The Superintendent's Fieldbook: A Guide for Leaders of Learning"The goals and challenges for district leaders are constantly changing. Leadership and governance are only parts of the puzzle when other elements such as the NCLB legislation, budgets, standards and assessment, changing demographics, and public engagement are brought into the picture. Today's superintendent needs an effective tool to help steer the school district to success. Drawing on the experiences of nearly 200 superintendents over the past ten years, The Superintendent's Fieldbook offers guidance that can be referenced again and again. Written for current and future superintendents, principals, school board members and teachers, this valuable guide is divided into nine sections--each offering ideas to implement, practical lessons, exercises, and questions for reflective practice. The authors identify seven key "commonplaces" of the successful modern superintendent including: Leading within a governance structure; Understanding and addressing standards and assessment; Considering race, class, and the achievement gap; Developing your schools' principals from building managers to leaders of learning; Exploring collaborations with agencies of government and organizational allies; Engaging your community to construct a shared vision of the future. Vignettes describing real events and situations will help you connect lessons learned to your own district experiences, and help you and your district thrive in the rapidly changing world of education." -- Publisher. |
Contents
III | 5 |
Leading Your Schools | 17 |
Encouraging Adaptive Leadership | 30 |
Creating Your Learning Organization | 49 |
Creating Shared Vision in a Learning | 56 |
F What We Say and What We Believe | 64 |
Orientation | 71 |
How Well Is Your Board Functioning? 4 Dealing With Your Unions | 93 |
SingleLoop or DoubleLoop Learning? | 125 |
Addressing Race and Class | 143 |
And Whats Going On Outside Them | 171 |
Developing Your Principals | 189 |
Collaborating With Your Allies | 227 |
Engaging Your Community | 259 |
So What Does All This Mean? | 307 |
Appendices | 321 |
Whats Going On With the Union? | 101 |
Reflective Practice | 107 |
A Personal | 113 |
Perspective on Urban Student Achievement | 119 |
Members of the Forum | 327 |
Contributors | 333 |
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References to this book
Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Education Theodore Kowalski,Thomas J. Lasley No preview available - 2008 |