Effective school district leadership transforming politics into education

Annotation The authors describe how effective superintendents work with their immediate staffs, elected trustees, and school-based administrators. Each chapter examines the meaning of effective district leadership from different perspectives.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Department of Educational Administration (-)
Otros Autores: Leithwood, Kenneth A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press 1995.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
SUNY series, educational leadership.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Transforming politics into education / Kenneth Leithwood
  • How effective superintendents understand their own work / Edward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge
  • Chiefs and chairs : working relationships between effective CEOs and Board of Education chairpersons / Derek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry
  • Prospects for organizational learning in expertly managed group problem solving / Kenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun
  • Superintendents' management of state-initiated reform : a matter of interpretation / Fran Wills and Kent Peterson
  • Restructuring in Kentucky : the changing role of the superintendent and the district office / Joseph Murphy
  • How a few politicians and managers of education find policy success and happiness : part I / Richard G. Townsend
  • Plucking billiard balls out of thin air : how a few politicians and managers of education hustle policy : part II / Richard G. Townsend
  • How CEOs influence school system culture / Donald Musella
  • Educated dissent : implications of policy disagreement for educational leadership / Mark Holmes
  • Toward improving the structures for school system leadership / Stephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scane, and Shihui Wang
  • Toward a more comprehensive appreciation of effective school district leadership / Kenneth Leithwood.