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by Desmond Blackburn (Author)
While many factors influence the success rate of schools, none are more influential than the impact of effective local school leadership by way of a principal. Socio-Cultural Leadership suggests many aspects that impact effective school leadership; however none are more substantial than the following tenets of Socio-Cultural Leadership:
- As the instructional leader, the principal must supervise and evaluate instruction to make sure that students are given optimal learning opportunities.
- As the emotional leader, the principal must ensure that teachers are intellectually equipped, emotionally stimulated, and encouraged to assume decision-making positions of leadership in schools to increase student achievement.
- As a community leader, the principal must inspire and/or provide incentives for student-centered communal learning.
- As the facilitator of culture, the principal must also realize the limitations of leadership on student achievement and begin to shape and reshape school culture.
Number of Pages: 88
Dimensions: 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: January 29, 2009
