Pygmalion Principles - Dignan Ed. D. J. D., Patricia J.
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A BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING PREMIER EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES This book is both a Memoir on challenges facing public schools and a Manual showing how those can be turned into opportunities for creating effective and, even, exceptional schools. The Memoir depicts a career which spans 30 years, 4 schools, and an entire district beset with special characteristics and problems. It is, at times, both somber and funny. It shows communities at their best and communities at their worst with teachers causing or reflecting both ends of the continuum. It also shows how an administrator can…mehr

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A BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING PREMIER EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPES IN YOUR COMMUNITIES This book is both a Memoir on challenges facing public schools and a Manual showing how those can be turned into opportunities for creating effective and, even, exceptional schools. The Memoir depicts a career which spans 30 years, 4 schools, and an entire district beset with special characteristics and problems. It is, at times, both somber and funny. It shows communities at their best and communities at their worst with teachers causing or reflecting both ends of the continuum. It also shows how an administrator can steer their buildings and districts toward state and national recognition In a stark accounting, this book delineates both blatant and subtle discrimination against females in a "man's world" and mirrors history in its critical approach to women administrators. The Chapter entitled, "How to Break through the Glass Ceiling without Having to Sweep up the Mess" offers suggestions on how women can use some of that history to their advantage. Included in the Manual portion of this book are also sections that offer step-by-step instructions for administrators who want to raise both the level of expectation and the performance of staff and students in an ongoing quest for excellence. There are also "recipes" for raising test scores in a meaningful and dramatic way. Several "fun" events encapsulated in both pictures and narrative excite not only students and staff but also communities and can be easily replicated. Although many of these events were 1st in the country and featured in magazine and newspaper articles, they are easy to copy-especially at the elementary level. Lastly, there are tips for parents and ways to include them in this process we call education. Given the recent Covid-19 crisis, enlisting, and enlarging the role of parents is especially timely.
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Patricia Dignan is a woman with many "firsts" in an exceptional administrative career spanning 50 years. Patricia was the first female Community School Director in the country in 1963, serving in that capacity in Alpena, Michigan, then starting community education in California. She was one of the 1st Head Start Directors under JFK. She was a Director of the 1st Alternative Middle/High School in the country in 1968. She was the 1st female principal in Ypsilanti in the 70's and the 1st (and only) female President of the Ypsilanti Principals' Association. In the 80's she became the 1st female Assistant Superintendent in Monroe County, Michigan, then the 1st female Superintendent in Monroe County in the early 90's. In 1995 in Falls Church, Patricia became the 1st female Superintendent in the greater Washington D.C. area. In 1997, Patricia was named the first Dean of Washtenaw Technical Middle College, the 1st of its kind in the country and which she birthed. During these years, Patricia pioneered many initiatives and programs. She started the 1st Toy Lending Library in Michigan in the 60's and created the first (and possibly, only) class for parents that included teenagers as resources on parenting in the early 70's. Patricia continued with parenting programs-including a drug-free series of classes-for the entirety of her career. Patricia opened 7 charter schools in Michigan and oversaw another 12 which featured computer-based learning in the late 90's then became an Executive Director of Student Achievement with Detroit Public Schools where she was responsible for 58 schools over a period of 5 years. Patricia was also a sought-after national speaker and international consultant during those years. She earned her 1st doctorate at University of Michigan and her 2nd at Detroit College of Law. She has authored 5 books.