Quantum Leaps in School Leadership
By (Author) Perry R. Rettig
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Education
23rd April 2002
United States
General
Non Fiction
371.2
Paperback
176
Width 148mm, Height 227mm, Spine 10mm
245g
This book theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership. Dr. Rettig sees the open dynamics of twentieth-century science - specifically, quantum mechanics - as a better and more natural model, and describes what he sees as a method of leadership light years beyond those of today. Dr. Rettig illustrates his critique of the contemporary school administration structure with the story of Leslie O'Connor, a fictional administrator, who makes her way through familiar-seeming training techniques. For anyone interested in the organization and administration of school systems, this book provides an original and compelling perspective.
Perry Rettig earned his Ph.D. in Administrative Leadership and Supervision from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is currently a certified district administrator, principal, and elementary school teacher in that state. For the past four years he has been Associate Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership, as well as the Co-ordinator of the Educational Leadership Program, at the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh.