Collaborative leadership in action
Subtitle: partnering for success in schools
By: edited by Shelley B. Wepner, Dee Hopkins ; foreword by David Berliner
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780807751466; 9780807751473
Description: "At a time when states are raising their standards to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college and careers, the need for partnerships between K-12 and higher education is greater than ever before. Collaborative Leadership in Action shows how these partnerships can be done to benefit all students."--Gov. Bob Wise, chair. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

"Wepner, Hopkins, and their colleagues show us how to create a seamless K-12 system that uses the power of collaboration to improve teaching and student achievement. Effective teaching is a team sport. Our schools need good teachers and leaders, but they don't become great places to learn until those educators join forces to develop a learning culture that is more powerful than even the best of them can create on their own. This book shows the way."--Tom Carroll. President, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.

Collaborative Leadership in Action is about school university community partnerships and the leaders who build and sustain them. It defines and describes different types of collaborative partnerships and discusses how to develop, maintain, and evaluate relationships that enrich the PreK-16 learning environment. Speaking from the leadership perspectives of both PreK-12 and higher education, real-life examples illustrate theories and practices of successful leaders partnering across organizations. The final chapter provides a set of considerations and guidelines for effective collaborative leadership. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The value of partnerships / Dee Hopkins; title: Types of partnerships / David M. Byrd and D. John McIntyre; title: Developing partnerships with purpose / Lee Teitel; title: Sustaining partnerships / Diane Yendol-Hoppey, David Hoppey, and Ted Price; title: Making evaluation useful : improving partnerships through ongoing collaborative assessment / Jerry W. Willis; title: Defining collaborative leadership / Shelley B. Wepner; title: How collaborative leaders cross boundaries / Jeffrey Glanz; title: How to become a collaborative leader / Shelley B. Wepner.