Educational Leadership and Administration articles from January 1 2007

Educational Leadership and Administration archives from January 1 2007

CAPEA President's Message.
January 1, 2007... CAPEA is celebrating its 19th year of the journal, Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development. This year's theme, "Leadership in a Global Society: Dispositions and Preparation," focuses on the recognition that...

Notes from the editors.
January 1, 2007... Forward: 2007 Edition Welcome to the 19th volume of Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, with the theme of "Leadership in a Global Society: Dispositions and Preparation." This year's journal focuses...

What being a successful principal really means: an international perspective.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: This paper presents an international perspective on successful principals. Data from the International Successful School Principals' Project, now in its sixth year and presently in eight nations and over sixty schools, along with a...

Developing a Perspective on the Global Achievement Gap: School Leaders as International Collaborators.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: In recent years American schools and the scholars who study these schools have become focused on bridging the achievement gap. The scholarly literature is most often focused on the discrepancy in achievement in one school, a region,...

Preparing educational leaders for the global society: learning from conversations with professors in Thailand.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: This experiential study examines beliefs of Thai professors in educational leadership programs at six Thailand Rajabhat Universities. The research brings broader understanding of preparing educators for rapid globalization. Emerging...

Five ideas for reframing the principalship.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: Schools, and especially principals, are challenged constantly to improve learning outcomes for students. We advance five ideas that should help principals address these challenges: (a) student learning "plus," (b) school...

Social justice lenses and authentic student voices: enhancing leadership for educational justice.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: In addressing the issue of educational inequality and achievement gap, this research article demonstrates that critical implications could be gleaned from listening to the authentic voices of students by using a social justice lens. A...

The effect of leadership style on preservice concerns about becoming a principal.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: This study investigated the interactive effects of supervising principals' and preservice principals' leadership styles on preservice principals' pre and post internship concerns about becoming a principal. These findings suggest that...

Inclusive leadership: preparing principals for the role that awaits them.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: Preparing administrators with the capacity to improve instruction for all learners is critical for recruiting and retaining special education teachers. However, recent research points out the need to improve skills of current and...

Fund development strategies from higher education for k-12 administrators.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: Increasingly, K-12 administrators must address the need for greater funding for their systems and schools. This article presents methods used in higher education that may be of use to its K-12 colleagues. It further suggests...

Leadership in a global society: habits of mind, of heart, and of action.
January 1, 2007... Abstract: If the world is flat, what, then, are the implications for and obligations of educational leaders? Leaders in Bangalore, India offer habits of mind, of heart, and of action that can serve as the bases for a model of educational...