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9780810844827

The Changing World of School Administration

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810844827

  • ISBN10:

    0810844826

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-07-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

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Now available in paper back.The tenth annual NCPEA yearbook examines the pressing issues facing today's educational leaders from a variety of philosophical perspectives. Standardized testing, the impact of market forces on public education, zero tolerance disciplinary polices, ethnic and gender diversity, and issues related to the preparation of school leaders are among the topics discussed in the 25 essays.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors ix
Review Board xi
Preface xiii
Part I: Invited Chapters
President's Message: Professors and Practitioners: Building Bridges through Leadership
2(3)
Paul M. Terry
Cocking Lecture: Improving Student Achievement: Some Structural Incompatibilities
5(23)
Fred C. Lunenburg
Standardized Testing and Educational Standards: Implications for the Future of Emancipatory Leadership in U.S. Schools
28(16)
James M. Smith
Connie Ruhl-Smith
The Fateful Turn: Understanding the Discursive Practice of Educational Administration
44(16)
Fenwick W. English
The (Un)Changing World of School Leadership: A Journey from Discourse to Practice
60(20)
Edith A. Rusch
Leadership as a Form of Learning: Implications for Theory and Practice
80(11)
Linda Lambert
The Changing Environment for School Leaders: Market Forces
91(18)
Martha M. McCarthy
Superintendents and Board Members Grappling with Zero Tolerance Policies
109(22)
Margaret Grogan
Brianne Reck
A Call for Professional-Organizational Self Scrutiny
131(13)
Seymour B. Sarason
Part II: Leadership Preparation
The Impact of Diversity in Educational Administration
144(13)
Linda C. Tillman
The Need for a Leadership Practice Field: An Antidote for an Ailing Internship Experience
157(10)
Theodore B. Creighton
Judy A. Johnson
Small Classes or Accountability? Using Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Class Size Outcomes, and Other Data to Demonstrate the Necessity of Critique
167(15)
C. M. Achilles
J. D. Finn
Learning What They Need to Know: School Leaders' Lessons of Experience
182(17)
Lynn K. Bradshaw
Joy C. Phillips
Issues That Mentors Share with Proteges
199(10)
Sandra Harris
Charlene Crocker
Michael H. Hopson
Change and Transformation in an Educational Leadership Program
209(13)
John E. Henning
Victoria Robinson
Best Best-Practices: Assessments in Nontraditional Educational Administration Preparation Programs
222(18)
Gini Doolittle
James Coaxum III
A Journey to Transform Educational Leadership Graduate Programs: The University of South Florida Story
240(16)
Karolyn J. Snyder
Part III: Leadership in Practice
Ethically Responsible Leadership in a New Era of High-Stakes Accountability
256(11)
Steven J. Gross
Joan Poliner Shapiro
The Man in the Principal's Office (Re)Visited by a Woman
267(15)
Margaret Andrews
Sharon Shockley Lee
Dorothy James
Changing Times, Changing Relationships: An Exploration of Current Trends Influencing the Relationship between Superintendents and Boards of Education
282(12)
Lance D. Fusarelii
George J. Petersen
Politics and the Socialization of Superintendents
294(18)
Lars G. Bjork
Robert J. Bell
D. Keith Gurley
Unrestricted Reemployment of Retired Administrators: Effective Policy or a Cause for Concern?
312(13)
Theodore J. Kowalski
Scott R. Sweetland
Addressing Mentor-Principals' Lifelong Learning Needs in the Preparation of Principal Candidates
325(22)
Lawrence T. Kajs
John M. Decman
Chris Cox
Edward Willman
Ramon Alaniz
School Leaders' Perceptions of Multicultural Competencies: Implications for School Leadership
347(16)
Martha N. Ovando
Women in School Leadership: Taking Steps to Help Them Make the Leap
363(13)
Sandy Hutchinson
Administrator Entry Year Programming: A Cross-Institutional Pilot Program-Process, Program Descriptions, and Lessons Learned
376(13)
Louis Trenta
Robert Beebe
Patrick Cosiano
Harry Eastridge
Author Index 389(12)
About the Editors 401

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