Understanding School Leadership [Paperback]

Written in a clear and readable style, the book contains an extensive exploration of leadership models and management strategies and is based on the latest research.Written in a clear and readable style, the book contains an extensive exploration of leadership models and management strategies and is based on the latest research.`This is a book packed with ideas and insights. It is informed by evidence from school leaders and provides a valuable overview of many important theories and research findings. A strength of the book is the way it pulls together empirical research the authors have conducted over the last 20 years. Such a long term view offers a new and needed long term perspective on school leadership and enables the authors to show how trends in leaders' careers, thinking and practice have emerged and unfolded. Researchers and practitioners alike will find something of value in this book' - Professor Geoff Southworth, Director of Research, National College for School Leadership

'[A]n excellent, well-written, extensively referenced, empirically based contribution to school leadership thinking... Earley and Weindling offer valuable insights for all of us: serving headteachers/principles, advisory and distinct-wide policy makers and aspiring headteachers' - Journal of Educational AdministrationIntroduction
PART ONE: THE CHANGING ROLE AND NATURE OF HEADSHIP
A Changing Discourse
From Management to Leadership
Stages of Headship
Who Becomes a Head and How Long Do They Stay?
The Changing Appeal and Reality of Headship
Outstanding Leaders
School Leadership in Action - A Case Study
Accountability and Ethically Responsible School Leadership
Images of Leadership
PART TWO: DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Leadership Teams and SMTs -l³"