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Today’s administrative leaders must be effective change agents. Gone is the time when administrators were praised for being effective building managers. In the 21st Century, they must be able to take on the additional roll of instructional leader and have the skills necessary to implement change. The PDE initiatives of Classrooms for the Future, Project 720 – High School Reform, Standards Aligned System (SAS), Instructional Coaching and the requirements of the Pa Accountability System and No Child Left Behind alone demand a strong leader who can implement researched based strategies aimed at improving teaching and learning. The main text used in this course, //[|Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment and Get Result],// by Douglas Reeves was published in 2009 by the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). The text references more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and text books used in researching the development of the book including the following currently used by the Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership (PIL) training program: //The Three Minute Classroom Walk-Through; Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time, The Six Secrets of Change, What the Best Leaders do to help their organizations survive and thrive,// and //Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under any Conditions.//