Coping with Educational Crises - Walter S. Polka, John E. McKenna, Monica J. VanHusen

Coping with Educational Crises

Approaches from School Leaders Who Did It
Buch | Softcover
194 Seiten
2023
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-6595-0 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Coping with Educational Crises: Approaches from School Leaders Who Did It provides key leadership concepts and specific strategies as well as pragmatic tactical approaches that school leaders must employ to successfully confront the realities of crises situations and appropriately lead their followers into the post-crisis experience.
Coping with Educational Crises: Approaches from School Leaders Who Did It provides readers with perspectives and research-based strategies regarding the leadership approaches employed by school district administrators at all levels of organizational responsibility including superintendents of schools; assistant superintendents; program directors and coordinators; principals; assistant principals; and teacher leaders to confront unexpected major crises in school operations such as that created by the COVID-19 global pandemic.

This book consists of eight chapters written by practicing administrators, leadership researchers, and experienced educators who present their analyses and insights about managing the people, things, and ideas of educational organizations during crisis situations. They articulate various approaches that they and other educational leaders employed to abate the deleterious impact of crises on their respective organizations.

Coping with Educational Crises also provides recommendations to current and future school leaders who may face similar crises during their careers. Additionally, the editors and contributing authors offer sage advice to educational policymakers, school administrators, parents, and community leaders to recognize the collateral opportunities associated with any crisis including reforms to the pre-crisis traditional educational system since some of its key foundations, procedures, and expectations may have been significantly changed forever.

Walter S. Polka is professor of leadership and coordinator of the PhD program at Niagara University with over fifty-five years in education, including thirteen years as superintendent of schools. John E. McKenna is an award-winning educator and adjunct professor with over thirty-five years of public education experience as a teacher, building principal, and district-level administrator. Monica J. VanHusen has been an educator for the past eighteen years and currently is the educational technology coordinator for Stafford County Virginia Public Schools.

Foreword

Peter DeWitt

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. School Leadership in a Global Crisis: A Study of Initial Reactions and Future Perspectives

Carol S. Cash, Jodie L. Brinkmann, and Ted S. Price

Chapter 2. A Practicing Superintendent’s Experiences During a Global Crisis: Recommendations for Preparing for the Next One!

Jeffrey Robert Rabey

Chapter 3. Constructing a Comprehensive Crisis Management Framework: Sunflower Unified School District Case Study

John E. McKenna and Walter S. Polka

Chapter 4. Instructional Leadership: The Critical Spark to Lead Meaningful Educational Change

Monica J. VanHusen and Walter S. Polka

Chapter 5. Managing the Auxiliary School Services: Budget, Finances, Facilities, Transportation, and Food Services in Crisis Situations

Rubie Harris

Chapter 6. Human Resources During Crises: Emphasize the HUMAN in Human Resources

John E. McKenna and Moira H. Cooper

Chapter 7. Commencing New Leadership Positions During Crises: Finding an Appropriate Leadership Conceptual Framework to Address Unexpected Personal and Professional Challenges

Michelle Grimes

Chapter 8. The Next Era is Up to Us: Seizing Opportunities and Creating a New Future

John E. McKenna, Monica J. VanHusen, and Walter S. Polka

Afterword

Thomas Payton

About the Editors and Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 229 mm
Gewicht 268 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Didaktik
ISBN-10 1-4758-6595-3 / 1475865953
ISBN-13 978-1-4758-6595-0 / 9781475865950
Zustand Neuware
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