The Spring 2012 issue of The District Management Journal focuses on improving organizational effectiveness, through such levers as teacher evaluation systems and the use of effective teams.
Feature Article:
Responding to Unfunded and Unfavorable Mandates:Florida's Class-Size Amendment
by Ed Pratt-Dannals
DMC Spotlight:
Improving Teams to Improve Results
Manager's Toolkit:
Establishing and Managing Effective Teams
The Winter 2012 issue of The District Management Journal focuses on various aspects of human capital, including how to look at staffing through a productivity lens. It includes the following articles:
Feature Article:
Improving Equity and Access through Weighted Student Funding: Boston Public Schools
by John McDonough
DMC Spotlight:
A Productivity Viewpoint on Staffing: Looking at an Old Challenge Through a New Lens
The Fall 2011 issue of The District Management Journal focuses on the importance of developing a district theory of action, and includes the following articles:
Feature Article:
Ector County Independent School District: Building a Great Leadership Team to Supercharge Strategic Plan Implementation
by Hector Mendez
DMC Spotlight:
Theories of Action: Aligning Priorities and Resources
This issue of The District Management Journal addresses the burgeoning issue of principal effectiveness and evaluation.
Feature Article:
Hamilton County Department of Education: Rethinking Teacher Evaluation through Project COACH
by Jim Scales and Connie Atkins
DMC Spotlight:
Principal Effectiveness: Definitions and a Systems Approach
DMC Manager's Toolkit:
Principal Effectiveness
This issue of the District Management Journal addresses the core issue of teacher effectiveness, and highlights a spectrum of innovations that focus on improving student achievement while carefully considering resource allocation.
Feature Articles:
Springfield Public Schools: Creating a Culture of Educational Excellence
by Alan Ingram
Virginia Beach City Public Schools: A Strategy for the 21st Century
by James G. Merrill
DMC Case Studies
Fairfax County Public Schools - Part II: Improving Budget Communications with the Community
Simsbury Public Schools: Innovation through a Rethinking of Special Education
This volume of the DMJ focuses on the benefits of strategic planning, as well as human capital management and development.
DMC Case Studies
Region 4 Educational Service Center: Tapping Entrepreneurialism to Survive Funding Cuts and to Better Serve Districts
Boston Public Schools: Growing Leadership, Improving Quality, and Reducing Costs
DMC Spotlight
Unleashing the Full Power of Strategic Planning
This volume of the DMJ highlights performance pay programs, and presents strategies for developing and building district culture.
DMC Spotlight
Pay-for-Performance Programs: Strategies, Structures, and Funding
DMC Manager's Toolkit
How to Design a Performance Pay Program
DMC Case Study
Baltimore County Public Schools: Using Innovative Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Change
Houston Independent School District: Culture Change through Performance Pay
Inside DMC
January 2010 Superintendents' Strategy Summit: Innovation in Education
This volume of The District Management Journal focuses on the role of innovation in education, and highlights innovative practices in professional development and budget rationalization.
DMC Spotlight:
Bringing Innovations to Education
DMC Manager's Toolkit:
How Strong is Your Innovation Infrastructure?
DMC Case Study:
Innovations in Professional Development at the Douglas County School District
Inside DMC:
The DMC's Spring 2009 Executive Action Planning Meeting
DMC's 2009-2010 Senior Advisory Board
In this issue of the District Management Journal, we focus specifically on the importance of succession planning and strategic planning, focusing on long-term objectives and thinking strategically.
DMC Spotlight
Using Succession Planning to Drive District Human Capital Growth
Nicholas P. Morgan and Keith MacLeod
DMC Manager's Toolkit:
Should you Make Succession Planning a Priority?
DMC Case Studiy
Succession Planning at Brevard Public Schools
This issue of the Journal has a special focus on Special Education, which we believe is an area in which districts may be able to achieve the triple benefits of improved educational outcomes, lower costs, and better experience.
DMC Spotlight
Delivering and Managing Special Ed More Efficiently
Nicholas P. Morgan and Keith MacLeod
DMC Manager's Toolkit
Can Your District Manage Special Education More Effectively
DMC Case Study
Focus on results: Arlington Public Schools
