School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide range of school improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. This book draws together the most effective school improvement projects from around the world within a comprehensive overview by including detailed comparative analysis of a wide variety of school improvement initiatives. Drawing on examples from the UK, the USA, Canada, South Africa and...
School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulte...
Through real-life single and multiple case studies, Learning to Lead Together addresses how principals and their staffs struggle with the challenge of shared leadership, how they encourage teacher growth and development, and how shared leadership can lead to higher levels of student learning. The cases show how shared leadership, a powerful adaptive change, is socially constructed across contexts and evolves as teachers and principals learn how to work together. The book also illustrates how principal preparation and professional development programs that utilize problem-based learning and...
Through real-life single and multiple case studies, Learning to Lead Together addresses how principals and their staffs struggle with the challenge...
Learning to Lead examines the dilemmas principals face in engaging teachers in shared leadership. The text makes a contribution to the field of educational leadership, administration, and leader preparation through cases and the description of professional development initiatives to prepare pre-service principals and administrators for shared leadership. Authors from the United States, England, and Australia present a broad brushstroke of principals sharing leadership through original field-based research, set within a theoretical framework of democratic schooling. to explore the importance...
Learning to Lead examines the dilemmas principals face in engaging teachers in shared leadership. The text makes a contribution to the field of educat...
