{"product_id":"9780857029225","title":"Developing as an Educational Leader and Manager","description":"\u003cp\u003e'This book is refreshing and distinctive. It takes the individual as the starting-point and builds outwards from there, to the vital but often neglected interpersonal dimension and the turbulent contexts of modern education. Vignettes help to make the theory concrete and activities bring the reader right into the frame.' - \u003ci\u003eRon Glatter, Emeritus Professor of Educational Administration and Management, The Open University and Hon. President of BELMAS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEffective leadership combines organisational skills and personal qualities. Building on notions of leadership at all levels, this book contains an invaluable bank of creative ideas to help teachers already in management positions, as well as those just starting out, to reflect on their personal and leadership development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on organisational improvement and leading strategically within changing policy contexts, chapters interrogate key leadership issues such as managing people, values and context. Examples from the UK and internationally further demonstrate how to develop as a successful and sustainable leader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContent includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· the influence of local and national contexts;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· accountability;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· working with stakeholders across boundaries and borders;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· approaches to change;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· becoming a strategic leader; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· the educational leader as researcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential resource for practising and aspiring educational leaders and managers and students on postgraduate or personal development courses, in the UK and internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018566189296,"sku":"9780857029225","price":122.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857029225_p0.jpg?v=1763838424","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857029225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}