What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership
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Collaborate to alleviate stress and elevate success!
The demands on today's principals can be overwhelming in their complexity. More than ever, it is critical for principals to engage in meaningful collaboration empowering staff, parents, community members, and students with a voice in making decisions and making a difference.
By drawing on the collective wisdom of the school's stakeholders, principals can promote a sense of shared conviction and responsibility for heightened levels of success-and this guide will help you get there. It offers a proven three-phased collaborative leadership approach, covering best practices for: Team building-including 10 characteristics of successful teams, "25 Questions" exercise, and team assessments; Action research-highlighting the three forms of action research, plus steps for implementation; and Shared decision making-with emphasis on developing teacher leaders.
This fifth volume of a seven-part leadership series features reader-friendly tools including:
- Insightful questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study with reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" sections framing each chapter
- Self-Assessment resources
- "In-basket Simulations" exploring real-life examples
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 Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural 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 Team Building
- Leading with Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork
- Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams
- Assessing your Leadership Style
- Draw a Pig
- The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise
- Team Effectiveness Critique
- Conclusion
3. Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration
- Action Research for Collaboration and More
- Benefits of Action Research
- Steps in Action Research
- Three Forms of Action Research
- Action Research in Action
- Guidelines for Implementing Action Research
- Conclusion
4. Best Practices in Shared Decision Making
- Encouraging Teacher Leadership
- Site-Based Management
- Conclusion
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Collaborate to alleviate stress and elevate success!
The demands on today's principals can be overwhelming in their complexity. More than ever, it is critical for principals to engage in meaningful collaboration empowering staff, parents, community members, and students with a voice in making decisions and making a difference.
By drawing on the collective wisdom of the school's stakeholders, principals can promote a sense of shared conviction and responsibility for heightened levels of success-and this guide will help you get there. It offers a proven three-phased collaborative leadership approach, covering best practices for: Team building-including 10 characteristics of successful teams, "25 Questions" exercise, and team assessments; Action research-highlighting the three forms of action research, plus steps for implementation; and Shared decision making-with emphasis on developing teacher leaders.
This fifth volume of a seven-part leadership series features reader-friendly tools including:
- Insightful questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study with reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" sections framing each chapter
- Self-Assessment resources
- "In-basket Simulations" exploring real-life examples
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 Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural 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 Team Building
- Leading with Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork
- Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams
- Assessing your Leadership Style
- Draw a Pig
- The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise
- Team Effectiveness Critique
- Conclusion
3. Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration
- Action Research for Collaboration and More
- Benefits of Action Research
- Steps in Action Research
- Three Forms of Action Research
- Action Research in Action
- Guidelines for Implementing Action Research
- Conclusion
4. Best Practices in Shared Decision Making
- Encouraging Teacher Leadership
- Site-Based Management
- Conclusion
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
October 2005 | 152 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412915908 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483361628 | $35.00 |
Collaborate to alleviate stress and elevate success!
The demands on today's principals can be overwhelming in their complexity. More than ever, it is critical for principals to engage in meaningful collaboration empowering staff, parents, community members, and students with a voice in making decisions and making a difference.
By drawing on the collective wisdom of the school's stakeholders, principals can promote a sense of shared conviction and responsibility for heightened levels of success-and this guide will help you get there. It offers a proven three-phased collaborative leadership approach, covering best practices for: Team building-including 10 characteristics of successful teams, "25 Questions" exercise, and team assessments; Action research-highlighting the three forms of action research, plus steps for implementation; and Shared decision making-with emphasis on developing teacher leaders.
This fifth volume of a seven-part leadership series features reader-friendly tools including:
- Insightful questionnaire and response analysis
- Case study with reflective questions
- "What You Should Know About" sections framing each chapter
- Self-Assessment resources
- "In-basket Simulations" exploring real-life examples
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 Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural 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 Team Building
- Leading with Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork
- Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams
- Assessing your Leadership Style
- Draw a Pig
- The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise
- Team Effectiveness Critique
- Conclusion
- 3. Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration
- Action Research for Collaboration and More
- Benefits of Action Research
- Steps in Action Research
- Three Forms of Action Research
- Action Research in Action
- Guidelines for Implementing Action Research
- Conclusion
- 4. Best Practices in Shared Decision Making
- Encouraging Teacher Leadership
- Site-Based Management
- Conclusion
- Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
- Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
- Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
- Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
- Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
- Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
- References
- Index