School Leadership and Administration : Important Concepts, Case Studies, and Simulations by Richard A. Gorton and Petra A. Snowden (2001, Trade Paperback)

McGraw-Hill Higher Education

0072397772

9780072397772

1955837

Petra A. Snowden, Richard A. Gorton

School Leadership and Administration : Important concepts, Case Studies, and Simulations

Trade Paperback

English

2001

Textbook

360 Pages

8.5in

0.6in

7.4in

18.4 Oz

Lb2805.G664 2002

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PART I: MAJOR CONCEPTS IN ADMINISTRATION AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP Chapter 1: Decision Making Chapter 2: Communication Chapter 3: Authority, Power and Influence Chapter 4: Group Leadership Chapter 5: Conflict Management Chapter 6: Organizational Culture Chapter 7: School Improvement PART II: CASE STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS: CLINICAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS Chapter 8: Introduction to Clinical Materials and Learning Experiences Chapter 9: Beginning Challenges 1. Preparing for the Job Search 2. From Teacher to Administrator 3. The New Principal (In-Basket Activities) 4. The New Assistant Principal (In-Basket Activities) 5. Resentment over Appointment 6. Why Does a Woman Need to Act Like a Man? 7. Gimme That Old-Time Discipline 8. Is Being Busy Necessarily Productive? Chapter 10: Student Problems 9. School Yard Dangers 10. Ideas on IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 11. The Underachiever 12. What Should Be the Role of the Student Newspaper? 13. A Complex Discipline Problem 14. The Drop-Out Problem (Simulation Exercise) 15. Students Can't Take Pressure Any Longer 16. An Issue of Morals and Priorities 17. "Zero Tolerance" for Weapons in Schools Chapter 11: Administrator-Staff Relationships 18. Teacher Selection 19. Problems of a Beginning Teacher 20. Faculty Teamwork 21. Who Needs Lesson Plans? 22. Conflict Over Teacher Citizenship Rights 23. Faculty Dissatisfaction and Low Morale 24. Teacher Files a Grievance 25. Teacher Reacts Negatively to Personnel Evaluation 26. Faculty Slowdown 27. Do Women Have Power? 28. Collaboration Woes Chapter 12: School-Community Relations 29. Curriculum Unit Upsets Parents 30. Communication and Constructed Reality 31. Parental Apathy 32. Wanted: A Plan for Improving Parental and Community Involvement 33. The School-Community Web 34. Developing Student Talent 35. A New Role for the Parents' Organization 36. How Much Should Parents Be Told? 37. Administrator-Press Relations 38. Public Relations: What's Really Important? 39. Censorship? Or Parents' Rights? 40. Financial Crisis! Chapter 13: Role and Organizational Problems 41. Principal's Mid-Year Problems and Priorities (In-Basket Activities) 42. Principal's End-of-the Year Problems and Priorities (In-Basket Activities) 43. Principal's Dilemma 44. Principal's Personal Conduct Results in Possible Suspension 45. Intra-Organizational Role Conflict 46. Supervisor-Principal Relationship 47. The Superintendent and the New School Board Members 48. Administrator Evaluation Chapter 14: Race and Drug Issues 49. Can Total School Integration Be Achieved? 50. Minority Parents Are Dissatisfied with Integration 51. We Want Neighborhood Schools, Too! 52. Metropolitan Integration 53. Parents Detect Racial Disparity 54. Teacher Difficulty in a Multicultural Climate 55. Matter of What? 56. Do (Should?) We Treat Them All Alike? 57. Student Drug Problem at Washington School 58. Do Extreme Times Call for Radical Action? (A Leaderless Group Activity) 59. When A Faculty Member is Suspected of Drug Abuse 60. A Different Kind of "Drug" Problem Chapter 15: Problems of Change 61. Teacher Tries to Individualize Instruction 62. Effective Schools: How Do We Get There From Here? (A Group Activity) 63. Planning for Improvement 64. School-Based Management 65. Restructuring Staff Evaluation and Supervision 66. Changing the Role of the Building Principal 67. In-Service or Disservice Education? Part I 68. In-Service or Disservice Education? Part II 69. School Choice 70. School District Chips Away at Computer Education Problems 71. Inclusion of Special Needs Students

2002

College Audience

Leadership, Administration / General

2001-034099

Education