A-Z List of Free SEDL Publications

Below is a list of SEDL publications available free online. There are additional publications available in the SEDL Store, where SEDL lists the publications available for sale.

There are 343 free resources available to you.

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Philanthropic Support for Public Education in the Southwest (2000)
This report examines the relationship between philanthropy and public schools in five states -- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas -- that comprise the "Southwestern Region" served by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) under its federal contract as a Regional Educational Laboratory.

Policy Development Tools: Engaging Parents/Families in the School Community (2009)
This resource, developed by SEDL’s Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC), is a compendium of tools for promoting policies supporting parent and family involvement.

Policymakers Build Bridges: (Insights on Education Policy, Practice, and Research, Number 13) (2000)
This brief is the last in a series of Insights on SEDL's investigation of the potential use of study circles to engage the public and state-level decision makers in discussions about education.

Preparing Language Teachers to Implement the TEKS for LOTE (1997)
This document identifies pre-service teacher standards and provides guidelines for teacher training institutions

Principal's Role in the Instructional Process: Implications for At-Risk Students: Issues About Change, Volume 1, Number 3 (1991)
This paper focuses on the interactions and six behaviors of principals and teachers who work to change and improve schools for children at risk.

Principals and Teachers: Continuous Learners: Issues About Change, Volume 7, Number 2 (1999)
This paper discusses how three principals have increased staff capacity by developing professional development relationships with their staffs and encouraged their participation in the decision-making process.

Professional Development and Teachers' Construction of Coherent Instructional Practices: A Synthesis of Experiences in Five Sites (2000)
This publication documents what kinds of support teachers need and to develop strategies, tools, activities, and resources to support teacher growth.

Professional Development for Language Teachers: Implementing the TEKS for LOTE (1997)
This document identifies in-service teacher standards and describes three models of professional development.

Professional Development Guides for the Afterschool Training Toolkit (2008)
For use with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit, these print guides give program directors and site coordinators resources for leading professional development courses on building engaging afterschool activities.

Professional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement (1997)
This literature review includes examples of schools that have organized professional learning communities and discusses five dimensions of those communities: supportive and shared leadership, shared values and vision, collective creativity, supportive conditions, and shared personal practice. The publication also discusses steps for transforming a school into a professional learning community.

Price: $15

Professional Learning Communities: An Ongoing Exploration (2000)
This book reviews the five dimensions along which a school staff must operate to develop a professional learning community and discusses the role such a community plays in school reform.

Price: $12

Professional Learning Communities: What Are They and Why Are They Important?: Issues About Change, Volume 6, Number 1 (1997)
This lucid review of the research on professional learning communities defines five important attributes of professional learning communities and identifies the outcomes they deliver to staff and students.

Profiles of Native Language Education Programs (1999)
This book describes 24 programs in SEDL's region and gives teachers and other educators who serve American Indian students in the Southwest access to organizations and resources that can help them meet the educational needs of this often underserved population.

Progress of Education in Louisiana, The (1999)
This paper describes the history and progress of education in Louisiana and how various factors influence teaching in the state, including educational reform initiatives in Louisiana and changes in critical policies.

Progress of Education in Texas, The (2000)
This paper describes the history and progress of education in Texas and how various factors influence teaching in the state.

Progress Report to Districts and Schools: SEDL's Working Systemically Model (2003)
A report of the findings based on analyses of more than 260 interviews with teachers, administrators, parents, and other staff and field notes of SEDL coordinators who worked with the districts.

Promoting Teacher Inquiry: A Study Group Approach (2000)
This video provides an overview of key strategies to use with study groups supporting teachers as they learn to improve their practice and student learning.

Public Deliberation: A Tool for Connecting School Reform and Diversity (1999)
This publication discusses various processes of public deliberation in regard to school reform and diversity issues.

Price: $10