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Appropriate for courses and seminars in School Superintendency in departments of Educational Administration.

This new casebook, based on a national study of first-year superintendents, enhances students' ability to encounter new situations, assess relevant factors, and decide on effective courses of action on their own. It offers valuable vicarious experiences and insights by combining real-life case studies with analyses by experienced, knowledgeable professors of educational administration. All cases and text are based on a national study of 15-year superintendents.

• Features detailed case studies which, in many instances, use the actual superintendents' own words to describe their ideas, challenges, and problem-solving processes. Pg.___

• Reflects diversity in case studies by including profiles of male, female, and minority superintendents in rural, town, suburban, and urban districts throughout twelve different states from across the country. Pg.___

• Places the profiles of beginning superintendents into quantitative and historical contexts using charts to highlight comparative data. Pg.___

• Analyzes case studies in relation to one another and to relevant professional literature in addition to each individual case analysis. Pg.___

• Sequences all case study sets to begin and end with small, rural districts, yet offers instructors the flexibility to tailor the organization to their own course needs. Pg.___

• Opens chapters with abstracts to provide advance organizers and stimulate anticipation for the material that follows. Pg.___

• Includes Questions for Reflection and Discussion to stimulate analysis and interaction which can ensure that students gain optimum benefits from the material. Pg.___

 1. Beginning Superintendents and the Challenges of Leadership.


 2. The Superintendency: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.


 3. Jackie: Big Time Challenges in a Rural District.


 4. Hank: Chief, Coach, Superintendent.


 5. Chad: System Entry Sets the Stage.


 6. Kathleen: Whirlwind Courtship, Passionate Honeymoon, Quick Divorce?


 7. Jeena: Out of the Peace Corps, Into the Fire for an Elected Superintendent.


 8. Eugene and Keith: A Tale of Two Suburbs.


 9. Susan: Charm and Steel Facing a Public Mandate for Urban School Reform.


10. Don: Breaking the Mold by Reading at Dawn.


11. Laura: Providing Focus by Managing Attention and Meaning.


12. Theresa and Marilyn: An Outsider and an Insider.


13. Philbert: Battling Bond Barriers.


14. Mistakes Beginning Superintendents Make.


15. Harsh Realities: Politics, Corruption, and Immorality.


16. Through the Lens of Leadership Theory.


17. The Road to the Superintendency.


Appendix.


Name Index.


Subject Index.

Superintendency (Educational Administration & Leadership)

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• Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
  Allyn & Bacon
  © 2001 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
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• Responding to Hate at School: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators
  Southern Poverty Law Center
  © 2001 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130284580 | ISBN-13: 9780130284587
  
  
  

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