Steady and Strong

Russ Thompson

doi:10.5771/9781607099772

Summary

In Steady and Strong: People Skills for Principals, Russ Thompson describes his experiences as the successful principal of three urban high schools. The challenges he faced ranged from gang activity and racial conflicts, to low expectations and ineffective teaching. Most of these challenges involved people issues. No matter what went wrong, he had to find a way to overcome obstacles and keep moving forward. Thompson takes you behind the scenes to learn from his mistakes and examine the strategies he used to solve problems and make improvements. He also provides important tools that will help you to achieve success and create a school where every student learns at high levels every day.

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Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-975-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-977-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 153
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1. Chapter 1: Are You Going to Quit Too? No access
2. Chapter 2: Class Time Was Like Lunch Time No access
3. Chapter 3: It Was the Best He Had Seen No access
4. Chapter 4: Saturday School No access
5. Chapter 5: The First Award of His Entire Life No access
6. Chapter 6: After School No access
7. Chapter 7: It Was Almost a Real Emergency No access
8. Chapter 8: Riot No access
1. Chapter 9: Always Watching You No access
2. Chapter 10: Priorities No access
3. Chapter 11: Also Listen to the Quiet Voices No access
4. Chapter 12: We Are Not As Bad As … No access
5. Chapter 13: Making People Happy Is Not Your Job No access
6. Chapter 14: I Went over to My Shelf No access
7. Chapter 15: Pick Up the Phone No access
8. Chapter 16: A Leader Who Got Things Done No access
9. Chapter 17: The Learning in Classrooms No access
10. Chapter 18: The Real Problem No access
11. Chapter 19: I Had Firmly Believed No access
12. Chapter 20: It Is People Who Solve Problems No access
13. Chapter 21: The Right Kind of Faculty Meeting No access
14. Chapter 22: Focus on the Solutions No access
15. Chapter 23: Now We Are a Good School No access
1. Chapter 24: So Wrong No access
2. Chapter 25: The Foundation of Your Entire School No access
3. Chapter 26: You Have to Go Out and Look for Problems No access
4. Chapter 27: Tragedy No access
5. Chapter 28: Another Tragedy No access
6. Chapter 29: Exhaustion No access
7. Chapter 30: The Best Way to Spend Your Time No access
8. Chapter 31: It Is Not a Perfect World No access
9. Chapter 32: Almost a Disaster No access
10. Chapter 33: Delegation No access
11. Chapter 34: Delegation Gone Bad No access
12. Chapter 35: Deadlines No access
13. Chapter 36: Ask Questions No access
14. Chapter 37: It Was His First Day No access
15. Chapter 38: The Real Answer No access
16. Chapter 39: What to Fix First No access
17. Chapter 40: Will It Help Students Learn Better? No access
18. Chapter 41: What Do I Do Now? No access
19. Chapter 42: Phone Calls No access
20. Chapter 43: The Entire Contract No access
21. Chapter 44: A Sacrifice You Must Make No access
1. Chapter 45: In the Middle of Kids No access
2. Chapter 46: A Positive Learning Environment No access
3. Chapter 47: It Was Distorted and Very Negative No access
4. Chapter 48: A Mistake I Could Not Fix No access
5. Chapter 49: You Must Also Be Persuasive No access
6. Chapter 50: Take Time with People No access
7. Chapter 51: Saved by a Tape Recorder No access
8. Chapter 52: It's Who Listens That Counts No access
9. Chapter 53: It Happened Behind My Back No access
10. Chapter 54: He Lied to Me and I Believed Him No access
11. Chapter 55: I Was Highly Upset No access
12. Chapter 56: Gossip No access
13. Chapter 57: Don't Say It No access
14. Chapter 58: Delay Makes It Worse No access
15. Chapter 59: Talk to the Person in Person No access
16. Chapter 60: Target Practice No access
17. Chapter 61: Ask for Advice No access
18. Chapter 62: A Very Big Difference No access
19. Chapter 63: Remember the Positives No access
20. Chapter 64: Steady and Strong No access
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About the Author No access Pages 153 - 153