Leadership for School Improvement [electronic resource] / Fran Mayeski, Barbara B. Gaddy and Bryan Goodwin.
This monograph serves two purposes: (1) to stimulate further reflection and discussion among education leaders and policymakers to revitalize and strengthen the role that school leaders play in school reform; and (2) to assist researchers in identifying areas of future work. It synthesizes some of t...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This monograph serves two purposes: (1) to stimulate further reflection and discussion among education leaders and policymakers to revitalize and strengthen the role that school leaders play in school reform; and (2) to assist researchers in identifying areas of future work. It synthesizes some of the most current literature pertinent to leadership and offers ideas and suggestions that may serve as the basis for further study about the leadership strategies that help bring about meaningful and long-lasting reform. The intent is to identify the major issues involved in developing leaders who sustain effective change. Leaders need to examine carefully whether the changes they are implementing are the best ones for their students in the long run. School leaders need also to balance competing demands and to create environments in which diverse viewpoints can come together to create a common vision for what schools should be. To make and sustain meaningful, long-lasting changes, the conception of what "leadership" means must be expanded from a narrow focus on improving the skills of a single man or woman to the building of the capacity of the community of teachers, students, parents, as well as administrators to lead. (Contains 26 references.) (DFR) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED443154. Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Contract Number: RJ96006101. Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:443154. |
| Physical Description: | 24 p. |