Differentiating School Leadership : Facing the Challenges of Practice

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ISBN: 9781412970501 | 1412970504
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Copyright: 11/13/2009

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Use 'œorganizational diagnostics' for applying differentiated leadership to four high-level priorities: preventing school decline, turning around a low-performing school, sustaining improvements, and designing a new school.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
About the Author	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Challenge Of School Decline	p. 11
Recognizing the Potential for School Decline	p. 13
A School on the Brink	p. 13
Detecting Vulnerabilities	p. 16
The Impact of Inadequate Funding	p. 18
The Impact of a Weak Principal	p. 20
The Impact of a Change in School Culture	p. 22
Meeting the Challenge of School Decline	p. 23
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 24
Leadership to Prevent School Decline	p. 25
Leading Schools That Face Demographic Changes	p. 26
The Challenges of Changing Demographics	p. 29
School Leadership in the Face of Demographic Change	p. 38
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 38
The Challenge Of School Turnaround	p. 41
Identifying the Characteristics of Low-Performing Schools	p. 43
A School in Need of Turning Around	p. 43
Analyzing the Causes of Low Performance	p. 45
Diagnosing School-Based Causes	p. 47
Meeting the Challenge of School Turnaround	p. 54
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 54
Leadership to Turn Around a Low-Performing School	p. 57
Targeting Key Conditions	p. 58
School Turnaround Leadership	p. 71
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 72
The Challenge Of Sustaining School Improvement	p. 73
Reversing School Failure Is Only the First Step	p. 75
A Promising Start at Stuart High School	p. 75
Determining the Unfinished Agenda	p. 76
Meeting the Challenge of Sustained Improvement	p. 83
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 84
Leadership to Sustain School Improvement	p. 85
Building Capacity for Sustained Success	p. 86
The Challenges of Sustained School Improvement	p. 89
Leadership for the Long Haul	p. 98
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 99
The Challenge Of Creating a New School	p. 101
Leadership for Students Who Need a Different Learning Environment	p. 103
Leading by Design	p. 104
Meeting the Challenge of Creating a New School	p. 115
Key Lessons and Next Steps	p. 116
Leadership Lessons	p. 117
Why School Leaders Fail	p. 119
Self-inflicted Problems	p. 120
The Greatest Mistake of All	p. 127
The Implications of Differentiating Leadership	p. 129
Some Practical Consequences	p. 132
Last Word	p. 135
References	p. 137
Index	p. 141
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Differentiating School Leadership : Facing the Challenges of Practice

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