Table of Contents

Starting with What we Know.- Successful School Principalship in Tasmania.- Models of Successful Principal Leadership: Victorian Case Studies.- Sustaining Success in Challenging Contexts: Leadership in English Schools.- Successful Leadership Based on Democratic Values.- Successful Principalship – The Swedish Case.- Communicative Strategies Among Successful Danish School Principals.- Successful Leadership: Does Context Matter and If So, How?.- Successful Principalship in Shanghai: A Case Study.- Against the Odds: Successful Principals in Challenging U.S. Schools.- Building and Sustaining Successful Principalship: Key Themes.- What We Learned: A Broad View.

Reviews

"The research reported in the book presents an interesting and rich picture of successful principals in different socio-cultural contexts and their reponses to national accountability policies. This book will make an important contribution to the existing body of knowledge about leadership practices." Prof.dr. P. Sleegers, Faculty of Social- and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands