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"Effective, timely, and engaging! A practical approach to transforming educators into successful and reflective school administrators." John C. DareshAuthor of Beginning The Principalship

Insight into the perceptions, personal values, and personalities that help principals succeed!

A successful principal is more than a good manager. Becoming an effective school leader means understanding the culture as well as acquiring the technical skills.

If You Want to Lead, Not Just Manage tells you what the Masters programs don′t--about the personalities and value systems that school leaders need to succeed. First-year administrators and graduate students will find this a practical gauge in determining ′what it takes′ to become a successful principal. More experienced administrators will find it a useful tool for reflection and validation of their own practices and approaches within the school and district.

Key issues include:

Matching your personality with the role of principal Navigating the school culture successfully Changing the organization without alienating the culture Blending the best of management and leadership Fitting in - marketing yourself as well as your school Culture shock - when teachers become principals

This is the book that closes the gap between theory and practice, teaching prospecting and current administrators how to lead at every level.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Foreword
• Preface
• About the Author
• Introduction
• 1 Culture Shock: When Teachers Become Principals
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• Role Preparation
• The Bottom Line
• 2 Stranger in a Strange Land: The School Environment
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• Characteristics of School Districts
• The Bottom Line
• 3 One Size Doesn't Fit All: Matching Your Personality With the Role of Principal
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• The Compatibility of Personal Attributes and the Principal's Role: Pitfalls
• The Bottom Line
• 4 Getting an 'A' in Ambiguity: Successfully Navigating the Complexity of School Culture
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• The Middle Management Culture and the Accountability Subculture
• The Bottom Line
• 5 Are You Listening? Do You Understand?
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• The Art and Skills of Careful Listening
• The Bottom Line
• 6 Let's Talk Aggregate Impression: How Leaders Lead
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• Leadership: What Is It? Why Do We Need Leaders? What Do Leaders Do? How Do Leaders Do What They Do?
• A New Look at Leadership
• Now, Let's Talk Aggregate Impression
• Management of Others' Perceptions (Aggregate Impression) Through Role Assumption
• The Bottom Line
• 7 Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Blending the Best of Management and Leadership
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• How Managers Manage
• The Bottom Line
• 8 Let's Meet So You Can "Ooh" and "Ahh" Over My Experience: Marketing Campaigns and Initiation Rituals
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• Selling Yourself as "Prime Cut"
• What Is This Selection Process Game You've Been Invited to Play?
• The Bottom Line
• 9 Winning a Race without a Finish Line: Changing the Organization Without Alienating the Culture
• About This Chapter
• Reflective Point
• Tweaking the Culture Is Okay: The Two Sides of Change
• Managing Change Through Leadership
• The Bottom Line
• A Concluding Thought
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Dr. Dennis R. Dunkleeis an Emeritus Professor in the Education Leadership Department in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. During his twenty-five years in public schools, he served as a teacher, elementary school principal, junior high and middle school principal, high school principal, and central office administrator. During his more than twenty years at George Mason University, he taught courses in education law and school leadership and served as an advisor and chair for master's and doctoral candidates in school leadership.Because of his expertise and practical experience, he continues to be frequently called on to consult in the areas of effective schools, school law, administrator evaluation, instructional supervision, school-community relations, problem solving, and conflict resolution. In addition, he continues to be actively involved as a consultant and expert witness in numerous school-related lawsuits nationwide. As a university scholar and researcher, he has published, and continues to publish, textbooks, monographs, and articles on issues in the fields of school law, business management, administrative practice, and leadership theory. He also continues to present papers at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences and is a widely sought-after clinician for inservice workshops. Dr. Dunklee was an invited participant and presenter at the 2005 Oxford (University) Round Table on Education Law: Individual Rights and Freedoms.He received his Ph.D. in school administration and foundations from Kansas State University. His major area of research was in the field of education law, and his dissertation was on tort liability for negligence. He holds a master's degree in elementary and secondary school administration from Washburn University.This is Dr. Dunklee's eighth book for Corwin Press. His other Corwin books are You Sound Taller on the Telephone: A Practitioner's View of the Principalship(1999); If You Want to Lead Not Just Manage(2000); The Principal's Quick Reference Guide to School Law(2002 and 2006, with Robert J. Shoop); Strategic Listening for School Leaders(2005, with Jeannine Tate); Anatomy of a Lawsuit: What Every Education Leader Should Know About Legal Actions(2006, with Robert J. Shoop); and Poverty Is NOT a Learning Disability (2009, with Tish Howard and Sandy Grogan Dresser).