The Principal's Guide to Managing Communication (Leadership for Learning Series) - Hardcover

Schneider, E. Joseph; Hollenczer, Lara L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412914620 ISBN 13: 9781412914628

Verlag: Corwin, 2006

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"Schneider and Hollenczer fully understand the principal′s critical role as a community relations expert. Establishing good communication is hard work and does not happen automatically-Schneider and Hollenczer get it! This book must get to every university preparation program in the country."
-Theodore Creighton, Executive Director
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration

"This is a timely and informative book that offers knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the turbulent waters of school administration in the 21st century. It′s a must-read for those who would be effective school leaders focused on continued school improvement."
-Walter H. Warfield, Executive Director
Illinois Association of School Administrators

Develop successful communication strategies that yield real-world results!

Today′s school principals are expected to be instructional leaders. They know the importance of working closely with teachers, parents, and community members as partners in transparent organizational settings where communication is rapid, on-demand, and two-way. This indispensable text shows practicing and aspiring principals how to manage that communication so that everything else they do has a chance to work as planned.

This resource helps readers to:

• Discover a variety of successful communication frameworks
• Contend with greater outside access to school data
• Implement dynamic communication that reaches all school stakeholders

This must-have resource is part of the Leadership for Learning initiative of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

E. Joseph Schneider has been in education for more than 30 years as an association executive, research manager, and communication director. He is Managing Partner of Leadership Develop­ment Resources, an educational consulting com­pany based in Arlington, Virginia. Concurrently, he also serves as executive secretary of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, a coalition of ten national education associations concerned about educational leadership. Previously, he was the deputy executive director of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the national membership association of school superintendents. Prior to that, he was the deputy executive director of the Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Los Alamitos, California. He also has 15 years of experience as the CEO of a Washington, D.C., education asso­ciation whose members are university-based research centers and nonprofit educational research and development agencies. His mas-ter’s degree in journalism is from the University of Oregon. He is a member of the National School Public Relations Association. He is coauthor of The Unauthorized Communication Handbook (1991) and Exploding the Myths: Another Round in the Education Debate (with Paul D. Houston) (1993). He has also written more than 100 education-related journal, magazine, and newsletter articles. His latest book, coauthored with Ronald G. Corwin, is The School Choice Hoax: Fixing America’s Schools (2005).

Lara L. Hollenczer, the mother of two public school youngsters, is heavily involved in local educational issues as a parent, community activist, and local business owner. Professionally, she made her mark by helping law firms har­ness the capacity of the Internet for “branding” their firms, conducting market research, and developing new clients. After stints at several large Washington, D.C., law firms, she joined a fast-growing Annapolis, Maryland, advertising and public relations agency where her clients included local and state teacher associations. After several years at the agency, she expanded her business to assist clients with research, market development, and media planning. She is accredited in public relations with the Public Relations Society of America and is a Professional Certified Marketer with the American Marketing Association. Her master’s degree is in communication management from Syracuse University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corwin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412914620
• ISBN 13: 9781412914628
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar