The Effective School Leader's Guide to Management
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Description
Discover how to be a successful school leader and manager!
Exploring 15 vital topics, as well as offering strategies and examples, Jane L. Sigford demonstrates how effective schools are a marriage of management and leadership. Organized into three sections—management and leadership theories, managing the school, and managing yourself—this resource helps administrators understand the complexity of leadership and addresses the application of effective management skills to create successful learning communities.
Written for new and veteran school leaders, this essential guide:
- Acts as a handbook, which contains an overview of individual components of school leadership normally scattered among many textbooks and resources
- Provides suggested resources for more in-depth study
- Offers individual reflective practice questions throughout for personal use
- Suggests questions to help facilitate professional development group discussions, especially among peers
The Effective School Leader's Guide to Management illustrates how school administrators can run a school efficiently, balancing their roles as instructional leaders and effective school managers, while still having time to improve professional development, foster parent and community relationships, make data-driven decisions, and nurture personal growth and leadership.
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Part I. Introduction
- 1. Leadership and Management: Creating a Professional Learning Community
Part II. Topical Issues
- 2. A Neat Desk Is Not Necessarily the Sign of a Good Administrator
- 3. People Are Our Business
- 4. Discipline as a Leadership Tool
- 5. School as Heart and Soul of a Community
- 6. “No, Virginia, there is no Magic Bullet Curriculum”
- 7. Focus on Professional Development
- 8. What’s Special About Special Education
- 9. Understanding Cultural Proficiency
- 10. Making the Most of Meetings
- 11. Accountability as Opera
Part III. Reflective Skills of a 21st Century Practitioner
- 12. The Gift of Mistakes
- 13. Knowing Yourself as a Moral and Ethical Leader
- 14. Balance Between Work and Play
- Conclusion: Putting It All Together
- References
- Index
Description
Discover how to be a successful school leader and manager!
Exploring 15 vital topics, as well as offering strategies and examples, Jane L. Sigford demonstrates how effective schools are a marriage of management and leadership. Organized into three sections—management and leadership theories, managing the school, and managing yourself—this resource helps administrators understand the complexity of leadership and addresses the application of effective management skills to create successful learning communities.
Written for new and veteran school leaders, this essential guide:
- Acts as a handbook, which contains an overview of individual components of school leadership normally scattered among many textbooks and resources
- Provides suggested resources for more in-depth study
- Offers individual reflective practice questions throughout for personal use
- Suggests questions to help facilitate professional development group discussions, especially among peers
The Effective School Leader's Guide to Management illustrates how school administrators can run a school efficiently, balancing their roles as instructional leaders and effective school managers, while still having time to improve professional development, foster parent and community relationships, make data-driven decisions, and nurture personal growth and leadership.
Contents
Dedication
Dedication
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Author
Part I. Introduction
- 1. Leadership and Management: Creating a Professional Learning Community
Part II. Topical Issues
- 2. A Neat Desk Is Not Necessarily the Sign of a Good Administrator
- 3. People Are Our Business
- 4. Discipline as a Leadership Tool
- 5. School as Heart and Soul of a Community
- 6. “No, Virginia, there is no Magic Bullet Curriculum”
- 7. Focus on Professional Development
- 8. What’s Special About Special Education
- 9. Understanding Cultural Proficiency
- 10. Making the Most of Meetings
- 11. Accountability as Opera
Part III. Reflective Skills of a 21st Century Practitioner
- 12. The Gift of Mistakes
- 13. Knowing Yourself as a Moral and Ethical Leader
- 14. Balance Between Work and Play
- Conclusion: Putting It All Together
- References
- Index
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October 2005 | 232 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412917582 | $90.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412917599 | $41.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452239033 | $38.00 |
Discover how to be a successful school leader and manager!
Exploring 15 vital topics, as well as offering strategies and examples, Jane L. Sigford demonstrates how effective schools are a marriage of management and leadership. Organized into three sections—management and leadership theories, managing the school, and managing yourself—this resource helps administrators understand the complexity of leadership and addresses the application of effective management skills to create successful learning communities.
Written for new and veteran school leaders, this essential guide:
- Acts as a handbook, which contains an overview of individual components of school leadership normally scattered among many textbooks and resources
- Provides suggested resources for more in-depth study
- Offers individual reflective practice questions throughout for personal use
- Suggests questions to help facilitate professional development group discussions, especially among peers
The Effective School Leader's Guide to Management illustrates how school administrators can run a school efficiently, balancing their roles as instructional leaders and effective school managers, while still having time to improve professional development, foster parent and community relationships, make data-driven decisions, and nurture personal growth and leadership.
Table Of Contents:
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Leadership and Management: Creating a Professional Learning Community
- Part II. Topical Issues
- 2. A Neat Desk Is Not Necessarily the Sign of a Good Administrator
- 3. People Are Our Business
- 4. Discipline as a Leadership Tool
- 5. School as Heart and Soul of a Community
- 6. “No, Virginia, there is no Magic Bullet Curriculum”
- 7. Focus on Professional Development
- 8. What’s Special About Special Education
- 9. Understanding Cultural Proficiency
- 10. Making the Most of Meetings
- 11. Accountability as Opera
- Part III. Reflective Skills of a 21st Century Practitioner
- 12. The Gift of Mistakes
- 13. Knowing Yourself as a Moral and Ethical Leader
- 14. Balance Between Work and Play
- Conclusion: Putting It All Together
- References
- Index