Getting Lead-Bottomed Administrators Excited

Gain the administrative support you need with this empowering guide. Snyder shows you how differences in background, learning styles, thought processes, leadership styles, and outlooks between school media specialists and building administrators can undermine the success of the library program. He then shows how to bridge the communication gaps with real-life examples and winning strategies that are both instructive and entertaining.

TIMOTHY SNYDER, a reforming lead-bottomed administrator, is Executive Director of Colorado Online Learning. He is a recipient of the Colorado Communicator of the Year award, the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education, and the American Association of School Administrators President's Technology Award.

List of Figures

xi

Foreword

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

xvii

PART I: SETTING THE STAGE

The Challenge

3

(6)

Elitism Versus Egalitarianism

4

(1)

School Pressures

4

(1)

Triage

5

(1)

Effects on Library Media Centers

6

(1)

The Challenge

6

(1)

Summary

7

(2)

Accountability

9

(10)

The Blame Game

9

(1)

Personal Characteristics

10

(6)

Learning Styles

16

(1)

Caution

17

(1)

Summary

18

(1)

Who are Librarians---Really?

19

(6)

Keepers of Knowledge

20

(1)

Change Agents

20

(1)

Perceptions

21

(1)

Characteristics

22

(1)

Value to Society

23

(1)

Summary

23

(2)

Who are Administrators---Really?

25

(6)

Lead-Bottomed Administrators

25

(1)

Supercharged Administrators

26

(1)

Characteristics of Administrators

27

(1)

Work Environment

28

(1)

Similarities

28

(1)

Summary

29

(2)

No Moss Here---Success in the Trenches

31

(10)

eva efron

31

(1)

Helen (Nitsa) Demos

32

(1)

Diane Oestreich

33

(2)

Al Sandrini

35

(1)

Beth Heisey

36

(1)

Mozelle Waters

37

(1)

Summary

38

(3)

PART II: PLANNING FOR SUCCESS

Themes Common to Success

41

(8)

Defining Success

42

(1)

The Law of the Harvest

42

(3)

Winning Characteristics

45

(1)

Service

45

(1)

Intensity

46

(1)

Enterpreneurship

47

(1)

Enthusiasm

47

(1)

Summary

48

(1)

Planning for Success

49

(8)

Contemplation

49

(1)

Less Is More

50

(1)

Hierarchy of Planning

51

(1)

The Components of Successful Planning

52

(1)

The Assault

52

(3)

The Takeover

55

(1)

The Big Game

55

(1)

Summary

55

(2)

The Preliminary Objective

57

(8)

Diverging Paths

57

(2)

Ownership

59

(1)

Origin

60

(1)

Upping the Level

60

(1)

Sample Objectives

60

(1)

Case Study Introduction

61

(1)

Case Studies

61

(3)

Summary

64

(1)

Gathering Intelligence

65

(12)

Knowing Administrators

66

(1)

Personal Backgrounds

66

(4)

Professional Backgrounds

70

(1)

Professional Goals

70

(1)

Leadership Styles

71

(1)

Learning Styles

72

(1)

Summary

73

(1)

Case Studies

74

(3)

Resource Analysis and Development

77

(12)

Available Resources

78

(4)

Personnel

78

(1)

Librarians

78

(1)

Library Assistants

79

(1)

Student Consumers

79

(1)

Parent Consumers

79

(1)

Teacher Consumers

80

(1)

Friends of Libraries

81

(1)

School Administrators

82

(1)

Budget

82

(1)

Fixed Assets

83

(1)

Time

84

(1)

Summary

84

(1)

Case Studies

85

(4)

Finalizing the Objective

89

(12)

Final Objectives

91

(4)

Actual Versus Intended Outcomes

95

(1)

Control

96

(1)

Timing

96

(1)

Evaluative Components

97

(1)

Revenge Motives

97

(1)

Summary

98

(1)

Case Studies

98

(3)

The Plan---Strategies and Timelines

101

(14)

Plan Components

103

(1)

What

104

(1)

Who

105

(1)

When

106

(1)

Where

106

(2)

Why

108

(1)

Example

108

(1)

Summary

109

(1)

Case Studies

109

(6)

Implementing the Plan

115

(16)

Leadership

116

(2)

Proficiency

118

(1)

Self-Improvement

119

(1)

Caring

119

(1)

Communication

120

(1)

Example

120

(1)

Delegation

121

(1)

Team Sense

121

(1)

Judgment

122

(1)

Initiative

122

(1)

Authority

123

(1)

Two More: Intensity and Enthusiasm

123

(1)

Summary

124

(1)

Case Studies

124

(7)

Evaluation

131

(14)

The Boy Who Ate the Worm

133

(2)

Formative Evaluation

135

(1)

Summative Evaluation

135

(1)

Informal Evaluation

136

(1)

Formal Evaluation

136

(2)

Surface-Level Evaluation

137

(1)

Intermediate-Level Evaluation

137

(1)

Application-Level Evaluation

137

(1)

Example

138

(2)

Informal Observations

139

(1)

Formal Observations

139

(1)

Surface-Level Evaluation

139

(1)

Intermediate-Level Evaluation

139

(1)

Application-Level Evaluation

140

(1)

Summary

140

(1)

Case Studies

140

(5)

PART III: STRATEGIC IDEAS

Building Relationships

145

(14)

Ideas for Building Better Relationships with Administrators

148

(2)

Ideas for Building Better Relationships with Teachers

150

(3)

Ideas for Building Better Relationships with Parents

153

(2)

Ideas for Building Better Relationships with Students

155

(3)

Web Sites

158

(1)

Summary

158

(1)

Gaining Credibility

159

(12)

Do

159

(2)

Don't

161

(1)

Developing a Marketing Plan

162

(4)

Assessment

163

(2)

Goal Setting

165

(1)

Marketing Plan

165

(1)

George's Marketing Plan

166

(2)

Summary

168

(3)

Personal Satisfaction

171

(8)

Successes

171

(1)

Challenges

172

(1)

Balance

173

(1)

Caution

174

(1)

Achieving Balance

174

(3)

Summary

177

(1)

Professional and Personal Worth---Final Thoughts

177

(2)

Index

179

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