Leadership mentoring : maintaining school improvement in turbulent times / Steven Jay Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Steven J.

Contributor:

American Association of School Administrators

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization.

Educational leadership.

Mentoring in education.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xv, 145 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.

Summary:

School systems face the challenge of developing the next generation of school leaders. This means more than simply hiring promising new leaders-it requires developing an effective mentoring program. True leadership mentoring must be carefully crafted with highly educated mentors and prepared proteges. This book answers six fundamental questions that school systems interested in creating a leadership mentoring program should consider: 1. How might a district interested in leadership mentoring organize their work? 2. What background is available in current literature on leadership mentoring? How might the literature serve as an effective basis for program development? 3. What theoretical framework can planners use to organize their program so that it will have unity and best respond to the hardest questions facing building leaders? 4. What example of leadership mentoring that uses this theoretical framework can be studied so that we can understand the emerging model in a naturalistic setting? 5. What are the qualities of a fully developed model for leadership mentoring? 6. How might such a program be implemented and connected to larger district priorities? Chock-full of answers to crucial questions about mentoring, Leadership Mentoring will help school districts face the task of developing new leaders with greater confidence.

Contents:

Introduction: Mentoring and the Challenge of Leading in a Turbulent Era ix

1 A District Confronts a Dilemma 1

2 Mentoring Educational Leaders-The Big Picture 11

3 Mentoring, Ethical Decision Making, and Turbulence Theory: Keys to the Model of Leadership Mentoring 39

4 The Design Team Faces a New Hurdle: Time to Keep It Real 63

5 The Design Team Builds a Model of Leadership Mentoring 101

6 Implementation of the Leadership Mentoring Program 123

Conclusion: The Design Team's Closing Meeting 131.

Notes:

"Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143).

ISBN:

1578862884

157886433X

OCLC:

62804676

Publisher Number:

9781578862887

9781578864331