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What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership
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What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership


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School Management | Team Building

February 2006 | 152 pages | Corwin
The fifth in its series, What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership, recognizes that effective headteachers practice and model a collaborative approach to leadership, decision-making, vision, goal-setting, and celebrating success. A headteacher's success depends on building and maintaining collaborative relationships with others both inside and outside of school.

In this book, aspiring, new, and experienced headteachers will learn how to engage more fully in collaboration at all levels to ultimately support improved teaching, student achievement, and a cohesive and supportive school culture.

 
Dedication
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Questionnaire: Before We Get Started…
 
1. Introduction
Case Study and Reflective Questions

 
 
2. Best Practices in Team Building
Leading with Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork

 
Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams

 
Assessing your Leadership Style

 
Draw a Pig

 
The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise

 
Team Effectiveness Critique

 
Conclusion

 
 
3. Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration
Action Research for Collaboration and More

 
Benefits of Action Research

 
Steps in Action Research

 
Three Forms of Action Research

 
Action Research in Action

 
Guidelines for Implementing Action Research

 
Conclusion

 
 
4. Best Practices in Shared Decision Making
Encouraging Teacher Leadership

 
Site-Based Management

 
Conclusion

 
 
Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality
 
Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations
 
Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork
 
Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research
 
Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making
 
Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources
 
References
 
Index

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1


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ISBN: 9781412915908
£21.99