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The Boss of the Whole School

, by Hebert, Elizabeth A.; Ackerman, Richard H.

The Boss of the Whole School by Hebert, Elizabeth A.; Ackerman, Richard H., 9780807746967

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ISBN: 9780807746967 | 0807746967
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/24/2006

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Summary

Table of Contents

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Elizabeth Hebert uses her 21 years of experience as an elementary school principal to offer inspiration and guidance to aspiring and practicing administrators. Using real-life stories from an outstanding career, this book examines the responsibilities, demands, and challenges principals manage on a daily basis; demonstrates how qualities of leadership mature over time and the conditions that both nurture and suppress it; provides a heartfelt and compelling rationale for becoming (and staying!) a school principal. New and veteran administrators will recognize the authentic school scenarios and appreciate the sincere voice of the author as she passes on valuable lessons learned.

Foreword

ix

Richard H. Ackerman

Imagine Being a Principal

1

(12)

What Teachers Think About a Principal

2

(1)

That First Interview

3

(1)

Can I Be Autonomous?

4

(1)

Look Inside Your Back Pocket

5

(1)

More Questions and Then ``The Wait''

5

(1)

First Day for a New Principal

6

(1)

Learning to Lead from Within

6

(1)

Inheriting a School

7

(1)

About My School

8

(1)

The Leadership Journey of This Book

9

(4)

Clarifying Episode: Painting the Pole

12

(1)

Leading a School and Managing a School: What's the Difference?

13

(12)

Finding My Leadership Footing---Centered Leadership

14

(1)

Management and Leadership: What's the Difference?

15

(1)

Being the Boss of the Whole School

16

(1)

Daily Walks Around the Building: Gathering, Solving, and Anticipating Problems

16

(2)

A View from the Balcony

18

(1)

Finding Time to Get to the Balcony

19

(1)

Vulnerability---A Glimpse of Leadership

20

(1)

Solving the Leadership-Management Riddle

21

(2)

Leadership Lessons

23

(2)

Clarifying Episode: The Ghost of Crow Island

24

(1)

Creating Traditions: How a School Gains an Identity

25

(14)

Standing at the Front Door

25

(1)

A Principal's Habits

26

(1)

Telling on Children: Who Needs to Know?

27

(1)

A School's Way of Telling

27

(2)

The Importance of Knowing and Being Known

29

(1)

Music Conveys Community

30

(1)

Reflections in the Weekly Bulletin

30

(1)

Parent to Parent

31

(1)

You're Back---Hip-Hip Hooray!

32

(1)

Faculty and Staff Wall of Fame

32

(1)

Student Portfolios: Knowing Yourself

33

(1)

Principal's Letter to Students

33

(3)

While It's Fresh

36

(1)

Gaining an Identity Through Traditions and Rituals

36

(1)

Leadership Lessons

37

(2)

Clarifying Episode: Teachers as Leaders

38

(1)

Rugtime for Teachers: Reinventing the Faculty Meeting and Mentoring Good Ideas

39

(14)

Dreaded Faculty Meetings

40

(1)

Children's Rugtime Meetings: A Fulfilling Collaboration

40

(1)

Size of the Group Matters

41

(1)

Leaping to a New Format for Faculty Meetings---No Announcements!

42

(1)

Gathering Topics and Ideas to Discuss

43

(1)

Sharing Leadership: Hearing All Voices

44

(1)

Reconceiving Leadership Roles

45

(1)

Rugtime Reconsidered: Slipping Off the Tightrope

45

(1)

Solving a Problem Not Perceived as a Problem: A Problem

46

(1)

Relearning a Basic Lesson of Leadership

47

(1)

Advancing Ideas Quietly

47

(2)

Rugtime for Teachers: A Time to Discuss Ideas

49

(1)

Leadership Lessons

50

(3)

Clarifying Episode: Hiring the First Teacher

52

(1)

Hire Teachers as If Your Professional Life Depends on It: It Does

53

(26)

``Got a Minute?''

53

(1)

``I'm Not Returning Next Year''

54

(1)

Rituals and Traditions for Teachers Leaving the School

55

(1)

Get Your Hiring Hat On

55

(2)

Keep an Eye on Your Projected Student Enrollment

57

(3)

A Staffing Plan Review: Keeping Track of Conversations, Hopes, and Possibilities

60

(1)

Finding Candidates for Vacancies and New Positions

61

(1)

Looking at Resumes

61

(1)

Preparing for the Interviews

62

(7)

Interviewing as Staff Development

69

(2)

After the Interview

71

(1)

Who Will You Choose?

72

(1)

Hiring Teachers---A Serious Business

73

(1)

When It Doesn't Work Out

74

(1)

We Remember Our Teachers

75

(1)

Leadership Lessons

75

(4)

Clarifying Episode: About Being a Victim

78

(1)

``He Stole My Snow'': Moral Dimensions of Leadership on the Playground

79

(12)

The Incident: ``He Stole My Snow''

79

(1)

The Background Information

80

(1)

The Investigation

80

(1)

Deciding the Consequence

81

(1)

Remembering the Purpose of a Disciplinary Response

82

(1)

Conversations About Feeling Safe: Using Leadership to Create and Sustain a Safe School

83

(1)

Principals Listening to Children

83

(2)

Children Listening to Children

85

(1)

Teachers Listening to Children

86

(1)

Safeguarding Leadership

87

(1)

Leadership Lessons

88

(3)

Clarifying Episode: A Parent Letter to the Principal

90

(1)

``Who'd You Get?'': The Yearly Ritual of Classroom Placement

91

(24)

Placing Students---A Highly Visible Function of the Principal's Job

92

(1)

``We've Always Done It This Way''

92

(1)

Parent Letters

93

(1)

Shhhhh! Placement Politics at Work

93

(1)

Examining the Placement Process: The Basics

94

(1)

Meet the Stakeholders

95

(1)

Student Thoughts About Placement

95

(1)

Parent Thoughts About Placement

96

(1)

Teacher Thoughts About Placement

96

(3)

Teacher Culture: A Deeper Look

99

(3)

Principal Thoughts About Placement

102

(1)

A Process for Placing Students: The Specifics

103

(9)

Reflections on the Placement Process

112

(1)

Leadership Lessons

112

(3)

Clarifying Episode: A Principal's Lunch

114

(1)

Administrative Aloneness: The Darker Side of the Principalship

115

(14)

Discovering the Secret

116

(1)

Administrative Aloneness

116

(2)

The Dark Secret About Leadership

118

(1)

The ``Mean-ing'' of Authority

119

(1)

Those Who Led Before You

120

(1)

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

121

(1)

``I've Decided That . . .''

122

(2)

Confidential Information and Principal Demeanor

124

(1)

Healing Aloneness Through Community: Another Demand of Leadership

125

(2)

Getting Back to Kindergarten

127

(1)

Leadership Lessons

127

(2)

Clarifying Episode: The Reception for Retirees

128

(1)

Imagine Not Being a Principal: Passing the Baton

129

(16)

Mentoring a Principal Who Is Imagining What It Will Be Like

130

(2)

Combining Leadership with Management

132

(2)

A School's History, Traditions, and Rituals

134

(5)

A New Challenge for Faculty Meetings

139

(1)

Hiring A New Principal: What Are the Questions?

139

(1)

Readying the Students

140

(1)

Welcoming a New Principal

141

(1)

A Call for Mentoring

142

(3)

References

145

(2)

Further Readings

147

(2)

Index

149

(8)

About the Author

157

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