Competency-Based Leadership: A Guide for High Performance in the Role of the Sch

Description: Competency-Based Leadership by M. Scott Norton The primary purpose of the book is to provide practicing principals and others to meet the challenges related to learning leadership. The book serves as a guide for ensuring the accomplishment of the goal of establishing a learning culture in the school. Persons who use the bo... FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Competency-Based Leadership is intended for school leaders that currently are serving as practitioners in the field. In addition, those individuals who aspire to a career in the principalship also will find the information of special value. The primary purpose of the book is to provide practicing principals and others to meet the challenges related to learning leadership. The book serves as a guide for ensuring the accomplishment of the goal of establishing a learning culture in the school. Persons who use the book will gain the knowledge and skills that are required for becoming an effective learning-leader in practice. Author Biography Dr. M. Scott Norton has served as a classroom teacher, coordinator of curriculum, associate superintendent and superintendent of schools. He served as Professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University. Table of Contents Chapter 1—The Building of the School Principalship in AmericaThe Primary Chapter GoalThe School Principal: A Historical PerspectiveEstablishment of American SchoolsHorace Mann and Universal EducationBenjamin Rush and the Spirit of NationalismCommon Schools in AmericaThe Emergence of the Junior High SchoolThe Development of the American High School and the Evolution of the School PrincipalshipThe Lancastrian System of InstructionThe Emergence and Development of the Position of Assistant PrincipalThe School Principals Limited Role as an Assistant PrincipalChanging Roles of the Assistant PrincipalSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 2—Theory and Concepts Into Practice: Foundations for the Work of the School PrincipalThe Primary Chapter GoalTheory and Concepts and Their Influence on the Work of the School PrincipalThe Scientific Management Era: Its Influence on the Growth of the PrincipalshipThe Human Relations Era and Its Influence on the Growth of the PrincipalshipThe Behavioral Science Era and the Years of PostmodernismContemporary Problems encountered By School PrincipalsKeeping the Quality School Principals on the JobPrimary Responsibilities of the School PrincipalMajor Issues and Problems Facing Education: Implications for the Work of the School PrincipalSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 3—Competency-Based Administration and Its Implications for the Work of the School PrincipalThe Primary Chapter GoalThe Competency Concept and Its Implications for the School PrincipalCharacteristics and Behaviors of the Competency-Based School PrincipalA Competency-Based Personal Growth Model for the School PrincipalThe ISLLC Standards and Their Knowledge Requirements for School LeadersNASSP Administrative Skill DimensionsThe School Principals Job Description: Identification of Required CompetenciesCore Competencies of the School PrincipalEthics and Responsibilities of the School Principal: Important Competency-Based CharacteristicsSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 4—The Schools Vision and Mission—Foundations for Effective Planning, Organization, and Decision-Making by the School PrincipalThe Primary Chapter GoalThe School Principals Administrative PhilosophyThe Planning Process: A Foundational Responsibility of the School PrincipalProblem Analysis, A Required Skill for Decision-MakingOrganizational Theory: A Basis for Decision-MakingHow Does the Principal Demonstrate Decisiveness?Sources of Power and Decision-MakingDecision-Making as a Group ProcessSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 5—Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate: The School Principal and Staff RelationshipsThe Primary Chapter GoalSchool Culture and Climate: Can They Be Defined?How the School Benefits from Understanding the Culture in Which It is EmbeddedOrganizational Climate and Its Impact on Significant Aspects of School ProgramsHow Does School Climate and School Culture Enhance School Improvement, Including the Staff Development Process?How the School Principal Can Determine the Status of the School ClimateThe Implementation of the Human Resources Process at the Local School LevelJob Satisfaction and the Climate of the SchoolBest Practices for Improving the Schools Climate: What the Research SaysSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 6—The Principals Leadership for Building Positive School-Communitiy RelationsThe Primary Chapter GoalThe Public Relations Competencies and Indicators of Competency of the School PrincipalSchool Public Relations Suggestions for Local School PrincipalsThe Teachers Role in Fostering Positive Community-School RelationsSchool Support Personnel and Their Importance in an Effective Public Relations ProgramThe Leadership Responsibilities of the School Superintendent in Promoting an Effective Public Relations ProgramWorking With the MediaAn Operational Model for Planning, Initiating, Implementing and Evaluating the Schools Public Relations ProgramSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 7—The Legal World of the School Principal: Legislation, Court Rulings, School Board Policy, Administrative Regulations, and School Rules & Procedures.The Primary Chapter GoalThe Legal Basis for Public School Operations: The Federal GovernmentLandmark Court Cases With Direct Implications for the Work of the School PrincipalK-12 Facts for Education in America: Education is Big BusinessThe Legal Basis for Educational Operations: The State GovernmentPolicy, Regulations, By-Laws and Rules: Who Does What?School Board Policies and Their Influence on the Work of the School PrincipalCharacteristics of Effective School District PoliciesSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 8—Planning and Organizing: Foundational Skills Required of the School PrincipalThe Primary Chapter GoalThe School as an Important Component of School SystemSystems Theory and Its Implications for Effective PlanningThe Benefits of Internal and External ScanningShort and Long-Range PlanningStrategic and Operational PlanningStatement of Strategic ObjectivesAnalysis of the Gap Between the Vision and Current PracticesStrategies for Decreasing the GapInfluences on Organizational DevelopmentViewing School Organization in Different WaysPlanning, Organizing and AccountabilitySummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 9—The School Principals Responsibilities for Curriculum Development and Instructional LeadershipThe Primary Chapter GoalWhat is Curriculum and Why Is Its Conception Important for Practice in Schools?Curricular Issues and the Related Problems That School Principals Must FaceDesigning the CurriculumExamining the Curriculum from Various Theoretical PerspectivesThe Primary Responsibilities of the School Principal for Curriculum DevelopmentThe School Principal as an Instructional SupervisorHow Curriculum is OranizedThe School Principal and Program Supervision as Related to Curriculum DevelopmentThe Evaluation of Teacher PerformanceThe Classroom VisitationThe Improvement of Student AchievementSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter10- Performance Appraisal and Staff Development: Access to ProgressThe Primary Chapter GoalPerformance Appraisal and the Work of the School PrincipalPerformance Evaluation Methods and Activities Utilized by School PrincipalsThe Timing of the Classroom VisitationThe Staff Development ProcessThe RPTIM Model for Staff DevelopmentSelected Methods and Strategies for Implementing Staff Development in SchoolsTeam Projects, Think-Tank Activities and Shadow GroupsThe Use of Teacher Talent in Related School ProgramsClinical Supervision, A Formative Classroom Evaluation ModelClassified Employee Staff Development Methods and StrategiesSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 11—The Principal as a Student Advocate: Administration of Pupil Personnel Services and Special Needs ProgramsThe Primary Chapter GoalThe District Office of Personnel Services and Its Common Program ServicesThe Pupil Personnel Services Function: An Increasing Responsibility of the School PrincipalStudent Services at the Local School LevelThe Student: The Schools Number One ClientThe School Principal as a Student AdvocateDescriptions of Selected Legislative Acts Concerning Pupil Personnel ServicesThe Special Education ProgramThe School Principal and Special EducationSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesChapter 12—Budgeting Responsibilities of the School Principal: New Demands for AccountabilityThe Primary School GoalSchool Finance, A Historical Inhibiting Factor of Educational QualityThe School Principal: Accountability for Managing the School BudgetSchool-Based Management and the Responsibilities of the School PrincipalChanging Rules for Principals in SBA School DistrictsBuilding a School BudgetAn Operations Model for the Procedural Flow of Budget PreparationAccounting ProceduresThe School District and School Spending AuditsSummaryReferencesDiscussion QuestionsCase Studies Review Compenency-Based Leadership will be one of those books that stays on my top ten reading list. The knowledge base, understandings and skill sets outlined in this book are the essential ingredients for becoming and remaining a high performing principal. Principals and aspiring principals should make this book a "must read". -- Barry L. Fritch, M.Ed, educator, principal/learning leader, Broadmor Elementary School, Tempe, ArizonaCompetency-Beased Leadership addresses significant issues facing todays school principals. Besides examining the importance of developing leadership competencies focusing on student learning and accountability, the authors provide important insights about issues that continue to plaque novice and experienced school leaders—budgeting, community building, legal quandaries, and planning and organizing their time. A key feature of the text is the use of guiding discussion questions and case studies to illustrate how school leaders practice these competencies. -- Bruce G. Barnett, educational leadership and policy studies, University of Texas at San AntonioDr. Scott Nortons thorough treatment of contemporary educational research on school leadership is exceptional. This serves as the foundational framework for the practicing principal to use in daily leadership practice. The questions posed in the text are compelling and yield inspired reflection. The conclusion is brilliantly elegant: Leadership matters. -- Mike Andersen, EdD, principal, Barry Goldwater High School, Phoenix, ArizonaDr. Scott Norton has produced a well-developed and comprehensive text for school administrators and those planning professional careers as administrators in education. Centering squarely on the contemporary topic of competency-based leadership, the book provides the reader with the foundational history of school leadership and the specific knowledge and skills required to become a competent school leader. Chapters of the book focus on the topics of the legal concerns, organizational and planning strategies, decision-making effectiveness, strengthening faculty, responding to student needs and other essential knowledge and skills required in high-performing schools today. -- Quentin J. Bogart, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former community college presidentCompetency-Based Leadership provides a comprehensive overview of what todays school principal needs to know and be able to do. Drawing upon his wide experience in educational leadership and administration, Dr. Scott Norton brings insight and clarity to the challenges inherent in this most important educational position. It is of significance that the lens he uses to present the modern principal is the lens of competency-based leadership. Todays school leaders are of necessity focused on outcomes and educational leadership, with useful knowledge about the learning leadership embraced by principals that leads to desirable educational outcomes for children and for schools. Dr. Nortons book will be a valuable addition to ones book case. -- Miles Bryant, professor and fulbright scholar, University of Nebraska-LincolnCompetency-Based Leadership is a book that will set the gold standard for todays 21st century principal. Research has taught us to embrace change through knowledge of best practices and examples of accountability through discussion questions and real case studies. Scott Norton has brought us a comprehensive guide to meeting the challenges of administration today. This book goes far beyond a how-to into the ultimate playbook for school success. -- Debra Duvall, executive director, Arizona school administators, Inc. Long Description Competency-Based Leadership is intended for school leaders that currently are serving as practitioners in the field. In addition, those individuals who aspire to a career in the principalship also will find the information of special value. The primary purpose of the book is to provide practicing principals and others to meet the challenges related to learning leadership. The book serves as a guide for ensuring the accomplishment of the goal of establishing a learning culture in the school. Persons who use the book will gain the knowledge and skills that are required for becoming an effective learning-leader in practice. Review Quote Dr. Scott Nortons thorough treatment of contemporary educational research on school leadership is exceptional. This serves as the foundational framework for the practicing principal to use in daily leadership practice. The questions posed in the text are compelling and yield inspired reflection. The conclusion is brilliantly elegant: Leadership matters. Details ISBN1475802331 Author M. Scott Norton Short Title COMPETENCY-BASED LEADERSHIP Language English ISBN-10 1475802331 ISBN-13 9781475802337 Media Book Format Hardcover Affiliation Arizona State University Pages 198 Year 2013 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Education Subtitle A Guide for High Performance in the Role of the School Principal Place of Publication Lanham Country of Publication United States DEWEY 371.2011 AU Release Date 2013-07-10 NZ Release Date 2013-07-10 US Release Date 2013-07-10 Publication Date 2013-07-10 UK Release Date 2013-07-10 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Alternative 9781475802344 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137340432;

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