African American Perspectives on Leadership in Schools

Building a Culture of Empowerment

Lenoar Foster, Linda C. Tillman

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607094906
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

This book fills an educational void in the school leadership literature as it relates to historical, theoretical, intellectual and cultural understandings among those who prepare individuals for leadership in schools and for those who practice leadership in schools attended by significant numbers of African American students. Contributors to this volume are scholars whose research and service in schools have been important in understanding the historical, intellectual and cultural traditions that facilitate and support effective leadership and in schools where African American school leaders, teachers, students, parents, and their communities of support construct effective and productive 'cultures of empowerment and achievement'. It is these cultures that this volume addresses for their efficacy to support, empower, and sustain visible and measurable achievement among African American students.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• List of Tables
• A Libation for Dr. Lenoar “Len” Foster
• Introduction
• I - FOUNDATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SCHOOLS
• II - APPLIED PRACTICES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SCHOOLS
• III - LEADERSHIP AND POLICY FOR BUILDING A CULTURE OF EMPOWERMENT
• Index
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors