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Conversations With Principals: Issues, Values, and Politics is a unique compilation of interviews with principals at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels. Unlike any other text in Educational Administration, this book allows students the unusual opportunity to experience the inner voice of principals as they discuss the many decisions they make and the multitude of people they must engage.    Key Features: Places students at the front line of leadership: This book provides a simple, straightforward, and honest view of the realities of the principalship as experienced by those who assume these roles. Each chapter offers a rare view into the minds of educational leaders as they honestly discuss their feelings and strategies behind their leadership practices. Provides personal profiles and school demographic data: The professional background of each principal is given so students can better understand their journey from an educator to a leadership position. In addition, each interview conveys a different school situation to demonstrate the complexity of the profession and allow readers to understand how different school contexts impact and affect decisions that are made. Connects students to the material: At the conclusion of each chapter, comprehensive and probing questions, role playing activities, and leadership projects engage readers and connect them to the role of principal. An analysis section provided after each interview reflects on the leader′s approaches and decision-making in a theoretical context that helps students link theory to application in a very practical and relevant way. Intended Audience: This is an excellent supplementary text for a variety of graduate courses in Educational Administration such as Introduction to School Administration, Educational Leadership, Principalship, Foundations in Educational Organization, Effective Leadership, and Organizational Dynamics of the American Educational System.

Table of Contents:
Introduction The Role of the Principal Connecting the Principal to the Reader How the Principal Interviews were formulated Organization of the Book Connecting Across Interviews Matrix of Principal Interviews PART 1: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Chapter 1: Changing the School Culture Chapter 2: Personal and Professional Belief Systems Chapter 3: Maintaining Stability and History Chapter 4: Social Exchange and Power Chapter 5: The Lens of Decision-Making PART 2: MIDDLE SCHOOL Chapter 6: Leadership Focus and Planning Chapter 7: Evaluation and the Political Arena Chapter 8: Students in Transition PART 3: HIGH SCHOOL Chapter 9: Perceptions and Assumptions Chapter 10: Addressing Organizational and Personal Needs Chapter 11: Group Dynamics and Multi-Nationalism PART 4: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Chapter 12: A Principal’s Approach to NCLB Chapter 13: A Superintendent’s Perspective on NCLB Readings and Resources References Appendix

About the Author :
Dr. Andrew Dubin is Professor of Educational Administration in the Department of Administration and Interdisciplinary Studies (DAIS) in the College of Education at San Francisco State University. He received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School and has worked as teacher, Dean of Discipline and Grade Advisor in New York City, abroad as a teacher and drama specialist at Colegio Nueva Granada in Bogota, Colombia, South America, and as a Principal and Superintendent for the International School in Lahore, Pakistan.  In 1994, he was Headmaster for the International American School in Rome, Italy.  He is published nationally and internationally, has worked as an Educational Consultant, Lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and Program Coordinator in Educational Administration at University of California at Irvine.  He also directed a teacher training program for returning Peace Corps Volunteers at SFSU. Dr. Dubin has developed the Educational Administration Leadership Institutes in San Francisco, San Mateo County and is currently directing the Marin County Leadership Institute.

Review :
“This book meets a need faced by school leader preparation programs—that of bringing reality to abstract concepts. . . . This book will work well as a springboard for discussion with students.”  "Books on educational leadership are often detached from the practicalities of managing a school. This cannot be said of Dubin′s new volume. The many years Dubin spent as an administrator and professor are evident in the insightful and probing questions he poses. This volume will make an outstanding addition to the libraries of scholars interested in the vital role principals play in educational reform, and it will prove to be an invaluable teaching resource in the training of principals." "The preparation of educational leaders is a daunting yet crucial undertaking. This synthesis of a few of the principal interviews conducted and analyzed in Conversations with Principals: Issues, Values and Politics provides an enlightening window into their professional experiences, lives and decision-making approaches. These conversations connect and, almost through osmosis, mentor the aspiring educational leaders to understand the demands, complexity and impact of school leadership. Through these principals’ ‘inner voices,’ candidates can become more sensitized and prepared to assume decision-making roles in our K-12 schools."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781412916356
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: Issues, Values, and Politics
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1412916356
  • Publisher Date: 09 Mar 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 684 gr


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