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The volume is divided into an introduction, Part II, which explores
important concepts and ideas in regards to mentoring and then Part
III which are essays from individuals whom Fran Kochan mentored
throughout her life. In closing, Fran Kochan lives and breathes her
words. Even today, she continues to work with scholars,
practitioners and others she meets. She offers a guiding hand, she
uplifts and she supports all that she meets. Please enjoy this
volume of highlights of research from top mentoring experts who are
peers of Dr. Kochan, as well as the tributes from a sampling of
individuals she has mentored to successful careers. You will be
inspired to learn how Dr. Fran Kochan masters both the art and
science of mentoring. We honor her in this book as scholar, mentor,
and friend.
There is a large body of research that supports the reality that
school leaders make a significant contribution to the success of
schools and the students in them. Additionally, there is strong
agreement among and between researchers and state and national
educational leadership associations that educational leadership
preparation and development should be created and implemented
within university/ school partnerships. Although institutions
engage in forming university/school partnerships for varied
reasons, research on the extent to which these partnerships exist;
their organizational structures and processes;their implementation
and effectiveness; and elements that foster and hinder their
success is limited. Perhaps more importantly, there is not a widely
accepted, research-based model of such partnerships that
practitioners and researchers can use to guide the development and
assessment of these partnership endeavors and upon which they can
conduct effective research. This book seeks to fill these gaps. It
presents the purposes, processes, practices and outcomes of eleven
university/school partnerships focused on school leadership
preparation and/or development. Each chapter presents an overview
of the partnership, elements that fostered and hindered partnership
success, and lessons learned. The book concludes with a chapter
that summarizes findings across all chapters and presents a
school/university partnership model that can be used by those
interested in forming, improving or researching similar partnership
endeavors. There are no similar resources available in the field.
Thus, this book makes an important contribution to the literature
and to the world of practice and research.
Rural Turnaround Leadership Development: The Power of Partnerships
focuses on a three- year rural turnaround leadership project
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The project was
designed to foster the development of a cohort of aspiring school
leaders in rural high poverty/low performing K-12 school districts.
The Alabama Project was selected by the U.S. Department of
Education, in part, because it was the only submission which
emphasized partnership between higher education institutions,
school districts and the Alabama State Department of Education
(ALSDE). Facets of the book include a treatment of the structures
and processes each university created to develop their unique
program, the distinctive turnaround curriculum used at each
university, the role of mentoring in developing aspiring rural
school leaders and the internship experiences and practices which
supported aspiring leader development. One of the most powerful
changes witnessed during the project was the development of
aspiring leaders by the major and ancillary partners. The
cross-connections between K-12 districts, the ALSDE, and the three
university educational leadership programs was a multifaceted and
multi-layered collaborative approach. The partnerships not only
strengthened within each master's program, but across agencies as a
result of this project. The book will describe the value of
partnership and leadership development through the eyes of the
major contributors. The contributors or authors of the book will
include the Alabama State Department of Education, the three
educational leadership higher education institutions i.e. Auburn
University, University of Alabama and Samford University, partner
school district representatives and graduates of the program.
There is a large body of research that supports the reality that
school leaders make a significant contribution to the success of
schools and the students in them. Additionally, there is strong
agreement among and between researchers and state and national
educational leadership associations that educational leadership
preparation and development should be created and implemented
within university/ school partnerships. Although institutions
engage in forming university/school partnerships for varied
reasons, research on the extent to which these partnerships exist;
their organizational structures and processes;their implementation
and effectiveness; and elements that foster and hinder their
success is limited. Perhaps more importantly, there is not a widely
accepted, research-based model of such partnerships that
practitioners and researchers can use to guide the development and
assessment of these partnership endeavors and upon which they can
conduct effective research. This book seeks to fill these gaps. It
presents the purposes, processes, practices and outcomes of eleven
university/school partnerships focused on school leadership
preparation and/or development. Each chapter presents an overview
of the partnership, elements that fostered and hindered partnership
success, and lessons learned. The book concludes with a chapter
that summarizes findings across all chapters and presents a
school/university partnership model that can be used by those
interested in forming, improving or researching similar partnership
endeavors. There are no similar resources available in the field.
Thus, this book makes an important contribution to the literature
and to the world of practice and research.
The volume is divided into an introduction, Part II, which explores
important concepts and ideas in regards to mentoring and then Part
III which are essays from individuals whom Fran Kochan mentored
throughout her life. In closing, Fran Kochan lives and breathes her
words. Even today, she continues to work with scholars,
practitioners and others she meets. She offers a guiding hand, she
uplifts and she supports all that she meets. Please enjoy this
volume of highlights of research from top mentoring experts who are
peers of Dr. Kochan, as well as the tributes from a sampling of
individuals she has mentored to successful careers. You will be
inspired to learn how Dr. Fran Kochan masters both the art and
science of mentoring. We honor her in this book as scholar, mentor,
and friend.
Rural Turnaround Leadership Development: The Power of Partnerships
focuses on a three- year rural turnaround leadership project
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The project was
designed to foster the development of a cohort of aspiring school
leaders in rural high poverty/low performing K-12 school districts.
The Alabama Project was selected by the U.S. Department of
Education, in part, because it was the only submission which
emphasized partnership between higher education institutions,
school districts and the Alabama State Department of Education
(ALSDE). Facets of the book include a treatment of the structures
and processes each university created to develop their unique
program, the distinctive turnaround curriculum used at each
university, the role of mentoring in developing aspiring rural
school leaders and the internship experiences and practices which
supported aspiring leader development. One of the most powerful
changes witnessed during the project was the development of
aspiring leaders by the major and ancillary partners. The
cross-connections between K-12 districts, the ALSDE, and the three
university educational leadership programs was a multifaceted and
multi-layered collaborative approach. The partnerships not only
strengthened within each master's program, but across agencies as a
result of this project. The book will describe the value of
partnership and leadership development through the eyes of the
major contributors. The contributors or authors of the book will
include the Alabama State Department of Education, the three
educational leadership higher education institutions i.e. Auburn
University, University of Alabama and Samford University, partner
school district representatives and graduates of the program.
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