TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gross,Steven J.
TI  - Promises kept: sustaining school and district leadership in a turbulent era 
SN  - 1416601481
AV  - LB2805 .G77 2004eb
U1  - 371.2 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Alexandria, Va.
PB  - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
KW  - School management and organization
KW  - Educational leadership
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Administration
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Humaniora
KW  - Pædagogik
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index; Understanding the patterns of leadership succession -- Leadership mentoring -- Teachers as school leaders -- Dealing with rapid growth -- Understanding rising expectations -- Shared governance as a crucial democratic forum -- Integrating new faculty -- Integrating new families and students -- Supporting advanced teacher-learners -- Dealing effectively with district leadership -- When the state and the feds come marching in -- Recasting the vision without selling out : one school's story
N2  - Annotation; What happens when a powerful school leader leaves? What do innovating schools do to keep their learning agendas alive? How can schools regroup when upheavals at the district, state, or federal level threaten to cripple their programs? In Promises Kept: Sustaining School and District Leadership in a Turbulent Era, Steven Jay Gross draws on his visits to schools in the midst of reform to answer these questions and discuss the triumphs and challenges that innovating schools face. Using examples from schools and districts throughout the United States, Gross shows teachers and school leaders how to sustain positive change and effective innovations, and he provides useful tools for evaluating challenges and progress. Gross addresses the critical challenges of leadership succession, changes to site-specific innovations, power struggles at the district and state levels, federal requirements (including the No Child Left Behind Act), and shared governance and other democratic forums. If you're an educator who's been feeling increasingly frustrated and drained by what's happening in your school or district, you'll find in this book practical and inspiring strategies for refocusing your vision and transforming negative energy into positive change. Steven Jay Gross is Professor of Educational Leadership at the Temple University College of Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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