A Case Study Approach to Educational Leadership

A Case Study Approach to Educational Leadership takes on six core areas of school leadership?organizational vision; curriculum, instruction, and assessment; school and external community; school climate and culture; equity; and improvement, innovation, and reform. Using a case learning approach, this volume introduces salient theoretical and empirical literature in each core area and provides illustrative cases designed for individual and group analysis. Written for aspiring educational leaders, this book facilitates the discussion and reflection of individual and collective professional judgment and helps developing leaders make sense of the challenges school leaders face today.

Special Features:

• Featured Cases direct readers toward the issues of practice embedded within the theoretical content area
• Linkage to relevant Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL) standards ground each chapter in the latest guidelines for the field
• Discussion Questions foster reflection of content and practical applications
• Leadership Activities and Web-Based Resources support leaders in making further connections to practice

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1—Learning via the Case Method

Chapter 2—Organizational Vision

Chapter 3—Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Chapter 4—School, Family, and Community Partnerships, Involvement, and Engagement

Chapter 5—School Climate, Culture, and Professional Community

Chapter 6— Equity and Opportunity

Chapter 7—Improvement, Innovation, and Reform

Chapter 8—Ways Forward and Lessons Learned

Sharon D. Kruse is Academic Director and Professor of Educational Leadership at Washington State University Vancouver, USA.

Julie A. Gray is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of West Florida, USA.