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The introductory volume in the Peabody Educational Leadership Series, Successful School Leadesrhip provides readers with a solid overview of the primary topics that current and aspiring leaders will be faced with when making decisions regarding education organizations. Blending leadership theory and practice, this foundational leadership text provides cutting edge content in each of the key domains of responsibility facing current and aspiring school leaders while weaving case studies, current media articles, and reflection point into each chapter to enhance student synthesis and application. The book is divided into four frames of reference for optimal learning: Planning, Politics, Performance, and Power - the functions with which educational leaders must continually grapple. In each section, readers are presented with information about what school leaders need to know to successfully surmount the modern challenges to education and instruction.Section one provides a foundation for the book by discussing the evolving context of educational leadership and proposes a strategic orientation to leading educational organizations through continual cycles of appraisal, analysis and action. Section two delves into the important issues of governance, politics, finance and law as major contributors to the context of education, and as levers by which school leaders can shape institutions. Section three explores the various ways in which school leaders can assess and enhance the performance of their schools and educational organizations. The final section of text provides students with information about educational leader strategies in the development of people, partnering with communities, and uses of power, while the final two chapters give practical insights into the preparation for practicing strategic education leadership.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORDACKNOWLEDGEMENTSELCC MATRIXSECTION I: PLANNING FOR CHANGE Understanding Strategic LeadershipCHAPTER ONE - The Evolving Context of Education LeadershipLooking Back: A Historical NoteLeadership's Contemporary Societal Context: Illustrating Unceasing ChangeEvolving Contextual DetailsStrategic Leadership: What It is and Why It is Now NeededWhat A Strategic Leader is Not CHAPTER TWO - Strategic Leadership in an Organizational ContextTheoretical Views of Organizations and Their Import for a Strategic LeaderLeadership Theories and StylesThe Idea of Strategic LeadershipEducational Leadership in a Changing Societal and Organizational ParadigmCombining Appraisal and ActionCHAPTER THREE - Strategic PlanningPlanning Operational DetailsWhat is Strategic Planning?The Impact of Politics on Goal Setting and Strategic PlanningKey Considerations in the Planning ProcessSECTION II: POLITICS Policy Knowledge Needed by Strategic LeadersCHAPTER FOUR - GovernanceThe Seemingly Seamless Spectrum of Schooling StakeholdersThe Scale and Scope of United States SchoolingConstitutional Underpinnings of Education's Complexity and DiversityInformal CentralizationThe Structure of States for Governing EducationGeneral Government and EducationCHAPTER FIVE: Politics, Policy and Policy IssuesIllustrating How Policy Matters for Education LeadersExplaining the Formation of PolicyPolicy, Public Policy, Education Policy, and a Policy System ParadigmCultures of PolicyInside the "Modern" Education Reform Policy ParadigmCHAPTER SIX: FinanceProviding Strategic Leaders with the Finance Knowledge They NeedA Historical Sketch of the United States Education Finance ContextEducation Finance MagnitudeGenerating and Distributing State and Federal Education RevenuesAllocating Resources Productively Within an Education OrganizationWhat is Wrong with This (Financial) Picture?The Likely Future Context of Education FinanceCHAPTER SEVEN: LawConventions, Constitutions, Cases, Courtrooms, and ClassroomsProtecting (and Sometimes Restricting) Students' RightsProtecting (and Sometimes Restricting) Employee RightsSECTION III: PERFORMANCE What a Strategic Leader Needs to Know Regarding KnowingCHAPTER EIGHT: LearningThe Importance of Instructional TimeThe Significance of Specifying What is to be LearnedInstructional Program AlignmentLearning TheoriesDimensions of KnowledgeThe Implication of Learning Theory for Learning EnvironmentsWhat Do We Expect Students to Be Able to Do with What They Learn?How Can Students Be Motivated to Learn?What is the Role of the Teacher in the Learning Process?Cultural Diversity and Instructional EnvironmentsCHAPTER NINE: ProgramsForces Influencing School Programs in the United StatesPerspectives on Assessing the Quality and Alignment of State StandardsApproaches to Enhancing School ProgramsThe Intersection of K-12 Programs and Post-Secondary EducationCHAPTER TEN: PerformanceAssessing the Performance of StudentsAssessment of Leadership PerformanceAssessing School PerformanceValue-Added Performance MeasuresPerformance-Based Compensation SystemsNational and International Assessments of Education PerformanceCHAPTER ELEVEN: Problem SolvingStrategic Approaches to Decision Making in EducationSystematic Collection and Use of School DataAnalyzing Data Integral to School EffectivenessAnalyzing Data Integral to School EfficiencySECTION IV: POWERThe Application of Strategic LeadershipCHAPTER TWELVE: PowerDecision Making and ImplementationImportant Definitions and DistinctionsCHAPTER THIRTEEN: PeoplePeople and School SuccessProfiling America's EducatorsCompensating America's EducatorsCompensation Reform PossibilitiesSelecting Teachers, Administrators, and OthersProfessional DevelopmentAssessing Teacher PerformancesMotivating Personnel ProductivelyCHAPTER FOURTEEN: Partnering Schools with Parents and CommunitiesTheoretical and Empirical Research ConsiderationsStrategically Linking Family and Community to Student PerformanceCollecting Data on Community InvolvementDeveloping Strategic Community PartnershipsCHAPTER FIFTEEN: Practicing Strategic LeadershipShaping One's Leadership StyleConstructing Professional PhilosophiesSetting Performance PrioritiesCommunicating Purposes, Creating Impressions, Confronting ConflictLeader Ethics and Consistent BehaviorThe Unsung Significance of Predictable Leader BehaviorCHAPTER SIXTEEN: Preparing to be a Strategic Education LeaderThe Positive Trajectory of Education Leadership as a ProfessionMultiple Challenges of 21st Century Education LeadershipThe Path to Leadership is EvolvingThe Large Demand for Leaders, and New Leaders, in EducationLeading Learning and Implementing Policy: The New Professional Practitioner ParadigmCareer Preparation Changes Necessitated by Strategic LeadershipEducation Leader RemunerationPaths to Professional Leadership PositionsSIGNIFICANT COURT DECISIONS AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIONBIBLIOGRAPHYGLOSSARYINDEX
