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Leadership Teaming

The Superintendent-Principal Relationship

Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!

Ideal for new or experienced administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent, the book provides strategies for creating a healthy school/district culture based on effective leadership, communication, and collaboration. The authors include:

  • Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as quality teams and performance expectations
  • Critical experience- and research-based team components
  • Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams 
  • Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles to their own practice

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: K-12
  • ISBN: 9781412966313
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2008
  • Page Count: 152
  • Publication date: November 10, 2008
Price: $33.95
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Description

Description

Leadership Solutions

"At last, a book that adds value by bringing principals and superintendents together in a new kind of partnership."
—Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Lillian Radford Professor of Educational Leadership
Trinity University

"This book has wonderful resources to help principals and superintendents build strong collaborative teams."
—Elaine McEwan, Educational Consultant
Author, Ten Traits of Highly Effective Schools

"This thoughtful book is cutting edge."
—Margaret Grogan, Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership
University of Missouri, Columbia

"This book goes to the heart of the matter. It breaks new ground on how both superintendents and principals can create a truly collaborative model in their schools."
—Joanne Rooney, Codirector
Midwest Principals' Center

Build alliances of transformational leadership for your school and district!

Ideal for new or experienced school and district administrators, this book shows how to develop a strong superintendent-principal partnership. Written by a principal and a superintendent with decades of experience, this resource provides strategies for effective leadership, communication, and collaboration, and includes:

  • Both the principal's and the superintendent's perspectives on issues such as performance expectations and characteristics of quality teams
  • Critical experience- and research-based team components
  • Stories from the field about successful principal-superintendent teams
  • Reflective questions, summaries, and other tools to help readers apply the principles and strategies to their own practice

Use these practical and proven approaches to create a healthy school/district culture and promote mutually supportive professional relationships.


Key features

  • Cathie E. West has been a principal for 30 years
  • Mary Lynne Derrington has been a superintendent for 18 years
  • This book discusses critical leadership themes, each from the perspective of the superintendent and the principal
  • The book contains:
    • An "Extending Your Thinking" section in each chapter which offers practical applications for the content of the chapter
    • A "Closing In on Key Concepts" that presents a content summary within each chapter
    • A resource section that includes a principal entry plan and principal professional goal plan
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface


Superintendent's Perspective

Principal's Perspective

About Our Book


Acknowledgments


About the Authors


Part I. Leadership Teaming


1.The Superintendent's Perspective: Characteristics of High-Quality Teams

Leadership Teams Work in Harmony

Vision of a Leadership Team

Develop an Affirmative Orientation

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

2. The Principal's Perspective: What Phenomenal Teams Look and Feel Like

Teamwork Defined

The Right People

The Right Work

The Right Way

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

Part II. Leadership Qualities


3. The Superintendent's Perspective: What Superintendents Want in a Principal?

Competence

Character

A Caring Heart

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

4. The Principal's Perspective: Superintendents Principals Want to Work For

The Transformational Leader

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

Superlative Superintendents

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

Part III. Leadership Team Essentials


5. The Superintendent's Perspective: The Importance of Trust in Communication

Message Madness

The Importance of Trust

Portraits of Trust

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

6. The Principal's Perspective: Communication Expectations and Relationships

Critical Attributes

Principals' Perspectives

Superintendents' Perspectives

Expectation Development

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

Part IV. Leadership Learning


7. The Superintendent's Perspective: Cultivating Team Capacity

The Learning Team

Applying the Professional Learning Community Concepts

The Arlington Leadership Professional Learning Community

Lessons Learned, Points to Ponder

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

8. The Principal's Perspective: Perfecting Principal Performance

Ensuring Success

Perfecting Performance

Principal Performance Impact

Perfecting Superintendent Performance

Take-Away Message

Closing in on Key Concepts

Extending Your Thinking

Conclusion


Leadership Teaming Key Concepts

Resources


Resource A: Code-Building Exercise 1

Resource B: Code-Building Exercise 2

Resource C: Code Review Activity

Resource D: Principal Entry Plan

Resource E: Principal Professional Goal Plan

References


Suggested Readings

Index


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Price: $33.95
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