Reshaping the Principalship
Insights From Transformational Reform Efforts
Joseph F. Murphy
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Karen Seashore Louis
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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9780803960794
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Description
Understand the dynamics of change and the uniquely evolving role principals play in school reform.
Contents
PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE
- Reconstructing the Principalship
- Challenges and Possibilities
- Transformational Change and the Evolving Role of the Principal
- Early Empirical Evidence
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES
- The Principal as Mini-Superintendent Under Chicago School Reform
- Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Commitment to Change
- School Leadership and Teacher Quality of Work Life in Restructuring Schools
- Ninety Degrees from Everywhere
- New Understandings of the Principal's Role in a Restructuring Essential School
- From Attila the Hun to Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Principal Role Ambiguity in Restructured Schools
- Cultivating a Caring School Community
- One Principal's Story
- Voices of Principals from Democratically Transformed Schools
- Changes in School Governance and Principals' Roles
- Changing Jurisdictions, New Power Dynamics, and Conflict in Restructured Schools
- Ten Propositions for Facilitative Leadership
PART THREE: CONCLUSION
- The Evolving Role of the Principal
- Some Concluding Thoughts
Description
Understand the dynamics of change and the uniquely evolving role principals play in school reform.
Contents
PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE
- Reconstructing the Principalship
- Challenges and Possibilities
- Transformational Change and the Evolving Role of the Principal
- Early Empirical Evidence
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES
- The Principal as Mini-Superintendent Under Chicago School Reform
- Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Commitment to Change
- School Leadership and Teacher Quality of Work Life in Restructuring Schools
- Ninety Degrees from Everywhere
- New Understandings of the Principal's Role in a Restructuring Essential School
- From Attila the Hun to Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Principal Role Ambiguity in Restructured Schools
- Cultivating a Caring School Community
- One Principal's Story
- Voices of Principals from Democratically Transformed Schools
- Changes in School Governance and Principals' Roles
- Changing Jurisdictions, New Power Dynamics, and Conflict in Restructured Schools
- Ten Propositions for Facilitative Leadership
PART THREE: CONCLUSION
- The Evolving Role of the Principal
- Some Concluding Thoughts
Reshaping the Principalship
Insights From Transformational Reform Efforts
March 1994 | 312 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9780803960794 | $83.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9780803960800 | $42.95 |
Understand the dynamics of change and the uniquely evolving role principals play in school reform.
Table Of Contents:
- PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE
- Reconstructing the Principalship
- Challenges and Possibilities
- Transformational Change and the Evolving Role of the Principal
- Early Empirical Evidence
- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES
- The Principal as Mini-Superintendent Under Chicago School Reform
- Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Commitment to Change
- School Leadership and Teacher Quality of Work Life in Restructuring Schools
- Ninety Degrees from Everywhere
- New Understandings of the Principal's Role in a Restructuring Essential School
- From Attila the Hun to Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Principal Role Ambiguity in Restructured Schools
- Cultivating a Caring School Community
- One Principal's Story
- Voices of Principals from Democratically Transformed Schools
- Changes in School Governance and Principals' Roles
- Changing Jurisdictions, New Power Dynamics, and Conflict in Restructured Schools
- Ten Propositions for Facilitative Leadership
- PART THREE: CONCLUSION
- The Evolving Role of the Principal
- Some Concluding Thoughts