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Making the right decisions : a guide for school leaders / / Douglas J. Fiore, Chip Joseph



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Autore: Fiore Douglas J. <1966-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Making the right decisions : a guide for school leaders / / Douglas J. Fiore, Chip Joseph Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
Disciplina: 371.2
Soggetto topico: School management and organization - Decision making
Educational leadership
Altri autori: JosephChip <1966->  
Note generali: "An Eye on Education book"--cover.
First published 2005 by Eye on Education.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE RIGHT DECISIONS; There Are Lots and Lots of Decisions; The Environment for Decisions Can Be So Complex; I Need a Roadmap; What's Still to Come; 2 CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE; What Is School Culture?; The Impact of School Leaders on School Culture; Summary; 3 CULTURE, CLIMATE, AND DECISION MAKING; Culture vs. Climate; A Climate for Decision Making; Making the Climate Match the Culture; Summary; 4 A MODEL FOR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
The Classical Decision Making ModelClassical Decision Making in the Contemporary School Setting; Summary; 5 WHEN TWO (OR MORE) HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE; Involving Others in Decisions; Methods for Shared Decision Making; Brainstorming; Nominal Grouping; Delphi Technique; Concerns about Involving Others; Summary; 6 WHO ARE SOME OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS?; The Superintendent; Mistakes Made By Superintendents; The Principal; Visibility Is the Key; Other Key Stakeholders; Don't Forget the Staff and the Students; Summary; 7 RATIONALITY IN DECISION MAKING; Bounded Rationality-Confronting Limitations
Can Our Mental Shortcuts Hurt Us?The Linda Problem; Summary; 8 THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING EMPOWERED AND THE POWER TO EMPOWER; Teachers Don't See It; Teachers Don't Feel It; Teachers Don't Get It; (Some) Teachers Don't Want It; We Shall Overcome!; Summary; 9 FACULTY BUY-IN: APPROPRIATELY USING TEACHER LEADERS; Identifying Leaders in a School; Using Leaders Wisely; Let's Decide Together; Summary; 10 PARENT PARTICIPATION: GAINING SUPPORT FOR DECISIONS; The Us and Them Philosophy; So, Who's the Expert Here?; The "Us" Situation and Decision Making; Collaborating with Uncooperative Parents; Summary
11 DECISIONS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTMission Impossible?; Summary; 12 DECISIONS AND SCHOOL BUREAUCRACIES; So, Who's the Boss?-External Bureaucracy; Inside Job?-Internal Bureaucracies; Bureaucracy in Action; Summary; 13 IN SUMMARY: WE ARE FAMILY; REFERENCES
Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a road map for school leaders as they engage in their single most important leadership skill: decision making. With practical examples, it demonstrates how to create a positive school culture, spur school improvement, and make decisions in the context of NCLB.
Titolo autorizzato: Making the right decisions  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-92314-6
1-315-85392-2
1-317-92315-4
1-283-54800-3
9786613860453
1-61442-200-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812745203321
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Serie: Eye on Education book.