The Headship Game The Challenges of Contemporary School Leadership 1st Edition by Tessa Atton ISBN 0415277817 9780415277815

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ISBN 10: 0415277817

ISBN 13: 9780415277815 

Author: Tessa Atton 

Being an effective headteacher requires a combination of leadership skills. What does an aspiring head need to know to win the ‘headship game’?

Tessa Atton and Brian Fiddler focus on particular pressure points and key issues that can be particularly problematic and suggest ways of dealing with them. Comparisons are made between headships and chief executive roles of other organisations and extensive examples are included from current headteachers to illustrate aspects of the job which they find most challenging.

The authors also examine the career of headship from application to retirement and emphasize the need to learn about leadership before becoming a head. Using examples of current headship practice, they suggest ways of developing good practice further. Some of the issues covered in this practical guide include:

* development of leadership thought
* achieving headship
* selecting and supporting headteachers
* understanding the demands of contemporary headship
* after headship.

The Headship Game will be a valuable resource for current and aspiring headteachers, deputy heads and those on NPQH courses.

Table of contents:

Part 1. History and Theories of Leadership

1. Recent Developments in Headship
2. Development of Leadership Thought and its Application to Schools

Part 2. Learning and Playing the Game: Current headship practice
3. Learning about the Job of Headteacher and its Contemporary Demands
4. Understanding the External Demands
5. Understanding the Internal Demands
6. Selecting and Supporting New Headteachers
7. Achieving Headship
8. The Career of Headship
9. Life Cycle of a Head: Becoming a head
10. Life Cycle of a Head: Being a head

Part 3. Playing Longer
11. Keeping Moving: Successive headships, revitalisation and work after headship
12. Stress and Challenges: Trio of tensions – governors, school and head

Part 4. Playing Better
13. Where Next? The future

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