The Impact of Politics in Local Education
Navigating White Water
The Impact of Politics in Local Education
Navigating White Water
Description
Today, administrators must assume a different mindset if public schools are to remain viable and functional. Changing populations resulting in heterogeneous communities, diversity of community values, and finite resources meeting the infinite desires of a demanding constituency have created the necessity for political acumen on the part of local educational leaders. The primary reason for the upheaval occurring in schools today is not that the instructional element is being neglected, but that the building-level administrators have a woeful lack of proficiency in managing the politics that impact schools. This book gives administrators a better grasp of educational politics at the campus level as the school interacts with the community in which it is embedded.
Through theory, application, and personal reflection, The Impact of Politics in Local Education will show administrators how to "read" the political climate of a community, how to make meaning from the information, and how to proactively manage political issues so that a stable school environment can be maintained.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Theoretical Construct: Political Indicators of School-Community Interactions
Chapter 3 The Case Study-Winfield High School: The Beginning
Chapter 4 The Principal's Reflection
Chapter 5 Resources and Results
Chapter 6 What Goes In and What Comes Out
Chapter 7 The Principal's Reflection
Chapter 8 The Perils of a Closed Decision-Making System
Chapter 9 Storm Clouds Gather Over Winfield High School
Chapter 10 The Principal's Reflection
Chapter 11 The Four Facets of Politics
Chapter 12 Turbulent Fields: Winfield High School Loses Stability
Chapter 13 The Principal's Reflection
Chapter 14 Conflict as a Strategic Maneuver
Chapter 15 The Kraken Is Released
Chapter 16 The Principal's Reflection
Chapter 17 Dissatisfaction Theory Concluded
Chapter 18 The Principal's Final Reflection: Lessons Learned
Part 19 Epilogue: Maggie Alexander Today
Product details
| Published | 02 Oct 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 162 |
| ISBN | 9781461654889 |
| Imprint | R&L Education |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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