This book covers what twelve steps school leaders need to take to make for a high-achieving school environment. It encompasses strong leadership, vision and values, high expectations, embedded professional development, flexibility and resilience, and seven more steps. It concludes with a questionnaire, the High Expectations Environmental Scale (HEES), which you may apply to your organization to determine its level of high expectations.

Thomas R. Harvey is the Michael Abrahams endowed chair in Excellence in Leadership. He received his A.B. from Princeton University and his Ph.D. from Syracuse University. He has been teaching since 1970 in the departments of Organizational Leadership at Syracuse University, Claremont Graduate School and the University of Laverne. He has published ten books and an innumerable number of articles.

Dr. Douglas DeVore is a tenured Professor of Organizational Leadership for the University of La Verne Doctoral Program, where he is also Assistant Director of the Educational Policy Institute of California (EPIC).Prior to teaching at the University, Dr. DeVore wasthe Superintendent of the Encinitas Union School District in California and was twice named K-12 Superintendent of the Year by the North Costal Chapter of the Association of California School Administrators.

Dr. Bonita (Bonnie) Drolet is the co-author of the best seller,Building Teams, Building People: Expanding the Fifth Resourcewhich she wrote with Dr. Thomas Harvey and Building a Bridge to Success: From Program Improvement to Excellence,with Dr. Deborah Turner.Dr. Drolet is sought after by many school districts, government, and private enterprises to assist them in building successful organizations.

Examples, Forms, Charts and Figure
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Strong Leadership
Chapter 2: Establish a Culture of High Achievement
Chapter 3: Vision and Values
Chapter 4: High Expectations
Chapter 5: Love and Passion
Chapter 6: Focus on Learning and Academic Rigor
Chapter 7: Embedded Professional Development
Chapter 8: Academic Achievement and Assessment for the 21st Century
Chapter 9: The Strength of Teams
Chapter 10: Collaboration and Shared Decision Making
Chapter 11: Communication
Chapter 12: Flexibility and Resilience
Chapter 13: Concluding Note
References
About the Authors
Index