Full Description
Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities—communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.
Contents
Contents
Chapter 1: What is a Community-focused Leader?
Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia
Chapter 2: Building Local Academic Identity
Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia
Chapter 3: Boundary-crossing Leadership for Community Schools
Martin Blanks
Chapter 4: Leading through Community-based Partnerships
Chris Brown
Chapter 5: Academic Achievement and the Community Schools Model
Mary A. Ronan
Chapter 6: The Rural Solution: How Community Schools Can Reinvigorate Rural Education
Dorris Terry Williams
Chapter 7: Leading STEM in the Community School Setting
Judith Dymond
Chapter 8: Preparing Aspiring Leaders for Community School Leadership
Karen Carlson
Chapter 9: Evaluating Community School Leadership
Adeline Ray, Daniel Diehl, & Neil Naftzger
Chapter 10: Succession Planning for Community School Leadership—A Personal Reflection
Francisco Borras
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About the Contributors
