Products, Tools, and Books

Books by QLD Founders Anne Conzemius and Jan O'Neill

Power of SMART Goals (book cover)The Power of SMART Goals

Published in November 2005 by Solution Tree (formerly National Educational Service), this comprehensive yet easy-to-read book shows readers how to transform their schools into places where each and every student is meeting and exceeding standards by shifting thinking to a focus on results.

Handbook for SMART School Teams (book cover)The Handbook for SMART School Teams

Published by National Educational Service (NES), June 2002, The Handbook for SMART School Teams puts quality improvement at your fingertips by providing practical tools for teaming and data — from types of teams, member roles, and team ground rules to data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. Included is a CD-ROM that has reproducible tools for your quality-improvement efforts.

Building Shared Responsibility (book cover)Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning

ASCD published Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning as a premier member book in December, 2001. Building shared responsibility for student learning is an ongoing activity — a journey and not a destination. This research-based resource provides a map in the form of effective structures, systems, processes, and policies.

Book by Susan Abplanalp, Ph.D.

Breaking the Low-Achieving Mindset

This book tells the true story of how one principal used job-embedded, teacher-owned, results-based staff development to turn a low-performing urban school into one that achieved remarkable results. (2007)

DVD Training System

Creating Meaning Through Measurement

A comprehensive DVD-based training program, complete with Facilitator's Guide, over 100 exercises and overheads, video case study, and teaching tapes.