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Diary of A Deputyby Susan M. Tranter
RoutledgeFalmer 2001; US$ 45.95Susan M. Tranter has produced a practical account of what the role of a Deputy Head entails and suggests how it might be fulfilled successfully. more...
Inner Principalby David Loader
RoutledgeFalmer 1997; US$ 57.95This is a fascinating account of how a principal combines the rational and emotional components of leadership to lead the transformation of a school. Most attempts at reform come from the outside, with people wishing to impose a curriculum and benchmarks; this book assumes that schools can transform themselves, but only when those involved in schools especially principals develop self-respect and achieve self-actualization. The author believes, and has demonstrated in his colleges, that a sensitive, thoughtful, proactive leadership might yet deliver the quality outcomes that the community desires from schooling. more...
The Principal Challengeby Marc S. Tucker; Judy B. Codding
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 42.00A Blueprint for Developing Tomorrow's School Leaders Based on two years of research supported by Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Broad Foundation, and the New Schools Venture Fund, The Principal Challenge focuses directly on the causes and cures of the crisis in school leadership. Marc Tucker, Judy Codding, and a stellar list of experts from the United States and abroad paint a revealing portrait of what it means to be a principal now, how and why most graduate schools of education have failed to provide the training principals need, what the military and business sectors do to create and support their leaders and managers, what the state of the art in professional training looks like, what other nations are doing to address this problem,... more...
The Daily Disciplines of Leadershipby Douglas B. Reeves
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 25.00The Daily Disciplines of Leadership is a comprehensive and down-to-earth manual for school leaders that addresses the daunting challenges that today's principals, superintendents, and teacher-leaders face on a daily basis. Written by Douglas Reeves-- a leading authority on academic standards, performance assessment, and accountability-- the information in this book is based on his extensive experience working with educators, administrators, and school board members from across the country and internationally. Reeves discusses the basic purpose of leadership, presents four key leadership archetypes, and offers practical recommendations for action. Covering a wide range of topics-- from accountability systems to personal communications-- this... more...
Drama Of Leadershipby Robert J. Starratt
RoutledgeFalmer 1993; US$ 53.95This text presents the foundations for the theory of leadership. Based on a framework divided into building blocks, various concepts of leadership such as values, change, power and structure are explained and analyzed, and ways of incorporating them into school management are addressed. more...
Managing Staff in Early Years Settingsby Adrian Smith; Ann Langston
RoutledgeFalmer 1999; US$ 52.95This book draws on a wide range of management theory and shows its relevance and relationship to early years settings. more...
Headship Gameby Brian Fidler; Tessa Atton
RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 53.95This book describes what it means to be a headteacher, what current headship entails and how prospective headteachers prepare themselves for headship. Underlying is the question of what could be done to support and make headship attractive. more...
School Leadership for the 21st Centuryby Brent Davies; Linda Ellison
RoutledgeFalmer 2004; US$ 53.95This revised edition of a popular text takes into account new Government initiatives on competency frameworks to guide the development of teachers and those in middle and senior management. more...
Competent Headby Dilum Jirasinghe; Geoffrey Lyons
RoutledgeFalmer 1996; US$ 57.95This text provides an evaluation of headteachers' tasks, including categories and specific tasks. It also contains a list of heads' preferred personality characteristics, indicating their favourite ways of working, leadership styles and team roles. more...
Women, Educational Policy-Making and Administration inby Joyce Goodman; Sylvia Harrop
Routledge 2000; US$ 178.00Opening up the role of women in policy-making as a new field of study, this book takes the example of women in education as its focus. It examines the work, attitudes and actions of women in education over two centuries. more...









