Full Description
School Leadership and Administration: Important Concepts, Cases Studies, and Simulations, helps principals, administrators, and supervisors develop and improve their leadership skills with case studies and simulations. Part I presents concepts and research findings. Part II includes over 60 case studies, simulations, and suggested learning activities to put learning into action and prompt discussion. Since the text focuses on leadership, its principles may be applied in areas such as higher education administration, military educational training programs, agency management, and government services administration. There are Boxed features (Window on Diversity, Research Spotlight) and activities throughout the text that complement the content of each chapter.
Contents
PART I MAJOR CONCEPTS IN ADMINISTRATION AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS (2015)
LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FOR LEARNER-CENTERED, PERSONALIZED EDUCATION
CHAPTER 1 LEADERSHIP
CHAPTER 2 DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 3 AUTHORITY, POWER, AND INFLUENCE
CHAPTER 4 COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 5 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
CHAPTER 7 CHANGE
PART II CASE STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER 9 BEGINNING CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 10 STUDENT PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 11 ADMINISTRATOR-STAFF RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 12 SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONS
CHAPTER 13 ROLE AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 14 PROBLEMS OF CHANGE
INDEX
