{"product_id":"making-sense-as-a-school-leader-persisting-questions-creative-opportunities-hardback-9780787901646","title":"Making Sense As a School Leader; Persisting Questions, Creative Opportunities (Hardback) 9780787901646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Sense As a School Leader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePersisting Questions, Creative Opportunities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard H. Ackerman (Author), Gordon A. Donaldson, Jr. (Author), Rebecca van der Bogert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787901646, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e213 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.449 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A real contribution to an over-discussed subject...This book reaches below the surface to the real issues and relationships that confront principals in their orchestration of the daily affairs of teachers, parents, and students.\" (Harold Howe II, former president of the Ford Foundation for Education and Public Policy)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A real contribution to an over-discussed subject.... This book reaches below the surface to the real issues and relationships that confront principles in their orchestration of the daily affairs of teachers, parents, and students.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Harold Howe II, former president of the Ford Foundation for Education and Public Policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on the work of the prestigious Harvard Principal's Center, this book shares some of the \"sense\" that practicing principals have made of their own complex experiences. The authors offer real-life case examples of typical leadership dilemmas in such areas as student discipline, teacher assessment, fiscal management, parental involvement, and schoolwide planning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leadership as a Quest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Justice: Doing What's Right..But What Is Right?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Teaching: Promoting Effective Teaching and Valuing Each Teacher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Purpose: Process or Product?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Resources: Balancing Infinite Needs and Finite Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Change: Fostering Change and Respecting the Individual.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ownership: Weaving Diverse Interests into Mutual Purpose.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Autonomy: Encouraging Creativity and Preserving Community.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trusting in Community.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trusting in Yourself.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407372284184,"sku":"9780787901646","price":33.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787901646.jpg?v=1784164590","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-sense-as-a-school-leader-persisting-questions-creative-opportunities-hardback-9780787901646","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}