Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership: A Bridge to Improved Practice describes how successful and effective schools and administrators operate in an increasingly challenging, fast-paced, demanding, and at times revolutionary environment. Readers are offered an integrated view of the knowledge base, research, and practice of administration within a context of multiple perspectives and a wide range of thinking.Preface Introduction Part I The Foundations of Educational Leadership CHAPTER ONE: Leadership Standards, Values and Practice CHAPTER TWO: Context and Perspective for Educational Leaders CHAPTER THREE: School Reform and Innovation CHAPTER FOUR: School District Organizational Structure and Leadership CHAPTER FIVE: Leadership Theory and Practice PBL: Marveling at the Results: Power, Roles, Relationships, and School Reform Part Two-Instructional Leadership and Student Learning CHAPTER SIX: Leading Learning in Schools CHAPTER SEVEN: Technology and Learning CHAPTER EIGHT: Diversity and Language Learning CHAPTER NINE: Curriculum Development and Assessment PBL: A Jalapeno in a Candy Jar: Addressing Diversity Part Three---Operational Support for Effective Teaching and Learning CHAPTER TEN:Student Support Services CHAPTER ELEVEN: Law and Policy CHAPTER TWELVE: Resource Allocation and Management PBL: Safe Havens: Developing School-Based Health Clinics APPENDIX A. Bridges & Hallinger - Problem-Based Learning in Educational Leadership B. Getz-Understanding Group Process C. PBL Project- Personalizing Learning Through Technology Integration: A Plan for Sheridan High School