Hardball Leadership

How to Achieve Student Academic Success in a Rural School District

Mark Forner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2016
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
9781475821611 (ISBN)

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How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation’s rural communities is actually higher than it is in our country’s urban centers.

Hardball Leadership is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based upon original research that examined the leadership practices of effective rural superintendents who led their districts to dramatic academic improvement, this book’s insights include:

Establishing a strong academic culture where every student can and will be successfulDeveloping a system for improving teacher instructional performanceFostering an academically-focused partnership with the board of educationManaging school-based controversy in a productive wayBuilding and sustaining a financially strong district
This leadership handbook will help rural school leaders build an academic pathway that will lead their students towards a happy and prosperous life.

Mark E. Forner is a former school board president, high school principal and Teach For America classroom teacher. Along with having an MBA from Notre Dame and PhD from Western Michigan University, Forner is a proud graduate of Hart High School – a small, rural public school located on Michigan’s western coastline.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Small Boy Asks a Big Question
Chapter 1: Small District Leadership Is a Whole Lot Different from Big District Leadership
Chapter 2: But In Some Ways Small and Big District Leadership Are the Same
Chapter 3: Context: What a Small District Leader Has to Be Willing to Accept
Chapter 4: Priorities: What a Small District Leader Has to Get Right
Chapter 5: Strategy: How a Small District Leader Aligns Classroom Practices to Achieve Boardroom Priorities
Chapter 6: Practices: What a Small District Leader Has to Do on a Daily Basis
Chapter 7: Finance: How a Small District Leader Becomes a Tough-Minded Pessimist
Chapter 8: Partnership: How a Small District Leader Creates a Shared Vision of Success with the Board of Education
Chapter 9: Conflict: How a Small District Leader Anticipates and Mitigates Controversy
Chapter 10: Legacy: How a Small District Leader Answers Two Essential Questions
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Erscheinungsdatum	29.08.2016
Zusatzinfo	4 BW Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 223 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781475821611 / 9781475821611
Zustand	Neuware