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Behind the Curtain : Tackling the Myths and Mistakes of School Management.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (163 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475812671
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Behind the CurtainDDC classification:
  • 371.200973
LOC classification:
  • LB2805 -- .B27219 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Before We Begin -- Chapter One: "The Legs Feed the Wolf" -- II: Planning the Move -- Chapter Two: Say When -- Chapter Three: Matching Ties -- Chapter Four: The Dime on the Deal -- III: Finding the Stride -- Chapter Five: Three Months Prime -- Chapter Six: Magellan's Magical Mission -- Chapter Seven: Active Ears -- IV: Assisting the Board -- Chapter Eight: Your Route -- Their Car -- Chapter Nine: Which Stone to Turn? -- Chapter Ten: Planning the Wedding -- Chapter Eleven: Your Primary Function -- V: Building the Team -- Chapter Twelve: Culture, Clichés, and Conversations -- Chapter Thirteen: Play to Their Strengths -- VI: Living the Life -- Chapter Fourteen: Dinner for One -- Chapter Fifteen: Where's Mom? -- Chapter Sixteen: Balanced by Courage -- VII: Avoiding the Traps -- Chapter Seventeen: "Et tu, Brute?" -- Chapter Eighteen: Beanstalk Talk -- Chapter Nineteen: You Don't Know What You Don't Know -- VIII: Leaving the Legacy -- Chapter Twenty: An Elephant's Dispatch -- Chapter Twenty-one: Go Wide, My Friend -- IX: Practical Approaches -- Chapter Twenty-two: Try It -- Chapter Twenty-three: Don't Try It -- Chapter Twenty-four: Case Studies -- X: Day to Day -- Chapter Twenty-five: Questions from the Field -- XI: Summation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Summary: Behind the Curtain: Tackling the Myths and Mistakes of School Management is a down-to-earth, practical guide for educators to assist them with the pitfalls that can be associated with upper management. This book explores complex issues of power, control and motivation to expose their direct and indirect influence upon us. The hope is superintendents and central office will be able to utilize this text as a learning experience when facing both the common and complex issues.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Before We Begin -- Chapter One: "The Legs Feed the Wolf" -- II: Planning the Move -- Chapter Two: Say When -- Chapter Three: Matching Ties -- Chapter Four: The Dime on the Deal -- III: Finding the Stride -- Chapter Five: Three Months Prime -- Chapter Six: Magellan's Magical Mission -- Chapter Seven: Active Ears -- IV: Assisting the Board -- Chapter Eight: Your Route -- Their Car -- Chapter Nine: Which Stone to Turn? -- Chapter Ten: Planning the Wedding -- Chapter Eleven: Your Primary Function -- V: Building the Team -- Chapter Twelve: Culture, Clichés, and Conversations -- Chapter Thirteen: Play to Their Strengths -- VI: Living the Life -- Chapter Fourteen: Dinner for One -- Chapter Fifteen: Where's Mom? -- Chapter Sixteen: Balanced by Courage -- VII: Avoiding the Traps -- Chapter Seventeen: "Et tu, Brute?" -- Chapter Eighteen: Beanstalk Talk -- Chapter Nineteen: You Don't Know What You Don't Know -- VIII: Leaving the Legacy -- Chapter Twenty: An Elephant's Dispatch -- Chapter Twenty-one: Go Wide, My Friend -- IX: Practical Approaches -- Chapter Twenty-two: Try It -- Chapter Twenty-three: Don't Try It -- Chapter Twenty-four: Case Studies -- X: Day to Day -- Chapter Twenty-five: Questions from the Field -- XI: Summation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Behind the Curtain: Tackling the Myths and Mistakes of School Management is a down-to-earth, practical guide for educators to assist them with the pitfalls that can be associated with upper management. This book explores complex issues of power, control and motivation to expose their direct and indirect influence upon us. The hope is superintendents and central office will be able to utilize this text as a learning experience when facing both the common and complex issues.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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