Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Challenge 1: Dealing with Leadership Succession -- Chapter 1: Understanding the Patterns of Leadership Succession -- Chapter 2: Leadership Mentoring -- Chapter 3: Teachers as School Leaders -- Challenge 2: Keeping the Learning Agenda Alive -- Chapter 4: Dealing with Rapid Growth -- Chapter 5: Understanding Rising Expectations -- Chapter 6: Shared Governance as a Crucial Democratic Forum -- Challenge 3: Sustaining the Culture of Innovation -- Chapter 7: Integrating New Faculty -- Chapter 8: Integrating New Families and Students -- Chapter 9: Supporting Advanced Teacher-Learners -- Challenge 4: Steering an Honorable Course Through External Upheavals -- Chapter 10: Dealing Effectively With District Leadership -- Chapter 11: When the State and the Feds Come Marching In -- Chapter 12: Recasting the Vision Without Selling Out: One School's Story -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- Related ASCD Resources -- Search this Book.