FRONT COVER -- IDENTIFYING LEADERS FOR URBAN CHARTER, AUTONOMOUS AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STANDARDS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- DEDICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE: OUR RATHER CIRCUITOUS JOURNEY -- INTRODUCTION: YOUTHBUILD CHARTER SCHOOL OF CALIFORNIA (YCSC): BUILDING AN INNOVATIVE SCHOOL MODEL FROM THE GROUND UP -- SECTION 1: THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW -- THE NEW REALITY FOR CHARTER AND AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL LEADERS -- CHALLENGING THE PROCESS EFFECTIVELY -- LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES -- PRACTICING THE EFFICACY OF LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP -- ASSEMBLING THE RIGHT TEAM -- THE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF LEADERSHIP -- HOW TO MANAGE RELATIONSHIPS, CONFLICT, AND POLITICS AS A LEADER -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DANCING WITH DATA: PURPOSEFUL DECISION-MAKING FOR CHARTER LEADERS -- DATA-GUIDED PREMISE -- WHAT CONSTITUTES ''GOOD'' DATA? -- TYPES OF DATA -- PROCESS FOR USING DATA FOR SCHOOL FOCUS -- BUILDING CAPACITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHARTER SCHOOLS: POTENTIAL TO FULFILL THE GOALS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER AND BETTER SERVE PURPOSES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 2: THE WAY FORWARD -- TEACHER AGENCY IN CHARTER SETTINGS -- INTRODUCTION -- RUDY CUEVAS -- CONTINGENT COLLECTIVISM AS THE ''FINAL STAGE'' OF THE DIALECTIC OF TEACHER AGENCY -- TEACHER EMILY BAUTISTA -- CHARTERS WILL NOT BE THE ''LAST SCHOOLS'' -- TEACHER TIZOC BRENES -- TEACHER CRYSTAL GLOVER -- TEACHER TIZOC BRENES -- TEACHER AARON SCHOLL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION: A RECIPE FOR IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES -- INTRODUCTION -- VISION -- CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION -- A FRAMEWORK FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP -- IMPLEMENTING THE INSTRUCTIONAL VISION -- MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES -- TEACHER EVALUATION.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- OPERATIONS AND FINANCE: KEEPING A PULSE ON THE BACKBONE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION -- LEADERSHIP CAPACITY -- LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE POTENTIAL -- PROGRAMMING POTENTIAL -- OPERATIONAL SUCCESS: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES -- FACILITY OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT -- THE SCHOOLS BACKBONE: A STRONG BUSINESS MODEL -- REFERENCES -- BUILDING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION IN CHARTER AND AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL SETTINGS: ALIGNMENT BETWEEN PURPOSE, PROBLEMS, PEOPLE, AND POTENTIAL -- INTRODUCTION -- FINAL REFLECTION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 3: RIGHTS AND WRONGS -- EDUCATIONAL LEADERS AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN URBAN CHARTER SCHOOLS -- INTRODUCTION -- ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN CHARTER SCHOOLS -- CHARTER SCHOOLS AND ISLLC STANDARDS -- CLASHES IN ETHICAL CODES -- CHARTER SCHOOLS AND ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP REGARDING LAW AND POLITICS -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL LITERACY -- STATE LAWS -- EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS -- SPECIAL EDUCATION -- CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EASING THE TENSION: CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALIGNING CHARTER LAW WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF LITERATURE -- ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHARTER SCHOOLS BEST PRACTICES: AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP AND CONTEXT MATTER -- SCHOOL GOVERNANCE -- AUTONOMY IN CHARTER SCHOOLS -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- INTERVENTIONS -- PARTNERSHIPS -- ASSESSMENT -- ETHICAL PRACTICE -- CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- CONCLUSION: SO, WHAT'S NEXT? -- APPENDIX: ISLLC STANDARDS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.