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Great leaders are made, not born. Written by the authors of From
Good Schools to Great Schools, this sequel shows how great school
leaders can be developed and how leaders can acquire the powerful
personal leadership characteristics that the best administrators
use to lead their schools to greatness. Based on sound strategies
and the work of Jim Collins, Gray and Streshly tackle how to build
relationships, communicate effectively, exercise your personal will
with humility, face brutal facts, get faculty on board, and build a
school culture of self-discipline. Chapters include: - Case studies
that provide an ongoing context for professional learning -
Self-assessments that reveal your inherent leadership dispositions
- Interviews and tips from exceptional headteachers in the field -
Strategies for developing specific leadership qualities -
Application exercises that reinforce how to put the strategies into
action - Reflection activities that encourage professional growth
Appropriate for both individual and group professional development,
Leading Good Schools to Greatness reveals how leadership skills can
be learned and used to take your school to the next level.
Achieve success step by stepThe topic of management by wandering
around is not new, but the authorsAE approach is fresh and timely.
This current rendition based on the original work by Frase and
Hetzel gives new and seasoned administrators smart, practical
advice about how to owander aroundoe with purpose and develop a
more interactive leadership style. This text cites more than 20
well-constructed research studies that show how management by
wandering around produces desirable outcomes, including:Higher
student achievementImproved school culture Higher teacher
efficacyManagement by wandering around is not a rigid, linear
process: it is a combination of proven methods and a flexible,
organic approach to the whole of leadership. Topics covered include
developing meeting agendas, supervising instruction, dealing with
marginal teachers, and creating safe campuses. The bottom line? If
you want to accomplish more, start by getting out moreuand this
book shows you how to make it count.
A comprehensive quick reference that covers virtually every legal challenge faced by schools today Veteran school administrators Bill Streshly and Larry Frase have taken their classic "quick reference" and combined it with the insight and experience of a practicing school attorney for a comprehensive, up-to-date reference that covers all the basics and more, including: - Education?s legal framework
- Making the system work for you
- Understanding the direction of the changing law
- The struggle for human rights: students, parents
- Separation of church and state
- Managing grades, tests, and student records
- School discipline
- School safety and security
- Special education
- Personnel management
- Collective bargaining
? as well as new strategies for avoiding lawsuits and a highly useful "troubleshooting guide". New to the Second Edition: Summaries and insights on the newest laws and trends in legislation ? and now, for the first time, experienced administrators William Streshly and Larry Frase, join forces with John Walsh, a practicing attorney with extensive experience in school law, combining his knowledge of the judicial system with the needs of educators.
If you want to avoid the traditional destructive bargaining methods
employed in the majority of America's schools, this book is for
you. An exploration of the 'win-win' model and the compromises that
must be employed before the model is to succeed, Streshly's book is
eminently practical. Drawn from decades of personal experience as
an administrator and superintendent, the book begins with the
'bread and butter' of teacher's union issues--salaries and
benefits. It continues to explain how to prevent strikes, how to
get the school board behind the administration, how to utilize
outside negotiators, and contains numerous checklists and tactical
outlines.
From Good Schools to Great Schools reflects the leadership concepts
presented in James C. Collins' influential book, Good to Great, and
explores how Collins' research and identified effective leadership
characteristics can be applied to the public school arena. Susan P.
Gray and William A. Streshly show how we can rethink the way
headteachers are trained and illustrate how to incorporate key
leadership qualities into administrative preparation curriculum and
ongoing professional development for leaders. The book focuses on
the specific leadership qualities of school principals that
positively affect student achievement and meet school improvement
mandates and presents profiles of six successful headteachers that
demonstrate how to actualize these qualities in practice.
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