Leadership for the Schoolhouse (Jossey Bass Education Series) - Hardcover

"Appeals to both the mind and the heart.... Sergiovanni gives educators a powerful template for crafting responsible and humane schools." (Educational Leadership) "Sergiovanni believes education must develop its own theories and practices based on what schools are trying to do and the kinds of people schools serve.... He also analyzes basic questions that could help in developing a purely educational theory of leadership for schooling.... Sergiovanni's inspiring work is recommAnded for all levels of readers." (Choice) "The first book I've seen for years that provides an AUTHENTIC organization for our schools--one reflecting their core purposes, functions, and rhythms, rather than one imported from another sector and another logic. Somehow, we school people have become an occupied territory for exotic ideas and working arrangements. Sergiovanni shows the way back, while tAnding to the reconstruction of our communities for contemporary times. Reading this book will make educators feel like they have come home to familiar land and can still build anew from there." (Michael Huberman, professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University) "This book provides a practical yet powerful perspective on why so many popular organizational theories just don't work for schools. Sergiovanni's alternative vision of schools as caring, intimate places built on mutual respect, civic responsibility, and shared purposes gets to the heart of excellence in education." (Ernest L. Boyer, former president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) "Sergiovanni has given us his most compelling argument yet for schools where teachers and principals are members of an inquiring community. Building this kind of community calls for a new theory of leadership--one that must be invented by the real practices of teachers and principals in the process of getting there. An original and exciting view of humane schools!" (Ann Lieberman, professor and codirector, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching) "Sergiovanni sees school leadership as the magic that fashions human communities in schools, rather than as a system to raise test scores. Schools that reach for his magic will raise their test scores, even as they ignore the tests." (Harold Howard II, senior lecturer in education, Harvard University, and former U.S. commissioner of education)

"A powerful template for crafting responsible and humane schools." --Educational Leadership "Reading this book will make educators feel they have come home to familiar land and can still build anew from there." --Michael Huberman, professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University "Sergiovanni's alternative vision of schools as caring, intimate places built on mutual respect, civic responsibility, and shared purposes gets to the heart of excellence in education." --Ernest L. Boyer, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Best-selling author and education guru Thomas J. Sergiovanni debunks the popular notion that corporate leadership strategies can be applied to schools. He presents a leadership model based on the specific mission, goals, and rhythms of schools everywhere. This unique framework invites caring and thoughtful educators to build educational communities that are more democratic and responsive to human nature and student development. Filled with practical ideas and real-life examples from a variety of schools, Leadership for the Schoolhouse offers a compelling picture of schooling and leadership at their best.