What They Never Told Me in Principal&#039;s School

Michael Connolly

doi:10.5771/9781607093091

Summary

A leader's position can be a lonely one even in the best of times. A school leader faces many challenges —some of them daunting. Principals and other school leaders benefit from good mentors, but now that many established principals are reaching retirement age a good mentor may be hard to find. What They Never Told Me in Principals School attempts to fill the gap left by an absence of mentors. Drawing upon his many personal experiences as a principal in urban, suburban and rural schools in the USA as well as his work in a variety of international schools, Mike Connolly shares with leaders what they need to know in order to develop, be successful and feel fulfilled in the important work of educating the students of the next generations.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60709-308-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60709-309-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 96
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
3. Preface No access
1 The Principal’s Toolbox No access Pages 1 - 4
2 Are You Listening or Only Hearing? No access Pages 5 - 7
3 Time Out for Reflection No access Pages 8 - 11
4 Principals Need to Stay Focused No access Pages 12 - 15
5 Aylmer’s Mistake and the Process of School Change No access Pages 16 - 20
6 It’s Time to Discipline School Reform No access Pages 21 - 24
7 Harried Principals Aren’t Helpful Principals No access Pages 25 - 28
8 So You’re the Principal; Well, What Have You Done for Yourself Today? No access Pages 29 - 32
9 They Never Told Me That in Principal’s School! No access Pages 33 - 36
10 A Reality Check for a New School Leader No access Pages 37 - 39
11 “Say Something Nice to Me”: A Strategy for Dealing with the Chronically Cranky No access Pages 40 - 42
12 Principals Must Avoid Doggy Behavior No access Pages 43 - 46
13 The Courage of Educational Leaders No access Pages 47 - 49
14 A Principal Must Protect the Social Ecology of the School No access Pages 50 - 53
15 When Will We Ever Learn? No access Pages 54 - 58
16 Discipline Isn’t a Dirty Word No access Pages 59 - 62
17 “Seek the Story Within”: Interview to Reveal the Heart of a Teacher No access Pages 63 - 65
18 What a Revolting Development This Is!: The Homework Rebellion No access Pages 66 - 68
19 How Do You Spell Friendship?: The Intergenerational Spelling Bee No access Pages 69 - 72
20 Educators’ Responsibility for Creating a Public No access Pages 73 - 76
21 Should Schools Offer Parent Training? No access Pages 77 - 80
22 Musings No access Pages 81 - 84
23 We Are the Lucky Ones No access Pages 85 - 86
Appendix 1 SSIS Mission Statement and Core Values No access Pages 87 - 88
Appendix 2 Some Simple Guidelines for Parents about Homework No access Pages 89 - 92
References No access Pages 93 - 94
About the Author No access Pages 95 - 96