Making Sense As a School Leader
Persisting Questions, Creative Opportunities
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 1995
Book
Hardback
213 pages
978-0-7879-0164-6 (ISBN)
Description
"A real contribution to an over-discussed subject.... This book reaches below the surface to the real issues and relationships that confront principles in their orchestration of the daily affairs of teachers, parents, and students."
--Harold Howe II, former president of the Ford Foundation for Education and Public Policy
Based on the work of the prestigious Harvard Principal's Center, this book shares some of the "sense" that practicing principals have made of their own complex experiences. The authors offer real-life case examples of typical leadership dilemmas in such areas as student discipline, teacher assessment, fiscal management, parental involvement, and schoolwide planning.
--Harold Howe II, former president of the Ford Foundation for Education and Public Policy
Based on the work of the prestigious Harvard Principal's Center, this book shares some of the "sense" that practicing principals have made of their own complex experiences. The authors offer real-life case examples of typical leadership dilemmas in such areas as student discipline, teacher assessment, fiscal management, parental involvement, and schoolwide planning.
Reviews / Votes
"A real contribution to an over-discussed subject...This book reaches below the surface to the real issues and relationships that confront principals in their orchestration of the daily affairs of teachers, parents, and students." (Harold Howe II, former president of the Ford Foundation for Education and Public Policy)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-0164-6 (9780787901646)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
RICHARD ACKERMAN is assistant professor of education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell College of Education and lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is co-director (with Rebecca van der Bogert) of the International Network of Principals' Centers. He lives in Cambridge. GORDON A. DONALDSON is professor of education at the University of Maine and coordinator of the Maine Network of School Leaders. REBECCA VAN DER BOGERT is a former principal who now serves as superintAndent of schools in Winnetka, Illinois.
Content
Foreword.
Leadership as a Quest.
Justice: Doing What's Right..But What Is Right?
Teaching: Promoting Effective Teaching and Valuing Each Teacher.
Purpose: Process or Product?
Resources: Balancing Infinite Needs and Finite Resources.
Change: Fostering Change and Respecting the Individual.
Ownership: Weaving Diverse Interests into Mutual Purpose.
Autonomy: Encouraging Creativity and Preserving Community.
Trusting in Community.
Trusting in Yourself.
Leadership as a Quest.
Justice: Doing What's Right..But What Is Right?
Teaching: Promoting Effective Teaching and Valuing Each Teacher.
Purpose: Process or Product?
Resources: Balancing Infinite Needs and Finite Resources.
Change: Fostering Change and Respecting the Individual.
Ownership: Weaving Diverse Interests into Mutual Purpose.
Autonomy: Encouraging Creativity and Preserving Community.
Trusting in Community.
Trusting in Yourself.