Textbooks

Textbooks for courses through the Department of Educational Leadership may be purchased from a variety of resources. You may order from the UM Bookstore, Amazon, Ebay, Abebooks.com or any other store based on what works best for you. The books will not be available at the bookstore until the month before the semester or term begin.

EDLD Textbooks for Summer 2024

Summer 2024 textbooks will continue to be updated on this page. Please check back at a later date if you do not see your course listed below. Please reach out to EDLD@mso.umt.edu with any questions or concerns.

Dr. Erica Allen

EDLD 567: K-12 Leadership

  1. Matthews, L. J. & Crow, G. M. (2010). The principalship: New roles in a professional learning    community. Allyn & Bacon. ISBN-10: 020554567X ISBN-13: 978-0205545674
  2. Covey, S. R. (1990). Principle-centered leadership. Summit. ISBN-10: 0671792806 ISBN-13: 978-0671792800

EDLD 568: K-12 Curriculum

  1. Jacobs, H.H.. (2010).Curriculum 21: Essential education for a changing world.  Alexandria, VA: ASCD
  2. Tokumama-Espinosa, T. (2014).  Making classrooms better: 50 practical applications of mind, brain, and education science. New York, NY:  W.W. Norton & Company

EDLD 583: Strategic Planning for Technology

Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations, Fifth Edition. John Wiley and Sons.  

EDLD 653: School Personnel Administration

Rebore, R. W (2015), “Human Resource Administration in Education”, Tenth Edition.  Pearson, Boston.  

Dr. John Matt

EDLD 554: School Law

Alexander, K., & Alexander, M.D.  American Public School Law, 9th ed.

EDLD 556: School Finance

*No required textbook.

EDLD 559: PR for Principals

Kowalski, Theodore J. (2011), “Public Relations in Schools”, 5th Edition.  Pearson – Merrill/Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

EDLD 657: Facilities Planning

Bauscher, R. & Poe, M. (2023). Educational Facilities: Planning, Modernization, and Management. 6th Edition.

Dr. Bill McCaw

EDLD 551: Foundations of Curriculum Leadership

Glatthorn, A. A., Boschee, F., Whitehead, B. M., & Boschee, B. F. (2019). Curriculum leadership: Strategies for development and implementation (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 978-1-5063-6317-2

EDLD 552: Supervision and Evaluation of Public School Educators

  1. Andelson, S. J. (2014). FRISK Fundamentals for evaluators in addressing below standard employee performance (Education Edition or Higher Education Edition for those with an emphasis in higher education rather than the principalship). Gardena, CA: Sunset Printing. To order copies: Newsroom FRISK
  2. Glickman, C. D., Gordon, S. P., & Ross-Gordon, J. M. (2013). The basic guide to supervision and instructional leadership (3rd ed.). Pearson. ISBN- 13: 978-0-13-261373-6 ISBN- 10: 0-13-261373-5

EDLD 656: Economics of Education

Lovenheim, M., & Turner, S. (2018). Economics of education. Worth. ISBN-13: 978-1-319-28220-2; ISBN-10: 1-319-28220-2. (Electronic version is acceptable when available).

Dr. Liqin Tang

EDLD 519.51: Analysis of Ed Data

  1. Neil J. Salkind (2017). Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - Using Microsoft Excel 2016 (4th Edition). SAGE Publications.
  2. Neil J. Salkind (2016). Excel Statistics: A Quick Guide (3rd Edition). SAGE Publications

EDLD 550.50: Foundations of Educational Leadership

Peter G. Northouse (2021). Leadership: Theory and Practice (9th ed.). SAGE Publications.    

Dr. Jeb Puryear

EDLD 520: Educational Research

John W. Creswell (2018). Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (6th Edition). Pearson, New York, NY. ISBN-10: 0134519361. ISBN-13: 978-0134519634.

Dr. Matthew Schertz

EDLD 502: Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of Education: the essential texts. Author: Steven M. Cahn. Routledge Press. 1st edition Published in 2009. ISBN-10: 0415994403. ISBN-13: 978-0415994408