrators.
	BILL DAGGETT Bill Daggett brings effective tools that measure both the rigor and relevance of learning experiences. His Knowledge Taxonomy demonstrates how to enable students to apply knowledge across disciplines and to apply it to real world unpredictable situations. He is author of Education is Not a Spectator Sport, and leads the International Center for Leadership in Education.
	JAIME ESCALANTE It was at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles that Jaime Escalante first attracted worldwide attention. His students, mostly from low-income, Spanish speaking neighborhoods made exemplary scores on the prestigious advanced placement test for calculus. Now he brings his teaching expertise to Futures, a 24 part series that helps students connect classroom studies with real-world careers.

ALICE & LISA FAIRHURST
Co-authors Alice and Lisa Fairhurst have masterfully applied the Myers Briggs and Kiersey Bates personality profiles to k-12 education. Effective Teaching: Making the Personality Connection in Your Classroom provides practical solutions to everyday classroom challenges including; How can I reach more of my students most of the time? What makes an exceptional teacher exceptional? How can I increase the effectiveness of my teaching to create more effective learning in my classroom? How can an educator customize learning for students if he or she does not understand their personality style and way of being?

	HOWARD GARDNER Howard Gardner wrote about his observations of multiple intelligences in what has turned out to be a seminal book in the educational community, Frames of Mind. The Theory of Multiple Intelligences has since become a catalyst, as well as the framework, for many current educational strategies that are proving successful in enhancing student success by aligning learning experiences with a persons natural intellectual strengths. His work provides a research-based framework justifying the need for differentiated instruction.
	DANIEL GOLEMAN Daniel Goleman’s first book, Emotional Intelligence has been an international bestseller translated into more than 30 languages, with over 5 million copies in print. He believes, although important, IQ is not the sole measure of one’s intelligence and potential. According to Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, which involves emotional balance, persistence, motivation, empathy and social finesse, is a critical indicator of success in life that will become even more important as business and communication continually evolve in the new millennium.

	DON HOOPER Don Hooper is the founder of The Center for Quality Leadership, a consulting firm assisting in transforming organizations into learning organizations for success in the twenty-first century. He co-authored Public Relations for School Leaders and served as the 2001 President-Elect of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). In addition to having led one of the fastest growing school district in Texas, he also serves as Adjunct Professor in the University of Houston's Dept. of Educational Leadership.
	HEIDI HAYES JACOBS Heidi Hayes Jacobs brings a comprehensive approach to curriculum management through curriculum mapping. She is author of Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation, which has been on the best seller list for ASCD, and Mapping The Big Picture. Through keynote addresses, she explains the power and simplicity of mapping which allows teachers and administrators to gain a big picture view with clear understanding of the frequent disconnects between the written , taught, and tested curriculum.
	ERIC JENSEN Eric Jensen is one of the foremost authorities on brain-based learning. He has taught at all levels from elementary through university and remains deeply committed to making a positive significant, lasting difference in the way the world learns. His books include; Brain Based Learning, Super Teaching, and Teaching with the Brain in Mind. He has a proven ability to translate recent brain research into practical strategies that improve teaching a nd learning.

	DAVID KEIRSEY JR. For over twenty years Dr. David Keirsey has investigated personality differences, refining his theory of the four temperaments and discovering new facets of character. David Keirsey Jr.'s latest thinking forms the basis of Please Understand Me II, and includes the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II, a revised version of the most popular personality questionnaire in the world. Educators will find these instruments powerful tools to assist them in customizing learning for all students.
	JOHN MAXWELL John C. Maxwell, known as America’s expert on leadership, is founder of the INJOY Group, an organization dedicated to helping people maximize their personal and leadership potential. He speaks in person to more than 250,000 people each year and is the best selling author of twenty-five books, including The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Failing Forward, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, and Laws of Teamwork.
	JAMIESON MCKENZIE Jamieson McKenzie is a graduate of Yale, Columbia and Rutgers. He has served as classroom teacher, administrator and Superintendent. He has led a national movement toward museum-school partnerships aimed at creating school virtual museums. He is the author of numerous publications including Beyond Technology: Questioning, Research and the Information Literate School. His experience and vision assist educators in designing the most valuable and productive uses of technology.
	JAY MCTIGHE Jay McTighe is co-author Understanding by Design. The book describes an approach to theory and practice in curricular design that makes student understanding of complex ideas more likely by leading them to focus on the "big" ideas and core processes, not isolated skills. He has worked for the Maryland State Department of Public Instruction on their state wide, interdisciplinary performance for grades 3, 5, and 8 and directed the Maryland Assessment Consortium for nearly 10 years.
	ALAN NOVEMBER Alan November is an internationally recognized leader in educational technology with extensive experience in guiding schools, government organizations and industry as they plan to improve quality with technology. He has been a classroom teacher, a director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant, and college lecturer. His expertise includes: information and communication technology planning across the curriculum, staff development, long-range planning, community coalition building and leadership workshops.
	TOM PETERS Tom Peters, the visionary, launched a management revolution as the co-author of In Search of Excellence, and continues to transform the way people think, work and live. His writings demonstrate how we can transform our organizations by putting passion back into the workplace, by replacing apathy and whining with enthusiasm, integrity, and commitment, and most importantly, by reinvigorating the people inside the organization. Peters offers compelling arguments for, and suggestions on, keeping a limber and alert mind, on breaking the mold, and on becoming a leader of change, not a follower of the same old, tired traditions.
	ROGER SCHANK Roger Schank served as Professor of Computer Science and Psychology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Artificial Intelligence Project. He definitely has an eye on the future and has authored more than 125 articles and publications including The Connoisseur's Guide to the Mind, and Engines for Education, and his most recent book, Virtual Learning. Sometimes controversial, but always engaging, his concepts are essential for educators preparing tomorrow’s work force.
	PHILLIP SCHLECHTY Phillip C. Schlechty is founder and CEO of the Center for Leadership in School Reform, and the creator of some of the nation's most innovative professional development programs for educators. He is the author of Schools for the 21st Century, Shaking Up the School House, and Inventing Better Schools. He argues that schools must change or become obsolete, and that central to this change is a rethinking of old rules, roles, and relationships.
	PETER SENGE Peter Senge is the Director of the Organizational Learning Center at MIT, and Chairperson of the international Society for Organizational Learning. He is the author of The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization, identified by the Harvard Business Review in 1997 as one of the five most influential management books of the past two decades. He co-authored Schools That Learn and continues to articulate a cornerstone position of human values in the workplace; namely, that vision, purpose, reflection, and systems thinking are essential if organizations are to realize their potentials.
	JIM SHIPLEY Jim Shipley served as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum when his district received the first National Baldrige Award in Education. He is founder of Jim Shipley & Associates, Inc a firm specializing in the design and delivery of Baldrige-based consulting and training for all levels of educational systems. Using Systems Checks, Shipley & Associates measure an organization's efforts at meeting the Baldrige criteria for Performance Excellence in Education.
	DAVID SOUSA Author of How the Brain Learns, David Sousa has conducted workshops in hundreds of school districts on brain research, brain based learning, instructional skills, supervision, and science education at the elementary secondary, and university levels. He has made presentations at national conventions of educational organizations and has served as a consultant to regional and local school districts across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
	RICK STIGGINS Dr. Rick Stiggins is founder of the Assessment Training Institute and author of Student-Involved Classroom Assessment. His expertise in assessment and his passion for the well-being of learners are visible in his writings, programs and materials. He is committed to helping teachers understand the difference between sound and unsound assessment and the role classroom assessment has in motivating students to take responsibility for their own academic success.
	JAMES STIGLER James Stigler is Professor of Psychology at UCLA and Director of the TIMSS video studies. He is co-author of two recent books: The Teaching Gap and The Learning Gap, both based on reviews of videotaped classes from around the world. Through comprehensive research documentation, he claims American teachers can learn valuable lessons from educators in other countries. He noted that teachers in Japan learn more than their American counterparts by meeting regularly to develop, revise and implement lessons. They study educational theory and the findings of lesson-study groups in other schools and are actively engaged in action research.
	DON TAPSCOTT Don Tapscott is a futurist and internationally recognized authority on organizational transformation. Among his numerous books and publications, Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation has been "recommended for all libraries" by the Library Journal. It is a compellingly written look at children of the "Net-Generation" and how they differ significantly in core experiences from the generation currently charged with educating them.
	GRANT WIGGINS Grant Wiggins & Associates has its roots in almost 20 years of school reform at the national level. They provide practical, effective and thoughtful staff development and consulting services specializing in design and teaching for understanding, effective assessment, and thoughtful school change. Grant is internationally recognized as the a leading authority on student assessment and has consulted to some of the most influential assessment reform initiatives in North America. His recent publications include Understanding by Design and Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance.