 Reframing The Path To School Leadership: A Guide For Teachers and Principalsreviewed by Anthony P. Cavanna — 2003  Title: Reframing The Path To School Leadership: A Guide For Teachers and PrincipalsAuthor(s): Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal Publisher: Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks ISBN: 0761946063, Pages: 136, Year: 2002 Search for book at Amazon.com The path to school leadership is all about people. There is nothing more important in the field of educational leadership than relationships that people develop around their practice. The more that these associations focus on caring for each other, sustaining personal and collective values and sharpening the skills that improve practice, the more compelling the argument is for increased student achievement. We all know that there is no silver bullet to increasing student achievement. We do know, however, that students do better when the adults involved in the educational process are supported by their administrators, involved in focused professional development activities and are part of a conversation which focuses on improvement both personally and professionally. The educational community is facing a tremendous shortage of trained professionals, teachers, principals and other administrators, to serve in leadership roles in our nation's schools. It is crucial that we nurture and support the pool of candidates that now exists as we look for ways to recruit additional candidates for the future. Our... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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