Leading Schools to Learn, Grow, and Thrive provides a unique approach to preparing prospective education leaders by combining theory, research, and practice. Grounded in organizational and leadership theory, this book helps leaders understand their schools and districts from multiple perspectives and develop their own leadership aspirations, approaches, and missions. Well-known authors Brazer, Bauer, and Johnson present authentic practical problems, illuminate them with appropriate theory and research, and give readers opportunities to solve common puzzles as a means to grow wisdom about how to lead, especially when confronted with complex challenges. This book is an invaluable resource for aspiring leaders, one that readers will reference as they proceed through their leadership coursework and keep close at hand throughout their leadership career.
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"This book is a major resource for principal preparation programs that avoids simple management platitudes while providing thought provoking examples of dilemmas of leadership practice for discussion. The integration of organization theory and real cases will engage both instructors and students."--Karen Seashore Louis, Regents Professor,Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota
"This text provides a range of theoretical and historical perspectives on school organizations relevant to the work of educational leaders and engages readers in experiences intended to demonstrate the value of such perspectives for their practice. This is a very ambitious undertaking which is mostly quite successful."--Kenneth Leithwood, Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto
