Leading Dynamic Schools

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Author: Sharon F Rallis
Publisher: Corwin
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9781412915571
Publishing year: July 2007
No of pages: 144
Weight: 310 grm
Language: English
Book binding: Paperback

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Leading Dynamic Schools: How tCreate and Implement Ethical Policies is a policy book for people whwork in and with schools: teachers, building level leaders, central office administrators, board members, and parent boards In accessible language, the authors deconstruct the conceptions and understandings of educational policy This volume serves as a companion volume tPrincipals of Dynamic Schools (Rallis and Goldring, Corwin Press, 2000) and Dynamic Teachers (Rallis and Rossman, Corwin Press, 1995), books that introduced the construct of dynamic schools This book alsdraws on work from Becoming a Reflective Educator (Reagan, Case and Brubacher, Corwin Press, 2000) Policy is an often overused and more often misunderstood concept The authors bring tlife the making and enacting of educational policy in schools, and help readers develop a more sophisticated and complex understanding of the purposes, evaluation, creation, and implementation of school policies at all levels As in the earlier books, the authors use vignettes and cases, as well as research and relevant theories, tillustrate important concepts The theme of power within policy permeates the text The authors recognize that policy tends trepresent dominant voices, and that power can be appropriate and legitimate Dynamic schools are places where multiple voices contribute tthe policy-making and implementing process