What Every Principal Needs to Know about Special Education

by Margaret J. McLaughlin and Victor Nolet

Book Overview

Lead effective special education programs that promote student achievement!

Updated to address recent federal mandates, this new edition of the best-selling guide helps principals navigate accountability requirements and build high-quality special education programs. New information enables educational administrators to:

Address requirements of NCLB and the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA, including standards-based individualized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412964164
• ISBN13: 9781412964166
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

What every principal needs to know about Special Education

This product is a must have for principals, college students, general education teachers and special edcation teachers. It is explain so that all could understand even the most challenging issues pertaining to special education.It is a great reference that could be used by general education teachers,to become familiar with the many acronyms used in special education.

A means to the worthy bottom line

The collaborative work of educators and academicians Margaret J. McLaughlin and Victor Nolet, What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education is a foundational resource of basic information that every school principal needs to master with respect to overseeing special education students -- especially in this modern era of accountability imposed by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act. Essential information concerning the legal foundations of special education; how to use data for school improvement; fostering an optimum learning climate; applicable features of effective special education practices, and a great deal more, present What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education as an excellent and "must-read" reference. A means to the worthy bottom line of how to get better education and better results for the special education students who need it most, What Every Principal Needs To Know About Special Education is highly recommended as a core addition to public school administrative reference shelves and reading lists.