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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797475003321

Titolo

The contemporary superintendent : preparation, practice, and development / / Bruce G. Barnett [and eleven others] ; edited by Lars G. Björk, Theodore J. Kowalski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4833-6135-7

1-4833-6352-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/011

Soggetti

School superintendents - United States

School management and organization - United States

Educational leadership - 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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 - Evolution of the School District Superintendent Position; Chapter 2 - Characteristics of American School Superintendents; Chapter 3 - National Education Reform Reports: Implications for Professional Preparation and Development; Chapter 4 - Learning Theory and Research: A Framework for Changing Superintendent Preparation and Development; Chapter 5 - The Superintendent as Instructional Leader: Current Practice, Future Conceptualizations, and Implications for Preparation

Chapter 6 - Superintendent as Organizational ManagerChapter 7 - Superintendent as Educational Statesman and Political Strategist; Chapter 8 - Reconceptualizing the Superintendency: Superintendents as Applied Social Scientists and Social Activists; Chapter 9 - Preparing Superintendents to be Effective Communicators; Chapter 10 - Women Superintendents and Role Conception: (Un)Troubling the Norms; Chapter 11 - Superintendents of Color: Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Implications for Professional Preparation and Practice; Index



Sommario/riassunto

A strong superintendent is critical to the success of an entire school district, and this exciting new resource details the issues surrounding the state policies that appoint superintendents.