Headship Game - The Challenges of Contemporary School Leadership

Informationen zum Autor Brian Fidler is Professor at the School Improvement and Leadership Centre at the University of ReadingTessa Atton is a trainer and a former Acting Headteacher. Klappentext This book describes what it means to be a headteacher, what current headship entails and how prospective headteachers prepare themselves for headship. Underlying is the question of what could be done to support and make headship attractive. Zusammenfassung This practical guide uses case studies, helpful advice, and personal accounts from working headteachers to suggest useful ways of dealing with particular pressure points, and examine the career of headship from application to retirement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. History and Theories of Leadership 1. Recent Developments in Headship 2. Development of Leadership Thought and its Application to Schools Part 2. Learning and Playing the Game: Current headship practice 3. Learning about the Job of Headteacher and its Contemporary Demands 4. Understanding the External Demands 5. Understanding the Internal Demands 6. Selecting and Supporting New Headteachers 7. Achieving Headship 8. The Career of Headship 9. Life Cycle of a Head: Becoming a head 10. Life Cycle of a Head: Being a head Part 3. Playing Longer 11. Keeping Moving: Successive headships, revitalisation and work after headship 12. Stress and Challenges: Trio of tensions - governors, school and head Part 4. Playing Better 13. Where Next?The future

Product details

• Authors: Tessa Atton, Tessa Fidler Atton, Atton Tessa, Brian Fidler, Brian Atton Fidler, Fidler Brian, Tessa Atton
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2003
• EAN: 9780415277815
• ISBN: 978-0-415-27781-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, EDUCATION / Leadership, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques