The Process of ISLLC/ELCC Standards Implementation in School Leadership
Preparation Programs.......................................................... 122
Crystal Machado and Daniel H. Cline
Team Testing for Individual Success and the Development of Interpersonal Skills among
Aspiring School Leaders............................................................... 130
Amanda M. Maddocks
A Gap Analysis of Principal Preparation Programs in Illinois: Viewpoints of Superintendents,
Principals, and Teachers............................................................... 137
Joseph Pacha, Linda Morford, Jon Crawford, June Grivetti, John Murphy and Jenny Tripses
Preparing School Leaders to Build and Sustain Engagement with Families and Communities....... 145
Katharine Shepherd, Susan Hasazi and Judith Aiken
PART 3—TECHNOLOGY FOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS
The Role of Educational Technology in Educational Leadership Programs...................... 161
Robert Hancock, Becky Sue Parton and Mijir
Placing Human Interaction at the Center of a Distance Education Program in
Educational Leadership............................................................... 169
Ted Zigler, Ann Ogletree, Tracy Pirkle and Carri Schneider
PART 4—CRITICAL THEORY AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
In the Spirit of Our Nation’s Children: A study on National Diversity Leadership
Standards and Superintendents......................................................... 179
Christa Boske
Perspectives on Leadership: Race, Gender and the Superintendency—A National Study.......... 195
Effie N. Christie, Jerry L. Jackson and Gerard Babo
Preservice Principals’ Perceptions of Culturally Proficient School Leadership................... 209
Mack T. Hines III
Research with Women School Superintendents: Implications for Teaching Future
School Leaders...................................................................... 223
Susan J. Katz
The Role of Superintendents in Leading Districts to Cultural Proficiency....................... 236
Thomas Price and Sandra Harris
Contextualized Principal Preparation for the Improvement of American Indian Education:
Negotiating Cross-cultural Assumptions................................................. 244
William G. Ruff and Joanne L. Erickson
PART 5—K-12 LEADERSHIP PRACTICES
Leader Values-Needed and Student Values-Held: Dilemmas for Leader Educators............... 255
JoAnn Danelo Barbour
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