Preparing principals for a changing world : lessons from effective school leadership programs
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Preparing principals for a changing world : lessons from effective school leadership programs
Jossey-Bass, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preparing Principals for a Changing World provides a hands-on resource for creating and implementing effective policies and programs for developing expert school leaders. Written by acclaimed author and educator Linda Darling-Hammond and experts Debra Meyerson, Michelle LaPointe, and Margaret Terry Orr, this important book examines the characteristics of successful educational leadership programs and offers concrete recommendations to improve programs nationwide. In a study funded by the Wallace Foundation, Darling-Hammond and the team examined eight exemplary principal development programs, as well as state policies and principals' experiences across the country. Using the data from the study, they reveal how successful programs are structured, the skills and knowledge participants gain, and what they are able to do in practice as school leaders as a result.
What do these exemplary programs have in common? Aggressive recruitment; close ties with schools in the community; on-the-ground training under the wing of expert principals, and a strong emphasis on the cutting-edge theories of instructional and transformational leadership.
In addition to highlighting the programs' similarities, the study also explains the differences among the programs and sheds light on the effectiveness of approaches and models from different states and contexts?East, West, North, and South; urban and rural; pre-service and in-service. The authors analyze program outcomes for principals and their schools, including illustrative case studies and educators' voices on the influence of programs' strategies for recruitment, internships, mentoring, and coursework.
The ideas and suggestions outlined in Preparing Principals for a Changing World are presented with the goal of increasing the number of highly qualified, thoughtful, and innovative educational leaders.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
About the Authors xi
1. Developing School Leadership: The Current Challenge 1
2. Studying Exemplary Programs 23
3. Preparing New Leaders: What Successful Programs Do 45
4. Sustaining School Leaders: Supports for On-the-Job Learning 79
5. Evaluating Programs: What Well-Prepared Principals Know and are Able to Do 99
6. Supporting Exemplary Programs 123
7. Creating Policy for Leadership Development 149
8. Pulling it All Together: Conclusions and Implications 179
Appendix A: Research Methods 193
Appendix B: Survey Instruments 217
Appendix C: Cross-State Comparisons of Principals' Survey Responses 281
References 301
Index 309
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