Instructional Leadership for Systemic Change The Story of San Diego's Reform

This book aims to shed light on questions such as how leaders can develop and implement strategies to improve principals' and teachers' knowledge and skills in a systemic way, and how they can manage the process of reform in the complex environments that surround school systems today. The authors used for their example the study of a systemic reform initiative that was launched in San Diego, California in the late 1990's. The story presented in this book captures the early years of an ongoing reform.

Amy M. Hightower is an assistant director at the American Federation of Teachers, working on labor/management collaborations and accountability.