What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership

by Jeffrey Glanz

• ISBN13: 9781412915908
• ISBN10: 1412915902
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-13
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Use collaborative leadership strategies to attain heightened success with these best practices for team building, action research, and decision making.

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
About the Author	x
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started . . .	xiii
Introduction	1	(15)
Case Study and Reflective Questions	12	(4)
Best Practices in Team Building	16	(35)
Leading With Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork	21	(1)
Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams	22	(3)
Assessing Your Leadership Style	25	(16)
Draw a Pig	41	(1)
The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise	42	(5)
Team Effectiveness Critique	47	(2)
Conclusion	49	(2)
Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration	51	(19)
Action Research for Collaboration and More	52	(2)
Benefits of Action Research	54	(1)
Steps in Action Research	55	(3)
Three Forms of Action Research	58	(1)
Action Research in Action	59	(7)
Guidelines for Implementing Action Research	66	(3)
Conclusion	69	(1)
Best Practices in Shared Decision Making	70	(18)
Encouraging Teacher Leadership	72	(9)
Site-Based Management	81	(5)
Conclusion	86	(2)
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality	88	(3)
Resource A. Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations	91	(3)
Resource B. Assessing Your Role in Teamwork	94	(5)
Resource C. Assessing Your Role in Action Research	99	(7)
Resource D. Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making	106	(3)
Resource E. An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources	109	(3)
References	112	(5)
Index	117