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Sustaining Depth and Meaning in School Leadership: Keeping Your Head concerns the emotional and psychological experience of school leadership-in particular, the felt experience of life as a headteacher. It describes the pressures and rewards of the role, together with some of the ways that school leaders successfully sustain and develop themselves and their teams in what has become an increasingly complex, challenging, and highly accountable role. This book explores the personal experience of leading schools. Part I provides an overview and analysis of current and historical trends in school leadership and offers some theoretical frameworks for making sense of these. Part II then offers psychodynamic approaches to supporting and developing school leaders and the impact that trends in executive education continue to have on this. Part III looks at approaches to school leadership development more generally, including team development; influences from the business world; the growth of mentoring and coaching as a leadership intervention; the design and evaluation of leadership development programmes; and a case study on whole-system development. The final word is given to ten serving headteachers and deputies and their leadership journeys. This range of chapters, concepts, and perspectives will support school leaders to maintain an emotional equilibrium while navigating the multilayered tightrope of intrapsychic, interpersonal, and organizational dynamics inherent in school life. Rooted in Jackson and Berkeley's belief that school leaders are likely to be at their best when they find their own unique and authentic way of taking up their leadership role, this book is an accessible, supportive, and developmental contribution for all those involved in education leadership.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780367859411
eBay Product ID (ePID)15046705175
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSustaining Depth and Meaning in School Leadership: Keeping Your Head
Publication Year2020
SubjectEducation, Psychology, Consultation
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrea Berkeley, Emil Jackson
Subject AreaExperimental Psychology
SeriesTavistock Clinic Series
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight540 g
Additional Product Features
EditorAndrea Berkeley, Emil Jackson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom