Full Description
The School Leadership Survival Guide: What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst is intended as an uncommon guide for school leaders and a resource they can turn to when confronted with issues they might not normally face in typical practice. The book serves as a bridge between research and day-to-day school leadership, and is intended to help leaders and school communities improve in areas they routinely avoid. In this sense, the book is meant as a "go to" resource for principals, those who train and teach them, and scholars. Although authors recognize the complexity of issues raised in the book, each chapter has a "How to" "What to do" or "Why You Should" ethos in order to give the book a unifying structure and help provide a practical translation of research and theory into practice. Some of the issues addressed include: How to elevate student voice; How to navigate religious conflict in the school and community; How to improve support for LGBTIQ students; Why You Should develop a natural disaster plan; How to work against racism in the school and community; How to practice inclusion in the school; How to make a vision and mission come to life; How to manage relationships with difficult people; What to do when there is racial tension in the community; How to learn the history of your school and community—and why that matters; How to guide and support a leadership team, and; What to do in a school with low trust.
Contents
Series Editors' Preface; Terri N. Watson, Amanda Heffernan, and Jeffrey S. Brooks.
Introduction; Jeffrey S. Brooks and Amanda Heffernan.
Section I. Relationships.
Chapter 1. Secrets to a More Successful Partnership Between Students and Teachers; Dana Mitra.
Chapter 2. How School Leaders Can Respond to Bullying in Schools: Tools, Tips, and Tasks for Understanding Policy, Creating Interventions, and Adopting Data-Based Decisions; Azadeh Osanloo.
Chapter 3. How to Learn From Mistakes: The Value of Understanding a Student's Cultural Wealth as a School Leader; Jason McKinney.
Section II. Leading In A Changing World.
Chapter 4. When Leaders Grow, They Grow Others: Overcoming Immunity to Change; Anthony H. Normore, Antonia Issa Lahera, and Julie K. Jhun.
Chapter 5. How to Exercise Moral Leadership in the Current Social and Political Climate; April L. Peters and Tiffany S. Aaron.
Chapter 6. Green School Leadership: The What, How, and Why; Tania McKey and Lisa A. W. Kensler.
Chapter 7. Glocalization: Issues and Strategies for School Leadership; Nicola Sum.
Chapter 8. Merging Schools and Communities: Engaging in Activist Leadership Beyond Your School Walls; Jason D. Salisbury, Meagan Richard, and Shelby Cosner.
Chapter 9. How to Value Social Media Use in Education; Naomi Barnes.
Chapter 10. How to Build a Positive Digital Footprint for Your School and for Your Students; Rachel Buchanan.
Section III. Supporting Students.
Chapter 11. Educational Leadership and the Challenge of Engaging Young People in Meaningful Learning; Martin Mills, Glenda McGregor, Stewart Riddle, and Angelique Howell.
Chapter 12. Beyond Order: How to Use Restorative Justice to Make School Meaningful and Manageable; Kristin Elaine Reimer.
Chapter 13. How to Support Students of Refugee Background in Your School; Jane Wilkinson and Mervi Kaukko.
Chapter 14. How to Create Safe and Supportive Schools for LGBTQ People; Warren J. Blumenfeld.
Chapter 15. Strategies for Educational Leaders Navigating Religious Conflict in the School and Community; Ransford Pinto and Dena Lane-Bonds.
Chapter 16. Why You Should Create a LGBTQ+ Inclusive Environment for Middle Schoolers and Their Families; Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen and E. A. Rivera-McCutchen.
Chapter 17. How Multi-Tiered Systems Can Support Equity and Excellence; Joshua Bornstein.
Chapter 18. So You Want to Make a Special Education Referral: How to Foster Equity and Understanding Special Education Policy; Rhodesia McMillian.
Chapter 19. Understanding Fat Pedagogy for Inclusive Practice in International Service Learning and Adventure Travel; Sarah Rutherford.
Chapter 20. Islam and the Schoolhouse: How Principals Can Understand and Support Their Muslim Students, Teachers, and Families; Melanie C. Brooks.
Chapter 21. How to Make a School Less White; Melitta Hogarth and Tracey Bunda.
Chapter 22. Leading Toward Normalcy and Wellbeing in a Time of Extreme Stress and Crises; Bradley W. Carpenter and Amy Poerschke.
Section IV. Your Approaches To Leadership.
Chapter 23. How to Find Your Focus: Deciding What Matters for Your School Community; Fiona Longmuir and Amanda Heffernan.
Chapter 24. How to Not Be Seduced By Common Sense; Scott Eacott.
Chapter 25. Why You Should Reject Entrepreneurial Leadership; Steven J. Courtney.
Chapter 26. All Out All Change: How to Implement New Curriculum in Your School; Christine Grice.
Chapter 27. What School Leaders Need to Know About Education Policy: A Critical Perspective and a Toolkit for Enactment; Matthew P. Sinclair and Jeffrey S. Brooks.
Chapter 28. Leading to Survive: How School Leaders Can Practice Work-Life Integration; Joanne M. Marshall and Roark Horn.
Section V. Holistic Leadership.
Chapter 29. The Importance of Trust When Leading in Times of Change; Megan Tschannen-Moran and Margaret E. Constantino.
Chapter 30. How to Manage Relationships With Difficult People; Sharon Radd.
Chapter 31. How to Cultivate Emotional and Social Competence in School Leadership: A Service-Learning Perspective; Dat Bao.
Chapter 32. Who's Afraid of the Students' Voice? About Teacher Evaluation and Considering Students' Role in School Improvement; Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh.
About the Authors.
