1st Edition
The Headship Game The Challenges of Contemporary School Leadership
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Being an effective headteacher requires a combination of leadership skills. What does an aspiring head need to know to win the ‘headship game’?
Tessa Atton and Brian Fiddler focus on particular pressure points and key issues that can be particularly problematic and suggest ways of dealing with them. Comparisons are made between headships and chief executive roles of other... Read more
Part 1. History and Theories of Leadership 1. Recent Developments in Headship 2. Development of Leadership Thought and its Application to Schools Part 2. Learning and Playing the Game: Current headship practice 3. Learning about the Job of Headteacher and its Contemporary Demands 4. Understanding the External Demands 5. Understanding the Internal Demands 6. Selecting and Supporting New Headteachers 7. Achieving Headship 8. The Career of Headship 9. Life Cycle of a Head: Becoming a head 10. Life Cycle of a Head: Being a head Part 3. Playing Longer 11. Keeping Moving: Successive headships, revitalisation and work after headship 12. Stress and Challenges: Trio of tensions - governors, school and head Part 4. Playing Better 13. Where Next?The future
Biography
Brian Fidler is Professor at the School Improvement and Leadership Centre at the University of Reading
Tessa Atton is a trainer and a former Acting Headteacher.
