Keys to Success for Urban School Principals / Edition 2

by Gwendolyn J. Cooke

Overview

Presenting seven keys to leadership—control, caring, change, charisma, communication, curriculum, and courage—this manual provides strategies to initiate, stabilize, and sustain effective practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412940931
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/07/2006
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

For over 36 years, Gwendolyn J. Cooke has served learners by delivering high quality education in schools and universities. Prior to being named Deputy Superintendent of Kansas City, MO School District, she worked in senior level positions in these urban districts: Warrensville Heights, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Savannah, GA and Baltimore, MD. For a decade, Cooke directed programs and services for urban and rural schools at the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Certified to train others in the use of many of NASSP’s professional development programs for school leaders, Cooke's areas of expertise include leadership development of school administrators, gifted and talented education, standards-based school reform, multicultural education, NCLB regulations, parent and community involvement, and educating special education and economically disadvantaged children.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Control: Managing the School Community
2. Caring: Addressing the Affective Domain of Leadership Success
3. Change: Leading in a New Direction
4. Charisma: Leading With Personality
5. Communication: Sharing Vision and Commitment for Success
6. Curriculum: The Tool for Instructional Leadership
7. Courage: Risk Taking and Responsibility
Resource: School Leadership Styles Instruments
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"An outstanding guide for school leaders. Offers powerful strategies, recommendations, and resources to successfully lead school reform. A must-read for practitioners of educational leadership and students alike! "

Roy F. Davenport

"This book definitely makes a contribution to the field of urban school leadership. It blends research with practical application very well. "

Rosalind Pijeaux Hale