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The Servant Leader and High School Change

More Lessons from Principal to Principal

Rocky Wallace author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:16th Jan '09

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Across the country, there is an urgent call for transformational high school reform. The Servant Leader and High School Change addresses the plea for secondary school reinvention, inspiring the reader to get more involved in local school improvement efforts. Wallace captures_in story form_what students, teachers, administrators, and parents have been saying for a long time: there is a simpler, more effective way to run a people-centered school. Following a struggling high school principal who has lost his way, Wallace demonstrates what can happen in one school year when a gifted mentor gets the attention of the principal who is his student and teaches him the real meaning of servant leadership, thus transforming not only the principal, but the entire school and community.

Wallace narrates a story about real-time school leadership that captures the frustration and passion, the caring and mentoring of a developing servant leader. The complex environment of K-12 schools described in this account is realistic, and the strategies for real change in personal development of a so-so administrator into a servant leader hold promise for school administrators and leader mentors. -- Cathy Gunn, Dean of Education at Morehead State University
Wallace does it again! This is the second in an excellent series of works filled with insight and timely wisdom applicable to anyone in a leadership position. The depth of understanding and practical resolve in each chapter makes this a how-to book for relational success no matter where you lead others. -- Jacque L. King, Assistant Professor of Business at Westminster College, Pennsylvania
Wallace's extensive educational leadership experience at the local, regional, state, and university levels has enabled him to develop a unique perspective in school administration. His works are always informative and beneficial, and The Servant Leader and High School Change is no exception. -- Dale Duvall, special assistant to the president of Morehead State University for the P-16 Appalachian Regional Council, and associate dean fo
Rocky Wallace has a delightful way of teaching leaders through storytelling. This book sets the stage for valuable dialogue in faculty, leadership, or team meetings about what it takes to be a good leader. In an age when we need to develop leadership capacity school-wide, this book helps principals and teachers think more critically about leadership and its powerful impact upon our students and our schools. -- Carol Christian, district achievement gap coordinator in the Kentucky Department of Education
As a former high school principal, I highly recommend The Servant Leader and High School Change to practicing high school principals, both new and experienced, which is a follow-up to the great read of Principal to Principal. Wallace providesan excellent and experienced leadership map/strategies to improve leadership effectiveness at the high school level. The book effectively breaks leadership into critical components and then uses introspection, reflection, observation, research, and best practices to outline a path to servant leadership. Even when data indicates that there is a scaricity of great schools, under the servant mentality of school leadership, many school leaders can successfully move schools to become great. A school leadermust have the commitment and fortitude to recognize that the learning environment needs to evolve toward a student-centered focus.. -- Jim Jackson, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky
As a former high school principal, I highly recommend The Servant Leader and High School Change to practicing high school principals, both new and experienced, which is a follow-up to the great read of Principal to Principal. Wallace provides an excellent and experienced leadership map/strategies to improve leadership effectiveness at the high school level. The book effectively breaks leadership into critical components and then uses introspection, reflection, observation, research, and best practices to outline a path to servant leadership. Even when data indicates that there is a scaricity of great schools, under the servant mentality of school leadership, many school leaders can successfully move schools to become great. A school leader must have the commitment and fortitude to recognize that the learning environment needs to evolve toward a student-centered focus. -- Jim Jackson, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky

ISBN: 9781578869527

Dimensions: 216mm x 148mm x 10mm

Weight: 184g

104 pages