Caring in crisis : stories to inspire and guide school leaders / Mark A. Smylie, Joseph F. Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smylie, Mark A., author.

Murphy, Joseph, 1949- author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 97 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2021]

Summary:

Learn, reflect, and grow from 40 true stories of caring school leadership during times of crisis Each crisis brings its own issues and unique traumas, and when they happen, most leaders handle the moment by leaning into triage and logistics. This book suggests focusing on more - specifically, on the people they serve. Are you up to the task? These 40 real stories, from a wide range of schools and settings during many types of crises, show how caring school leadership adopted caring people-first strategies. This book will help you and your teams be inspired to prepare for, perhaps prevent, respond to, and recover from your own school crises. Within these pages, you will find: An introduction to what crisis and caring school leadership means Helpful lists to guide caring leadership practices A review of current crisis management literature Questions, reflection, and prompts to engage with story learnings Prepare now to be the concerned, caring, and constant leader your school will need when crises come as well as making your leadership and school more caring when those same crises subside.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION: CRISES AND CARING SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

GUIDE FOR ENGAGING THE STORIES

THE STORIES

CODA

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781071852637

1071852639

9781071852736

1071852736

9781071852743

1071852744

9781071852729

1071852728

OCLC:

1255802149