Leighangela Brady, PhD, serves as an assistant superintendent of educational services. With experience as a site administrator, educational consultant, and instructional leader, she is passionate about quality education and effective leadership. She is a coauthor of Test Less, Assess More: A K-8 Guide to Formative Assessment, and presents regularly at national and international conferences.Lisbeth Johnson is inspired to coach schools that are attempting to instruct students in the digital and twenty-first century environment. She has been a teacher, reading resource support instructor, principal, director and assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and a superintendent.

• DedicationPreface AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Transformation ReadinessChapter 1: A Call To ActionChapter 2: A Vision For TransformationChapter 3: Creating a New School CultureChapter 4: Research-Based Culture Change Process ToolsPart II: Transformational ChangeChapter 5: Indicators for Teacher InstructionChapter 6: Innovative Student LearningChapter 7: Student Products and AssessmentsChapter 8: Transforming the Physical Environment Part III: Leading the TransformationChapter 9: Monitoring the TransformationChapter 10: Leaders Unite!Appendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EAppendix FAppendix GAppendix HReferences

Lisbeth Johnson and Leighangela Brady not only make a compelling case for why schools need to change, but they provide a clear and concise framework for how that transformation can be accomplished under the guidance of a motivated leader. Any educator who understands that the preparation of our students for the complex challenges that await them will benefit from this timely resource to ensure that they are doing what’s most necessary—placing the levers of learning squarely into the eager and capable hands of their students.