Practicing the art of leadership : a problem-based approach to implementing the professional standards for educational leaders / Reginald Leon Green

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Standards, competencies, and accountability measures -- II. Establishing a framework for leadership -- IV. III. Theories and approaches to school leadership -- V. Organizational influences on leadership -- VI. Enhancing leadership effectiveness through communications -- VII. Decision making: quality and acceptance -- VIII. Managing conflict in today's schools -- IX. Instructional leadership and change.

This resource presents success-proven practices, processes, and procedures grounded in time-tested theories, current research, and the creative, innovative, real-life experiences of educators in the field who are transforming underperforming schools into thriving educational learning communities. An invaluable guide to what today's educators need to know, how they need to do it, and the ways they should behave as exemplary leaders, the book takes into account the many changes in the standards, competencies, and accountability movements that have ushered in a new set of demands, requirements, and expectations for today's educational leaders.