How Schools Succeed

Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership

Edward L. Harris

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2015
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781475808339
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

All meaningful and enduring educational reform occurs locally. Evidence suggests that educational success is driven by the contextual conditions in which students learn. How Schools Succeed: Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership, Second Edition considers a broad conception of educational context, taking into consideration work environment, facilities, and space as well as the interpersonal, social, and organizational settings in which teaching and learning occur. This is not a "one-fits-all" approach. It is, however, a proactive approach, and necessary tools and development strategies are offered to promote continual and sustainable school improvement at the local level. While this volume considers specific administrative roles in schools, it also explains strategic leadership in broad terms. School leadership not only implies principal and superintendent roles, but teacher roles as well—perceiving teachers as leaders and building leadership capacity are central concepts in understanding strategic leadership as well as moving toward genuine school reform.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Continuing Importance of Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership
• Chapter 2: Understanding the Culture of Schools
• Chapter 3: Understanding Your School Culture
• Chapter 4: Understanding Cultural Preferences
• Chapter 5: Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Individualist Contexts
• Chapter 6: Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Bureaucratic Contexts
• Chapter 7: Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Corporate Contexts
• Chapter 8: Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Collectivist Contexts
• Chapter 9: Contextualization, Conflict, and Adaptive Leadership
• Appendix A: ELCC Building and District Level Standards and Sub-elements
• Appendix B: Cultural Preference Assessment Tool
• Appendix C: Cultural Context Assessment Tool
• Appendix D: Grid and Group Graph Template
• References