What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural Leadership
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Set the tone for schoolwide success and watch student achievement soar!
Heightened student achievement is cultivated in a safe, stimulating, and cooperative learning environment. This user-friendly guide provides principals ways to focus on creating a positive school climate and culture, realizing visionary leadership, embracing cultural diversity, and promoting school self-renewal.
Both research based and rich with examples, this second volume of a seven-part series will instill confidence in new principals and renew the enthusiasm of veteran administrators. Its straightforward insights and proven best practices make it a one-stop resource for harnessing the power of school culture to boost morale and achievement while fostering a successful learning community schoolwide.
This well-organized resource crystallizes key points for quick access and easy implementation through features such as:
- "Before We Get Started" questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study and accompanying reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" section framing each chapter
- Self-assessment resource for determining effectiveness of cultural leadership
Other titles in this leadership series:
What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
1. Introduction
- Case Study and Reflective Questions
2. Best Practices in Sustaining Positive Organizational Climate and Culture
- Building Relationships With Students
- Building Relationships With Teachers
- Building an Ethic of Caring
- Building Staff Morale
- Conclusion
3. Best Practices in Visionary Leadership
- Examining Beliefs and Values
- Composing a Vision Statement
- Actualizing Your Vision
- Conclusion
4. Best Practices in Promoting Cultural Diversity
- Encouraging Culturally Relevant Teaching
- Debunking Myths About Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Leading in Culturally Relevant Ways
- Conclusion
5. Best Practices in Fostering Organization Self-Renewal
- Dealing With the Problem of Change
- Dealing With the Problem of Conflict
- Dealing With the Challenge of Renewal
- Conclusion
Conclusion: Building and Sustaining a Learning Community
Conclusion: Building and Sustaining a Learning Community
Resource A. Realities of Cultural Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource A. Realities of Cultural Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Cultural Leader
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Cultural Leader
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Set the tone for schoolwide success and watch student achievement soar!
Heightened student achievement is cultivated in a safe, stimulating, and cooperative learning environment. This user-friendly guide provides principals ways to focus on creating a positive school climate and culture, realizing visionary leadership, embracing cultural diversity, and promoting school self-renewal.
Both research based and rich with examples, this second volume of a seven-part series will instill confidence in new principals and renew the enthusiasm of veteran administrators. Its straightforward insights and proven best practices make it a one-stop resource for harnessing the power of school culture to boost morale and achievement while fostering a successful learning community schoolwide.
This well-organized resource crystallizes key points for quick access and easy implementation through features such as:
- "Before We Get Started" questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study and accompanying reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" section framing each chapter
- Self-assessment resource for determining effectiveness of cultural leadership
Other titles in this leadership series:
What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
1. Introduction
- Case Study and Reflective Questions
2. Best Practices in Sustaining Positive Organizational Climate and Culture
- Building Relationships With Students
- Building Relationships With Teachers
- Building an Ethic of Caring
- Building Staff Morale
- Conclusion
3. Best Practices in Visionary Leadership
- Examining Beliefs and Values
- Composing a Vision Statement
- Actualizing Your Vision
- Conclusion
4. Best Practices in Promoting Cultural Diversity
- Encouraging Culturally Relevant Teaching
- Debunking Myths About Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Leading in Culturally Relevant Ways
- Conclusion
5. Best Practices in Fostering Organization Self-Renewal
- Dealing With the Problem of Change
- Dealing With the Problem of Conflict
- Dealing With the Challenge of Renewal
- Conclusion
Conclusion: Building and Sustaining a Learning Community
Conclusion: Building and Sustaining a Learning Community
Resource A. Realities of Cultural Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource A. Realities of Cultural Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Cultural Leader
Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Cultural Leader
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
October 2005 | 144 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412915878 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483361604 | $35.00 |
Set the tone for schoolwide success and watch student achievement soar!
Heightened student achievement is cultivated in a safe, stimulating, and cooperative learning environment. This user-friendly guide provides principals ways to focus on creating a positive school climate and culture, realizing visionary leadership, embracing cultural diversity, and promoting school self-renewal.
Both research based and rich with examples, this second volume of a seven-part series will instill confidence in new principals and renew the enthusiasm of veteran administrators. Its straightforward insights and proven best practices make it a one-stop resource for harnessing the power of school culture to boost morale and achievement while fostering a successful learning community schoolwide.
This well-organized resource crystallizes key points for quick access and easy implementation through features such as:
- "Before We Get Started" questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study and accompanying reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" section framing each chapter
- Self-assessment resource for determining effectiveness of cultural leadership
Other titles in this leadership series:
What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership
Table Of Contents:
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Questionnaire: Before We Get Started...
- 1. Introduction
- Case Study and Reflective Questions
- 2. Best Practices in Sustaining Positive Organizational Climate and Culture
- Building Relationships With Students
- Building Relationships With Teachers
- Building an Ethic of Caring
- Building Staff Morale
- Conclusion
- 3. Best Practices in Visionary Leadership
- Examining Beliefs and Values
- Composing a Vision Statement
- Actualizing Your Vision
- Conclusion
- 4. Best Practices in Promoting Cultural Diversity
- Encouraging Culturally Relevant Teaching
- Debunking Myths About Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Leading in Culturally Relevant Ways
- Conclusion
- 5. Best Practices in Fostering Organization Self-Renewal
- Dealing With the Problem of Change
- Dealing With the Problem of Conflict
- Dealing With the Challenge of Renewal
- Conclusion
- Conclusion: Building and Sustaining a Learning Community
- Resource A. Realities of Cultural Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
- Resource B. Assessing Your Role as Cultural Leader
- Resource C. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
- References
- Index