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Leadership for Success is intended for a wide cross-section of educators, policymakers, educational planners, parents and the general readers who would like to learn how high-performing principals run schools effectively. The contributors offer vital lessons on the kinds of working relationships that are required among parents, school boards, communities, students, middle managers and the principals to make a difference in school performance.

Title Leadership for Success : The Jamaican School Experience.
Additional Titles Leadership for Success
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Kingston : University of the West Indies Press
Creation Date 2017
Content Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Leadership Role in Educational Transformation -- Part 1. Primary Schools -- 2 Towards School Effectiveness: The Jericho Story -- 3 The Challenges and Rewards of the Principalship -- 4 "If You Can Dream It, You Can Achieve It" -- 5 Strengthening Leadership Capacity: The Journey Continues -- Part 2. Transition: Primary To Upgraded Secondary Schools -- 6 Effective Principalship: Innovative Leadership Skills -- 7 Transforming Lives through Education -- Part 3. Upgraded Secondary Schools -- 8 Being Principal: The Experience of a Lifetime -- 9 The Impact of Transformational Leadership -- 10 Challenges of a School Administrator -- 11 Dealing with Challenges, Successes and Setbacks -- 12 Setting Challenging Goals: Achieving Inspiring Performance -- Part 4. Traditional High Schools -- 13 Lessons Learned about the Jamaican Culture and Its Effects on Education -- 14 My Experience as a Principal -- 15 Strong Leadership Makes a Difference -- 16 Improving Performance through Relationship and Culture -- 17 Student Success: A Primary Concern -- 18 The Campion Experience: Cutting Diamonds -- 19 Issues of Importance: Analysis, Reflection and Action -- 20 Strengthening Structures and Systems for Successful School Leadership -- Index -- Contributors.
Extent 1 online resource (261 pages)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2017.
National Library system number 997012490051105171
MARC RECORDS

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