Principal and superintendent program students are the future educational leaders of Texas.
Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2020 provides future educational leaders with an effective background for success in leading a campus or district.
The objectives of educational leadership preparation programs are often pragmatic. There is the desire to teach the skills of leadership, legal analysis, and management that ensure success in the challenges of school administration. The development of these leadership traits increases employment opportunities and professional attainment for students. In addition, professors expect the development of the skills to correlate with success on the TExES certification exam.
Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2020 addresses these pragmatic factors as it has evolved along with educational leadership programs to meet the needs of professors and students.
Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2020
- Has been updated to include actions from the 83rd Texas Legislative Session, House Bill 5, as well as new requirements that have come from court cases and No Child Left Behind waivers.
- Supports educational leadership professors in the development of their classes.
- Is a focused educational reference developed for the needs of Texas administrator preparation.
- Features a printed textbook that covers politics, technology, leadership, school reform, and legalities of school administration, including sections on foundational knowledge, principal and superintendent leadership, and special programs.
- Includes access to an accompanying website with PowerPoint templates that can be used as a starting point in developing lessons, along with the key terms, questions, case studies, and TExES formatted questions to assist in preparation for the state certification exam.
PART I FOUNDATIONS
The Organizational Structure of Government and Its Role in Texas Public Education
Carrie Y. Barron Ausbrooks
Governing and Supporting Education in Texas: The Texas Education Agency and Educational Service Centers
Elisabeth Krimbill, and Catherine Robert
Racial and Ethnic Groups in Texas: Who Are They?
Lillian B. Poats, Viveca A. Grant, and Nicole Walters
Educational Leadership: Historical Perspectives and New Approaches
Julia Warren Ballenger
Ethics and School Administration
Don M. Beach, Mark Weber, and Tod A. Farmer
Managing Organizational Change
Julie Peterson Combs and Stacy Hendricks
The Power of Your Voice
Gary Miller and Mark Terry
Development and Uses of Theory for Educational Leaders
Rolando Avila and Anita Pankake
PART II THE PRINCIPAL
The Principal: Campus Leadership
Ray Thompson and Susan Nix
Curriculum and Instruction
Ross Sherman and Timothy B. Jones
Texas Assessments and School Accountability
Yanira Oliveras-Ortiz and Allison E. Matney
The Principal and Human Resources, Budgeting, and Facilities
Gary D. Bigham
Effective School Communication
Casey Graham Brown and Shelley Garrett
PART III THE SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendency: Effective District Governance
Jennifer Jones and Pauline Sampson
Financing Texas Public Schools
Chuck Holt and Ray Thompson
School District Business and Financial Operations
Timothy B. Jones and Brent J. Ringo
The Superintendent and Human Resources
Chuck Holt and Gary D. Bigham
The Superintendent and School Facilities
Dalane E. Bouillion and Vance Vaughn
PART IV PROGRAMS
Students of Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities for School Leadership
Melissa Arrambide and Ava Muñoz
Career and Technology Education (CATE)
Amy Burkman
Students’ Rights and Parental Rights
David P. Thompson, Elisabeth Krimbill, and Catherine Robert
Toward Excellence: Perspectives and Dispositions on Leadership in Rural Schools Revisited
Nathan R. Templeton
Urban Schools, Urban Students, and Urban Leadership
Kriss Kemp-Graham
Technology and Education
Mary P. Winn and Brian Brown
Counseling in Schools: Mental Health, Crisis, Career, and Academic
Karl J. Witt, Christine Mcnichols, and Juawice McCormick
Comprehensive School Reform in Texas: Alternative Education Programs
Alfredo Ramirez, Jr. and Maria de Lourdes Viloria
APPENDICES
Standards for the Principal Certificate
Standards for the Superintendent Certificate