Full Description
Rural School Leadership: Lessons from Alaska is a guide for leaders in rural schools. The book tells stories, provides clear examples, and provides practical school improvement strategies. Throughout the book, authors discuss how leaders can help their schools meet the needs of both Indigenous and Western systems. Chapters are organized around specific areas of interest for rural school leaders, such as cross-cultural leadership, academic improvement, and leading small schools.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Rural Alaska Schools
Janice DeVore Littlebear, Sean Asikłuk Topkok, Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 2: Being New
Robin Jones, Meghan Redmond
Chapter 3: Cross-Cultural Leadership
Robert S. Thompson
Chapter 4: Adapting Curriculum
Carol Thompson
Chapter 5: Career, Technical and Subsistence Education
Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 6: Teaching through Culture
Abby Qirvan Augustine
Chapter 7: Academic Success: Leadership that Drives Change
Robert S. Thompson
Chapter 8: Small K-12 Schools
Evelyn Willburn, Deidre Jenson, Benjamin Glover
Chapter 9: School Climate, Safety and Learning
Lesa Meath, Janice DeVore Littlebear
Chapter 10: Supervision: Improving, Recruiting and Keeping Good Teachers
Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens
Chapter 11: New Directions: Learning from Others
Janice DeVore Littlebear, Robert S. Thompson, Christian P. Wilkens
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Appendix A: Tribes in Alaska by Location
Appendix B: Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
Appendix C: Alaska Indigenous Languages Map
Glossary
References
About the Editors
About the Authors
