{"product_id":"socio-cultural-leadership-desmond-blackburn-9780595528264","title":"Socio-Cultural Leadership: The art of restructuring schools through research-based principal leadership","description":"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: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAs the instructional leader, the principal must supervise and evaluate instruction to make sure that students are given optimal learning opportunities. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a community leader, the principal must inspire and\/or provide incentives for student-centered communal learning. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs the facilitator of culture, the principal must also realize the limitations of leadership on student achievement and begin to shape and reshape school culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Socio-Cultural Leadership is the result of a four-year-long immersion into school improvement efforts from around the world, not to mention my own experiences as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, district trainer, director of school improvement, and adjunct professor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Desmond Blackburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595528260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595528264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Desmond Blackburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990230892799,"sku":"9780595528264","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94beb9d1-9d81-4021-890a-e0bd2321c66c.jpg?v=1683303742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/socio-cultural-leadership-desmond-blackburn-9780595528264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}