Administrators Solving the Problems of Practice
Administrators Solving the Problems of Practice

Author: Wayne K. Hoy

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13:

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Publisher's description: This book describes eight different models of decision-making, compares the models, and illustrates how to use each model with actual cases from schools. The frameworks include classical, administrative, incremental, mixes scanning, political, and garbage-can models, as well as two models of shared decision-making. After illustrating the use of these decision-making models to analyze and develop solution strategies, students have the opportunity to explore about fifty actual cases to build their own analyses and solution strategies.

Decide to Lead
Decide to Lead

Author: Mary B. Herrmann

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1475813066

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Decide to Lead explores decision-making and all its complexity. Decision-making is, and has always been at the heart and soul of leadership activity. Leaders are responsible and held accountable for the decisions that are made within the organization, whether they personally make them or not. Enhanced with resources and questions for further reflection, Decide to Lead examines decision-making through the lens of a leader. The book addresses what leaders know: knowledge of self, knowledge of others, and knowledge of one’s community and context; how leaders think, with a focus on cognitive systems and the forces that influence decision-making; and what leaders do to set up the conditions for effective decision-making in their organizations. This includes leader actions such as building capacity, designing a decision friendly organizational architecture and effectively employing decision-making models and processes.

K-12 Case Studies for School Administrators
K-12 Case Studies for School Administrators

Author: Marcia Norton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1351387634

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Case studies enable aspiring administrators to refine their reaction skills as well as their critical-thinking skills by responding to a multitude of problems in a short time. Originally published in 1998, the case studies in this book provide a broad-based overview of the kinds of real problems that schools were facing at the time. The problems administrators face on a daily basis vary in scope and complexity. Short cases provide opportunities to address, analyse, and resolve problems encountered in the real working environment. Students must actively engage in a process of inquiry and problem solving. This book can be used over several years according to the case studies selected for class use. This is a multicourse, multiyear action case-study text.

JSL Vol 25-N3
JSL Vol 25-N3

Author: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-05-11

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1475820100

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The Journal of School Leadership is broadening the conversation about schools and leadership and is currently accepting manuscripts. We welcome manuscripts based on cutting-edge research from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations. The editorial team is particularly interested in working with international authors, authors from traditionally marginalized populations, and in work that is relevant to practitioners around the world. Growing numbers of educators and professors look to the six bimonthly issues to: deal with problems directly related to contemporary school leadership practice teach courses on school leadership and policy use as a quality reference in writing articles about school leadership and improvement.

Expert Problem Solving
Expert Problem Solving

Author: Kenneth Leithwood

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780791421086

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This book presents a series of related empirical studies about the thinking and problem solving processes of expert educational leaders. It describes the nature of expert thinking and provides substantial explanations for the cognitive processes associated with expert thinking. Differences in the thinking and problem solving of male and female; novice and experienced; elementary, secondary, district administrators are all explored. In addition, the book provides a glimpse of the school administrator's world from a problem solving perspective and clarifies the kinds of experiences that give rise to expert thinking.

Jsl Vol 21-N3
Jsl Vol 21-N3

Author: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011-05-16

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1475811896

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The Journal of School Leadership is broadening the conversation about schools and leadership and is currently accepting manuscripts. We welcome manuscripts based on cutting-edge research from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological orientations. The editorial team is particularly interested in working with international authors, authors from traditionally marginalized populations, and in work that is relevant to practitioners around the world. Growing numbers of educators and professors look to the six bimonthly issues to: deal with problems directly related to contemporary school leadership practice teach courses on school leadership and policy use as a quality reference in writing articles about school leadership and improvement.

Case Studies on Educational Administration
Case Studies on Educational Administration

Author: Theodore J. Kowalski

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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This book immerses prospective administrators in the realities of practice. Problem solving and decision-making skills are addressed through the use of open-ended case studies. Effective practice in school administration requires both leadership and management. In today’s reform-minded, information-based society, practitioners must be able to frame problems correctly and then make effective decisions to ameliorate them. As leaders, district and school-level administrators are expected to focus on what should be done to improve schools; as managers; they are expected to focus on how to do things successfully. The cases in this book are designed to make students think about common problems of practice by encouraging them to bridge theory and practice. More precisely, the cases are intended to hone four essential practitioner skills: 1. The ability to frame a problem correctly 2. The ability to develop and evaluate alternative solutions to a defined problem 3. The ability to use data and other facts to counter the influence of politics and emotion in decision making 4. The ability to grow professionally by engaging in reflective practice

Decision Making in Educational Leadership
Decision Making in Educational Leadership

Author: Stephanie Chitpin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1135015945

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The increased focus on raising standards in education requires leaders to engage in complex decision making about teacher assessment, mandated accountability measures, and the collection and use of large amounts of data. Showcasing exemplary practices of school and district administrators, Decision Making in Educational Leadership covers issues concerning the role of emotion, ethical and legal ramifications, the use of data, and complexity in decision making. Chapter authors in this research-based volume explore what administrators and school leaders actually know about educational problems, how they draw upon and revise theories of action for responding to problems, and which theories are tenable in educational decision making. This important resource provides a broad and international perspective on effective models and methods of educational decision making and shares valuable knowledge about how theory can be translated into practice in a variety of school settings.