| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) |
| Series |
Research on the superintendency |
| Contents |
(R)evolutionary leadership : an innovative response to rapid and complex change / Meredith Mountford and Leigh Ellen Wallace -- Colorado school superintendents : meeting the challenges of leadership / Wendy A. Clouse, Al Ramirez, Dallas Strawn, Patrick Radigan, William Dallas, Kevin Brooks, and Pat Green -- Effective systems? Leadership in a rapidly changing English education system : ways forward for U.S. superintendents / Robin Precey and Terry Bennett -- Superintendents who lead for optimal learning : nine insights / Jim Brandon, Paulette Hanna, Kent Donlevy, and Dennis Parsons -- Succession planning for administrative positions : supporting order during tumultuous transitions / Mark E. Deschaine and Raymond W. Francis -- Ethics and the superintendency / Denver J. Fowler -- Inclusive leadership : breaking down isolated practice and developing a culture of inquiry to increase student and adult learning / Deborah M. Telfer, Aimee Howley, and Martha L. Thurlow -- Leading for learning : district leaders as networked change agents / Catherine McGregor, Judy Halbert, and Linda Kaser -- Some "central" issues in creating professional learning communities : a superintendent's perspective / Jesus "Chuey" Abrego and Jamie Lopez -- X chromosome in a Y-dominant world : what could possibly go wrong? / Barbara Qualls -- Like father, like son : superintendents mentoring for success through fictive kinship community / Rhonda Baynes Jeffries and J.R. Falor Green -- The superintendency : the cost of making a difference? The personal toll / Dennis G. Parsons, Jim Brandon, Sharon Friesen, and Michele Jacobsen -- Evolving practices for dealing with superintendent stress : compassion, self-compassion, and mindfulness / Caryn M. Wells |
| Summary |
"How can contemporary school district administrators, specifically superintendents, contend with so many difficult, and almost impossible competing commitments? Building on the definitions of revolution, revolutionary, evolution, and evolutionary, the notion of (R)Evolutionary Leadership emerged while discussing the need for school district leaders to push back against the status quo while improving teacher and leadership practices, improving student learning outcomes, engaging with the community, and ensuring decision making processes that include check and balance systems that are just, fair, and equitable for all. The chapters in this book introduce superintendents or research on superintendents in which these tenants were practiced; both in their ability to enact radical change by 'overthrowing' the status quo--as well as evolutionary in their deliberate approach to viewing change as a process they can control over time. These leaders were willing to confront and defy practices and policies that do not support student well-being and achievement, yet also know how to leverage what is to attain their desired result and future. The chapters chosen for inclusion in this volume are those that offered a glimpse of these revolutionary tenants in practice"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2019) |
| Subject |
School superintendents.
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Educational leadership.
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Educational change.
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Educational change
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Educational leadership
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School superintendents
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mountford, Meredith, editor.
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Wallace, Leigh (Leigh E.), editor.
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| LC no. |
2019008544 |
| ISBN |
1641135263 |
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9781641135269 |
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