R&L Education
Pages: 180
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-57886-438-6 • Paperback • September 2006 • $44.00 • (£34.00)
Robert T. Hess is student achievement leader for Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Oregon and has worked in schools for 19 years. James W. Robinson is superintendent of Lebanon Community Schools in Lebanon, Oregon and has worked in the field of education for the past 32 years.
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 From Planning to Vision
Chapter 3 From Goals to Priorities
Chapter 4 From Policy to Opportunity
Chapter 5 From Problem-Solving to Capacity-Building
Chapter 6 From Isolation & Fear of Separation to Relationships & Teamwork
Chapter 7 From Controlling Managers to Shared Leadership
Chapter 8 From Hidden Agendas to Authentic Listening
Chapter 9 From Conformance to Performance
Chapter 10 From Tradition to Data to Reflection
Chapter 11 From Arrival to Growth
Part 12 Appendix: Priority Leader Assessment
The text is at once practical and inspiring, presenting in orderly fashion a compelling 'continuum of change' skill set. It concludes with a priority leader assessment tool, which will help leaders apply concepts and help district colleagues understand what priority leadership is all about. Recommended.
— Choice Reviews
The uniquely practical wisdom of two veterans in school leadership. This book is invaluable for authentic strategic planning.
— Juanita Lamely, Oregon State University
The 10 chapters are presented as a growth continuum. They cover subjects such as moving from planning to vision, from hidden agendas to authentic listening, and from arrival to growth.
— Reference and Research Book News
Priority Leadership will gently but persuasively tell you things you should have already known and wish you would have acted on much earlier.
— School Administrator
A unique look at leadership. This is not a list of tricks but a clear picture of how to authentically lead a school district to greater levels of achievement....Robert T. Hess and James W. Robinson have taken their local and personal leadership experiences and made them universal. They speak to all of us as we challenge our own conceptions of leadership.
— Tom Ruhl, Program Director, Educational Leadership Program, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
I wish I had had this no-nonsense little volume in front of me during my turbulent days as a school principal....Rob T. Hess and James W. Robinson are the keepers of the candle of uncommonly good sense in our profession of too much non-sense....School people see outsiders' efforts to reform their schools as changing things without improving them much. Outsiders see what school people do as improving things a bit without changing them much. Hess and Robinson show us how to change AND improve things.
— Roland Barth, founder, Harvard Principals' Center and the International Network of Principals' Center