Balanced Leadership: How Effective Principals Manage Their Work

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8077-4698-1
Verlag: Teachers College Press

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 229 g

Reihe: Critical Issues in Educational

Alarmed by mounting evidence of a national shortage of qualified and willing principals, the authors surveyed or interviewed over 200 school principals from across the country to find out why so many are leaving the profession and how those who stay manage their work. They discovered that regardless of a principal's race, gender, school level, geographic region, or tenure, there was a remarkable consistency in the challenges identified and suggestions given for revamping the role of the American principal. Featuring stories shared by practicing principals, this timely volume: offers fresh insights on ways to both attract and retain good principals; shows how successful principals reconcile their expectations and hopes with the realities and disappointments encountered in their work; examines issues common to all principals, such as time management, staff evaluations, keeping the focus on instruction, community expectations, and pursuing a balanced life; presents strategies that principals have used to make their role more effective and more attractive; and, provides practical ideas for coping with the present and envisioning the future, including alternative principal models.

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Über Autor(innen)

Sheryl Boris-Schacter is a professor of educational leadership and Sondra Langer is an associate professor of education and Director of the Early Childhood Education Program, both are at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.