Successful School Leadership: Planning, Politics, Performance, and Power

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ELCC MATRIX SECTION I: PLANNING FOR CHANGE Understanding Strategic Leadership CHAPTER ONE - The Evolving Context of Education Leadership Looking Back: A Historical Note Leadership's Contemporary Societal Context: Illustrating Unceasing Change Evolving Contextual Details Strategic Leadership: What It is and Why It is Now Needed What A Strategic Leader is Not CHAPTER TWO - Strategic Leadership in an Organizational Context Theoretical Views of Organizations and Their Import for a Strategic Leader Leadership Theories and Styles The Idea of Strategic Leadership Educational Leadership in a Changing Societal and Organizational Paradigm Combining Appraisal and Action CHAPTER THREE - Strategic Planning Planning Operational Details What is Strategic Planning? The Impact of Politics on Goal Setting and Strategic Planning Key Considerations in the Planning Process SECTION II: POLITICS Policy Knowledge Needed by Strategic Leaders CHAPTER FOUR - Governance The Seemingly Seamless Spectrum of Schooling Stakeholders The Scale and Scope of United States Schooling Constitutional Underpinnings of Education's Complexity and Diversity Informal Centralization The Structure of States for Governing Education General Government and Education CHAPTER FIVE: Politics, Policy and Policy Issues Illustrating How Policy Matters for Education Leaders Explaining the Formation of Policy Policy, Public Policy, Education Policy, and a Policy System Paradigm Cultures of Policy Inside the "Modern" Education Reform Policy Paradigm CHAPTER SIX: Finance Providing Strategic Leaders with the Finance Knowledge They Need A Historical Sketch of the United States Education Finance Context Education Finance Magnitude Generating and Distributing State and Federal Education Revenues Allocating Resources Productively Within an Education Organization What is Wrong with This (Financial) Picture? The Likely Future Context of Education Finance CHAPTER SEVEN: Law Conventions, Constitutions, Cases, Courtrooms, and Classrooms Protecting (and Sometimes Restricting) Students' Rights Protecting (and Sometimes Restricting) Employee Rights SECTION III: PERFORMANCE What a Strategic Leader Needs to Know Regarding Knowing CHAPTER EIGHT: Learning The Importance of Instructional Time The Significance of Specifying What is to be Learned Instructional Program Alignment Learning Theories Dimensions of Knowledge The Implication of Learning Theory for Learning Environments What Do We Expect Students to Be Able to Do with What They Learn? How Can Students Be Motivated to Learn? What is the Role of the Teacher in the Learning Process? Cultural Diversity and Instructional Environments CHAPTER NINE: Programs Forces Influencing School Programs in the United States Perspectives on Assessing the Quality and Alignment of State Standards Approaches to Enhancing School Programs The Intersection of K-12 Programs and Post-Secondary Education CHAPTER TEN: Performance Assessing the Performance of Students Assessment of Leadership Performance Assessing School Performance Value-Added Performance Measures Performance-Based Compensation Systems National and International Assessments of Education Performance CHAPTER ELEVEN: Problem Solving Strategic Approaches to Decision Making in Education Systematic Collection and Use of School Data Analyzing Data Integral to School Effectiveness Analyzing Data Integral to School Efficiency SECTION IV: POWER The Application of Strategic Leadership CHAPTER TWELVE: Power Decision Making and Implementation Important Definitions and Distinctions CHAPTER THIRTEEN: People People and School Success Profiling America's Educators Compensating America's Educators Compensation Reform Possibilities Selecting Teachers, Administrators, and Others Professional Development Assessing Teacher Performances Motivating Personnel Productively CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Partnering Schools with Parents and Communities Theoretical and Empirical Research Considerations Strategically Linking Family and Community to Student Performance Collecting Data on Community Involvement Developing Strategic Community Partnerships CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Practicing Strategic Leadership Shaping One's Leadership Style Constructing Professional Philosophies Setting Performance Priorities Communicating Purposes, Creating Impressions, Confronting Conflict Leader Ethics and Consistent Behavior The Unsung Significance of Predictable Leader Behavior CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Preparing to be a Strategic Education Leader The Positive Trajectory of Education Leadership as a Profession Multiple Challenges of 21st Century Education Leadership The Path to Leadership is Evolving The Large Demand for Leaders, and New Leaders, in Education Leading Learning and Implementing Policy: The New Professional Practitioner Paradigm Career Preparation Changes Necessitated by Strategic Leadership Education Leader Remuneration Paths to Professional Leadership Positions SIGNIFICANT COURT DECISIONS AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY INDEX