Stories of Caring School Leadership
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| ISBN-13: | 9781071801826 |
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| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication date: | 09/07/2020 |
| Pages: | 168 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education.
In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as department chair and associate dean.
He is past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). He is co-editor of the AERA Handbook on Educational Administration (1999) and editor of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) yearbook, The Educational Leadership Challenge (2002).
His work is in the area of school improvement, with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has authored or co-authored 18 books in this area and edited another 12. His most recent authored volumes include Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement (2002), Leadership for Literacy: Research-Based Practice, Pre K-3 (2003), Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement (2005), Preparing School Leaders: Defining a Research and Action Agenda (2006), and Turning Around Failing Schools: Lessons From the Organizational Sciences.
Karen Seashore Louis is the Rodney Wallace Professor of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Her area of expertise includes improvement in K–12 leadership and policy over the last 30 years, particularly in urban secondary schools. Louis also conducts research on organizational changes within higher education, with particular attention to faculty roles, and on international comparative policy in educational reform. A past president of Division A of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), she is a widely published author in the field. Recent books include Organizing for School Change, Leadership for Change and School Improvement: International Perspectives, Handbook of Educational Administration, Second Edition, and Organizational Learning in Schools. Louis earned a bachelor's degree in History from Swarthmore College and a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xix
About the Authors xxi
Introduction: Caring School Leadership 1
Collection I Stories of Being Caring in Relationships With Students
Introduction 16
Questions for Reflection and Discussion 17
Stories From PreK and Elementary Schools 21
1 Walk You to School? 21
2 Terry 22
3 Ana 23
4 I Don't Have a Knife 24
5 Opening Up 24
6 Had It Gone a Different Way 25
7 Three Musketeers 26
8 Fever Free and Smiling 27
9 Now What Do I Do? 28
10 Sheila 29
11 Pizza and a Football 32
12 Connecting 32
13 Two Yearbooks 34
14 The Lunchroom 35
Stories From Secondary Schools 36
15 Minister of Presence 36
16 Sue Knows She Is Loved 36
17 What's Going on With Renee? 37
18 Promise 38
19 Red Sneakers 41
20 Nate 42
21 Patrick 43
22 Four Years With That Student 44
23 On the Bus Ramp 45
24 Giving and Taking the Chance 46
25 You Just Gotta Be Calm 47
26 Not Giving Up 47
27 The Last Leg 48
28 I've Got Your Back 49
29 Toss and Turn 49
30 Authentic Care 50
31 Jason 51
32 Let Me Work on That 53
33 The Business Card 54
34 Not All Who Wander Are Lost 55
35 Not Too Tired to Be Caring 56
36 Swimming Upstream 56
37 Try This 56
38 The Tux 57
39 Breaking the Law 58
40 No Pity, Just Care 58
41 It's Because My School Family Loves Me 59
42 Natalie 61
43 Our Collective Responsibility 62
44 Bicycle Built for Two 63
Collection II Stories of Cultivating Schools as Caring Communities
Introduction 65
Questions for Reflection and Discussion 66
Stories From Elementary Schools 71
45 We Like the Egg Chairs 71
46 Hear My Message, Not My Tone 71
47 Family Connect Time 73
48 Our Transformation 73
49 Dots 74
50 Season of Giving 76
51 Evaluating Faculty With Challenge and Support 77
52 Coaching With Care 77
53 Accepting Your Feelings 78
54 Seth 80
55 Learning Together 82
56 Helping a Teacher Build Relationships With Students 82
57 Buddy Bench 83
58 360 Degrees of Caring 84
59 The Results Are In 85
60 Always There for Me 86
61 Lunch With the Principal 87
62 School Welcomes 87
Stories From Secondary Schools 89
63 We Choose Relationships 89
64 Small Steps 89
65 Getting You Ready to Walk 90
66 Student Advocates 91
67 Grab a Sandwich 92
68 Welcome to Refugee High 93
69 Do We Really Know? 94
70 Setting Rules and Policies 95
71 No One Graduates Alone 97
72 Responding to the Crises 99
73 Good Works Toward Each Other 100
74 Fostering a Caring Faculty Culture 102
75 Promoting Safety and Community Through Near Peer Mentoring 103
76 When It Is Actually Not Easy 104
77 Mama Bears 105
78 Celebrating Matt 106
79 Everyone Has a Voice 107
80 Our Work Is Really All About Caring 107
81 A More Inclusive Culture 109
82 Enforcing the Norms 111
83 True Safety 112
84 Gail and Her Girls 112
85 Our Food Pantry 114
Collection III Stories of Fostering Caring in Families and Community
Introduction 117
Questions for Reflection and Discussion 119
86 Engaging Parents in Equity Dialogues 122
87 The Fire 122
88 Family Support 123
89 This School Is Here for You 124
90 An Open Letter to Parents of Children Throughout New York State Regarding Grades 3-8 Testing 125
91 Community Career Fairs and Pop-Up Food Banks 128
92 Born and Bred 129
93 We Are Going to Be Together in This 131
94 My Mom Is in Trouble 133
95 We Just Couldn't See It 135
96 Our Next Mayor 136
97 Promoting Early Childhood Education in Families and the Community 137
98 Visiting With the Kids 139
99 Parent University 139
100 What Can We Do? 141
Bibliography 143