Leadership Problems:: A Study of Leaders Issues in K-12 Education

By Fayette B Nick, EdD

This book examines six types of leaders that do not lead in K-12 education and provides a plan on how to build leadership capacity within a school system and how to involve the community members in the education process beyond engagement to participation in a school system.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524504939

Fayette B Nick, EdD

About the Author Dr. Fayette B. Nick is an independent theoretical social scientist and national education consultant. She has served in a number of K-12 education leadership positions, including principal, chief academic officer, special education director, and interim superintendent. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Nick has been published in the areas of school board effectiveness, principal leadership, parental involvement, instructional improvement, building community participation in school systems, and school superintendent effectiveness. Her other books include Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal and Involving Parents in the Common Core State Standards: Through a Family-School Partnership Program. Dr. Nick has served on advisory boards and panels in a number of school systems and made numerous presentations and conducted workshops nationwide on effective K-12 school leadership. She is a highly sought-after presenter, consultant, and speaker. She resides in Columbia, South Carolina. You can visit her website: www.fayettebnick.com.

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LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS

A Study of Leaders Issues

in K-12 Education

Fayette B Nick, EdD

Copyright © 2016 by Fayette B Nick, EdD.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016908862

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-5245-0495-3

   Softcover   978-1-5245-0494-6

   eBook   978-1-5245-0493-9

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CONTENTS

Overview

Problem I Are there leaders that do not lead?

1: Leaders That Do Not Lead

The Backboneless Leader

The Destructive Leaders

The Friendship Leader

Mini-Scenario

The Pretender Leaders

The Lemon Leader

The Slugger Leader

Problem II How is leadership capacity built in schools and school systems across the United States?

2: The Lack of Cultivation of Future Leaders

Retain Your Teachers Program (RYT)

Administrator Leadership Academy (ALA)

Problem III Leaders Are Not Community Motivation Builders

3: Leaders Are Not Community Motivation Builders

The Participation Plan

Community Liaison

Community Service Learning Program

ROPE and the Community

Problem IV

4: The Next Step: More Researched Studies

Additional Research Needed

Limitations

Appendices

To James Roy Hawkins, a great future leader.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Fayette B. Nick is an independent theoretical social scientist and national education consultant. She has served in a number of K-12 education leadership positions, including principal, chief academic officer, special education director, and interim superintendent. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Nick has been published in the areas of school board effectiveness, principal leadership, parental involvement, instructional improvement, building community participation in school systems, and school superintendent effectiveness. Her other books include Leadership: School Board Superintendent Principal and Involving Parents in the Common Core State Standards: Through a Family-School Partnership Program.

Dr. Nick has served on advisory boards and panels in a number of school systems, made numerous presentations, and conducted workshops nationwide on effective K-12 school leadership.

She is a highly sought-after presenter, consultant, and speaker. She resides in Columbia, South Carolina. You can visit her website at www.fayettebnick.com.

OVERVIEW

This is meant to be a self-help, reflective, informative interactive workbook for school leaders. This book is based on my observational research and a survey study of K-12 education leaders from across the United States. The findings of the study are presented simply without technical scientific charts or graphs or statistics that the average reader would need a degree in mathematics to understand. Two hundred and fifty school leaders across the country were asked to complete an open-ended survey. Participation was strictly voluntary, and responses were anonymous. A self-addressed, stamped envelope was included to return