Strategies for Developing and Supporting School Leaders: Stepping Stones to Great Leadership [Hardcover]

Preface

Chapter 1 - Developing Great Leaders

Chapter 2 - Creating a Leadership Development System

Chapter 3  Leadership Development Pathways

Chapter 4 - Partnering for Success

Chapter 5 - Growing Your Own Model: Aspiring Leaders

Chapter 6 - Growing Your Own Model: Current Leaders

Chapter 7 - Mentoring and Coaching

Chapter 8 - Additional Features of a Leadership Development System

Chapter 9 - Adding to Your Leadership Development Toolkit

References

Karen L. Sanzo is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Educational Leadership Program at Old Dominion University, USA. She is also the Director of the School Leadership Preparation and Development Network and assists Virginia schools and districts with leadership preparation development and formative assessment leadership. Recipient of 2019 Master Professor Award from University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA).

Now more than ever our districts and CMOs need solid school leaders who can scale and sustain conditions for effective teaching and learning. Therefore, its imperative that our school systems strengthen their approaches to developing and supporting school leaders. Strategies for Developing and Supporting School Leaders offers a solid framework, tools, and stories from the field that system leaders will find extremely useful!

--Frederick Brown, Deputy Executive Director, Learning Forward

Quality leadership is essential to educational excellence and equity, making the preparation, selection and development of educational leaders critical. However, the development of principals is rarely prioritized due to lack of funds, expertl“˜