What matters most for school leaders : 25 reminders of what is really important / Robert D. Ramsey ; acquisitions editor Elizabeth Brenkus ; copy editor Edward Meidenbauer ; cover designer Anthony Paular.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsey, Robert D., author.

Contributor:

Meidenbauer, Edward, editor.

Brenkus, Elizabeth, editor.

Paular, Anthony, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

School management and organization.

School administrators--United States.

School administrators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A primer of what is truly important for today′s school leaders, this survival guide is made up of 25 fundamental insights and baseline beliefs that never change.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Why This Book? Why Now?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Some Things Never Change""; ""Chapter 1 - What You Do is Special""; ""Chapter 2 - Primero Los Ninos: Children First""; ""Chapter 3 - There are No Throwaway Kids""; ""Chapter 4 - Strong Schools Make a Strong Nation""; ""Chapter 5 - Schools are Sacred Places of Hope""; ""Chapter 6 - Teaching is the Greatest Profession""; ""Chapter 7 - Passion is the Engine That Drives School Leadership""; ""Chapter 8 - What Matters Most Costs the Least""

""Chapter 9 - Schools are Only as Strong as the Community Allows""""Chapter 10 - When it�s Your Own Kid, it's Different""; ""Chapter 11 - That Pesky Golden Rule Still Works""; ""Chapter 12 - Someone Has to be the Grown-up""; ""Chapter 13 - Good Leaders Learn to “K.I.S.S.� and Enjoy the Happiness of Subtraction""; ""Chapter 14 - You can�t have too Much Integrity""; ""Chapter 15 - Common Sense is Better than a College Degree: The Grandma Test""; ""Chapter 16 - Sometimes Kids Need Candy More Than Milk""; ""Chapter 17 - A Chicken Doesn�t Stop Scratching Just Because Worms are Scarce""

""Chapter 18 - The Reverse Side has a Reverse Side""""Chapter 19 - The Best Leader is a “Servant Leader�""; ""Chapter 20 - Your Mother Didn�t Raise You to be a Bureaucrat""; ""Chapter 21 - Politicians and Armchair Quarterbacks Don�t Get it�So You Have to""; ""Chapter 22 - If You�re Not Having Fun, You�re Doing it Wrong""; ""Chapter 23 - Things are Never as Bad as You Think They are; and You�re Braver, Stronger, and Smarter than You Imagine""; ""Chapter 24 - You Work to Live, Not Live to Work""; ""Chapter 25 - It�s Worth it!""; ""A Final Word: The Ouija Board Effect""

""Resource A: What Others Say about What Matters Most (in School and in Life)""""Resource B: Other Books about What Matters Most""; ""Resource C: Other Lasting Truths That Couldn�t be Squeezed Into This Little Book""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781483363332

1483363333

OCLC:

923707708