β Scribed by Philip Smith; Les Bell
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The leadership of schools can make a significant difference to enhancing the life chances of students in schools and enabling them to succeed. This book examines leadership within schools, focusing on securing success within a challenging social and political environment. It explores the approaches to leadership adopted by four successful secondary school headteachers in a local authority situated in an area of high social deprivation and identifies the impact the headteachers of these schools have on staff, students and community. It analyses the key leadership strategies of these successful school leaders, strategies that can be deployed in all schools, and explores the links between leadership theories and leadership actions. The book goes on to examine how these strategies were actually implemented in a failing school in challenging circumstances and shows how other schools might benefit from such strategies and the insights on which they are based.
Cover
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1 Schools in Challenging Circumstances
Challenging circumstances: Background and measurement
The developing policy and politics of schools in challenging circumstances
The role of leadership in challenging circumstances
The schools in the study
Two linked research studies on leading in challenging circumstances
2 School Leadership: Concepts and Realities
Concepts of leadership and management
Confused and contested leadership styles and theories
Policy contexts and realities
Transactional and transformational leadership: A framework for analysis
Implementing transformational leadership in a school setting
3 Using Transactional Leadership in Schools
The outcome as priority: Focusing on task
Meeting the benchmark: The focus on standards
Looking to national standards: The use of external measures
Rearranging the priorities: Reactiveness and responsiveness
The mechanistic school: Planning, reward and continuity
Conclusions: Transactional leadership
4 Using Transformational Leadership in Schools
Person-centredness: A key attribute
Development and change: Possibilities for people and their environment
Forming the future: The focus on vision
Sharing the vision: Inspiring others
Seizing the chance: Fluidity and flexibility
Core values: A cornerstone of transformational leadership
Developing people: The ability to change
Conclusions: Transformational leadership
5 Deploying Transformational Leadership: Strategies for Challenging Circumstances
The deployment of transformational leadership
Headteachersβ perceptions of themselves as transformational leaders
Vision and communication in transformational leadership
Valuing and building relationships
Handling unpredictability
The use of motivation as a vehicle for achievement
Relaying personal values in communications
Headteachers as transformational leaders: The evidence for success
Impact on the wider community
Conclusions: Transformations and strategies
6 Implementing Transformational Leadership in a Challenging School: A Case Study
Packwood School: The background
First impressions of Packwood School
The process of change: Transforming the transactional
Change through transformational leadership strategies
Changes resulting from academy status
Is this transformational leadership?
Conclusions: From kicked-in doors to a βwelcoming, friendly learning environmentβ
7 Successful Leadership in Challenging Circumstances: From Theory to Implementation
Transactional leadership: Demonstrating high standards
Transformational leadership: Creating high standards
Finding a transformational leadership style
The constructivist paradigm and transformational leadership: A symbiotic relationship
Strategies for transformational leadership
Conclusion: Misquoting the Beatles
Appendix 1: Statistical data for all schools within Coalborough local authority for the academic year 2007β2008
Appendix 2: GCSE results for Packwood School analysed by student category and date
Evidence of sustainability and continual improvement
Appendix 3: Comparison of GCSE grades achieved by Packwood School in 2011 and 2012
References
Index
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