Getting it done : leading academic success in unexpected schools / Karin Chenoweth, Christina Theokas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chenoweth, Karin.

Contributor:

Theokas, Christina.

Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Minorities--Education.

Low-income students.

Education.

United States.

Educational leadership--United States--Case studies.

Educational leadership.

Academic achievement--United States--Case studies.

Academic achievement.

Low-income students--Education--United States--Case studies.

Minorities--Education--United States--Case studies.

Minorities.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Educational Press, [2011]

Summary:

Getting it Done describes in helpful detail what leaders of successful high-poverty and high-minority schools have done to promote and sustain student achievement. It follows two celebrated books by Karin Chenoweth: "It's Being Done," which established that the work of educating all children is possible, and How It's Being Done, which examined the structures and processes necessary to support academic success. Getting It Done turns to the crucial issue of school leadership, exploring how school leaders have promoted unprecedented levels of school and student achievement A book that focuses on real leaders- and on the knowledge and skills that they have employed on behalf of heightened achievement-Getting It Done will be essential reading for school leaders, and for all who believe that a successful education can be attained by all students. Book jacket.

Contents:

Why should we listen to these guys

So, what do we know about principals and school leadership?

At the starting gate: what It's being done principals bring to the job

First thing first: being an instructional leader

The job that never goes away: managing the buildings

The really tough stuff: creating a climate and culture

The other really tough stuff: managing outside relationships

Not superman: a new kind of school leader.

Notes:

Subtitle taken from cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

ISBN:

161250101X

9781612501024

1612501028

9781612501017

OCLC:

754743012

Publisher Number:

99946437454