Creating engagement between schools and their communities : lessons from educational leaders / edited by Ted Purinton and Carlos Azcoitia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purinton, Ted, editor.

Azcoitia, Carlos, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community schools.

Community and school.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

vi, 153 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities--communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.

Contents:

What is a community-focused leader? / Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia

Building local academic identity / Ted Purinton & Carlos Azcoitia

Boundary-crossing leadership for community schools / Martin Blanks

Leading through community-based partnerships / Chris Brown

Academic achievement and the community schools model / Mary A. Ronan

The rural solution: how community schools can reinvigorate rural education / Dorris Terry Williams

Leading stem in the community school setting / Judith Dymond

Preparing aspiring leaders for community school leadership / Karen Carlson

Evaluating community school leadership / Adeline Ray, Daniel Diehl, & Neil Naftzger

Succession planning for community school leadership: a personal reflection / Francisco Borras.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

Other Format:

Online version: Creating engagement between schools and their communities

ISBN:

9781498521741

1498521746

OCLC:

958497972

Publisher Number:

99969847954