This
long-awaited three-book collection published by Corwin Press
offers a comprehensive guide to developmentally appropriate
education and school leadership as pioneered by James Comer
and the Yale School Development Program. Based on and expanded
from field tested training materials, it is filled with
ideas and guidelines for action that integrate theory and
practice. All three volumes include diagrams, forms, checklists,
reminder cards, sidebar features, and sample presentations
for students, staff, and parents. Contributors include SDP
Yale faculty and field consultants, as well as principals
and school facilitators that have direct experience implementing
the Comer Process of school reform.
Separate volumes cover school planning, leadership, and
management, including an approach to systemic reform; curriculum,
instruction, assessment, and staff development; and child
development along physical, cognitive, psychological, language,
social, and ethical pathways.
The complete set is a key resource for:
-all schools and districts using Comer principles to improve
student learning and development
-school improvement and restructuring
-teacher education and educational administration courses
