Four Dimensions of Principal Leadership, The

The Four Dimensions of Leadership offers readers an invaluable guide to the latest reforms and modifications to school systems. Comprehensively incorporating each major leadership principle advocated for modern school leaders, the text not only gives the opportunity to read and study leadership principles, it also provides inventories, activities, and real life scenarios that turn theory into practice.
 
A companion text to Practicing the Art of Leadership: A Problem-based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC Standards, this book confronts the challenges currently facing leadership roles in schools: standards, accountability measures, and the connection between school leaders and overall student achievement.
 
Features

• Provides a set of inventories that the reader can use to assess his or her values, beliefs and behaviors-a fundamental step in establishing a foundation for leadership.
• Contains thirteen research-based core competencies that describe the requirements for leaders of modern-day schools, define their responsibilities, and assess the extent to which they have mastered those skills.
• Includes a series of scenarios throughout the book that transform theory into practice and allow readers to assess their skills in implementing standards and attaining competencies.
• Features “Implications for Leadership” boxes at the end of each chapter that examine causes and effects in relation to leadership and leadership skills.

Reginald Leon Green is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Memphis where he teaches courses with a focus on instructional leadership and participatory governance and change. He received the Ed. D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He served at the teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and superintendent levels of K-12 education.

List of contents

CONTENTS                                                                                                               Page   
 
Preface                                                                                                                       i
Introduction                                                                                                                Viii
  Part I                   Establishing a Foundation for Leadership in Schools 1  
Chapter 1:      Preparing Leaders for Twenty First Century Schools              1                                                                 Introduction                                                                                                      1
Twenty-First Century School Leadership Defined                                              3
Standards, Competencies, and Accountability Measures                                    6
The Competencies                                                                                            12
Styles of Leadership for 21st Century Schools                                       15
Accountability Measures                                                                                   22
Making the Connection: The Remaining Chapters                                              24
Implications for Leadership                                                                               27
Reflective Practice                                                                                            29
Chapter Essentials                                                                                            30
References                                                                                                       31
 
Part II                   Dimension 1: Understanding Self and Others           34
 
Chapter 2:        Leading with an Understanding of Self                                       35
 
Introduction                                                                                                      35
The Value of Understanding Self                                                                       38
Observing the Effects of Leader Behavior                                                          44
            Scenario: The Leader Behavior of Principal Carter                                45
Processes for Acquiring an Understanding of Self                                              53
Outcomes from Acquiring an Understanding of Self                                           62
Implications for Leadership                                                                               63
Reflective Practice                                                                                            64
Chapter Essentials                                                                                            65
References                                                                                                       66
 
Chapter 3:        Leading With an Understanding of Others                                             69
                                   
Introduction                                                                                                      69
Developing an Understanding of Others                                                 70
The Benefits of Understanding Others                                                   78
Implications for Leadership                                                                               85
Reflective Practice                                                                                            87
Chapter Essentials                                                                                            88
References                                                                                                       89
 
 
Part III       Dimension 2: Understanding the Complexity of Organizational Life                                                       91  
Chapter 4: The Social Interaction in Schools                                                      92
           
Introduction                                                                                                      92
Organizations Defined                                                                           93
            Scenario: Harpo Allen Middle School                                       94                    Elements Contributing to the complexity of Organizational Life                       97
Implications for Leadership                                                                               116
Reflective Practice                                                                                            117
Chapter Essentials                                                                                            118
References                                                                                                       119
 
Chapter 5: Perspective on School Structure: Chaos or Efficiency                       121     
 
Introduction                                                                                                      121
Organizational Structure Defined                                                                       122
The Different Types of Structure                                                                       124
Elements of Organizational Structure                                                                 84
Two Models of Structure Impacting Schools                                                     89
The Mechanistic Bureaucratic Model                                                    125
The Organic Humanistic Model                                                 131
Structural Configurations for the Twenty-First Century Schoolhouse      133
                Scenario: Superintendent Chooses First Year Principal to
Lead Fresh Start School                                                                       138
Implications for Leadership                                                                               151
Reflective Practice                                                                                            152
Chapter Essentials                                                                                            153
References                                                                                                       154
Chapter 6: The Principal's Role in Establishing and Retaining a                               Quality Teaching Faculty                                                                 158
 
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About the author

Reginald Leon Green is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Memphis where he teaches courses with a focus on instructional leadership and participatory governance and change. He received the Ed. D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He served at the teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and superintendent levels of K-12 education. Dr. Green is the author of Teaching in the Inner City and Liking It and Practicing the Art of Leadership: A Problem-Based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC Standards (Pearson Education, 2008), as well as a number of articles on contemporary educational issues such as educational restructuring, primary grade restructuring, and gang violence.

Summary

As schools progress, evolve, and change, the ways in which educational professionals lead and organize must also change. The Four Dimensions of Leadership provides readers with an invaluable guide to the latest reforms and modifications to school systems and comprehensively incorporates each major leadership principle advocated for modern-day school leaders at all levels. The text not only gives readers an opportunity to read and study leadership principles, it also provides tools to operationalize those principles and enhance their capacity to lead through the use of inventories, activities, and real life scenarios.
 
Applicable to courses in general leadership, instructional leadership, participatory governance, and organizational behavior, this companion text confronts the challenges of the recent redefinition of leaderships roles in schools: how it is being informed by competencies, standards, and accountability measures and how this movement forges a connection between school leaders and overall student achievement. Furthermore, the book presents a leadership preparation program that confronts the challenges and complexities of these new standards using a multi-dimensional approach: 1) Understanding Self and Others; 2) Understanding the Complexities of Organizational Life; 3) Building Bridges through Relationships; and 4) Engaging in Leadership Best Practices.
 
The book is a companion text to Practicing the Art of Leadership: A Problem-based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC Standards.

Product details

• Authors: Reginald Leon Green
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780131126862
• ISBN: 978-0-13-112686-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system