Keys To Successful 21st Century Leadership

Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership
Michael Jazzar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bob Algozzine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
 
 
Accessible, engaging, and highly acclaimed as the sole book of its kind, Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership presents critical lessons to transform individuals into visionary, ethical educational leaders. This is an original book that represents perspectives derived from years of research and the authors' unique partnership and practical experience providing guidance for effective educational leadership in public and private schools and successful preparation of competent educational leaders. Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership is a book that will find its place in both educational leadership courses as well as on the desks of practicing educational leaders to aid them in meeting the numerous and unexpected educational challenges they face everyday.
 
Features of This Text

• Prepares students to take the Praxis exam by maintaining a full textual alignment to Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards and by providing professors with a textbook, activities, and artifacts suitable to meet and surpass accreditation requirements
• Presents keys to success and “how-tos” derived from years of research and practical experience to help shape the practices and performance of aspiring and current educational leaders
• Assists educational leaders in following current legislation by giving them guidance in the areas of No Child Left Behind, the reauthorization of IDEA, and other legal requirements
• Provides a forum throughThe Reflective Practitioner features appearing at the end of each chapter, for integrating the ISLLC Standards into chapter fundamentals; for initiating dialogue between students and instructors; and for reflection on educational leadership 
• Includes professional development topics and lessons and In the News features, news articles to expand the text's scope beyond the classroom
• Presents Action Focus guides at the beginning of each chapter to shed light on the numerous theoretical constructs, concepts, and practices that follow 
• Features discussion questions at the end of each chapter to provide individual, small group, or large group review of the content of each chapter
• Includesinstructor resources such as PowerPointTM presentations and a test bank of questions differentiated by levels of mastery and available online by contacting your local representative

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List of contents

I. FOUNDATIONAL KEYS.
 
 1. Leadership Theory And Practice
 2. Educational Reforms - Recycling Keys and Opening Doors
 3. Navigating the High C's - Climate, Culture and Collaboration
 4. Successful Leadership Begins With You
 
II. FUNDAMENTAL KEYS.
 
 5. To Make It Great - Motivate!
 6. Decision Making That Improves Education
 7. Effective Instructional Leadership
 8. Curriculum Considerations and Implementations
 9. Legal & Moral Leadership - Doing The Right Thing
10. Dollars And Sense: Funding America's Schools
 
III. FUTURE KEYS.
 
11. Keys To Renewing America's Schools
12. Developing New Millennium Assessments
13. Building Full-Service Schools For The Future
14. Keys To Lasting Reform
15. For Your Future And Beyond

Summary

Accessible, engaging, and highly acclaimed, Keys To Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership presents critical lessons to transform individuals into visionary, educational leaders who are skilled agents with ethical credibility.
 
This is an original work; not a compilation of chapters or articles written by others. It represents perspectives derived from years of research and the authors' unique partnership and practical experience providing guidance for effective educational leadership in public and private schools and successful preparation of competent educational leaders. Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership is not only designed for use in many college and university graduate courses, but also as a resource that will find its place on the desks of practicing educational leaders to aid them in meeting the numerous and unexpected educational challenges they face everyday.
 

Product details

• Authors: Robert F. Algozzine, Michael Jazzar
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780205473755
• ISBN: 978-0-205-47375-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 700 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon