1 Here We Go Again 2 Characteristics of an Ideal School 3 It's All in the Perception 4 The School 5 Vision and Mission 6 Best Knowledge, Research Literature, and Data 7 Beliefs, Values, and Dominant Philosophy 8 Relationships, Culture, and Dominant Psychology 9 Children as Students 10 Teaching, Learning, and the Teacher 11 Curriculum Planning 12 Classroom Practices 13 The Principal 14 Continuing Assessment, Renewal, and Improvement 15 Continuing Professional Education for Staff
Albert Mamary, Ph.D., has been a high school mathematics teacher, department chairperson, district supervisor of mathematics, college and university professor of mathematics and education, and assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools. Most notably, he led as the Johnson City, New York schools achieved the distinction of being the only validated and revalidated education program in reading, mathematics, and language arts by the U.S. Office of Education. In a district where approximately 60% of the students were considered to be at poverty level, student achievement, as measured by state and national tests, was remarkably high.
Creating the Ideal School is a carefully considered, heartfelt
philosophy of teaching—a philosophy of and for education that is
nothing short of electrifying. A philosophy that unequivocally
states that, given time, every child is capable of learning. A
philosophy that not only proposes but that has shown,
experientially, that it works. This book is an extraordinary and
necessary enterprise.
*Fannie Linder, psychotherapist and former classroom teacher*
Creating the Ideal School is a vital and timely book, documenting
the best practices associated with demonstrated high standards for
student performance and systems design in a time of rapid change
for American public schools. The Mamary method breaks away from the
factory models of the past, bringing contemporary educators
carefully prescribed methods of delivering precise support to all
learners in time, on time, every time. Teachers in my district were
heard to say, to scream, to hoist on banners in the hall: 'We Love
Al.' At a time when the rest of the nation bemoans standardized
testing and the rigors of systems adjustments tailored to failing
schools, Al Mamary has invested in the future by bringing us hope
and instructional improvements by design. These he has in
abundance.
*Patricia Dovi, superintendent of schools, St. Regis Falls Central
School District, New York*
I sincerely believe our political decision-makers in Washington and
the U.S. Department of Education should make sure that every key
educational decision-maker at national and state levels and every
public and private school in our nation receives at least one copy
of Creating the Ideal School, as this would be the best possible
investment in credible, cost-effective schooling for all of our
children and youth.
*Dr. Floyd McDowell, Partners for Quality Learning*
In my book, The Quality School, I wrote "[Albert Mamary's] Johnson
City Schools are probably the best model in the United States of
what could be called quality schools." Anyone interested in
improving student achievement and preparing our students to compete
in the world market will find this book rewarding and a must read.
Creating the Ideal School will be useful in the training of new
teachers and administrators as well as those who have been in the
profession a long time.
*from the foreword by William Glasser, M.D., internationally
recognized psychiatrist and author of Reality Therapy, a method of
psychotherapy he created in 1965 and that is*
This is a unique guide for school leaders. I can imagine a harried
building- or district-level administrator relating to the clarity
and reasonableness of the author's ideas. The prose is
straightforward and conversational. Mamary talks to the reader as
though he or she is across the table with a pot of coffee and some
time to spend.
*Robert Carpenter, interim dean, Binghamton University, New York*
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