LEADER 04854oam 2200661I 450 001 9910790619403321 005 20230803022230.0 010 $a1-317-92791-5 010 $a1-315-85551-8 010 $a1-317-92792-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315855516 035 $a(CKB)2550000001138898 035 $a(EBL)1487276 035 $a(OCoLC)863202690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037315 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407882 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037315 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11043594 035 $a(PQKB)10736321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1487276 035 $a(OCoLC)958101277 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001138898 100 $a20180706e20131994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe principal's edge /$fby Jack McCall 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 0 $aThe leadership & management series The principal's edge 300 $aFirst published 1994 by Eye On Education. 311 $a1-883001-08-0 311 $a1-306-07317-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 THE MAKING OF A PRINCIPAL; ONLY INFANTS REALLY LIKE CHANGE-WHEN THEY ARE COLD AND WET ; LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE; MAKING A PRINCIPAL INVOLVES MUCH LEARNING ; IT STARTED WITH THE CONVICTION OF 10 SPONSORS; WHO WERE THE 10 SPONSORS OF THIS MAJOR PROJECT?; HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS MONSTROUS TASK?; WHAT DOES A PRINCIPAL HAVE TO KNOW AND DO?; I. FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS; II. PROGRAMMATIC DOMAINS; III. INTERPERSONAL DOMAINS; IV. CONTEXTUAL DOMAINS; SUMMATION; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION 327 $a2 THE PRINCIPAL'S LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE""WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?,"" ASKED THE PRINCIPAL (A QUESTION NEVER ASKED); LEADERSHIP: ON THE JOB LEARNING IS NECESSARY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT; THE NATIONAL POLICY BOARD PUTS LEADERSHIP FIRST; LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO; HOW DOES THE LEADER LEARN WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE?; HOW DOES A PRINCIPAL INSPIRE THROUGH A SHARED VISION?; ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE EMPOWERED BY THE SHARED VISION; MOST TEAMS PLAY BETTER IN HOME GAMES; THE PRINCIPAL IS MOST A LEADER WHEN HE OR SHE IS MODELING THE WAY; JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S CREED 327 $aA FORMULA TO HELP PRINCIPALS FOR OUR CHANGING SCHOOLSSUMMATION; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; 3 KNOWING WHAT IS WHAT; WHAT JOHN I. GOODLAD FOUND; AVOID COLLECTING EVERYTHING COLLECTIBLE; PRINCIPALS FOR OUR CHANGING SCHOOLS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PROBE; IS THERE NO HOPE? OF COURSE THERE IS. ENTER PROBING!; SOCRATES WAS THE PROBER PAR EXCELLENCE; SEEING A SCHOOL AS A SYSTEM HELPS IN COLLECTING INFORMATION; A PROCESS MODEL FOR COLLECTING SCHOOL INFORMATION; STEP 1 HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED; STEP 2 HOW TO SELECT APPROPRIATE SOURCES OF INFORMATION 327 $aSTEP 3 WHAT ARE THE BEST STRATEGIES OR TOOLS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATIONSTEP 4 HOW TO COLLECT OR GATHER THE INFORMATION; STEP 5 HOW TO ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION; STEP 6 HOW TO ANALYZE THE INFORMATION; STEP 7 HOW TO SUMMARIZE AND DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION; STEP 8 HOW TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO HAVE A NEED TO KNOW; SUMMATION; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; 4 PRINCIPAL AS PROBLEM SOLVER OR, BETTER, PROBLEM AVOIDER; WHAT IS PROBLEM ANALYSIS? ; FOUR KINDS OF THINKING PRINCIPALS DO; STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS THINKING; TIRE-PATCHING; POLEMIC THINKING; CREATIVE OR GENERATIVE THINKING 327 $aA PROCESS MODEL OF EFFECTIVE PROBLEM ANALYSISCREATIVE THINKING GIVES THE PRINCIPALA REAL EDGE; MYTH ONE: ONLY THE BRIGHTEST PEOPLE WITH THE HIGHEST I.Q.S ARE CREATIVE ; MYTH TWO: SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN CREATIVE; MYTH THREE: ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE ARE LONERS WHO SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME DOING NOTHING; MYTH FOUR: CREATIVE PEOPLE BLOSSOM OVERNIGHT AND SHOW AT AN EARLY AGE THAT THEY CAN DO CREATIVE THINGS THAT OTHERS CANNOT DO; MYTH FIVE: YOU CANNOT RAISE A CHILD TO BE AN INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE THINKER; SUMMATION; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION; 5 THE PRINCIPAL MAKES JUDGMENT CALLS ALL THE TIME 327 $aMAKING JUDGMENTS IS WHAT PRINCIPALS DO 330 $aFirst Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. 410 0$aLeadership & management series ;$v4. 606 $aSchool management and organization$zUnited States 606 $aSchool principals$zUnited States 606 $aEducational leadership$zUnited States 615 0$aSchool management and organization 615 0$aSchool principals 615 0$aEducational leadership 676 $a371.2/012 700 $aMcCall$b John R.$01492014 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790619403321 996 $aThe principal's edge$93714257 997 $aUNINA