Behind the curtain : tackling the myths and mistakes of school management / Anthony P. Barber and James P. Capolupo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, Anthony, 1971- author.

Capolupo, James P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dr. Anthony P. Barber is the Director of Teaching and Learning in the Springfield School District. He is also an adjunct professor at various universities instructing in graduate and undergraduate education and leadership courses. Dr. Barber has written various educational texts with Roman and Littlefield including The Hidden Principalship, The Hidden Teacher and Culture Clichés and Conversations. He is also coauthor of Common Threads: Investigating and Solving School Discipline, a Rowman and Littlefield publication dealing with assisting administrators in handling school discipline issues.

Contents:

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 ConversationsChapter 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 DayChapter Twenty-five: Questions from the Field; XI: Summation; Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-27079-9

1-4758-1265-5

1-4758-1267-1