Reframing the Path to School Leadership

A Guide for Teachers and Principals
Third Edition
Lee G. Bolman - University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
Terrence E. Deal - University of Southern California, Rossier School
Reframing the Path to School Leadership
September 2018 | 208 pages | Corwin
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The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever!

Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how the simple act of viewing a problem through different lenses—political, human resources, structural, or symbolic—can reveal better options and solutions.


Featuring reflective questions and solid strategies for meeting real-life 
challenges, the third edition also includes

  • New views on building morale in challenging times
  • A revamped discussion of mandates, standards, and rubrics
  • A celebration of educators as skilled professionals
  • Expanded conversations about hope, faith, and parental involvement

Sometimes all it takes to solve a problem is to reframe it by listening to wise advice from a trusted mentor.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

PART I: A PAIR OF ROOKIES

  • 1. A New Teacher’s First Day
  • 2. Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
  • 3. Newcomers Find Wise Friends
  • Leadership Lessons I: Seeing and Solving Entry Barriers

PART II: THE POLITICAL GA

  • 4. The Old Guard and New Principal
  • 5. The Inclusion Wars: School Politics
  • Leadership Lessons II: Mapping and Mastering the Political Terrain

PART III: THE HUMAN RESOURCE LENS

  • 6. Sagging Morale
  • Leadership Lessons III: Build Relationships and Empower Yourself

PART IV: THE STRUCTURAL FRAME

  • 7. Student Discipline: Who’s Really in Charge?
  • 8. Standards and Rubrics
  • Leadership Lessons IV: Align Structure With the Work

PART V: THE SYMBOLIC FRAME: BELIEVING IS SEEING

  • 9. Changing the Guard
  • 10. Building Confidence and Faith
  • 11. “I’m Just a Great Teacher!”
  • Leadership Lessons V: Celebrate Values and Culture

PART VI: VALUES, ETHICS, AND SPIRIT

  • 12. Teaching and Leading: Finding a Balance
  • 13. It’s All About Values and Beliefs
  • Leadership Lessons VI: Problems and Dilemmas

PART VII: THE CYCLE CONTINUES

  • 14. The Essence of Teaching: Leaving a Legacy
  • 15. Loss . . . and Celebration
  • 16. Passing the Torch
  • Leadership Lessons VII: The Enduring Sequence

References

References

Further Reading

Further Reading

Additional materials

Description

The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever!

Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how the simple act of viewing a problem through different lenses—political, human resources, structural, or symbolic—can reveal better options and solutions.


Featuring reflective questions and solid strategies for meeting real-life 
challenges, the third edition also includes

  • New views on building morale in challenging times
  • A revamped discussion of mandates, standards, and rubrics
  • A celebration of educators as skilled professionals
  • Expanded conversations about hope, faith, and parental involvement

Sometimes all it takes to solve a problem is to reframe it by listening to wise advice from a trusted mentor.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

PART I: A PAIR OF ROOKIES

  • 1. A New Teacher’s First Day
  • 2. Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
  • 3. Newcomers Find Wise Friends
  • Leadership Lessons I: Seeing and Solving Entry Barriers

PART II: THE POLITICAL GA

  • 4. The Old Guard and New Principal
  • 5. The Inclusion Wars: School Politics
  • Leadership Lessons II: Mapping and Mastering the Political Terrain

PART III: THE HUMAN RESOURCE LENS

  • 6. Sagging Morale
  • Leadership Lessons III: Build Relationships and Empower Yourself

PART IV: THE STRUCTURAL FRAME

  • 7. Student Discipline: Who’s Really in Charge?
  • 8. Standards and Rubrics
  • Leadership Lessons IV: Align Structure With the Work

PART V: THE SYMBOLIC FRAME: BELIEVING IS SEEING

  • 9. Changing the Guard
  • 10. Building Confidence and Faith
  • 11. “I’m Just a Great Teacher!”
  • Leadership Lessons V: Celebrate Values and Culture

PART VI: VALUES, ETHICS, AND SPIRIT

  • 12. Teaching and Leading: Finding a Balance
  • 13. It’s All About Values and Beliefs
  • Leadership Lessons VI: Problems and Dilemmas

PART VII: THE CYCLE CONTINUES

  • 14. The Essence of Teaching: Leaving a Legacy
  • 15. Loss . . . and Celebration
  • 16. Passing the Torch
  • Leadership Lessons VII: The Enduring Sequence

References

References

Further Reading

Further Reading

Additional materials

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Reframing the Path to School Leadership

A Guide for Teachers and Principals


September 2018 | 208 pages | Corwin

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Lifetime 01/01/2025 9781544338606 $37.00

The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever!

Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how the simple act of viewing a problem through different lenses—political, human resources, structural, or symbolic—can reveal better options and solutions.


Featuring reflective questions and solid strategies for meeting real-life 
challenges, the third edition also includes

  • New views on building morale in challenging times
  • A revamped discussion of mandates, standards, and rubrics
  • A celebration of educators as skilled professionals
  • Expanded conversations about hope, faith, and parental involvement

Sometimes all it takes to solve a problem is to reframe it by listening to wise advice from a trusted mentor.


Table Of Contents:

  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • PART I: A PAIR OF ROOKIES
  • 1. A New Teacher’s First Day
  • 2. Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
  • 3. Newcomers Find Wise Friends
  • Leadership Lessons I: Seeing and Solving Entry Barriers
  • PART II: THE POLITICAL GA
  • 4. The Old Guard and New Principal
  • 5. The Inclusion Wars: School Politics
  • Leadership Lessons II: Mapping and Mastering the Political Terrain
  • PART III: THE HUMAN RESOURCE LENS
  • 6. Sagging Morale
  • Leadership Lessons III: Build Relationships and Empower Yourself
  • PART IV: THE STRUCTURAL FRAME
  • 7. Student Discipline: Who’s Really in Charge?
  • 8. Standards and Rubrics
  • Leadership Lessons IV: Align Structure With the Work
  • PART V: THE SYMBOLIC FRAME: BELIEVING IS SEEING
  • 9. Changing the Guard
  • 10. Building Confidence and Faith
  • 11. “I’m Just a Great Teacher!”
  • Leadership Lessons V: Celebrate Values and Culture
  • PART VI: VALUES, ETHICS, AND SPIRIT
  • 12. Teaching and Leading: Finding a Balance
  • 13. It’s All About Values and Beliefs
  • Leadership Lessons VI: Problems and Dilemmas
  • PART VII: THE CYCLE CONTINUES
  • 14. The Essence of Teaching: Leaving a Legacy
  • 15. Loss . . . and Celebration
  • 16. Passing the Torch
  • Leadership Lessons VII: The Enduring Sequence
  • References
  • Further Reading

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Insightful, relevant and clear!
Ms Lizana Oberholzer, CASS School of Education & Communities, University of East London

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