Changing Towards Excellence: A Toolkit for Transformational Leaders of Schools - Brossura

Rowling, John R.

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ISBN 10: 1858563143 ISBN 13: 9781858563145

Casa editrice: Trentham Books Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

Changing Towards Excellence is a superb book on leadership and transformation. It is deeply informed by the author's years of reflective practice, but above all it is brilliantly integrative as Rowling incorporates the exisiting knowledge base into his thinking about leadership. It is practical, insightful and points the way toward transformation. Changing Toward Excellence inspires and cajoles the reader to take action for the common good. Michael Fullan November 2003 John Rowling has followed his hugely successful Heading Towards Excellence with another trenchant and enlightening book on school management. In Changing Towards Excellence he defines what makes school leadership as good as it can be and show readers how to achieve it. The book starts by actively welcoming change and identifying how to ensure that it is for the best possible outcomes. 'Put complaints on the table' advises one chapter; 'Face the facts' says another. Characteristically, the author takes his readers through the process: forming the team, leading the way, planning and disseminating good practice and, finally, making it happen. Chapters are interspersed with snapshots of schools that have made effective c

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Rooted in the credibility of its author's achievements as a headteacher, Rowling's book is one to lift the spirits and the sights of any leader who's trying to change things. --Times Educational Supplement

...a superb book on leadership and transformation.. it inspires and cajoles the reader to take action for the common good --Michael Fullan

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Trentham Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1858563143
• ISBN 13: 9781858563145
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 106
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile