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You are currently browsing 1–10 of 19 new and published books in the subject of Leadership Strategy — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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New and Published Books

  1. Creating Effective Community Partnerships for School Improvement

    A Guide for School Leaders

    By Hazel Carter

    Creating Effective Partnerships for School Improvement places the school within the community which is composed of a number of key players, including school leaders, classroom teachers, private foundations, higher education institutions, business and community based organizations, and government...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Transformative Leadership in Education

    Equitable Change in an Uncertain and Complex World

    By Carolyn M. Shields

    In the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world of education today, leaders need to take an engaged, activist, and courageous approach to help build optimistic futures for all students. Transformative Leadership in Education presents an alternative approach to leadership for deep and...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Cultivating an Ethical School

    By Robert J. Starratt

    Often the school is left as an institution seemingly ethically neutral, leaving untouched questions about whether the school itself is a site of injustice toward both educators and children. Springing from his well-known Building an Ethical School, Robert J. Starratt now looks more closely at the...

    Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Intellectual Leadership in Higher Education

    Renewing the role of the university professor

    By Bruce Macfarlane

    Series: Research into Higher Education

    What is ‘intellectual leadership’ and how might this concept be better understood in the modern university? Drawing on research into the role of full or chair professors, this book argues that it is important to define and reclaim intellectual leadership as a counter-weight to the prevailing...

    Published February 19th 2012 by Routledge

  5. A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories

    By Matthew Lynch

    Educational administrators know that leadership requires hundreds of judgments each day that require a sensitivity and understanding of various leadership strategies. Bridging the gap between the academic and practical world, A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories provides an exploration...

    Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge

  6. School Effectiveness and Improvement Research, Policy and Practice

    Challenging the Orthodoxy?

    Edited by Christopher Chapman, Paul Armstrong, Alma Harris, Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds, Pam Sammons

    This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become ingrained into the theoretical and...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Applied Critical Leadership in Education

    Choosing Change

    By Lorri J. Santamaría, Andrés P. Santamaría

    Educational leaders are seeing the increasing need for practical transformative models and theories to address academic, cultural, and socio-economic gaps separating learners at all levels of the educational system. Applied Critical Leadership in Education explores a leadership model arising from...

    Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge

  8. Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership

    Edited by Eugenie A. Samier, with Adam G. Stanley

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This collection explores the political philosophy and theory foundations for educational administration and leadership as they influence our understanding, analysis and practice in the field. The first section, "Political Philosophy: The Foundations," discusses the work of such writers as...

    Published May 5th 2011 by Routledge

  9. Foucault and Educational Leadership

    Disciplining the Principal

    By Richard Niesche

    School principals are increasingly working in an environment of work intensification, high stakes testing, accountability pressures and increased managerialism. Rather than searching for the latest leadership fad or best practice model, this book suggests that in order to better understand these...

    Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge

  10. Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education

    Improving Instructional Practice and Student Learning in Schools

    By Allan R. Odden

    Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education offers a comprehensive and strategic approach to address what has become labeled as "talent and human capital." Grounded in extensive research and examples of leading edge districts, this book shows how the entire human resource system in...

    Published January 9th 2011 by Routledge