Articles and White Papers

GLISI Knowledge, Impact, and Marketing Manager, Becky Shaver, has been published in the October 2008 edition of Performance Improvement magazine, the journal of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). Her article, "An Intervention to Improve School and Student Performance," describes how ISPI's 10 Standards of Performance Technology were used to design GLISI Promising Practices, a tool for schools and districts to use to share their GLISI process, work, and results. Read the article here.

Questions about changes in Georgia's Educational Leadership Certification Rule? Read "Changes in Georgia Educational Leadership Preparation and Certification: The Legal and Practical Issues" Prepared for the Georgia School Superintendents Association by Phil Hartley of Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP, with assistance from Marvene Brooks, Education Consultant, this article gives an overview of the new Rule and its implications for central offices and schools.

Time: The Scarcest Commodity -  Read two fascinating white papers on time and education by Mr. Kelly Henson, former superintendent of Floyd County Schools.

Using the Power of Time: A Challenge to Public Education  is an exploration of instructional time, funding, and modified calendars. In A Timely Matter: Using the Modified Calendar and Intersessions to Improve Student Achievement (with Floyd County colleagues Lynn Plunkett, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Services and Dennis Abney, Executive Director for K-12 Curriculum), Mr. Henson describes how Floyd County Schools gained community support for, funded, and implemented a modified calendar. Through the use of intersessions over three years, Floyd County Schools have seen impressive gains in student achievement.

Mr. Henson is currently Executive Secretary of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

Fulton County, Georgia's Implementation of the Balanced Scorecard -  Read a Harvard Business School article, "Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard," by Robert Kaplan and Monica Lee on the history of the BSC in one of Georgia's pioneering districts in using this helpful tool. 

How are Gen X, Y, and the NetGen different from Baby Boomers in how they learn - and what does this mean for training and employment? Read this illuminating literature review from UPS

Download a PDF of Ann Duffy's presentation, "The Reality of Principal Supply in Georgia" here

"Distributed Leadership: An Evolving View of School Leadership"
by Dr. Gale Hulme; published by Professional Association of Georgia Educators

"Preparing for a Perfect Storm: Meeting Georgia's Needs for Quality School Leaders"
by Deb Page; published by Georgia Public Policy Foundation