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Autore: |
McCall John R.
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Titolo: |
The principal's edge / / by Jack McCall
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina: | 371.2/012 |
Soggetto topico: | School management and organization - United States |
School principals - United States | |
Educational leadership - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | First published 1994 by Eye On Education. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; 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 |
2 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 | |
A 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 | |
STEP 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 | |
A 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 | |
MAKING JUDGMENTS IS WHAT PRINCIPALS DO | |
Sommario/riassunto: | First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The principal's edge ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-315-85551-8 |
1-317-92792-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453376603321 |
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