Headteachers, mediocre colleagues and the challenges of educational leadership: reflections on teacher quality

by Cockburn, Anne D.

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Title Statements

Full title :Headteachers, mediocre colleagues and the challenges of educational leadership : reflections on teacher quality / Anne D. Cockburn.

Summary

This book addresses the very real challenges of leading and managing a range of colleagues with a particular focus on those who are not performing as well as they might. It is a unique collection of headteachers' voices as they reflect on the many complex dilemmas they face in coping with teachers' personal and professional lives, aging colleagues, accountability and government directives. It provides significant insights into the complexities of being a leader in the very challenging environment of education in a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive world. An appendix includes a 'warts and all' discussion of the research strategy and the ethical issues surrounding the study which will be an invaluable resource for researchers including MA and doctoral students.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 161 pages : : illustration ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781137311887, 1137311886
oclc:ocn861666138
LC Classification:LB2806
Dewey Decimal:371.2/011

Introductions -- Priorities, dynamics and ethos -- Focusing on mediocrity -- Mediocrity and beyond -- The challenges of professional change -- Stability and success without stagnation -- Mathematics -- a special case? -- Some reflections on being a headteacher.

Subjects

Directeurs d'école Educational leadership Enseignants -- Efficacité Leadership en éducation Personnel scolaire -- Direction principals (educators) School personnel management School principals Teacher effectiveness