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This text in ABL's new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College covers historical and current trends in leadership in a very practical way, using cases and a problem-solving approach as vehicles for examination.
The text was developed by a leading scholar in educational leadership as part of a series from one of the leading schools of education in the world. It has a strong basis in current research, and easy-to-use, intuitive features. It strikes an effective balance between the informational and the pedagogical. It covers trends (both historical and current) in educational leadership. The "Modern" approach of this book explores professional challenges, performance expectations, and operating conditions encountered by contemporary American school leaders. The case studies and interactive pedagogy make this a very practical text.
List of contents
Table of Contents:
Series Preface
Preface
Chapter One: School Business Administration Case Studies
Chapter Two: The Rapidly Evolving World and the Problems it Presents for School Business Administration
Chapter Three: What School Business Officials Do
Chapter Four: Planning
Chapter Five: A Legal and Regulatory Context for School Business Administration
Chapter Six: Education Revenues: Magnitude, Sources, and Characteristics
Chapter Seven: Distributing State Education Funds
Chapter Eight: Managing Capital Projects and Fiscal Resources
Chapter Nine: Budgeting
Chapter Ten: Federal Governance and Education Finance
Chapter Eleven: Accounting, Auditing, and Reporting
Chapter Twelve: Managing Money
Chapter Thirteen: Managing Personnel
Chapter Fourteen: Managing Facilities
Chapter Fifteen: Managing Materials
Chapter Sixteen: Managing Risks
Chapter Seventeen: Managing Auxiliary Services
Chapter Eighteen: Managing Information
Glossary
Index
Summary
This text in ABL’s new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College covers historical and current trends in leadership in a very practical way, using cases and a problem-solving approach as vehicles for examination.
The text was developed by a leading scholar in educational leadership as part of a series from one of the leading schools of education in the world. It has a strong basis in current research, and easy-to-use, intuitive features. It strikes an effective balance between the informational and the pedagogical. It covers trends (both historical and current) in educational leadership. The “Modern” approach of this book explores professional challenges, performance expectations, and operating conditions encountered by contemporary American school leaders. The case studies and interactive pedagogy make this a very practical text.
