Working for Kids: Educational Leadership as Inquiry and Invention (New Frontiers in Education) - Softcover

Lytle, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607090562 ISBN 13: 9781607090564

Publisher: R&L Education, 2010

Synopsis

Much of the current discourse on improving school leadership, and particularly the performance of principals, is misguided. There is much too much emphasis on evaluation and standards as determined by policy makers and professors and not nearly enough attention to how one provides performance-driven leadership in the context of day-to-day practice. As an administrator, academic, consultant and researcher, Lytle has traveled widely in the school leadership province. This book draws on his career as a school administrator and his experience teaching leadership at the graduate level. The author uses personal stories to address such questions as: How does one learn to lead? How does one become a leader? How does one teach others to lead? What does it mean to lead for learning?

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About the Author

James H. "Torch" Lytle is practice professor of educational leadership at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. From 1998–2006 Lytle was superintendent of the Trenton, NJ Public Schools; prior to his appointment in Trenton, he served in a variety of capacities in the School District of Philadelphia as an elementary, middle, and high school principal; executive director for planning, research, and evaluation; regional superintendent; and assistant superintendent.

Edition details

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607090562
• ISBN 13: 9781607090564
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184