School leadership
Subtitle: handbook for excellence in student learning
By: [edited by] Stuart C. Smith, Philip K. Piele ; foreword by Joseph Murphy.
Contributors: Smith, Stuart Carl, 1944-; Piele, Philip K.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: School management and organization -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Educational leadership -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-461) and index.
Table of contents: value: The State of School Leadership; value: The Landscape of School Leadership; value: The Effects of Leadership; value: The Person; value: Portrait of a Leader; value: Leadership Styles and Strategies; value: Developing School Leaders; value: The Values; value: Ethical Leadership; value: Visionary Leadership; value: Cultural Leadership; value: The Structure; value: Accountable Leadership; value: Site-Based Management; value: Distributed Leadership; value: Political Leadership; value: The Mission of Student Learning; value: Instructional Leadership: Supporting the Learning Process; value: Instructional Leadership: Progress Monitoring; value: Instructional Leadership: Cultivating a Learning-Focused Community in Schools; value: The Skills and Resources; value: Communicating; value: Engaging the Public; value: Managing Data for Decision-Making: Creating Knowledge From Information; value: Allocating Human, Financial, and Physical Resources.