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The fire is back! : principals sharing school governance / Jo Blase, Joseph Blase.
Van Pelt Library LB2806.45 .B52 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blase, Jo Roberts.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teacher participation in administration--United States.
- Teacher participation in administration.
- Student participation in administration.
- United States.
- Student participation in administration--United States.
- Community and school--United States.
- Community and school.
- School principals--United States.
- School principals.
- School management and organization--United States.
- School management and organization.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 166 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- A firsthand account of outstanding principals' experiences in shared-governance schools is presented in this book on democratic principal leadership. In particular, the book fills the knowledge gap - the current lack of research-based information on collaborative school-restructuring methods - that has caused many attempts at school restructuring to fail.
- Contents:
- The meaning of shared governance in a variety of school contexts
- The roots of shared governance
- Virtuosity in leadership : becoming an "unleader"
- Opening moves and creative structures
- Expanding the circle : involving others in shared governance initiatives
- The driving dream : vision
- Bull's-eye : maintaining an instructional focus
- The inner experience
- How am i doing? : lessons from feedback
- One among equals : sharing the governance of a school as an advocate and partner.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803963327
- 0803963319
- OCLC:
- 34776096
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