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Leadership in Empowered Schools Themes from Innovative Efforts

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ISBN-10: 0024101710

ISBN-13: 9780024101716

Edition: 1st 1997

Authors: Paula M. Short, John T. Greer

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Appropriate for courses in Introduction to Educational Administration, Principalship, Educational Leadership and Supervision. This scholarly new text by well-known researchers explores leadership as it relates to today's trends toward school restructuring and the creation of environments that are empowering for both teachers and their students. Uniquely based on two studies of leadership in schools, the book presents a historical view of restructuring as a context for understanding the findings of actual in-school research conducted in twenty-six schools over a six year period.
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Book details

List price: $39.67
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/3/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 201
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Context of Restructuring and Empowerment
Restructuring
Participant Empowerment
Conceptual Framework of This Book
The Restructuring Challenge
Empowered to Make Decisions--Not Always Easy
References
Leadership and School Change
Leadership
Authentic Leadership
Assessing Leadership
Organizational Change
Organizational Culture
Case Study: Murray High School: Changing a School's Culture
Voices from the Field
References
Focusing and Structuring Processes
Vision and Goals
Participant Involvement
Resistance to Autonomy
Case Study: Leadership Issues in Innovative Schools
Voices from the Field
References
Building a Trusting Environment
Power
Facilitative Power
The Principal Is the Key
Trust Between the Principal and Teachers
Trust Between the Principal and the District Office
Trust Between Teachers and the Board of Education
Trust Among Teachers
Trust Between Teachers and Students
Trust in the School Culture
Trust in a Healthy Organization
Leadership Issues and Trust
Trust as the Foundation of Shared Governance
Johnson Elementary School--A Changing of the Guard
Trusting Empowerment to Work
Voices from the Field
References
Stimulating Risk Taking and Innovation
Schools as Bureaucratic Organizations
Organizational Issues and Innovation and Risk Taking
Leadership Issues and Innovation
Leadership for Change
What Went Wrong?
The Power to Change
Taking Risks
Voices from the Field
References
Using Critical Events to Frame New Opportunities
The Ebb and Flow of Events in Schools
The Traditional View of Conflict as a Negative Phenomenon
Redesigning How Problems and Conflicts Are Managed
Leadership Issues and Problem Solving
A Stunning Blow
Empowerment Works
When a Principal Does Not Want Things to Change
Positive Approaches to Dealing with Conflict
Change Can Happen
References
Reframing School Issues
Reframing in the Project Schools
Historical Perspective
Restructuring the High School
Removing Traditional School Boundaries
Classical Versus Open-Systems Theory
Interagency Perspective
Leadership Issues and Reframing
Casting Educational Issues in the Light of Reframing
Case Study: Turning It into an Opportunity
References
Empowering Teachers
Redesigning Teacher Roles and Responsibilities
Leadership Issues and Teacher Empowerment
Case Study: Becoming an Empowered Faculty
References
Empowering Students
Creating Life-Long Learners
Leadership Issues and Student Empowerment
Implications for Practice
Empowering Students--Leadership Development
An Engaging, Learning Place for Students
Commitment and Empowerment
References
Voices from the Field
Evaluation of Empowering Leadership
Assessment of Organizational Change and Empowerment
Assessment of the Principal's Leadership
Assessment of Students
A New Model of Assessment
References
Reflection in Empowered Schools
Models for Reflection
Reflection and Change
Case Study: The Role of Reflection in the Empowerment of Teachers
References
Index