Leadership

The Compassionate Leader offers an honest and refreshing guide to leading schools with purpose and heart. Drawing from the author's personal experiences as a school leader, interviews with head teachers and the latest research, this inspiring book...

This book examines reasons for the ongoing growth of British schools in Asia and what the appeal of British education tells us about the past, present and future directions of the sector.With the use of a post-colonial lens, it considers the notion of...

This book describes a model for educational leadership ethics that provides a critical, reflective vision of what education can be for all children in K- 2 schools. The authors of Race-Conscious Caring in Educational Leadership conducted interviews with...

Focusing on the many challenges faced by school leaders in different contexts, including primary, secondary, rural, and urban settings, this book helps you find practical solutions that work for your circumstances, align with your values, and support...

Islam, Education and Freedom explores six key areas of freedom: identity, acceptance, pedagogy, conflict, trust, and love. Based on a qualitative case study of a progressive Islamic school in Southern California, North Star Academy, the book illustrates...

Drawing together diverse research perspectives and theoretical underpinnings, this handbook explores gender as a social category and examines cultural and social differences. Bringing together diverse perspectives from around the world, including from...

The pressure is on. Principals, expected to improve math performance at their schools, often don't know where to begin as they may be uncomfortable with math themselves-or believe that their schools are already doing all that they can. How can K-12...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962188715Author Brig LeaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Solution TreePublisher Solution Tree

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837872213Author Alois-Uwe KlemmFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Aaron CrenshavPublisher Aaron CrenshavWeight(grams) 163g

Bridge the gap between managing well and leading for impact. In this must-read guide for education leaders, Alan C. Jones expertly distinguishes between Administrators Good at their Jobs (AGJs) and Standout School Leaders (SSLs) by exploring the...

Learning to Lead for Transformation takes an international and inclusive approach, exploring learning and educational leadership from different cultural and theoretical perspectives, from Habermas' theory of cognitive interests to Freire's approach to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956904208Author Gene KlannFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Blacksmith PublishingPublisher Blacksmith PublishingWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm)...

A roadmap for running a lab-and developing the leadership skills you didn't know you needed.As a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, chemist Jen Heemstra learned how to collect data, write papers, and give talks to other scientists. But when,...

Activist Leadership for Inclusive Schools explores courageous methods for educational leadership and principalship in Canada to move beyond additive discourses of diversity to dismantling systems of oppression for thriving schools and communities. It is...

District Leadership for Racial Equity shows how transformative changes can occur across diverse districts when leaders take purposeful action in support of racial equity.Developed as part of the Racial Equity Leadership Network initiative led by Southern...

This comprehensive book provides a theoretical understanding of how imagination contributes to effective leadership, as well as practical tools all educational leaders can employ to cultivate their imaginations and the imaginations of others in their...

This book argues that teachers' active participation in policy advocacy is crucial to creating a K-12 educational system that honors the needs of students, families, and communities. The authors examine obstacles to teacher involvement in policy, analyze...

Every child, no matter their starting point or background and no matter their additional and different needs, should have an equitable chance of success at school. This first book in the Equity in Education series looks at how schools can foster a better...

Rural School Leadership: Lessons from Alaska is a guide for leaders in rural schools. The book tells stories, provides clear examples, and provides practical school improvement strategies. Throughout the book, authors discuss how leaders can help their...

Rural School Leadership: Lessons from Alaska is a guide for leaders in rural schools. The book tells stories, provides clear examples, and provides practical school improvement strategies. Throughout the book, authors discuss how leaders can help their...

Actionable, road-tested approaches to understanding and tackling poverty in schoolsThe stark reality of poverty and disadvantage in our communities is one of the biggest challenges faced by schools today. Schools need better understanding of the broader...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682539828Author Shelley ZionFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Harvard Education PRPublisher Harvard Education PR

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682539736Author Patricia M VirellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Harvard Education PRPublisher Harvard Education PR

Why do some school systems and organizations outperform their peers despite using similar strategies and materials? Look to leadership, system design, and implementation, not policies and rules, and the answer begins to take shape. This book offers a new...

Use this indispensable guide to elevate your leadership practices to improve your school's teaching and learning. Designed to empower today's K-12 school leaders, this book will help you develop and implement a robust, systemwide approach to fostering...

Why do some school systems and organizations outperform their peers despite using similar strategies and materials? Look to leadership, system design, and implementation, not policies and rules, and the answer begins to take shape. This book offers a new...

Codified Leadership draws from research and evidence-based practices to provide every school leader - regardless of their experience - with authentic opportunities to improve and transform them into the very best leader. It breaks down complex leadership...

Organizational Theory for Equity and Diversity covers the full range of organizational theories as applied to educational leadership practice and research, exploring not only traditional perspectives but also critically oriented epistemologies including...

Discover how the crisis of a global pandemic allowed educators to improve learning across the pre-K-adult pipeline. While acknowledging the scale of loss and difficulty the COVID pandemic engendered within the field of education, this book focuses on...

The A-Z of Independent School Leadership is a guide for school leaders organised around the 26 letters of the alphabet.About the AuthorGuy Holloway is the co-founder and former headmaster of Hampton Court House, an independent co-educational school in...

This book draws on insights from 37 women leaders, collected from 2020 to 2022, around women's experiences with gender and racial bias, resilience, social justice, and leadership strategies and challenges. The respondents possess different educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648720263Author Brad FlynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint various Australia publishersPublisher various Australia publishersWeight(grams)...

A companion to Allan R. Odden's Education Policy Implementation, also published by SUNY Press, this book presents original work by a new generation of scholars contributing to education policy implementation research. The contributors define education...

Learning Group Leadership: An Experiential Approach equips readers with the basic information, theory, concepts, research, interventions, and guidelines required to help them develop into effective group leaders within a variety of settings. The book...

This book redefines leadership in early childhood education (ECE), offering fresh theoretical insights and practical approaches.Delving into the challenges of the workforce in the ECE sector, this book unravels the narrative of leadership development. It...

This book redefines leadership in early childhood education (ECE), offering fresh theoretical insights and practical approaches.Delving into the challenges of the workforce in the ECE sector, this book unravels the narrative of leadership development. It...

This book traces the policymaking processes of the Review of Funding for Schooling (2011), which fundamentally changed school funding policy in Australia. School funding is a key element of any equitable school system. This is because the distribution...

With the 5th Edition of Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement, best-selling Victoria Bernhardt has written the go-to-resource for data analysis in your school! By incorporating collaborative structures to implement, monitor, and evaluate the...

This book introduces mindfulness as an approach for enhancing the supervision of teachers and teacher candidates. Drawing on empirical research and the welcoming of mindfulness in public school classrooms, the author makes the case for embracing...

Changing Mindsets of Educational Leaders to Improve Schools responds to the dual question that all graduate and post-graduate programs should ask: As students learn about leadership, does their practice change? If so, does this changing practice result...