Advancing the Development of Urban School Superintendents through Adaptive Leadership [Hardcover]

Based on a case study of urban school superintendents in a leadership development program, this book offers a concrete demonstration of how adaptive leadership is applied and learned. Blending the theory of adaptive leadership with the practice of urban school superintendents, this book also utilizes the analytic lens of transformative learning as developed by Jack Mezirow.

1. Introduction
2. Participating Superintendents: Profiles in Leadershipand Survival
3. Description of the Program for Leading Superintendents (PLS)
4. How Participants Remembered PLS
5. Sifting Through the Narrative
6. Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research

Based on a case study of urban school superintendents in a leadership development program, this book offers a concrete demonstration of how adaptive leadership is applied and learned.