Blazing New Trails - Connexions

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contributing Authors ix
Yearbook Reviewers xi
Preface xiii
PART 1—INVITED CHAPTERS
NCPEA President's Message, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Gary W. Kinsey
Living Legend: Shadows and Images II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lloyd Duvall
Dissertation of the Year: Micropolitics in the School: Teacher Leaders’ Use of Political Skill
and Influence Tactics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Donald J. Brosky
PART 2—CRITICAL ISSUES IN SHARED LEADERSHIP
Complexities in the Workload of Principals: Implications for Teacher Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CarynM.Wells,C.RobertMaxfieldandBarbaraA.Klocko
Professional Learning Communities: A Feasible Reality or a Chimera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ronald A. Lindahl
Superintendent Leadership as the Catalyst for Organizational Learning: Implications for
Closing the Achievement Gap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Victoria L. Kelly and George J. Petersen
Special Education Director Burnout in Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Debra Lynn Ferris and William G. Ruff
Superintendent Decision-making and Problem-solving: Living on the Horns of Dilemmas . . . . . . . . . . 93
Walter S. Polka, Peter R. Litchka, Frank F. Calzi, Stephen J. Denig and Rosina E. Mete
The Administration of Special Education Programs in Rural Schools: The Roles and
Responsibilities of Educational Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Michael K. Redburn and William Ruff
PART 3—CRITICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
The Effective Practices and Beliefs of School Principals in High Achieving Hispanic Majority
Mid-Level Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Johnny Briseño, Sandra Harris and Jason Mixon
Creating Shared Meaning in High Performing, Low Socioeconomic Urban Elementary Schools:
Going Extra, Above, and Beyond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
JoAnn Danelo Barbour and Olga Pacot
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