Innovation in the Schoolhouse

Jack Leonard

doi:10.5771/9781475802917

Summary

The call for entrepreneurial leadership in education has never been stronger, but there is little descriptive information about this kind of leadership and even less advice on how a leader might grow in this dimension. Beginning with the constant need for innovation in every learning organization, the author makes a case for an entrepreneurial style of leadership in education.

The author paints a multi-faceted picture of entrepreneurial leadership using stories of real leaders in combination with writings from the social sciences, education, natural sciences, business and the arts. The incursion of business practices in education is also addressed head-on. The author defends the historic, democratic tradition of education against 21st century neoliberal trends, while allowing room to learn from best practices in other fields. The role of risk-taking and incentives is examined along with leadership motives.

The goal of this book is not just better leaders, but educational organizations that are entrepreneurial in nature. The author offers practical advice to educational leaders, from teachers to principals to superintendents, on practical steps toward a more innovative organization. Specific chapters on the school leader, teacher leaders and school partnerships offer practical wisdom for out-of-the-box thinking.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0289-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0291-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 179
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Clarifications No access
  2. Notes No access
3. 1. Translational Research No access
  2. The Outline of the Book No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. Entrepreneurial Leaders: Risky but Required No access
2. Why All the Interest in Innovation? No access
3. What Does Innovation Mean? No access
4. What Is Entrepreneurial Leadership? No access
5. Entrepreneurial Leadership Traits No access
6. Entrepreneurial Behaviors No access
7. Why Aren’t There More Entrepreneurial Leaders in Education? No access
8. The Place for Risk in Public Education No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. Defining Economic Entrepreneurship No access
2. The Social Entrepreneur No access
3. Entrepreneurial Leadership versus Other Leadership Theories No access
4. More Leadership Styles No access
5. Maximizing Entrepreneurism No access
6. A Case Study: The Early College Program No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Leading for Innovation No access
2. Organizational Characteristics No access
3. Discretion No access
4. Professional Learning Communities No access
5. Proximity No access
6. Reorganization No access
7. Incentives No access
8. The Early College Case Study Reconsidered No access
9. Conclusion No access
10. Notes No access
1. A Case Study: Dunbar High No access
2. Innovation in the 1980s No access
3. Scalability No access
4. What about the Principal? No access
5. Cultural Reform Strategy No access
6. Phase Two at Dunbar No access
7. Professional Development No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. What Is Teacher Leadership? No access
2. An Example of a Teacher Leader No access
3. A Case Study: Dunbar Again No access
4. A Different Kind of Teacher Leadership No access
5. A Historical Look No access
6. Economic and Social Definitions No access
7. How Do Teachers Perceive Teacher Leadership? No access
8. Strategies for Effective Entrepreneurial Communities of Practice No access
9. Principals Who Encourage Entrepreneurial Teacher Leadership No access
10. Parallel Leadership No access
11. Conclusion No access
12. Notes No access
1. The Power and Promise of Partnerships in Education No access
2. Caveats and Concerns No access
3. Two Theories No access
4. Multiple Partners: Exosystem Work No access
5. Cultural Cohesion No access
6. A Bad Example No access
7. Good Examples No access
8. Tight Coupling on a Larger Scale No access
9. Sustainability No access
10. Boundary Spanners No access
11. Benefits No access
12. Conclusion No access
13. Notes No access
1. Measurements No access
2. Entrepreneurial Disruptions No access
3. Social Effects No access
4. Political Gains No access
5. Economics No access
6. The Creative World No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 173 - 178
About the Author No access Pages 179 - 179