03913nam 2200589 450 991053259190332120180731044945.01-4833-6333-3(CKB)3710000000456922(EBL)1658146(OCoLC)923707708(SSID)ssj0001531608(PQKBManifestationID)12611433(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001531608(PQKBWorkID)11463739(PQKB)11352441(MiAaPQ)EBC1994284(EXLCZ)99371000000045692220150822h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat matters most for school leaders 25 reminders of what is really important /Robert D. Ramsey ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; copy editor Edward Meidenbauer ; cover designer Anthony PaularThousand Oaks, California :Corwin Press,2005.©20051 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-0451-X Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Why This Book? Why Now?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Some Things Never Change""; ""Chapter 1 - What You Do is Special""; ""Chapter 2 - Primero Los Ninos: Children First""; ""Chapter 3 - There are No Throwaway Kids""; ""Chapter 4 - Strong Schools Make a Strong Nation""; ""Chapter 5 - Schools are Sacred Places of Hope""; ""Chapter 6 - Teaching is the Greatest Profession""; ""Chapter 7 - Passion is the Engine That Drives School Leadership""; ""Chapter 8 - What Matters Most Costs the Least""""Chapter 9 - Schools are Only as Strong as the Community Allows""""Chapter 10 - When itâ€?s Your Own Kid, it's Different""; ""Chapter 11 - That Pesky Golden Rule Still Works""; ""Chapter 12 - Someone Has to be the Grown-up""; ""Chapter 13 - Good Leaders Learn to â€œK.I.S.S.â€? and Enjoy the Happiness of Subtraction""; ""Chapter 14 - You canâ€?t have too Much Integrity""; ""Chapter 15 - Common Sense is Better than a College Degree: The Grandma Test""; ""Chapter 16 - Sometimes Kids Need Candy More Than Milk""; ""Chapter 17 - A Chicken Doesnâ€?t Stop Scratching Just Because Worms are Scarce""""Chapter 18 - The Reverse Side has a Reverse Side""""Chapter 19 - The Best Leader is a â€œServant Leaderâ€?""; ""Chapter 20 - Your Mother Didnâ€?t Raise You to be a Bureaucrat""; ""Chapter 21 - Politicians and Armchair Quarterbacks Donâ€?t Get itâ€?So You Have to""; ""Chapter 22 - If Youâ€?re Not Having Fun, Youâ€?re Doing it Wrong""; ""Chapter 23 - Things are Never as Bad as You Think They are; and Youâ€?re Braver, Stronger, and Smarter than You Imagine""; ""Chapter 24 - You Work to Live, Not Live to Work""; ""Chapter 25 - Itâ€?s Worth it!""; ""A Final Word: The Ouija Board Effect""""Resource A: What Others Say about What Matters Most (in School and in Life)""""Resource B: Other Books about What Matters Most""; ""Resource C: Other Lasting Truths That Couldnâ€?t be Squeezed Into This Little Book""; ""Index""School management and organizationUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcSchool administratorsUnited StatesElectronic books.School management and organizationSchool administrators371.2011Ramsey Robert D.1086504Meidenbauer EdwardBrenkus ElizabethPaular AnthonyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910532591903321What matters most for school leaders2747380UNINA