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Preparing principals for a changing world : lessons from effective school leadership programs / Linda Darling-Hammond ...[et. al.] ; in collaboration with Margaret Barber ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School principals--In-service training.
- School principals.
- Educational leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders. Written by acclaimed author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond and experts Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe, and Margaret Terry Orr, this important book examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs and offers concrete recommendations to improve programs nationwide. In a study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and the team examined eight exemplary principal development
- Contents:
- Preparing Principals for a Changing World: Lessons from Effective School Leadership Programs; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: DEVELOPING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: THE CURRENT CHALLENGE; Chapter 2: STUDYING EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS; Chapter 3: PREPARING NEW LEADERS: WHAT SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS DO; Chapter 4: SUSTAINING SCHOOL LEADERS: SUPPORTS FOR ON-THE-JOB LEARNING; Chapter 5: EVALUATING PROGRAMS: WHAT WELL-PREPARED PRINCIPALS KNOW AND ARE ABLE TO DO; Chapter 6: SUPPORTING EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS; Chapter 7: CREATING POLICY FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 8: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONSAppendix A: RESEARCH METHODS; Appendix B: SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; Appendix C: CROSS-STATE COMPARISONS OF PRINCIPALS' SURVEY RESPONSES; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612380419
- 9780470579954
- 0470579951
- 9781282380417
- 1282380419
- 9781118269329
- 1118269322
- 9780470579329
- 0470579323
- 9780470579947
- 0470579943
- OCLC:
- 503050512
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