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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787310903321

Autore

Gray Susan Penny

Titolo

Leading good schools to greatness : mastering what great principals do well / / Susan Penny Gray, William A. Streshly ; foreword by George Manthey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2010

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4522-3749-2

1-4833-8733-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 183 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.2012

Soggetti

School principals - United States

Educational leadership - United States

School management and organization - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The skills for leading good schools to greatness can be learned -- First, build relationships -- How to exercise your professional will with humility -- How to face the brutal facts-- then do something about them -- How to get the right faculty on board -- How to find and promote the hedgehog concept in your school -- How to build a schoolwide culture of self-discipline -- The road ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Great leaders are made, not born. Written by the authors of 'From Good Schools to Great Schools', this sequel shows how great school leaders can be developed and how leaders can acquire the powerful personal leadership characteristics that the best administrators use to lead their schools to greatness.