Principal accomplishments : how school leaders succeed / G. Thomas Bellamy ... [and others] ; foreword by Robert Donmoyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bellamy, G. Thomas.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Critical issues in educational leadership series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School principals--United States.

School principals.

United States.

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2007]

Summary:

This innovative book outlines a comprehensive strategy to help principals succeed amid increasingly difficult circumstances. The authors take a fresh approach to the principalship by focusing on the accomplishments needed to support student learning. Realizing these accomplishments requires simultaneous leadership in four domains-creating sustainable goals, developing a strategic focus, practicing effective action, and building social and civic capital. They show why these accomplishments and leadership domains are important to a principal's success and how they can be achieved.

This groundbreaking text is an essential resource: For administrators-providing a framework for school leadership that will stimulate the kind of reflection, analysis, and action that improves individual practice. For educators-outlining an accomplishment-minded model that can be applied to school leadership preparation. For policymakers-presenting a conceptual foundation for change that addresses today's emphasis on accountability and standards.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Challenges for the Principalship 1

High Expectations and Difficult Conditions 1

Enduring Leadership Paradoxes 4

Implications for Renewal in the Principalship 8

Part I Understanding School Leadership as Accomplishment-Minded Practice 13

Chapter 2 Defining Goals for Student Learning and School Conditions 17

Two Fundamental Goals 17

Competing Purposes for Schools 20

Who Decides Among Competing Priorities? 23

The Principal's Role in Shaping School Goals 25

School Goals and Accomplishment-Minded Practice 26

Chapter 3 Accomplishments for School Goals 28

Linking Lofty Goals to Daily Work 28

Accomplishments as Components of a Theory of Action 29

The Framework for School Leadership Accomplishments 33

Chapter 4 Pragmatic Practice for School Accomplishments 41

The Uncertain Circumstances of School Leadership 41

A Deep Repertoire of Strategies Supported by an Eclectic Knowledge Base 44

The Importance of Feedback 45

Chapter 5 Social Capital for School Accomplishments 49

Social Capital as a Resource for School Work 50

Elements of a School's Social Capital 52

Social Capital and the Democratic Purposes of Schools 59

Part II The Practice of Accomplishment-Minded Leadership 63

Chapter 6 Leadership for Sustainable Goals 67

How Sustainable Goals Support Student Learning 67

Strategies for Developing Sustainable Goals 69

Chapter 7 Leadership for Strategic Focus 80

How Strategic Focus Supports Student Learning 80

Strategies for Achieving Strategic Focus 81

Chapter 8 Leadership for Effective Action 94

How Leadership for Effective Action Supports Student Learning 95

Strategies Supporting Effective Action 96

A Special Focus on Teaching and Learning 101

Chapter 9 Leadership for Social Capital 105

How Social Capital Supports Student Learning 106

Strategies for Improving Social Capital 107

Part III Knowledge for School Leadership 121

Chapter 10 Organizing Knowledge to Support Accomplishments 125

Current Knowledge for School Leadership 126

Using Accomplishments to Frame the Profession's Knowledge 129

Reflections on an Accomplishment Frame for Professional Knowledge 136

Chapter 11 Sharing Knowledge Through Practice Narratives 138

Professional Cases for Building Craft Knowledge 139

The Annual Case of School Leadership 142

Using Annual Cases 156

Chapter 12 Developing Individual Knowledge for School Leadership 158

Individual Knowledge 159

Developing and Structuring Individual Knowledge 160

Helping Principal Candidates Use Their Knowledge 165

Programs for Preparing Accomplishment-Minded Leaders 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0807747432

9780807747438

0807747424

9780807747421

OCLC:

70258924