What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership

Jeffrey Glanz

October 2005 | 152 pages | Corwin

Collaborate to alleviate stress and elevate success!

The demands on today's principals can be overwhelming in their complexity. More than ever, it is critical for principals to engage in meaningful collaboration empowering staff, parents, community members, and students with a voice in making decisions and making a difference.

By drawing on the collective wisdom of the school's stakeholders, principals can promote a sense of shared conviction and responsibility for heightened levels of success-and this guide will help you get there. It offers a proven three-phased collaborative leadership approach, covering best practices for: Team building-including 10 characteristics of successful teams, "25 Questions" exercise, and team assessments; Action research-highlighting the three forms of action research, plus steps for implementation; and Shared decision making-with emphasis on developing teacher leaders.

This fifth volume of a seven-part leadership series features reader-friendly tools including:

Insightful questionnaire and response analysis
Case study with reflective questions
"What You Should Know About" sections framing each chapter
Self-Assessment resources
"In-basket Simulations" exploring real-life examples

Other titles in this leadership series:

What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural Leadership
What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership

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Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Questionnaire: Before We Get Started…

1. Introduction

Case Study and Reflective Questions

2. Best Practices in Team Building

Leading with Passion, Vision Building, and Teamwork

Ten Characteristics of Successful Teams

Assessing your Leadership Style

Draw a Pig

The Twenty-Five Questions Team-Development Exercise

Team Effectiveness Critique

Conclusion

3. Action Research as Best Practice for Collaboration

Action Research for Collaboration and More

Benefits of Action Research

Steps in Action Research

Three Forms of Action Research

Action Research in Action

Guidelines for Implementing Action Research

Conclusion

4. Best Practices in Shared Decision Making

Encouraging Teacher Leadership

Site-Based Management

Conclusion

Conclusion: Making Collaborative Leadership a Reality

Resource A: Realities of Collaborative Leadership: In-Basket Simulations

Resource B: Assessing Your Role in Teamwork

Resource C: Assessing Your Role in Action Research

Resource D: Assessing Your Role in Shared Decision Making

Resource E: An Annotated Bibliography of Best Resources

References

Index

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