This text will guide administrators in acquiring the concepts and skills necessary to become dynamic, creative, and adaptive leaders who can create collaborative school cultures. It views school leaders as essential to creating a vision that empowers all the constituencies in the school setting to work cooperatively toward achieving instructional goals. The authors cover topics such as developing a campus culture, providing fiscal management, fostering communication, and building community partnerships exemplify the principles of leadership. Throughout the text, growth, change and reflection are stressed as integral to decision-making and establishing a collaborative culture.

Each chapter begins with “Chapter Objectives” and “Introduction.” Each chapter concludes with “Case Study,” “Summary,” “Your Turn,” “References,” and “Figures.”

Preface.

I. SETTING THE STAGE FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

1. School Leadership for the 21st Century.

School Leadership and Standards.

Leadership Paradigms: Traits, Behaviors, and Qualities.

Trust Building.

Technology and School Leadership.

Becoming a School Leader.

2. Leadership and the Campus Culture (Elaine Wilmore).

ISSLC: Standards 1, 2.

Developing a Campus Culture.

Creating a Community of Learners.

Involvement of Community Members.

Building Transformational Leadership.

Collegial Relationships and Collaborative Groups in Transformational Leadership.

Campus Improvement Plans.

Celebrations that Reinforce the Campus Community.

3. Values and Ethics of Leadership.

ISSLC: Standard 5.

Ethical Code of Conduct.

Ethical Actions and Behaviors.

Ethical Decisions and Gender Differences.

Ethical Decisions and Cultural Diversity.

What is Your Ethical IQ?

4. Legal Issues and Leadership (Mark Littleton).

ISSLC: Standards 3, 5, 6.

Legal Requirements and the Curriculum.

Technology and the Law.

School Personnel.

School Safety.

School Operations and Programs.

II. FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

5. Action Research for School Leaders.

ISSLC: Standard 1, 2.

Educational Research.

The Action Research Movement.

Action Research: Perspective and Practices.

Action Research: Suggestions for School Leaders.

Three Sources of Data Collection.

6. Organizational Leadership: Decision Making and Communication.

ISSLC: Standard 3.

Organizational Membership.

Building School Work Groups and Teams.

Stages of Group Development.

Strategies to Improve Group Effectiveness.

Decision Making Process.

Communication.

7. School Leadership: Resource Management (Diane Porter Patrick).

ISSLC: Standards 1, 3, 6.

Foundational Aspects of Fiscal Resource Management.

Public School Finance Equalization Models.

The Budgeting Process.

Using Technology for Effective Fiscal Management.

Issues Affecting Public School Resource Management.

III. FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL LEADERS.

8. Curriculum Development and Alignment.

ISSLC: Standards 1, 2.

Curriculum and Curriculum Development.

Aligning Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.

Best Practices and Curriculum Standards.

9. Accountability: Using Data for School Improvement (Trinidad San Miguel).

ISSLC: Standards 1, 2, 3.

Accountability Models.

Using and Analyzing Data for School Improvement.

Improving School Performance: Campus Improvement Plans.

Accountability: Implications for Curriculum Alignment.

10. Professional Development for School Leaders: Reflection, Growth, and Change.

ISSLC: Standard 4.

Professional Development for School Leaders.

Reflective Journals.

Leader Assessment and Professional Development.

Developing a Professional Growth Plan.

A Self-Assessment Model for School Leaders.

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