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This book offers the critical perspectives of 20 educators on some of the issues associated with facilitating instructional leadership, emphasizing the complex interplay between the character of schools as work settings, the orientations of principals and teachers toward their work, and the challenges of leading and improving schools at the end of the 20th century. The book is divided into four parts, each with several independently authored chapters. Part 1, "Images of Leadership in Effective Schools," examines alternative images of school leadership and administration and comments on the antecedents and consequences of instructional leadership and school improvement efforts. The chapters are by Martin Burlingame, C. M. Achilles, Arthur Blumberg, and William Greenfield. Part 2,"Leading and Managing Schools," examines factors shaping instructional leadership from the district perspective and offers two examples of leadership at the school level. Ginny V. Lee, Robert K. Wimpelberg, Judith Warren Little, Tom Bird, and Kent D. Peterson wrote the chapters. Part 3, "School Cultures and Contexts," fleshes out the interplay between elements of school culture, context, and instructional le

Author

William Greenfield; C. M Achilles

Publisher

Publication Sales, Allyn and Bacon, Longwood Division, 7 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA 02159 (Order No. H02975, $27.95; quantity discounts)

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780205102976

Subjects

Education, Management