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At the Tipping Point: Navigating the Course for the Preparation of Educational Administrators--The 2007 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA)

At the Tipping Point: Navigating the Course for the Preparation of Educational Administrators--The 2007 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA)

Editors: Linda K. Lemasters, Rosemary Papa
New refereed research linking administrator preparation techniques and improvements in schools and student learning

A practical resource for new ideas in school administration

Covers emergent technologies, school finance, testing, special needs, rural and urban, NCLB, ethics, and the elementary and high-school principalship

New information for hiring and assessing administrators and teachers
This 511-page volume contains 46 original, peer-reviewed chapters focused on emerging techniques for preparing high-level school administrators in an era of national standards, competing training sources, and divergent political expectations. The book investigates ways school administrator preparation must be changed to make a difference for students and teachers.

Chapter titles (abbreviated) and authors:

1. The Basic Antinomy (L. Wildman)
2. Achieving An Adequate School Finance System (J. Byrd, J. Brooks)
3. Community Mapping for Teachers (D. Dunbar, P Jones.)
4. Assessing Educational Leadership (B. Graham)
5. Relationship Building for Administrator Preparation (E. Irons, W. Aller)
6. Early Career Stress in Elementary Teachers (M.Jazzar et al.)
7. Alternative Education Administration (C.Kochar-Bryant, D. White)
8. Leadership Behavior Perceptions by Female Principals ( McFadden, S. Beck-Frazier)
9. Hispanic Students' in AP Courses (R. Robles-Pina, R. Hinjosa)
10. Co-Creating Leadership (T. Wasonga)
11. Navigating the Technological Imperative (T. Creighton, J. Eller)
12. Pattern Theory and Electronic Portfolio ((P. Marcellino et al.)
13. Technology Leadership and Secondary Principals (K. Matthews, C. Brown)
14. University-District Partnerships (C. Fulmer et al.)
15. Change in the Rural High School (P. Gill et al.)
16. Minority School Leadership (J. Haar, J. Robicheau)
17. Navigating the Internship ((R. Harchar et al.)
18. No Child Left Behind and Administrator Morale (J. Hunt)
19. Political, Legal Ramifications of Intelligent Design (W. Hickey)
20. The Emerging 65% Instructional Expenditure Rule (T. Jones et al.)
21. School Board Presidents and Teacher Tenure (T. Kersten, S. Katz)
22. Admissions to University-Based Programs (K. Lad)
23. Superintendents and Political Leadership (W. Polka, R. Litchka)
24. Superintendents Search Criteria and Standards for Admin. Programs (Ramirez et al.)
25. State Leadership Policy and No Child Left behind (V. Roach)
26. Principal Preparation at the State Level, Indiana, (W. Black, J. Bathon)
27. Hybrid Program Pedagogy for School Leaders (L. Bogle et al.)
28. Research Skill for Effective School Leadership (J. Combs et al.)
29. Efficacy of School Leadership Programs (H. Friedland et al.)
30. Elaborated Professional Development Model (D. Gardner et al.)
31. Metaphor as a Tool to Develop Metacognitions (B. Greenlee)
32. Learning Transfer Strategies (S. Harris et al.)
33. School Leadership Preparation: Quantity, Quality ( H. Holloman et al.)
34. Educating Aspiring Principals in Wisdom (R. Jacobs)
35. School Leaders in Rural Communities (W. Larson et al.)
36. Heuristic Model of Supervision in School Improvement (R. Lindahl)
37. Staffing of Principal Preparation Programs (D.Ricciardi, F. Williams)
38. Interconnectedness in a Leadership Program (P. Sims et al.)
39. Internships and District-University Collaboration (J. Tripses, D. Rutledge)
40. Knowledge Failure at the Vision, Mission, Core Value Level (S. Watkins, D.McCaw)
41. Teacher Leadership as Tipping Point for Principal Preparation (T. Zigler, J. Allen)
42. Principals and Educator Sexual Misconduct (S.Cairns et al.)
43. Levine and Murphy Recommendations (E. Christie)
44. Professional Obligations and Ethics (M. Israel, A. Maddocks)
45. Leadership Ethics and Problem-Based Learning (E. Johnson)
46. Principal Leadership and School Climate

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ISBN:1-888432-41-0, 8 1/2x11, hardcover, 511 pp, Subject & Author Index: Price: $54.95.