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| Author | : Kathleen Sernak |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780807737613 |
In School Leadership, you will experience in vivid detail how one school struggled to create a caring school community within a traditional, bureaucratic hierarchy. The text begins with the school's historical background of having a high student drop-out rate and a reputation for crime, violence, and drug dealing. The author then examines: caring in the context of the principal's leadership as an African American woman attempting to create a nurturing atmosphere; the ways in which faculty and staff perceive the intents and actions of the principal; how teachers nurture themselves and each other; the notion of a connection between caring and power; and the potential impacts of caring power on leadership and organization of schools, particularly as educators weigh the options of various cultural and educational needs involved in school reform initiatives. Sernak makes dynamic new connections between caring, power, and leadership that will be of interest to policymakers, administrators, and all educators concerned with creating a caring school environment.
| Author | : Mark A. Smylie |
| Publisher | : Corwin Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2020-07-29 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1071801856 |
Real-life examples to inform and inspire caring in your leadership practices! The practice of caring is essential to effective schooling. Published as a companion to Caring School Leadership, this comprehensive resource of powerful, real-life stories will make clear the connection between caring leadership and student academic success and well-being. Stories of Caring School Leadership includes a guide for using the stories in self-directed reflection and learning, for educators practicing in schools and professional preparation programs. Readers will find stories that • will help aspiring and practicing leaders reflect upon and further develop caring as a quality of their leadership • affirm the importance of caring as a fundamental quality of school leadership • provide examples of caring school leadership in action that can be analyzed, reflected upon, and used to develop practice Stories have the power to inform and inspire. The stories in this book are evidence of what is possible when caring leadership is practiced in our schools.
| Author | : Mark A. Smylie |
| Publisher | : Corwin Press |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2021-04-21 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1071852736 |
Learn, reflect, and grow from 40 true stories of caring school leadership during times of crisis Each crisis brings its own issues and unique traumas, and when they happen, most leaders handle the moment by leaning into triage and logistics. This book suggests focusing on more—specifically, on the people they serve. Are you up to the task? These 40 real stories, from a wide range of schools and settings during many types of crises, show how caring school leadership adopted caring people-first strategies. This book will help you and your teams be inspired to prepare for, perhaps prevent, respond to, and recover from your own school crises. Within these pages, you will find: An introduction to what crisis and caring school leadership means Helpful lists to guide caring leadership practices A review of current crisis management literature Questions, reflection, and prompts to engage with story learnings Prepare now to be the concerned, caring, and constant leader your school will need when crises come as well as making your leadership and school more caring when those same crises subside.
| Author | : Mark A. Smylie |
| Publisher | : Corwin |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2020-01-21 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1544320140 |
Principles and possibilities to inform and inspire caring in your leadership practices! The values and themes in this book will help you fulfill your school leadership practices with a renewed recognition of the human side of schooling. Written for leaders at all levels, this research-based collection of ideas, strategies, and examples focuses on caring as what’s been missing from school improvement plans that produce academic success and socially and emotionally well-rounded students. In addition to insights and lessons about caring from educators and human service professions like nursing and ministry, readers will be introduced to themes of · Caring in interpersonal relationships with students · Cultivating schools as caring environments · Fostering caring in families and communities
| Author | : Leonard O. Pellicer |
| Publisher | : Corwin Press |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2007-08-29 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1452208565 |
Discover the meaning of caring leadership and bring your school to a new level of excellence! The author examines what it means to be an effective, caring leader who develops meaningful bonds with staff members to establish common core values. This updated edition of a bestseller demonstrates the relationship between caring leadership and moral and ethical choices and expands on the power of caring leadership to transform schools. This revised edition provides veteran and aspiring leaders with: Two new chapters on the art of caring leadership Real-world examples that illustrate what leaders encounter each day Expanded reflective exercises in each chapter
| Author | : Karen Nell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
This case study examines secondary school leaders' perceptions of their ability to build positive relationships with the adolescents in their care as a means for improving students' academic performance. A sample of administrator participants was chosen from four suburban high schools with similar demographics located in the South Central Pennsylvania region. Participants were surveyed, interviewed, and observed in an effort to identify whether or not their self-perceptions of how they build positive relationships with students and their actual behaviors align. A comparison between leadership styles and the gender of the participants was also made to determine whether or not gender influences the behaviors of school leaders as it explores the use of justice-oriented and care-oriented approaches to school leadership. This study is grounded in a theoretical framework based on the works of Shapiro and Stefkovich (2011), Noddings (2005), Kohlberg (1975), Gilligan (1982), and Tannen (2001) as it investigates how secondary school administrators use transformational, ethical, and authoritative behaviors in their daily interactions with students. Using four case studies and the results of an electronic survey, this study examines whether or not school leaders' perceptions of their success in building relationships with students are accurate. The findings of this case study illustrate that transformational and care-oriented styles of school leadership are the most effective in building positive relationships with secondary students. Additionally, there were no significant differences between the survey or interview responses of male and female participants, demonstrating that in this particular study, the gender of the participant did not increase the likelihood of transformational or care-oriented behaviors being used. This study asserts that all school leaders can be more effective in meeting the demands of accountability while still caring for the well-being of students' social, emotional, and cognitive growth by prioritizing the building of relationships over accountability itself, and by developing their own overall capacity to balance both transactional and transformational responsibilities. This research contributes to existing literature on ethical educational leadership, gender-related styles of communication and leadership, and secondary school leadership.
| Author | : Jessica M. Cabeen |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2023-04-04 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1119885760 |
A must-have guide to succeeding at school leadership without sacrificing personal balance Reports of burnout, stress, and compassion fatigue are on the rise. These issues push many out of the profession, leading to high turnover and sub-optimal student outcomes. How can school leaders combat these problems? Leaders can manager their own wellness and priorities. Healthy leaders who learn balance can create motivation, confidence, quality collaboration, and enthusiasm among staff and other stakeholders. Principal in Balance offers principals strategies and tools to take more ownership of their lives at work and home, so everyone in the K–12 educational community can thrive. Nationally Distinguished Principal and four-time author Jessica Cabeen shows you how to navigate leading at work and having a fulfilling life. Throughout the book, you gain actionable points to help you set achievable goals, find time in the day to accomplish them, and have time to enjoy rest at home. You’ll learn to better meet the needs of your administration, staff, parents, and students using intentional and creative actions without sacrificing yourself. Learn to balance work and life to create higher productivity Gain proven tips for successful goal setting, staff retention, and student learning Discover lead-to-win strategies that can help you improve your leadership in all areas Make intentional space in your daily life for self-care and permission to rest Principal in Balance offers a practical, timely approach by a school leader for school leaders to cultivate work/life balance. This book is an essential companion for K–12 school leaders and administrators, aspiring school leaders, and teacher trainers.
| Author | : Mary G. Green |
| Publisher | : IAP |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2014-06-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1623967317 |
This book analyzes education reform through the eyes of those entrenched in the process—policy makers, administrators, middle managers, principals, and teachers—in the context of care. A senior administrator, who participated in the implementation of an unprecedented series of reforms that flattened the education system in a Canadian province and rebuilt it with a new mandate, examines learning from the shortcomings of the past and provides a critical enquiry that can help determine the success or failure of future reform efforts by shedding light on the obstacles to avoid, problems to correct, and methods to embrace in order to overcome hurt and disappointment in a turbulent environment and foster more caring and effective educational organizations. Few attempts have been made to write a book about women’s work from the perspective of those in senior leadership roles in education; others have written about it but not experienced it firsthand. This book illuminates the controversial debate between women and gender in education and challenges assumptions about equity and the caring and democratic nature of education. It contributes to a broader understanding and knowledge of the complexities of leadership work within education, which in turn can lead to improvement in professional relationships as well as organizational effectiveness. The book contains enlightening and compelling stories about the unique and shared experiences of people navigating turbulence within an organization. Author Mary Green draws on her career spent teaching and learning to provide a unique Canadian perspective and context. She offers a rigorous self, social, historical, and political reflection of educators, who despite experiencing particular challenges, draw purpose from faith in the possibilities and potential of more caring practice in education. The content will prove useful to those committed to infusing more humanity into work in education with reference to individuals, institutions, and the social and political challenges in the field. Specifically, this book is relevant to graduate students in faculties of education, policy makers, principals, other administrators, and organizational leaders. Universal issues of power and politics reveal interconnections between the personal and the global workplace, underscoring the importance of care in the workplace.
| Author | : Leonard O. Pellicer |
| Publisher | : Corwin |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 1999-07-07 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
This book examines what it means to be a leader. It is intended not only for education leaders, but for anyone who feels compelled to provide the most effective leadership they can. The content is based on the author's 30 years of experience as a professional educator. Each chapter illustrates a component of leadership through a series of questions, short vignettes, selected quotations, and personal stories. It emphasizes that questions are more important than answers and that the essential things about which a person cares determine to a great extent who that person is as a human being and as a leader. It asks persons to take the time to examine their personal point of reference in dealing with professional colleagues, and underscores the role that cooperation and understanding can play in successful leadership. The book illustrates how leadership roles are demanding and stressful and states that leaders should take care of themselves. It closes with a description of the metamorphosis that one must experience to become a leader. (Contains 23 references.) (RJM)
| Author | : Larry Dake |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 111 |
| Release | : 2021-01-10 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1475859597 |
This book will assist aspiring and practicing school leaders with strategies to navigate transitions, balance relationships, and manage their time more effectively. All three components are necessary to manage stress and avoid burnout in today’s fast-paced and always-on world of school leadership. While prep programs teach several important facets for the job, nothing quite prepares school leaders for the job’s stress, time expectations, and public face. This book can help all school leaders in these areas!
