Educational Leadership: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary Education Issues) - Hardcover

Pat Williams-Boyd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 157607353X ISBN 13: 9781576073537

Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK), 2002

Synopsis

An objective discussion of educational leadership from both inside and outside the school system, focusing on ethical issues, dominant models, and today's unprecedented commitment to community involvement.
During the last decade of the 20th century, the United States entered a new era of educational leadership. The seat of educational authority shifted from the district office to the individual school, from the principal-as-manager to the stakeholders: students, teachers, families, community members, school boards, politicians, and corporate and philanthropic foundations.

In Educational Leadership, educator Pat Williams-Boyd traces these changes from their roots in the 19th century to the present day. She shows readers what leadership looks like when it is distributed throughout a community and explains how collaborative relationships can be forged. She also examines techniques for effective leadership during the hazardous process of school reform and presents a critical discussion of 20 leading school reform models.

About this title

About the Author

Pat Williams-Boyd is associate professor of education at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and the director of Middle Vision: Center for Dynamic Middle Level Education. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Middle Grades Education: A Reference Handbook.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO (UK)
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157607353X
• ISBN 13: 9781576073537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358