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Prospective educational leaders get practical help for developing a sound understanding of ISLLC Standards and how to put them into practice effectively. The problem-based approach uses realistic scenarios patterned on those that appear on national examinations to show how theory relates to practice. The author covers the full spectrum of educational leadership theories and how they apply to today's actual classrooms and schools.

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• Chapter 1 Standards Informing School Leadership
• The Emergence of Standards for School Leaders
• The Use of Standards and Organizations that Create Them
• Unpacking the ISLLC Standards
• Other Organizations Using Standards
• Transforming Standards into Practice
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• Chapter Summary
• Moving Into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for The School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 2 Establishing a Framework for Leadership
• Leadership Defined
• Leadership: A Historical Perspective
• Contingency and Situational Leadership Theories
• Power and Authority
• Bridging the Past and the Present
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• The Consequences of Working in Isolation
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for The School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 3 Contemporary Theories and Approaches to School Leadership
• The Role of 21st Century School Leaders: Learning Leader
• The Responsibilities of 21st Century Leaders
• The Four Dimensions of Leadership
• Servant Leadership
• Transformational Leadership
• The Moral Dimension of Leadership
• Distributive Leadership
• Synergistic Leadership
• Leader-Member Exchange Theory
• Other Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership
• The Role of Management in 21st Century Schools
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• The New Principal at Frost
• Changing the Way We Teach Science
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for The School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 4 Organizational Influences on Leadership
• A Definition of Organization
• Schools as Organizations
• Traditional Theories Influencing Contemporary Practice
• Contemporary Theories Informing Organizational Leadership
• Learning Organizations
• The Influence of Perception
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• Understanding and Predicting Individual and Group Behavior in Schools
• Addressing Dysfunctional Thinking
• One of the Bus Contracts Has Been Canceled
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for the School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 5 Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness Through Communication
• The Importance of Effective Communication
• The Communication Process
• The Flow of Communication in Schools
• Reducing Barriers to Effective Communication
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication: The Rise and Fall of School Leaders
• Electronic Communication
• Leadership For Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• "The Tardy Policy Killed Kato"
• The New Professional Development Plan
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for The School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 6 Decision Making: Quality and Acceptance
• Defining Decision Making
• Approaches to Decision Making
• Autocratic or Participatory Decision Making
• Group Decision Techniques
• Barriers and Traps that Inhibit Decision Effectiveness
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• The Requested Change
• Retaining the Student Recognition Program
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for the School Leader Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 7 Managing Conflict in Today's Schools
• A Definition of Conflict
• The Nature of Conflict in Schools
• Sources of Conflict in Schools
• How Individuals Respond to Conflict
• Role Conflict
• Conflict Management
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• The Discipline Plan
• I Am Your New Principal
• The Assignment of an Assistant Superintendent of Instruction
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for the School Leader Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Chapter 8 Instructional Leadership and Change
• Instructional Leadership Defined
• The Concept of Instructional Change
• Theories and Practices Informing Change
• Implementing and Sustaining the Change Initiative
• Addressing the Needs of All Students
• Leadership for Today's Schools
• The Scenarios
• Just Get Those Test Scores Up
• The Strategic Planning Process
• Chapter Summary
• Moving into Practice
• Acquiring an Understanding of Self
• Deepening Your Understanding
• Practice for the School Leaders Licensure Assessment
• Suggested Readings
• Websites
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Reginald Leon Green is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Memphis. He received the Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Missouri Columbia. He has served at the teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and superintendent levels of K 12 education, and has been in higher education for 15 years. In 1977, Dr. Green was one of five educators chosen nationally to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation's Superintendency Preparation Program, and, in 1996, he was selected as an associate to the Institute for Educational Renewal, under the leadership of Dr. John Goodlad.

Dr. Green has published a book on inner-city education and articles on educational restructuring, primary grade restructuring, gang violence, and other contemporary educational issues. He has completed national inquiries into nurturing characteristics that exist in schools and standards and assessment measures being established as part of the school reform movement. This work led to the development of the Center for Urban School Leadership at the University of Memphis, where Dr. Green administered programs for five years to prepare principals for roles in urban school leadership, using a nontraditional approach.

Most recently, Dr. Green distinguished himself with the publication of The Four Dimensions of Principal Leadership: A Foundation for Leading 21st Century Schools. Currently, he teaches courses in educational leadership with a focus on instructional leadership, school reform, and models for turning around low performing schools. His research interests include school leadership, team building for effective teaching and learning, superintendent/board relations, school district restructuring, and the effects of nurturing characteristics on the academic achievement of students.