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School Leadership : Handbook for Excellence in Student Learning.
Emphasizing the school leader's role in student learning, this new edition covers the principalship, accountability, leadership effects, distributed leadership, political leadership, resource allocation, and more!
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE Publications,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 520 | |a Emphasizing the school leader's role in student learning, this new edition covers the principalship, accountability, leadership effects, distributed leadership, political leadership, resource allocation, and more! | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- How This Book Was Written -- Intended Audience -- Scope and Organization -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Introduction: Leadership for Excellence in Learning -- The Mission is Student Learning -- What is Leadership? -- Assumptions about the Nature of Leadership -- Schools Need to be Both Managed and Led -- Leadership Makes a Difference -- There are No Substitutes for Leadership -- Leadership can be Shared -- Power Given Away is Power Gained -- Motive Matters -- Conclusion: A Passion for Learning -- Part I -- The State of School Leadership -- Chapter 1 -- The Landscape of School Leadership -- The State of the Principalship: A Snapshot -- Working Conditions -- Optimism -- Diminishing Quality? -- Does Anybody Want This Job? -- An Impossible Job? -- What is the Principal's Proper Role? -- ISLLC Standards -- Did ISLLC Get it Right? -- What Does it Mean to be an Instructional Expert? -- Beyond Instructional Leadership -- New Ways to Lead -- Creating a Synthesis -- Conclusion: What's Over the Next Hill? -- Reflections -- Chapter 2 -- The Effects of Leadership -- The Search for Leadership Effects -- Linking Leadership with Results -- Correlational Research -- Syntheses of the Evidence -- Essential Acts of Leadership -- Setting Direction -- Developing People -- Leading Change -- Establishing Managerial Order -- Conclusion: A Compass, Not a Road Map -- Reflections -- Part II -- The Person -- Chapter 3 -- Portrait of a Leader -- The Characteristics of Leaders -- Limitations -- Personality -- Energy and Involvement -- Charisma -- Competence -- Technical Knowledge and Skill -- Mastery of Self -- Psychological Health -- Self-Assurance -- Interpersonal Competence -- Communication -- Character -- Beliefs -- Building Coherence -- Infusing Spirit -- Birth Order -- Socioeconomic Variables. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a What We Don't Know about Leadership -- The Person Behind the Mask -- Implications -- Conclusion: A Sketch for Each Leader to Complete -- Reflections -- Chapter 4 -- Leadership Styles and Strategies -- Dimensions of Leadership Style -- Directive or Participative -- Unanswered Questions about Style -- Is There an Ideal Style? -- How Does Situation Affect Style? -- Leadership Strategies -- Types of Power -- Hierarchical Leadership -- The Psychology of Hierarchical Leadership -- Advantages of Hierarchy -- Limitations of Hierarchy -- The Exemplary Hierarchical Leader -- Transformational Leadership -- The Nature of Transformational Leaders -- Limitations of Transformational Leadership -- The Exemplary Transformational Leader -- Facilitative Leadership -- Advantages of Facilitative Leadership -- Limitations of Facilitative Leadership -- The Exemplary Facilitative Leader -- Is There a Best Strategy? -- Choosing a Strategy -- Conclusion: The Need for Clarity of Purpose -- Reflections -- Chapter 5 -- Developing School Leaders -- A Developmental Perspective -- Socialization -- The Phases of Principals' Careers -- Phase 1: Recruitment into the Profession -- Phase 2: Preparation -- Phase 3: Induction -- Phase 4: Lifelong Professional Development -- The Special Case of the Assistant Principal -- Assessment Tools for Developing Leadership -- What Do Leadership Tests Measure? -- Conclusion: A Pathway Uncertain Yet Sure -- Reflections -- Part III -- The Values -- Chapter 6 -- Ethical Leadership -- The Virtuous Leader -- Essential Virtues -- Ethical Codes -- Living a Virtuous Life -- Making Ethical Decisions -- Ambiguity and Uncertainty -- Ethical Reasoning -- Moral Reasoning -- Leaders as Advocates -- Leadership and Advocacy -- The Roots of Advocacy -- The Goals of Advocacy -- Speaking out -- Conclusion: A Question of Destiny -- Chapter 7 -- Visionary Leadership. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Nature of Vision -- What Vision is Not -- What Vision Does -- The Problem with Vision -- The Leader's Role -- Developing Personal Vision -- Vision and Values -- An Eye to the Future -- Reflective Practice -- Creative Thinking -- Blocks to Vision -- Developing a Shared Vision -- Charting the Landscape -- Opening a Dialogue -- The Vision Emerges -- Testing the Vision -- Providing Inspiration -- Living the Vision -- Gaining Acceptance -- Responding to Resistance -- Institutionalizing the Vision -- Maintaining Emotional Balance -- Conclusion: Change as a Driving Force for Excellence -- Reflections -- Chapter 8 -- Cultural Leadership -- The Power of a Strong Culture -- The Heart of the Matter -- The Meaning of Culture -- Influence of External Cultures -- Three Levels of Culture -- Espoused Values -- Underlying Assumptions -- Principles for Shaping School Culture -- Nothing Succeeds Like Success -- Is Culture Relative to Mission? -- How Leaders Construct Culture -- Collaboratively Define Organizational Philosophy -- Collaboratively Establish Policies and Procedures -- Model Values and Beliefs -- Strategies for Promoting a Prolearning Student Culture -- Fostering a Sense of Community -- Conclusion: Having the Heart to Persevere -- Reflections -- Part IV -- The Structure -- Chapter 9 -- Accountable Leadership -- The Many Faces of Accountability -- Types of Accountability -- Accountability as an Instrument of Change -- Will the Mix of Strategies Succeed? -- Developing a Coherent Response -- Complying with Proliferating Rules -- Turning Data into Wise Action -- Using Accountability to Improve Learning -- Accepting the Challenge -- Building a Local Accountability System -- Keeping Assessment in Perspective -- Incentives -- Remaining Morally Accountable -- Conclusion: A Core Leadership Responsibility -- Reflections -- Chapter 10 -- Site-Based Management. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a History and Structure of SBM -- Adaptable Models -- Principles of SBM -- Participants -- Board of Education -- Students -- Council Business -- Council Detractors -- SBM and Academic Achievement -- The Research -- The Conclusion -- Prerequisite Skills -- Principal Accountability -- Staff Development -- Role of the Superintendent and Other Administrators -- The Superintendent's Role -- Summary of the Superintendent's Leadership Responsibilities -- Conclusion: Leaders' Commitment Drives Change -- Reflections -- Chapter 11 -- Distributed Leadership -- Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? -- An Alternative Conception: Distributed Leadership -- The Continuum of Leadership -- Distributed Leadership in Schools -- Varieties of Distributed Leadership -- The Shared Principalship -- Teacher Leadership -- Making Distributed Leadership Work -- The Leadership Challenge -- Structural Barriers -- Building Leadership Capacity -- Supporting the Process -- Expanding Leadership through Work Teams -- Elements of Team Success -- Types of Teams -- The Principal's Role -- Overcoming Obstacles -- Reflections -- Chapter 12 -- Political Leadership -- The Two Worlds of School Politics -- Political Challenges -- Macropolitical Strategies -- Micropolitical Strategies -- Acting Politically -- Power -- What Power Do Principals Have? -- Mapping the Political Landscape -- Strategies -- Conclusion: Being Political, Remaining Ethical -- Reflections -- Part V -- The Mission: Student Learning -- Chapter 13 -- Instructional Leadership: Supporting the Learning Process -- What is Learning? -- Supporting Purposeful Learning -- Clarifying the Goals of Purposeful Learning -- Cognitive Goals -- Behavioral Goals -- Motivational Goals -- Selecting Instructional Strategies -- Conclusion: Collaboration is the Route to Success -- Reflections -- Chapter 14 -- Instructional Leadership: Progress Monitoring. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Prior to Commencing the Initiative -- During the Initiative -- Following the Initiative -- Using Multiple Sources of Information to Monitor Progress -- Improving the Interpretation and Use of Information -- Validity -- Communicating Progress -- Prior to the Learning Initiative -- Monitoring Progress during the Learning Initiative -- Monitoring Progress Following the Learning Initiative -- Conclusion: A Career-Long Practice -- Reflections -- Chapter 15 -- Instructional Leadership: Cultivating a Learning-Focused Community in Schools -- What is a Learning-Focused Community? -- Why Do Students Engage in or Avoid Achievement-Directed Behavior? -- Mastery-Approach Goals -- How Do Learning Communities Influence Students'Achievement Behavior? -- Goal Structures -- How Does the Learning Environment Influence Teachers? -- Cultivating a Focus on Learning in the School Community -- Cultivating Adaptive Norms, Values, and Shared Beliefs -- Promoting a Positive School Climate -- Meaningful Tasks and Work Structures -- Inclusive Recognition and Reward Structures -- Effective Grouping Practices -- Evaluation Practices That Support Individual Improvement -- Conclusion: The Need for Creativity and Resolve -- Reflections -- Part VI -- The Skills -- Chapter 16 -- Communicating -- Principles of Organizational Communication -- Communicators as Change Agents -- Communication and Student Learning -- Social Capital -- The Communication Process -- From Theory to Model -- Communication Barriers -- Removing the Barriers -- Active Listening -- Giving Feedback -- Powerful Speaking -- Being Accessible -- Mastering Nonverbal Communication Skills -- Administrative Writing -- The Writing Process -- Routine Messages -- Delivering Bad News -- Reflections -- Chapter 17 -- Engaging the Public -- A New Way of Doing Business -- The Role of Leaders -- Connecting with the Community. | |
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