Case Studies in Educational Administration

by Kowalski, Theodore J.

• ISBN13: 9780321081438
• ISBN10: 0321081439
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

"Effective practice in school administration requires both leadership and management. In today's reform-minded, information-based society, practitioners must be able to frame problems correctly and then make effective decisions to ameliorate them. As leaders, district and school-level administrators are expected to focus on what should be done to improve schools; as managers, they are expected to focus on how to do things successfully. The cases in this book are designed to make students think about common problems of practice by encouraging them to bridge theory and practice. More precisely, the cases are intended to hone four essential practitioner skills: the ability to frame a problem correctly; the ability to develop and evaluate alternative solutions to a defined problem; the ability to use data and other facts to counter the influence of politics and emotion in decision making; and the ability to grow professionally by engaging in reflective practice."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Matrix of Topics by Case Number	ix
Introduction	1	(10)
Fear of Outcome-Based Education	11	(10)
Protecting the Organization: Legitimate Power or Compromise?	21	(8)
A Bully's Threat	29	(8)
Lounge Talk	37	(8)
An Assistant Principal Who Does not Fit the Image	45	(8)
Using Committees to Make Key Decisions	53	(8)
The Principal Changes Some Valued Rules	61	(8)
An Effort to Study Site-Based Management	69	(8)
Different Perceptions of Effective Teaching	77	(10)
A Matter of Honor	87	(10)
The Closed-Door Policy	97	(10)
Captain Punishment	107	(10)
The Stepping Stone	117	(10)
The One-Skill Superintendent	127	(8)
Who Will Censure this Board Member?	135	(8)
Does the Punishment Fit the Offense?	143	(8)
Site-Based Conflict	151	(8)
Is this All There is?	159	(8)
The Clinic Controversy	167	(10)
Substance Abuse and Student Discipline	177	(10)
Let's not Rap	187	(8)
We Don't Want the Devil Teaching Spelling	195	(10)
Does Decentralization Lead to Inequities?	205	(12)
The Principal's Vision	217	(8)
Subject Index	225