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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791331503321

Autore

Blase Jo Roberts

Titolo

Handbook of school improvement : how high-performing principals create high-performing schools / / Jo Blase, Joseph Blase, Dana Yon Phillips ; forewords by William D. Greenfield, Jr., Joseph Hunter, and Susan M. Usry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, 2010

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

ISBN

1-4522-7150-X

1-4833-5034-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 203 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.207

Soggetti

School improvement programs - United States

School principals - United States

School management and organization - United States

School supervision - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Administrative leadership for school improvement : action foci of high-performing principals -- part II. Instructional leadership for school improvement : goals of high-performing principals -- part III. Conclusion : systems thinking and the systems-development approach in educational leadership.

Sommario/riassunto

A guide to administrative and instructional leadership, this book poses two key questions for discussion: 'What is a high-performing school?' and 'What does a head teacher do to create a high-performing school?'.