Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice

.Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice identifies core knowledge and skills that educational leaders should be exposed to during pre-service preparation and throughout in-service professional development. The contributors discuss established pedagogical and experiential learning models as well as provocative new paradigms of their own to help prepare leaders and reinforce leadership effectiveness. Implicit throughout the book are five key leadership themes: sensitivity to student development and learning; continual professional development; responsiveness to developmental, socio-cultural, and learning contexts; accepting accountability; and advancing the field. The contributors draw upon many collective years of experience as educators and supervisors of educational leaders to offer perspectives on the application and integration of core leadership principles in leadership preparation and practice.Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice is written by Norris M. Haynes; Sousan Arafeh; Cynthia McDaniels and published by UPA. ISBNs for Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice are 9780761864738, 0761864733 and the print ISBNs are 9780761864721, 0761864725.