| Description |
1 online resource (XI, 248 pages) |
| Contents |
1. The Journey Begins -- 2. Understanding the Complexities of Principal's Role-Making Today -- 3. Developing a Leadership Platform: Using the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders -- 4. The Ambiguity in Clarifying Expectations -- 5. Ethics: The Quandaries of Acting Ethically to Promote Each Student's Academic Success and Well-Being -- 6. English language Learners -- 7. Quandaries of Assessment and Accountability -- 8. Emotional Intelligence as a Means to Combat Funding Cuts: Meeting Student Academic Success and Promoting Well-being in Challenging Financial Times -- 9. Principals Supporting the Professional Capacity of Teachers -- 10. Shared Voice and Vision: Fostering Professional Communities for Student Success -- 11. Leadership and Resource Allocation in Schools: Applying Micropolitical Perspectives -- 12.̂ou Get the Expertise You Need to Negotiate the Quandaries of the Principalship? |
| Summary |
This book provides insights into the everyday practices of school leaders as told through the real-life stories of principals. The editors and their contributors blend practice with theory, helping aspiring leaders to discover that school leadership is not simply putting prescribed solutions into action, but a constant encounter with quandaries that demand thinking, responding, and adjusting to the situations at hand. Readers build their capacities to view quandaries from multiple lenses, consider a variety of responses, and draw conclusions based on perspectives that may vary from those initially identified. The chapter authors encourage a sharper self-awareness of what scholars value and envision about education, encouraging them to think about how to navigate decision-making through a variety of theoretical frameworks and practices while balancing their own leadership platform development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Subject |
Educational leadership.
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School management and organization.
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Education
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School management and organization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Touchton, Debra J., editor
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Rodríguez, Mariela A., editor
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Ivory, Gary, 1947- editor.
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Acker-Hocevar, Michele, 1948- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319591209 |
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3319591207 |
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