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Educational Administration and Supervision

Selected Works

2015

Educational leadership

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Strategic Community Engagement As Perceived By Five Superintendents, Judith Dymond Aug 2015

Strategic Community Engagement As Perceived By Five Superintendents, Judith Dymond

Judith A Dymond Dr.

In these challenging times with school districts facing mandates for accountability, they can only accomplish these ambitious long-term mandates by engaging the greater community. Thus, any superintendent who is planning on improving student academic achievement and being employed in the district long-term will find it imperative to engage the community and develop community partnerships. This study utilized interviewing, a qualitative methodology, to gain insight into how five superintendents effectively engaged their communities. Findings revealed five effective strategies and actions for success: embracing community values, partnering with community organizations, building trust internally and externally, developing a systems approach to communication, and …


Fostering Innovation : The Role Of The School Principal, Kathryn Moyle Feb 2015

Fostering Innovation : The Role Of The School Principal, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Rural Educational Leadership, Jeanne L. Surface Feb 2015

Introduction To Rural Educational Leadership, Jeanne L. Surface

Jeanne L Surface

Without going too deep into theoretical perspectives regarding social and organizational change (as with, say, Hegel’s dialectic), it can fairly be argued that change occurs when the center doesn’t hold, or said another way, when the status quo no longer serves most people. It is at that point that different ideas take root and begin to direct the process of change. And where do the different ideas come from? Wendell Berry (1987) argued that they come from the periphery, which in the context of the 21st century, is the countryside.