Effective school district leadership : transforming politics into education / edited by Kenneth Leithwood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leithwood, Kenneth A.

Series:

SUNY series in educational leadership.

SUNY series, educational leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School superintendents--Ontario.

School superintendents.

Educational leadership--Ontario.

Educational leadership.

School management and organization--Ontario.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Summary:

This book reports the results of a series of studies of effective school district leadership School districts in both Canada and the United States provide the sites for this research. Many of these districts were in the midst of reform or restructuring initiatives and these initiatives became an important context within which to understand the work of district leaders. The authors describe how effective superintendents work with their immediate staffs, elected trustees, and school-based administrators. Each chapter examines the meaning of effective district leadership from different perspectives. Common to almost all of the chapters is an appreciation of the exquisitely "political" nature of the superintendent's work. Contributors to the volume include Edward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge; Derek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry; Kenneth Leithwood and Roseanne Steinbach; Frances Wills and Kent Peterson; Joseph Murphy; Richard G. Townsend; Donald Musella; Mark Holmes; Stephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scane, and Shihui Wang; and Kenneth Leithwood. Kenneth Leithwood is Professor, Educational Administration and Head, Centre for Leadership Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introduction: Transforming Politics into Education by Kenneth Leithwood; 2. How Effective Superintendents Understand Their Own Work by Edward A. Holdaway and Anthony Genge; 3. Chiefs and Chairs: Working Relationships between Effective CEOs and Board of Education Chairpersons by Derek J. Allison, Patricia A. Allison, and Helen A. McHenry; 4. Prospects for Organizational Learning in Expertly Managed Group Problem Solving by Kenneth Leithwood, Rosanne Steinbach, and Tiiu Raun

5. Superintendents' Management of State-Initiated Reform: A Matter of Interpretation by Fran Wills and Kent Peterson6. Restructuring in Kentucky: The Changing Role of the Superintendent and the District Office by Joseph Murphy; 7. How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Find Policy Success and Happiness: Part I by Richard G. Townsend; 8. Plucking Billiard Balls Out of Thin Air or How a Few Politicians and Managers of Education Hustle Policy: Part II by Richard G. Townsend; 9. How CEOs Influence School System Culture by Donald Musella

10. Educated Dissent: Implications of Policy Disagreement for Educational Leadership by Mark Holmes11. Toward Improving the Structures for School System Leadership by Stephen B. Lawton, Joyce Scane, and Shihui Wang; 12. Toward a More Comprehensive Appreciation of Effective School District Leadership by Kenneth Leithwood; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes essays based on research funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

"Most chapters in this book are the outcome of a project undertaken by a group of faculty, research staff, and students in the Department of Educational Administration at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4384-1045-X

OCLC:

42854938