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Finding, Preparing, and Supporting School Leaders
Critical Issues, Useful Solutions
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2010
Summary
With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up _or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of preparing, encouraging, and retaining quality leaders at the school and district levels. Beginning with a chapter outlining six steps of critical organizational supports, subsequent chapters address factors in preparing administrator candidates effectively; improving novice teacher retention through principal support and mentoring; utilizing more fully mid-career teachers who come to schools having worked outside of education; the role of isolation in new principals' sense of efficacy; research findings about assistant superintendents about job satisfaction, efficacy, and ambitions for promotion; and finally, contemporary leadership challenges existing at the superintendent level. Concluding with thoughts about administrator accountability, the various chapters offer contemporary views on the preparation, utilization, and retention of school administrators throughout the life cycle. The chapters provide needed insight into what should and must be done to grow the best leaders for US schools.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-60709-837-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-60709-839-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
162
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Contents No access
Chapter One: From Administrator Recruiting to Retention No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter Two: Teaching and Preparing School Leaders No access Pages 11 - 40
Chapter Three: Teaching Principals to Be Master Teachers, Again No access Pages 41 - 64
Chapter Four: Midcareer Teachers and Principals No access Pages 65 - 88
Chapter Five: New Principal Isolation and Efficacy No access Pages 89 - 112
Chapter Six: Assistant Superintendents Moving to the Superintendency No access Pages 113 - 136
Chapter Seven: Superintendent Leadership No access Pages 137 - 154
Epilogue: Thoughts for the Future No access Pages 155 - 160
