Schools as communities
Subtitle: educational leadership, relationships, and the eternal value of Christian schooling.
Contributors: Drexler, James L.
Publisher: Purposeful Design Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Colorado Springs, Colo.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781583310830
Subjects: Church schools -- United States; Christian education -- United States -- Philosophy; Communities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Edited by James L. Drexler.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Schools as communities of grace; title: Leading the Christian school in the sociological dimension; title: The life of the leader; title: Why take the risk? The leader as risk-taker; title: Understanding educational leadership; title: The school as a system : organizational theory for educational leaders; title: The liberating dichotomies of educational leadership; title: Professional development and the subversive principal-gathering the scattered in instructional community; title: Resource management : now and forever; title: Providing curriculum leadership; title: Moving from tolerance to transformation : building culturally inclusive school communities; title: Assessing school learning; title: The three R's of classroom management; title: How to change school culture effectively; title: The collaborative community : a model of Christian schooling; title: Working with boards : rules, responsibilities, and relationships; title: Reflective community in a standards-based world; title: Engaging the school with despised communities.