“Pygmalion Principles: A Memoir on Raising Expectations and Achievement in Schools” by Patricia J. Dignan was displayed at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (LATFOB) – Book Gallery
“Pygmalion Principles: A Memoir on Raising Expectations and Achievement in Schools” by Patricia J. Dignan was among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (LATFOB) at the University of Southern California on April 20–21, 2024.
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Author Reputation Press once again showcased some of its amazing books in a wide selection of genres in this year’s LATFOB. This book gallery aims to connect readers and authors by exposing it at an event attended by audiences around the globe.
Patricia Dignan is a woman with many “firsts” in an exceptional administrative career spanning 50 years. She 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 first head-start directors under JFK. She was a director of the 1st Alternative Middle/High School in the country in 1968. She was the first female principal in Ypsilanti in the 1970s and the first (and only) female president of the Ypsilanti Principals’ Association. In the 80’s, she became the 1st female assistant superintendent in Monroe County, Michigan, and then the 1st female superintendent in Monroe County in the early 90’s. In 1995, at Falls Church, Patricia became the first female superintendent in the greater Washington, D.C., area.
“Pygmalion Principles: A Memoir on Raising Expectations and Achievement in Schools” by Patricia J. Dignan 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 that spans 30 years, four 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.
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.
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