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Informationen zum Autor SUSAN MOORE JOHNSON, a former high school teacher and administrator, is academic dean and professor of education in administration, planning, and social policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is the author of Teacher Unions in Schools (1984) and Teachers at Work (1990). Klappentext "There are so few 'must read' books about superintAndents that I would recommend to policymakers, researchers, and novices. Add Leading to Change to the list. This insightful chapters on political and managerial leadership alone are worth the price of the book."-Larry Cuban, professor of education, Stanford University "Susan Moore Johnson's thoughtful, thorough, timely study of the new superintendency gives all who care about improved public schools and their effective leadership solid examples of best practice and what works. Current and aspiring leaders of public organizations will find it realistic, practical, and hopeful."-Thomas W. Payzant, superintendent, Boston Public Schools Zusammenfassung This work explores the leadership challenges facing inexperienced superintendents and provides an analysis of how superintendents define their educational visions! how they lead school reform and how they negotiate the managerial and political dimensions of their job. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Superintendents and School Districts. GREAT EXPECTATIONS. The Promise and Prospect of Leadership. Looking for Leaders. EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. Crafting a Vision. Leading Reform. Engaging School Leaders. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. Political Contexts and Constituents. The Politics of Equity and Excellence. MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP. Managing to Lead. Managerial Levers. LEADING TO CHANGE. Toward a New Superintendency.
