Making Sense of Social Networks in Schools

With sample social network maps and steps for developing your own, this resource shows leaders how to navigate task, friendship, power, and culture networks to promote school goals.

Acknowledgments About the Authors Foreword by Guilbert Hentschke Preface: What's in a Song? Lyrics to Green Door Introduction: The New Principal Encounters a Locked Door: Through a Smoky Cloud Outside Looking In Overview of the Book 1. A Glimmer of Networks: Saw an Eyeball Peepin' Business Research Predominance of Networks Impact on Schools Misreading Clues The Context of Leadership Managing Networks Finding Direction 2. Network Basics: Green Door, What's That Secret You're Keepin' Nuts and Bolts Network Players Whole Networks The Key to the Green Door 3. Limitations of Task Networks: Door Slammed, Hospitality's Thin There Searching for the Boss Turned Down by the Boss No Access Finding Access Awareness Resources Stephanie Relaxes the Rule Book 4. Friendship Networks: The Happy Crowd Finding Friends Someone Who Understands Me Someone Convenient The Impact of Comfortable Connections Emotional Contagion Informal Induction Jasmine's Cost-Benefit Decision Friendship and Productivity Antipathy and Its Problems The Blessings and Curses of Friendship Networks 5. Power Networks: Wish They'd Let Me In Politics as Usual Power Stars Power as Perception Power Players Baskets and Eggs Working the Power Networks Principals as Politicians 6. Culture Networks: They Laugh a Lot Behind the Green Door Stories and Traditions Ties That Bind The Way Things Are Done Around Here Tribal Leaders, Mavericks, Mavens, Gossips, and Spies The Door Ajar Cultural Players Trust Thy Neighbor The Spirit Moves Her: A Principal Assumes the Dais The Ghost of Garvey A Bonding Moment Reflecting on Garvey's Green Door 7. Scoping and Working the Networks: Midnight, One More Night Without Sleepin' Promises and Caveats of Network Study Beyond Individual Players Learning Communities, Culture, and Communication Making Sense of School Networks Opening a Can of Worms: Big Brother or the Future of Leadership Inside the Green Door Appendix: Research on Networks in Sociology, Business, and Education Network Literature Network and Related Literature in Education Our Endeavors in Social Network Analysis References Index