Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Teachers and Principals

"Novice teachers and principals, and even those with years of experience often bounce from one unpleasant shocker to another. Yet the unending challenges are predictable―if you can interpret the subtle clues. The purpose of this book is to help you decipher what is really going on in your school. The key to becoming a highly effective teacher or principal is to develop powerful habits of mind―profoundly practical ways of thinking about perplexing situations."
―From the Introduction

Powerful mental tools for navigating the complicated issues of everyday school life!

Ideal for new and experienced educators, this second edition of the bestseller presents dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how reframing challenges can generate tremendous potential for classroom and school leadership. This updated edition provides leadership lesson summaries, solid strategies, and reflective questions that help teachers and principals grow in their practice through the use of four defining lenses:

• Political: individual versus group power
• Human resources: individual needs and motives
• Structural: clear goals and responsibilities
• Symbolic: culture, meaning, belief, and faith

Lee G. Bolman is the Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. An author, teacher, con­sultant, and speaker, he has written numerous books on leadership and organizations with coauthor Terry Deal, including best-sellers   Leading With Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit (1995, 2001) and Reframing Organiza­tions: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (1991, 1997), as well as The Path to School Leadership (1993) and Becoming a Teacher Leader (1994). Bolman holds a BA in History and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with his wife, Joan Gallos, and the two youngest of his children, Christopher and Bradley.

Terrence E. Deal is the Irving R. Melbo Professor at University of Southern California’s Rossier School. He is an internationally known lecturer and author who has written numerous books on leadership and organizations. In addition to those written with Lee Bolman, he is the coauthor of Corporate Cultures (with Alan Kennedy, 1982) and Shaping School Culture (with Kent Peterson, 1999).