Description

Educational Leadership: A Bridge to Improved Practice describes how successful and effective schools and administrators operate in an increasingly challenging, fast-paced, demanding, and at times revolutionary environment. Readers are offered an integrated view of the knowledge base, research, and practice of administration within a context of multiple perspectives and a wide range of thinking.

Features

• Provides the most comprehensive coverage and balance of the essentials of educational leadership theory, research, and practice on the market today.
• Cutting edge and passionate information about the critical issues facing educational leaders.
• Offers interesting and stimulating examples, brief essays from noted scholars, internet sites, contemporary topics, application of learning, and much more to stimulate student interest and passion for the subject.
• Uses instruments, exercises, problem-based learning to challenge the readers thinking regarding the content of the text and to provide lots of opportunities to give customized assignments.
• Is thoroughly imbedded in the real context in which educational leaders practice.
• Provides students with lots of opportunities for reflection, skill development and improvement, and connecting theory-to-practice.

New to this Edition

• A Problem-Based Learning Project at the end of each section, offering opportunities for applied practice and further understanding
• New Chapter, Technology and Learning, studies the growth of technologies in schools and what that means for aspiring school leaders.
• All new Expert Opinions from influential and award-winning educational scholars, including Kathleen Binkowski, Chris Devers, and Ian Martin.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

 

Part I The Foundations of Educational Leadership

 

CHAPTER ONE: Leadership Standards, Values and Practice

 

CHAPTER TWO: Context and Perspective for Educational Leaders

 

CHAPTER THREE: School Reform and Innovation

 

CHAPTER FOUR: School District Organizational Structure and Leadership

 

CHAPTER FIVE: Leadership Theory and Practice

 

PBL:  Marveling at the Results: Power, Roles, Relationships, and School Reform

 

Part Two–Instructional Leadership and Student Learning

 

CHAPTER SIX: Leading Learning in Schools

 

CHAPTER SEVEN: Technology and Learning

 

CHAPTER EIGHT: Diversity and Language Learning

 

CHAPTER NINE: Curriculum Development and Assessment

 

PBL:  A Jalapeño in a Candy Jar:  Addressing Diversity

 

Part Three---Operational Support for Effective Teaching and Learning

 

CHAPTER TEN:Student Support Services

  

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Law and Policy

 

CHAPTER TWELVE: Resource Allocation and Management

 

PBL:  Safe Havens: Developing School-Based Health Clinics

 

APPENDIX

 

 

A.  Bridges & Hallinger - Problem-Based Learning in Educational Leadership

B.  Getz–Understanding Group Process

C.  PBL Project- Personalizing Learning Through Technology Integration:  A Plan for Sheridan High School