Curriculum Leadership: Beyond Boilerplate Standards

by Leo H. Bradley

Overview

The educational leader of today and tomorrow will need the knowledge and skills to facilitate this two-pronged approach to student achievement through curriculum design, development, implementation, and evaluation. This book addresses curriculum leadership from the perspective that curriculum has purposes beyond curriculum alignment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461733546
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	11/05/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Leo H. Bradley has held the positions of teacher, high school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools. For the past 12 years he has been a professor and program director in educational administration for Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His scholarly works include sole authorship for three books, Total Quality Management for Schools, (both book and accompanying educational video) published by Technomic, and Curriculum Leadership and Development, and Competency Based Education. He also co-authored a fourth book on the topic of educational partnerships. Among his journal article topics are Entry Year Programs, Mentorships, Ethics, School Law, Curriculum Design, and Leadership Theory.Bradley is a nationally recognized consultant for schools and businesses in the areas of curriculum, school law, total quality management, and leadership.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	xiii
1	Curriculum Leadership: The Unique Educational Leadership Domain	1
2	Principles and Operational Definitions of Curriculum	17
3	Curriculum Development Process	27
4	Curriculum Decision Making	59
5	Curriculum Documents	73
6	Curriculum Program Evaluation	85
7	The Role of Paradigms in Curriculum Change	93
8	Correlating Curriculum Design with How the Brain Learns	111
9	Technology and Curriculum Development	129
10	Student Credentialing	139
	Index	153
	About the Author	157