Full Description
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Crisis Leadership and Management in Education examines the critical role of school leaders during crisis in K-12 education, spotlighting the evolving theoretical trends and practical approaches to crises around the world with contributions from international scholars.
This handbook dives deep into the essence of crisis leadership and management, tailoring its insights specifically for educators, policymakers, researchers, and school leaders. The handbook is organized in three sections: firstly, Conceptualizing School Leadership During Times of Crisis explores theorizations of crisis and critically examines different models of leadership and their applicability during crises, focussing on the crucial issue of equity. Next, Practices for Leading During Crises develops insights into established practices for leading during crisis, drawing from empirical based findings around crisis preparedness, crisis plans, and crisis management teams; finally, Understanding Leadership During Different Types of Crises provides a typology of crises including natural disasters, school violence, health emergencies, death/suicide and refugees/migration, offering specialized knowledge and guidance tailored to the unique characteristics of these crises within schools. The comprehensive selection of contributions will empower school leaders with the skills and knowledge needed to lead effectively during crises and to enhance organizational resilience to avoid, withstand and recover from crises.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An Introduction: From Crisis Concepts to Crisis Leadership and Management in School Organisations, Antonios Kafa (Open University of Cyprus), Michelle Striepe (Edith Cowan University), and Patricia Virella (Montclair State University)
PART 1: Conceptualizing Leading Schools During Times of Crisis
2. The Mosaic of Leading Schools During Crisis, Michelle Striepe (Edith Cowan University), Patricia Virella (Montclair State University), and Antonios Kafa (Open University of Cyprus)
3. 'It's Certainly Changed the Job Description': Developing a Framework for School Leaders to Prepare for Disasters and Crises, Carol Mutch (The University of Auckland)
4. The Age of Polycrisis: Coaching Educational Leaders for Hope, Patricia Virella (Montclair State University)
5. Educational Leadership in Times of Crisis: Typologies, Strategies, and the CLEAR Model, Rania Sawalhi (University of Jordan) and Paul Campbell (University of Hong Kong)
PART 2: Practices for Leading Schools During Times of Crisis
6. Beyond the Crisis Plan: Preparing for and Leading Through Foreseeable and Unforeseeable Crises in K-12 Schools, Craig DeVoto (University of Illinois at Chicago), Kate Steilen (University at Buffalo), and Benjamin M. Superfine (University of Illinois at Chicago)
7. Enacting Emergency Plans for School Preparedness: The Role of School Leadership, Angeliki Lazaridou and Magdalini Kolokitha (University of Thessaly)
8. School Crisis Planning Capacity Building in Jamaica: Central Ministry's Middle-Leaders' Needs for Policy, Practice, and Research Support, Ann-Marie Wilmot (The University of the West Indies, Mona)
9. Leading through Multiple Uncertainties - An Institutional Logics Perspective on Parental Involvement in Schools Serving Marginalized Communities During Distance Learning, Esther Dominique Klein (Dortmund University) and Livia Jesacher-Rößler (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg)
10. Leadership in Crisis: A Grounded Theory Study of Resilience in Lithuanian Schools, Rasa Nedzinskaite-Maciuniene and Vaida Jurgile (Vytautas Magnus University)
11. School Leadership Forged in Crisis: Lessons from Scotland, Michalis Constantinides (University of Glasgow)
12. Crisis Leadership in Support of Teachers: "If I didn't take care of the staff first the students wouldn't matter", Mario Jackson (Florida State University)
PART 3: Understanding School Leadership During Different Types of Crisis
13. Natural Disasters - Leadership in Schooling During the After-Effects of Earthquakes, Jo Fletcher, John Everatt, and Ting Ma (University of Canterbury)
14. Crisis School Leadership in Croatian Elementary Schools: Experiences of School Principals, Vesna Kovac and Ivana Miocic (University of Rijeka)
15. Crisis Leadership among Arab Palestinian School Principals in Israel: Navigating Social Justice, Emotional, Professional, and Organizational Challenges during COVID-19, Mowafaq Qadach (Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education)
16. School Leadership for Refugees in Crisis and Emergency Contexts: A Review of the Literature, Erin Sorensen (University of Maryland)
17. School Violence, Crisis Preparedness, and Distributed Leadership: Formal and Informal Leadership Practice in Responding to Violent Situations in Schools, Jennifer Classen (Endicott College) and Marsha Modeste (The Pennsylvania State University)
18. Racial Crisis Sensemaking in K-12 Schools, James C. Bridgeforth (University of Delaware) and Amanda L. Pickett (University of Delaware)
19. Understanding School Leaders' Response to Health Crisis, Michelle Striepe (Edith Cowan University) and Antonios Kafa (Open University of Cyprus)
20. School Leaders and Natural Disasters: A Fiji Case Study, Mohini Devi (The University of Fiji)
21. Discussion: From Conceptualising to Practicing and Understanding School Leadership in Times of Crisis, Antonios Kafa (Open University of Cyprus), Michelle Striepe (Edith Cowan University), and Patricia Virella (Montclair State University)
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