The Expert School Leader: Accelerating Accountability

Accountable school leaders are the key to school improvement, but while school leadership has been described often in many different ways, accountability has been mentioned only in general terms. In The Expert School Leader, the authors detail a new approach to identifying, analyzing, acquiring, and using specific competencies that are needed for effective and accountable school leadership. The investigations reported in this book identify ways in which leaders can improve their performance and, thus, help to meet the challenge of maintaining safety and rule enforcement. Topics include: · Integrating school rules with the law · Helping teachers act from a position of authority when violence erupts · Interpreting student achievement test scores in order to help faculty improve instruction · Enabling school principals to meet the challenge of managing conflict effectively and amicably

In The Expert School Leader, the authors detail a new approach to identifying, analyzing, acquiring, and using specific competencies that are needed for effective and accountable school leadership. The investigations reported in this book identify ways in which leaders can improve their performance and, thus, help to meet the challenge of maintaining safety and rule enforcement.

Naftaly S. Glasman has served on the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara for almost forty years. He has published extensively in the areas of educational leadership, politics, and evaluation. During the 1980s, he served as the dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lynette D. Glasman has taught at various institutions of higher education and served as an evaluation consultant and researcher. She has published in the areas of cognitive development, bilingual education, and evaluation.