Educational Leadership and the Community has been written in conjunction with the Community Education Department Centre (CEDC) and offers you different approaches to educational leadership which are focused on community engagement and social regeneration.

Offers a radical critique of prevailing models of leadership in education, particularly models of school leadership, notably the British view of headship. This book presents an alternative model of leadership. It focuses on leadership attitudes, values and personal qualities (the elusive and intangible elements of leadership).

Human relationships are fundamental to educational and social development and increasing importance is being attached to cooperation and collaboration between schools and the community. This book is rooted in the principle that every child and young person has a fundamental entitlement to equal educational opportunities.

Following its best selling first edition this book explores the principles of total quality in education and explains how to implement them. Packed with case studies showing quality in action, this practical book enables your school to reap the benefits of a total quality approach.

Designed to serve as a personal development resource for all who work in schools and for teachers and TAs, this book provides materials for staff development activities and resources for use in classrooms. It relates to the Every Child Matters agenda, and offers strategies for implementing key components of spiritual and moral development.

Including guidelines and information on the key components of personalizing learning, this book offers activities to support personal, team and whole school understanding. It provides a range of diagnostic and developmental activities that can be used to support planning and implementation. It focuses on learning and teaching strategies; and more.

Top authors including West-Burnham, Fullan and Hargreaves contribute to this key book on leadership, which has special potential in the Irish market

This book suggest practical strategies for professional development within your school. Using case studies and the experience of leading practitioners, Leadership and Professional Development in Schools helps you to: