M. Scott Norton

Competency-Based Leadership

A Guide for High Performance in the Role of the School Principal

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Produktbeschreibung

The primary purpose of the book is to provide practicing principals and others to meet the challenges related to learning leadership. The book serves as a guide for ensuring the accomplishment of the goal of establishing a learning culture in the school. Persons who use the bo...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781475802344
• ISBN-10: 147580234X
• Artikelnr.: 36730361

Autorenporträt

Dr. M. Scott Norton has served as a classroom teacher, coordinator of curriculum, associate superintendent and superintendent of schools. He served as Professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1-The Building of the School Principalship in America The Primary
Chapter Goal The School Principal: A Historical Perspective Establishment
of American Schools Horace Mann and Universal Education Benjamin Rush and
the Spirit of Nationalism Common Schools in America The Emergence of the
Junior High School The Development of the American High School and the
Evolution of the School Principalship The Lancastrian System of Instruction
The Emergence and Development of the Position of Assistant Principal The
School Principal's Limited Role as an Assistant Principal Changing Roles of
the Assistant Principal Summary References Discussion Questions Case
Studies Chapter 2-Theory and Concepts Into Practice: Foundations for the
Work of the School Principal The Primary Chapter Goal Theory and Concepts
and Their Influence on the Work of the School Principal The Scientific
Management Era: Its Influence on the Growth of the Principalship The Human
Relations Era and Its Influence on the Growth of the Principalship The
Behavioral Science Era and the Years of Postmodernism Contemporary Problems
encountered By School Principals Keeping the Quality School Principals on
the Job Primary Responsibilities of the School Principal Major Issues and
Problems Facing Education: Implications for the Work of the School
Principal Summary References Discussion Questions Case Studies Chapter
3-Competency-Based Administration and Its Implications for the Work of the
School Principal The Primary Chapter Goal The Competency Concept and Its
Implications for the School Principal Characteristics and Behaviors of the
Competency-Based School Principal A Competency-Based Personal Growth Model
for the School Principal The ISLLC Standards and Their Knowledge
Requirements for School Leaders NASSP Administrative Skill Dimensions The
School Principal's Job Description: Identification of Required Competencies
Core Competencies of the School Principal Ethics and Responsibilities of
the School Principal: Important Competency-Based Characteristics Summary
References Discussion Questions Case Studies Chapter 4-The School's Vision
and Mission-Foundations for Effective Planning, Organization, and
Decision-Making by the School Principal The Primary Chapter Goal The School
Principal's Administrative Philosophy The Planning Process: A Foundational
Responsibility of the School Principal Problem Analysis, A Required Skill
for Decision-Making Organizational Theory: A Basis for Decision-Making How
Does the Principal Demonstrate Decisiveness? Sources of Power and
Decision-Making Decision-Making as a Group Process Summary References
Discussion Questions Case Studies Chapter 5-Organizational Culture and
Organizational Climate: The School Principal and Staff Relationships The
Primary Chapter Goal School Culture and Climate: Can They Be Defined? How
the School Benefits from Understanding the Culture in Which It is Embedded
Organizational Climate and Its Impact on Significant Aspects of School
Programs How Does School Climate and School Culture Enhance School
Improvement, Including the Staff Development Process? How the School
Principal Can Determine the Status of the School Climate The Implementation
of the Human Resources Process at the Local School Level Job Satisfaction
and the Climate of the School Best Practices for Improving the School's
Climate: What the Research Says Summary References Discussion Questions
Case Studies Chapter 6-The Principal's Leadership for Building Positive
School-Communitiy Relations The Primary Chapter Goal The Public Relations
Competencies and Indicators of Competency of the School Principal School
Public Relations Suggestions for Local School Principals The Teacher's Role
in Fostering Positive Community-School Relations School Support Personnel
and Their Importance in an Effective Public Relations Program The
Leadership Responsibilities of the School Superintendent in Promoting an
Effective Public Relations Program Working With the Media An Operational
Model for Planning, Initiating, Implementing and Evaluating the School's
Public Relations Program Summary References Discussion Questions Case
Studies Chapter 7-The Legal World of the School Principal: Legislation,
Court Rulings, School Board Policy, Administrative Regulations, and School
Rules & Procedures. The Primary Chapter Goal The Legal Basis for Public
School Operations: The Federal Government Landmark Court Cases With Direct
Implications for the Work of the School Principal K-12 Facts for Education
in America: Education is Big Business The Legal Basis for Educational
Operations: The State Government Policy, Regulations, By-Laws and Rules:
Who Does What? School Board Policies and Their Influence on the Work of the
School Principal Characteristics of Effective School District Policies
Summary References Discussion Questions Case Studies Chapter 8-Planning and
Organizing: Foundational Skills Required of the School Principal The
Primary Chapter Goal The School as an Important Component of School System
Systems Theory and Its Implications for Effective Planning The Benefits of
Internal and External Scanning Short and Long-Range Planning Strategic and
Operational Planning Statement of Strategic Objectives Analysis of the Gap
Between the Vision and Current Practices Strategies for Decreasing the Gap
Influences on Organizational Development Viewing School Organization in
Different Ways Planning, Organizing and Accountability Summary References
Discussion Questions Case Studies Chapter 9-The School Principal's
Responsibilities for Curriculum Development and Instructional Leadership
The Primary Chapter Goal What is Curriculum and Why Is Its Conception
Important for Practice in Schools? Curricular Issues and the Related
Problems That School Principals Must Face Designing the Curriculum
Examining the Curriculum from Various Theoretical Perspectives The Primary
Responsibilities of the School Principal for Curriculum Development The
School Principal as an Instructional Supervisor How Curriculum is Oranized
The School Principal and Program Supervision as Related to Curriculum
Development The Evaluation of Teacher Performance The Classroom Visitation
The Improvement of Student Achievement Summary References Discussion
Questions Case Studies Chapter10- Performance Appraisal and Staff
Development: Access to Progress The Primary Chapter Goal Performance
Appraisal and the Work of the School Principal Performance Evaluation
Methods and Activities Utilized by School Principals The Timing of the
Classroom Visitation The Staff Development Process The RPTIM Model for
Staff Development Selected Methods and Strategies for Implementing Staff
Development in Schools Team Projects, Think-Tank Activities and Shadow
Groups The Use of Teacher Talent in Related School Programs Clinical
Supervision, A Formative Classroom Evaluation Model Classified Employee
Staff Development Methods and Strategies Summary References Discussion
Questions Case Studies Chapter 11-The Principal as a Student Advocate:
Administration of Pupil Personnel Services and Special Needs Programs The
Primary Chapter Goal The District Office of Personnel Services and Its
Common Program Services The Pupil Personnel Services Function: An
Increasing Responsibility of the School Principal Student Services at the
Local School Level The Student: The School's Number One Client The School
Principal as a Student Advocate Descriptions of Selected Legislative Acts
Concerning Pupil Personnel Services The Special Education Program The
School Principal and Special Education Summary References Discussion
Questions Case Studies Chapter 12-Budgeting Responsibilities of the School
Principal: New Demands for Accountability The Primary School Goal School
Finance, A Historical Inhibiting Factor of Educational Quality The School
Principal: Accountability for Managing the School Budget School-Based
Management and the Responsibilities of the School Principal Changing Rules
for Principals in SBA School Districts Building a School Budget An
Operations Model for the Procedural Flow of Budget Preparation Accounting
Procedures The School District and School Spending Audits Summary
References Discussion Questions Case Studies