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The contemporary superintendent : preparation, practice, and development / Bruce G. Barnett [and eleven others] ; edited by Lars G. Björk, Theodore J. Kowalski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Bruce G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School superintendents--United States.
- School superintendents.
- School management and organization--United States.
- School management and organization.
- Educational leadership--United States.
- Educational leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A strong superintendent is critical to the success of an entire school district, and this exciting new resource details the issues surrounding the state policies that appoint superintendents.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 - Evolution of the School District Superintendent Position; Chapter 2 - Characteristics of American School Superintendents; Chapter 3 - National Education Reform Reports: Implications for Professional Preparation and Development; Chapter 4 - Learning Theory and Research: A Framework for Changing Superintendent Preparation and Development; Chapter 5 - The Superintendent as Instructional Leader: Current Practice, Future Conceptualizations, and Implications for Preparation
- Chapter 6 - Superintendent as Organizational ManagerChapter 7 - Superintendent as Educational Statesman and Political Strategist; Chapter 8 - Reconceptualizing the Superintendency: Superintendents as Applied Social Scientists and Social Activists; Chapter 9 - Preparing Superintendents to be Effective Communicators; Chapter 10 - Women Superintendents and Role Conception: (Un)Troubling the Norms; Chapter 11 - Superintendents of Color: Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Implications for Professional Preparation and Practice; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781483361352
- 1483361357
- 9781483363523
- 148336352X
- OCLC:
- 932344213
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