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Table of Contents: Preface i. Series Description a. Specification ofhow this volume aligns with ELCC Standards b. Clarification of approach tocitations/references via provision of further readings section and end notecitations ii. Foreword iii. Acknowledgements Section 1: ContextualFactors Influencing Schools and Educational Leaders 1. The Evolving Contextof Strategic Education Leadership * The evolving nature of 21st Centurylife and its consequences for education * The changing nature of leadershipwhen change itself is the dominant force in the world * Strategicleadership contrasted with historical predecessors * Forces shaping,including those opposing, the new globalism * Consequences fororganizations of the new global dynamic 2. Qualities of Strategic EducationLeaders * A discussion of the definition of leadership * Historicinsights regarding the origin of leadership, nature or nurture *Characteristics that distinguish a modern, "strategic", leader. *Significance of vision * The application of strategic leadership toeducational settings though cycles of appraisal, analysis and action *Strategic teacher leadership 3. Creating a Strategic Organization *Alignments between strategic leadership and a strategic organization *Components of organizations as systems * What is known regardingorganizational change * Organizational change imperatives Section 2:Knowledge Strategic Leaders Need 4. Governance * The organization andcontrol of American education * The never-ending layers of statutory andlegal authority that impinge on education leaders * The multipleconstituencies with which education leaders are inevitably involved 5.Politics and Policy * The application of Systems Theory to politics andeducation policy * A system paradigm explaining political actions *Conceptual lenses through which a leader may view policy * A brief historyof key American education policies 6. Finance * The financial magnitudeof the operation of the United States public school system * The evolutionof United States Education finance Polices * Means by which revenues aregenerated and distributed to support public school in the Untied States *Mechanisms by which resources are allocated (budgeted) within schooldistricts and schools * Inefficiencies inherent in the operation of schoolfiscal management * Factors contributing to the stasis in educationalaccounting practices * The fiscal landscape that education leaders willlikely confront in the upcoming decades 7. Law * The role of law inshaping the operational context for education leaders. * Constitutional andjurisprudential underpinnings of American education. * Court cases ofhistoric significance for American education and, hence of professionalimportance for leaders. * Criteria for judicial intervention in an issue.* Cases illustrating students' judicially protected and restricted rights.* Cases illustrating employees' judicially protected and restricted rights.8. Learning * The link between student achievement expectations, expressedin today's policy environment as academic standards, and individual learning* Theories of how people learn * The issue of knowledge transfer via adiscussion of the distinction between learning to acquire skills and learningfor deeper understandings * Approaches to motivating learners * The roleof teachers in the learning process Section 3: The Application of SkillfulEducation Leadership 9. Planning * The definition of strategic planningand the tactical components comprising the planning process. * Theadvantages strategic planning holds as a dynamic management instrument for aneducation agency. * Who should be engaged in planning. * What comprises areasonable planning time frame and time horizon. 10. Power * What isincluded in the concept and application of power * Sources of power for aleader * Effective uses of power in leading an organization * Approachesto power practically available to a strategic leader * Limits on a leader'suse of power 11. People * The significance of people for schooling'ssuccess * The profile of America's education professionals * Contemporaryeducator personnel incentives and compensation practices * Educatorcompensation reform possibilities * Suggestions for recruiting andselecting personnel * Strategies for ensuring productive professionaldevelopment for educators * Strategies for providing effective evaluationof educators * Motivating people to promote organizational effectiveness12. Program Issues in American Education * The influence of A Nation atRisk and the No Child Left Behind act on school programs * The role of the"standards and accountability" movement in American education * Approachesto rating the efficacy of state academic standards * The importance ofalignment between standards, assessments and instructional programs *Mechanisms for assessing and enhancing the content of school programs *Links between K-12 and University programs 13. Performance Issues inAmerican Education * Approaches to assessing the performance of K-12 schoolstudents * Mechanisms for assessing the performance of education leaders *Issues associated with evaluating school effectiveness * Value-addedperformance measures * Performance-based compensation systems for educators* National and international perspectives on educational performance 14.Practicing Leadership * Consciously crafting a personal leadership style *Identifying one's core values relevant to leadership * Constructing aprofessional philosophy of education and of management * Setting prioritiesfor leadership action * Considerations in deploying people, resources, andtime * Communicating with a spectrum of audiences * Employing leadershipsymbols and influencing follower impressions * Difficult conversations withcolleagues, subordinates, and upperlings * The significance to a leader ofpersonal ethics and consistent behavior 15. Involving Communities andFamilies in Schooling * The importance and impact of community and familyinvolvement * Strategies for effectively connecting schools, families &communities * Collecting data on community and family involvement *Including families and communities in school decisions 16. StrategicApproaches to Decision Making in Education Organizations * The complexcontext facing strategic education leaders * The importance of data-drivendecision making for education leaders * A systematic process for makingdata-based decisions * The use of performance data in the design andoperation of instructional programs and in guiding staff development * Aconsideration of data infrastructure requirement to support school anddistrict data-based decisions * Various ways that school leaders can usedata to guide programmatic, personnel and resource-based decisions 17.Preparing to be a Strategic Education Leader * The magnitude of the demandfor education leaders * The evolving global context shaping education'sleadership roles * Why strategic leadership necessitates preparationdifferent from the past * The Remuneration of Education Leaders *Opportunistic and activist paths to leadership positions * The high returnon investment (ROI) for leadership training Appendices Glossary IndexSubject Author