School Management by Wandering Around

Larry Frase; Robert W. Hertzel

doi:10.5771/9781461653950

Summary

Management by wandering around (MBWA) is the catalyst that brings teachers, aides, parents, and administrators together in the pursuit of excellent schools. MBWA is an active person-to-person process that relies on deeds, involvement, and participation to create better schools. The leader who embraces MBWA does not just talk about his philosophy, he lives it. The MBWA leader possesses an honest awareness of self and how he affects others. He creates and clarifies new visions. He encourages and empowers others to join in the quest to capture visions and transform them into reality. The MBWA leader is aware of the power, worth, and value of people. He actively pursues the school's mission with people.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2003
ISBN-Print: 978-0-87762-640-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-5395-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 205
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
1. 1. Enhancers No access
  2. Impediments No access
2. Trust and Openness No access
3. Authority of Strong Instructional Leadership No access
4. Assessing the Building Blocks of Excellence No access
5. References No access
1. 1. Theory X and Theory Y: Viewing People as People, Not as Cretins No access
2. The Managerial Grid: Concern for People and Getting the Job Done No access
3. Managing Conflict No access
4. Summary No access
5. References No access
1. Creating a Vision No access
2. Defining and Operationalizing the Vision: The Planning Process No access
3. 1. Step 1.0 - Developing the Mission Statement No access
  2. Step 2.0 - Prioritizing Issues and Goals No access
  3. Step 3.0 - Developing a Plan of Action No access
  4. Step 4.0 - Determining Performance Standards and Evaluation Plan No access
  5. Step 5.0 - Monitoring and Evaluating No access
4. References No access
1. Teachers as Learners No access
2. Motives for Teaching No access
3. The Quality Look in Professional Development Programs No access
4. Two Purposes of Professional Development Programs No access
5. 1. Conceptual Considerations No access
  2. Techniques for Determining Content No access
6. 1. Administrator Assessment Centers and Other Training Programs No access
  2. Feedback from Teachers, Staff, and Supervisors No access
7. References No access
1. 1. What to Look For No access
  2. Twenty No-Cost Options to Enhance Quality Time No access
2. 1. Common Aims of Well-Disciplined Schools No access
  2. Effective Classroom Management Guide No access
3. 1. Plan 1: Key Communicators No access
  2. Plan 2: Public Information Specialists No access
4. 1. Physical Facilities No access
5. References No access
1. Analyzing Teacher Performance No access
2. Forms of Incompetence No access
3. Dealing with Marginal Teachers No access
4. Tenure, Due Process, and Property and Liberty Interests No access
5. Key Summary Points No access
6. Alternatives to the Dismissal Process No access
7. References No access
1. How the "Good" and the "Not So Good" Principals Use Their Time No access
2. 1. Plans for Reducing Discrepancies No access
3. 1. Myth l No access
  2. Myth 2 No access
  3. Myth 3 No access
  4. Myth 4 No access
  5. Myth 5 No access
  6. Myth 6 No access
4. 1. Planning for More Effective Use of Time No access
5. 1. Too Much Time on the Telephone No access
  2. Too Many Drop-In Visitors No access
  3. The Mail Trap No access
6. 1. Planning for Effective and Efficient Meetings No access
7. References No access
Epilogue No access Pages 157 - 158
Appendix A: Twenty-five Steps to Moving from Win-Lose to Win-Win No access Pages 159 - 160
Appendix B: Elementary School Parent Survey No access Pages 161 - 166
Appendix C: Junior High Parent Survey No access Pages 167 - 172
Appendix D: Catalina Foothills School District Summative Evaluation Report Teacher Performance Evaluation No access Pages 173 - 178
Appendix E: Teacher Self-Assessment Inventory of Skills and Interests No access Pages 179 - 181
Appendix F: Catalina Foothills School District, Tucson, Arizona, Teacher Evaluation Performance Areas, Criteria, and Indicators No access Pages 182 - 188
Appendix G: Disciplinary Procedures No access Pages 189 - 191
Appendix H: Student Behavior No access Pages 192 - 196
Appendix I: The Administrator Skills Inventory No access Pages 197 - 200
Index No access Pages 201 - 205