If You Want to Lead, Not Just Manage: A Primer for Principals - Couverture souple

Dunklee, Dennis R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0761976477 ISBN 13 : 9780761976479

Editeur : Corwin, 2000

Synopsis

Foreword by Gerald W. BraceyIf You Want to Lead, Not Just Manage tells you what the Masters programs don’t—about the personalities and value systems that school leaders need to succeed. First-year administrators and graduate students will find this a practical gauge in determining ‘what it takes’ to become a successful principal. More experienced administrators will find it a useful tool for reflection and validation of their own practices and approaches within the school and district.Key issues include:Matching your personality with the role of principal Navigating the school culture successfully Changing the organization without alienating the culture Blending the best of management and leadership Fitting in – marketing yourself as well as your school Culture shock – when teachers become principals  

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Dennis R. Dunklee is an Emeritus Professor in the Education Leadership Department in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. During his twenty-five years in public schools, he served as a teacher, elementary school principal, junior high and middle school principal, high school principal, and central office administrator. During his more than twenty years at George Mason University, he taught courses in education law and school leadership and served as an advisor and chair for master's and doctoral candidates in school leadership.
Because of his expertise and practical experience, he continues to be frequently called on to consult in the areas of effective schools, school law, administrator evaluation, instructional supervision, school-community relations, problem solving, and conflict resolution. In addition, he continues to be actively involved as a consultant and expert witness in numerous school-related lawsuits nationwide. As a university scholar and researcher, he has published, and continues to publish, textbooks, monographs, and articles on issues in the fields of school law, business management, administrative practice, and leadership theory. He also continues to present papers at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences and is a widely sought-after clinician for inservice workshops. Dr. Dunklee was an invited participant and presenter at the 2005 Oxford (University) Round Table on Education Law: Individual Rights and Freedoms.

He received his Ph.D. in school administration and foundations from Kansas State University. His major area of research was in the field of education law, and his dissertation was on tort liability for negligence. He holds a master's degree in elementary and secondary school administration from Washburn University.

This is Dr. Dunklee's eighth book for Corwin Press. His other Corwin books are You Sound Taller on the Telephone: A Practitioner's View of the Principalship (1999); If You Want to Lead Not Just Manage (2000); The Principal's Quick Reference Guide to School Law (2002 and 2006, with Robert J. Shoop); Strategic Listening for School Leaders (2005, with Jeannine Tate); Anatomy of a Lawsuit: What Every Education Leader Should Know About Legal Actions (2006, with Robert J. Shoop); and Poverty Is NOT a Learning Disability (2009, with Tish Howard and Sandy Grogan Dresser).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761976477
• ISBN 13: 9780761976479
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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