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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807910703321

Autore

Gray Susan Penny

Titolo

From good schools to great schools : what their principals do well / / Susan Penny Gray, William A. Streshly; foreword by Marge Hobbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA, : Corwin Press, c2008

ISBN

1-4522-8072-X

1-4522-1898-6

1-4522-0779-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 157 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

StreshlyWilliam A

Disciplina

371.2/011

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 upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-146) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 - We Know What to Do, So Why Do We Fail?; 2 - First, Build Relationships; 3 - Exercise Your Professional Will, But Stay Humble; 4 - Credit Others, Accept the Blame; 5 - Be Ambitious First for the School's Success; 6 - Resolve to Do What Needs Doing . . .Then Do It!; 7 - Get the Right People on the Bus; 8 - Confront the Brutal Facts; 9 - Know What Drives Your Educational Engine and Be Passionate About It; 10 - Build a Culture of Discipline

11 - Know Commonalities and Differences Between Public Schools and the Private Sector12 - Support Research-Based Principal Preparation; Resource A: Research Methodology; Resource B: Interview Participant Selection; Resource C: Principal Interview Questions Derived From Collins' (2001) CEO Interview Questions and Demographic Questionnaire; References; Suggested Readings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gray and Streshly show how we can rethink the way headteachers are trained and illustrate how to incorporate key leadership qualities into administrative preparation curriculum and ongoing professional development for leaders.