How Schools Succeed
Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership
2nd Edition
Published on 12. February 2015
232 pages
979-8-216-34505-3 (ISBN)
Description
All meaningful and enduring educational reform occurs locally. Evidence suggests that educational success is driven by the contextual conditions in which students learn. How Schools Succeed: Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership, Second Edition considers a broad conception of educational context, taking into consideration work environment, facilities, and space as well as the interpersonal, social, and organizational settings in which teaching and learning occur. This is not a "one-fits-all" approach. It is, however, a proactive approach, and necessary tools and development strategies are offered to promote continual and sustainable school improvement at the local level. While this volume considers specific administrative roles in schools, it also explains strategic leadership in broad terms. School leadership not only implies principal and superintendent roles, but teacher roles as well-perceiving teachers as leaders and building leadership capacity are central concepts in understanding strategic leadership as well as moving toward genuine school reform.
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02/2015
2nd Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Edward L. Harris, PhD, is Professor and Williams Chair of Educational Leadership Administrator for the Brock International Prize in Education at Oklahoma State University/Tulsa.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Continuing Importance of Instructional Leadership
2 Understanding the Culture of Schools
3 Understanding Your School Culture
4 Understanding Cultural Preferences
5 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Individualist Contexts
6 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Bureaucratic Contexts
7 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Corporate Contexts
8 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Collectivist Contexts
9 Contextualization, Adaptation and Leadership
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Continuing Importance of Instructional Leadership
2 Understanding the Culture of Schools
3 Understanding Your School Culture
4 Understanding Cultural Preferences
5 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Individualist Contexts
6 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Bureaucratic Contexts
7 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Corporate Contexts
8 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Collectivist Contexts
9 Contextualization, Adaptation and Leadership
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Index
