Educational Leadership: A Reference Handbook

An objective discussion of educational leadership from both inside and outside the school system, focusing on ethical issues, dominant models, and today's unprecedented commitment to community involvement.

Series Editor's Preface

xi

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Overview

1

(102)

Constructing the Past: Where We've Been

1

(2)

Comparing the Corporate and the Educational

3

(1)

Setting Twenty-First-Century Educational Leadership in Context: Where We Are

4

(3)

Defining New Era Leadership

5

(1)

Contrasting New Era Leadership with Previous Experience: Where We're Going

6

(1)

Educational Leaders---Leaders in Education: Who Is Leading?

7

(2)

An Example of Heightened Partnership

8

(1)

Practice Level

9

(26)

Students

9

(9)

The Family: Parents/Guardians as Partner-Leaders

18

(10)

Teachers

28

(7)

School-Level Administrative Leadership

35

(16)

Systems-Level Leadership

51

(23)

Superintendents

51

(11)

Local School Board

62

(12)

Professional-Level Leadership

74

(4)

Professional Developers

74

(2)

Researchers

76

(2)

Policy Level

78

(17)

State Level

78

(1)

Governor

79

(3)

State Legislature

82

(1)

State Education Agencies (SEAs)

83

(1)

State Board of Education

84

(1)

Chief State School Officer (CSSO)

85

(2)

State Department of Education

87

(2)

Federal Level

89

(4)

United States Department of Education

93

(1)

Congress

94

(1)

Summary

95

(1)

References

96

(7)

Chronology: Shifting Perspectives---Involvement, Ownership, and the Business of Community Building

103

(14)

References

115

(2)

Shifting Styles, Changing Metaphors: The Art of Creating Effective Leadership

117

(82)

Leadership Styles: Mobilizing for Improvement

118

(14)

Roles Leaders Assume

132

(1)

Technical Leadership

132

(26)

Leader as Manager

132

(5)

Tasks of Leader-Managers

137

(12)

Leader as Problem Solver

149

(3)

Leader as Decision Maker

152

(6)

Nontechnical Educational Leadership

158

(15)

Leader as Instructional Leader

158

(6)

Leader as Facilitators

164

(5)

Leaders as Stewards, or Transcendent Leadership

169

(4)

What Are the Critical Issues Educational Leaders Confront?

173

(4)

What Is Considered to Be Effective, and How Is Effectiveness Measured?

177

(13)

Conclusion

190

(1)

References

191

(8)

The Community of Leaders and Learners

199

(28)

Schools as Communities

199

(4)

Community of Ideas and Responsibility

203

(11)

Core Values

214

(8)

Conclusion

222

(1)

References

223

(4)

Competing Models: Leaders Initiating Change

227

(40)

National Reform Models

234

(20)

Systemic or Comprehensive Reform Models

234

(14)

Curricular Models

248

(5)

Instructional Model

253

(1)

Foundations and Corporations

254

(9)

References

263

(4)

Directory of Organizations, Institutes, Associations, Government Agencies, and Leadership Academies

267

(30)

Organizations

267

(10)

Training

277

(2)

Leadership Academies and Institutes

279

(2)

State and National Initiatives of Note

281

(3)

Associations

284

(7)

Student Leadership

291

(1)

Groups That Address the Family in a Leadership Role

292

(5)

Selected Print and Nonprint Resources

297

(22)

Selected Print Resources

297

(10)

Books

297

(4)

Authors of Note

301

(1)

Selected Articles

302

(2)

Research Reports

304

(3)

Policy Brief

307

(1)

Selected Nonprint Resources

307

(12)

World Wide Web Sites

307

(6)

Databases

313

(2)

Videotapes

315

(1)

Audiotapes

316

(3)

Index

319

(22)

About the Author

341

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