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Hardball leadership : how to achieve student academic success in a rural school district / Mark E. Forner.
Van Pelt Library LC5146.5 .F67 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forner, Mark, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Rural--United States.
- Education, Rural.
- Rural schools.
- Administration.
- School supervision, Rural.
- United States.
- School supervision, Rural--United States.
- Rural schools--United States--Administration.
- Educational leadership--United States.
- Educational leadership.
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Rural schools--Administration.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 235 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- Hardball Leadership: How to Achieve Student Academic Success in a Rural School District is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based on original research that examined the leadership practices of effective rural superintendents who led their districts to dramatic academic improvement, this book's insights include: Establishing a strong academic culture where every student can and will be successful, Developing a system for improving teacher instructional performance, Fostering an academically-focused partnership with the board of education, Managing school-based controversy in a productive way, Building and sustaining a financially strong district, This leadership handbook will help rural school leaders build an academic pathway that will lead their students towards a happy and prosperous life. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Small District Leadership Is a Whole Lot Different From Big District Leadership 1
- 2 But in Some Ways Small District and Big District Leadership Are the Same 13
- 3 Context: What a Small District Leader Has to be Willing to Accept 27
- 4 Priorities: What a Small District Leader Has to Get Right 45
- 5 Strategy: How a Small District Leader Aligns Classroom Practices to Achieve Boardroom Priorities 63
- 6 Practices: What a Small District Leader Has to Do on a Daily Basis 75
- 7 Finance: How a Small District Leader Becomes a Tough-Minded Pessimist 125
- 8 Partnership: How a Small District Leader Creates a Shared Vision of Success with the Board of Education 147
- 9 Conflict: How a Small District Leader Anticipates and Mitigates Controversy 175
- 10 Legacy: How a Small District Leader Answers Two Essential Questions 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Forner, Mark, 1961- Hardball leadership.
- ISBN:
- 9781475821604
- 1475821603
- 9781475821611
- 1475821611
- OCLC:
- 949986861
- Publisher Number:
- 99968908775
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