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Informationen zum Autor James Harvey is the Executive Director of the National Superintendents Roundtable and a doctoral student at Seattle Unviersity. He is Senior Fellow at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, and was a member of the Danforth Forum's advisory board. Earlier he served in the Carter administration and on the staff of the Education and Labor Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He helped write A Nation at Risk (1983) and, co-authored A Legacy of Learning with David Kearns, former CEO of the Xerox Corporation (Washington: Brookings Press, 2000). Klappentext An updated edition of the most comprehensive! complete handbook for the superintendency! The original book grew out of extensive funding and professional development from the highly-respected Danforth Foundation! and examines the role of the superintendent through field-based research with over 150 superintendents over ten years. Intended for urban! rural! and suburban superintendents! the book is designed to help these dirtrict leaders improve their effectiveness! learn from best practices! and fully understand the tenets of NCLB and other critical legislation. As a fieldbook! the book reflects stories! anecdotes! vignettes from practicing superintendents and is truly a practioner-friendly resource for school leaders. In updating The Superintendent's Fieldbook! the authors draw on their five-year experience with some 100 members of the National Superintendents Roundtable. Internationally! this experience involves extensive attention to education in China and Europe! including four site visits to China! plans to send a delegation of Roundtable superintendents to Finland later this year! and a month spent in England and Israel by one of our colleagues examining principal development. Zusammenfassung The revised edition of the most comprehensive! complete handbook for the superintendency! Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I: Orientation A. Introduction: Leading Learning in New Times B. Fifty Years of School Reform 1. Why Have We Fallen Short, and Where Do We Go From Here? 2. A Public Man Looks at Public Education 3. Role of the Superintendent in a New Age and a Different World C. The "Commonplaces" of School Leadership D. Tools E. Reflective Practice Part II: Leading Your Schools A. Leadership Theory for the Theoretically Challenged 1. The Leadership Literature Landscape B. Thinking About Your Organization 1. Images of Organization C. Encouraging Adaptive Leadership 1. Principles of Adaptive Leadership 2. Questions for Getting on the Balcony D. From Lone Ranger to Lead Learner: One Superintendent¿s Journey E. Creating Your Learning Organization 1. The Five Disciplines 2. Archetypes of Systems Thinking 3. The Iceberg F. Building a Core Learning Group G. From Theory to Practice 1. Getting the Job 2. Implementing Systems Thinking in a District 3. How to Thrive as a Superintendent H. Tools 1. The Ladder of Inference 2. The Transition Conversation 3. Dialogue: Suspending the Elephant Over the Table I. Reflective Practice Part III: Coping With Governance Challenges A. Privatization 1. The Growth of Charters and Vouchers 2. Ohio Study: Achievement in Charter Schools No Better Than in Traditional Public Schools B. The Challenges of Public Administration C. Changes in State Agencies D. Working With Images of Organization E. Working With Your Board 1. Getting It Right With the Board 2. Tips on Working With the Board 3. School Finance 101: No Surprises Around Money F. Working With Your Unions 1. A Primer on Labor-Management Relations and Contracts 2. Dös and Don¿ts in Contract Negotiations
