Out-of-the-Box Leadership
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Description
Develop a leadership style that inspires an entire school community to achieve high goals!
In this second volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series, editors Paul D. Houston, Alan M. Blankstein, and Robert W. Cole offer creative perspectives on the challenges of reframing leadership practice. Presenting key strategies from leadership experts such as Thomas Sergiovanni and Dennis Sparks, this compact resource combines research, reflective exercises, and day-to-day school leadership procedures for motivating students and providing meaningful cultural change in school communities.
An ideal handbook for principals, assistant principals, superintendents, and district administrators, this copublication with AASA and the HOPE Foundation discusses:
- Developing high-quality leadership
- Inspiring transformative leadership
- Embracing leadership alternatives
- Evaluating current school reform practices
- Meeting the challenges in leadership roles
Out-of-the-Box Leadership is the perfect guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Preface
- 1. Out-of-the-Box Leadership
- 2. What It Means to Be an Outside-the-Box Leader
- 3. Caring, Serving…Leading
- 4. An Epistemological Problem: What If We Have the Wrong Theory?
- 5. Reflections on Leadership: When Minds and Hearts Are Open
- 6. Out-of-the-Box Leadership: A Reflection on Leading Educational Transformation
- 7. Through Others’ Eyes: A Collaborative Model of Leadership
- 8. Embracing the Enemy: Moving Beyond the Pain of Leadership
- Index
Description
Develop a leadership style that inspires an entire school community to achieve high goals!
In this second volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series, editors Paul D. Houston, Alan M. Blankstein, and Robert W. Cole offer creative perspectives on the challenges of reframing leadership practice. Presenting key strategies from leadership experts such as Thomas Sergiovanni and Dennis Sparks, this compact resource combines research, reflective exercises, and day-to-day school leadership procedures for motivating students and providing meaningful cultural change in school communities.
An ideal handbook for principals, assistant principals, superintendents, and district administrators, this copublication with AASA and the HOPE Foundation discusses:
- Developing high-quality leadership
- Inspiring transformative leadership
- Embracing leadership alternatives
- Evaluating current school reform practices
- Meeting the challenges in leadership roles
Out-of-the-Box Leadership is the perfect guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Preface
- 1. Out-of-the-Box Leadership
- 2. What It Means to Be an Outside-the-Box Leader
- 3. Caring, Serving…Leading
- 4. An Epistemological Problem: What If We Have the Wrong Theory?
- 5. Reflections on Leadership: When Minds and Hearts Are Open
- 6. Out-of-the-Box Leadership: A Reflection on Leading Educational Transformation
- 7. Through Others’ Eyes: A Collaborative Model of Leadership
- 8. Embracing the Enemy: Moving Beyond the Pain of Leadership
- Index
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May 2007 | 184 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412938457 | $79.95 |
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412938464 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452293523 | $35.00 |
Develop a leadership style that inspires an entire school community to achieve high goals!
In this second volume of The Soul of Educational Leadership series, editors Paul D. Houston, Alan M. Blankstein, and Robert W. Cole offer creative perspectives on the challenges of reframing leadership practice. Presenting key strategies from leadership experts such as Thomas Sergiovanni and Dennis Sparks, this compact resource combines research, reflective exercises, and day-to-day school leadership procedures for motivating students and providing meaningful cultural change in school communities.
An ideal handbook for principals, assistant principals, superintendents, and district administrators, this copublication with AASA and the HOPE Foundation discusses:
- Developing high-quality leadership
- Inspiring transformative leadership
- Embracing leadership alternatives
- Evaluating current school reform practices
- Meeting the challenges in leadership roles
Out-of-the-Box Leadership is the perfect guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Out-of-the-Box Leadership
- 2. What It Means to Be an Outside-the-Box Leader
- 3. Caring, Serving…Leading
- 4. An Epistemological Problem: What If We Have the Wrong Theory?
- 5. Reflections on Leadership: When Minds and Hearts Are Open
- 6. Out-of-the-Box Leadership: A Reflection on Leading Educational Transformation
- 7. Through Others’ Eyes: A Collaborative Model of Leadership
- 8. Embracing the Enemy: Moving Beyond the Pain of Leadership
- Index