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Supervisory Leadership Focus on Instruction
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Navigating leadership roles within education confidently.
If you're pursuing a leadership position in education, or are just curious about what effective supervisory leadership looks like, this book could be your guide. It moves beyond traditional "top-down" approaches and favors a more cooperative, mentoring style that's increasingly relevant. The authors blend historical perspectives with contemporary practices, making it a thought-provoking read that might well resonate with your own experiences or aspirations in the educational field.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780205306015
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.0
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Supervisory Leadership emphasizes leadership practices and covers the concepts, principles, and skills needed to be a successful supervisor. This well-researched and comprehensive book describes the supervisor's work with teachers as moving from a deficit model (helping) to a collegial, cooperative, mentoring approach. It also provides helpful connections that describe and support the role of supervisors in school culture. The authors provide a view of contemporary supervisory practice with particular attention given to the importance of past practices, the workplace and culture, leadership qualities, communication skills, models and mechanics of the supervision process, and the process of change and decision-making. Written in a language that is easily understood, Supervisory Leadership provides an interactive, realistic and meaningful learning experience that offers continuous opportunities for readers to reflect upon their own leadership skills development. For supervisors and educational administrators.
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Navigating leadership roles within education confidently.
If you're pursuing a leadership position in education, or are just curious about what effective supervisory leadership looks like, this book could be your guide. It moves beyond traditional "top-down" approaches and favors a more cooperative, mentoring style that's increasingly relevant. The authors blend historical perspectives with contemporary practices, making it a thought-provoking read that might well resonate with your own experiences or aspirations in the educational field.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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