Full Description
InYou Can't Make This Up! the author invites both emerging educational leaders and practicing school administrators to read a series of short stories recounted by principals and vice principals employed in schools across the United States, in Germany and Cyprus. This collection of present-day stories highlights the types of challenges school leaders encounter on a daily basis, all of which demand informed decisions, but none of which are easily resolved.
Each story is presented in a case study format, and aligned with selected elements within one of the ten Professional Standards for Educational Leadership (PSEL). At a critical juncture in each case, a series of "questions to ponder" is presented, followed by a segment describing "what actually occurred?"
Contents
About the Author
1 Overview of This Conversation
1 Beginning an International Conversation among School Leaders
2 A Context for Using Case Studies
3 Ethical Decision-Making & Interview Template
4 Alignment of Case Studies with Professional Standards for Educational Leaders
2 Mission, Vision and Core Values
1 Are We Doing Enough?
2 I Am Your Child's Advocate
3 #Enough
3 Ethics and Professional Norms
1 Do I Blow the Whistle?
2 He Just Showed up Unexpectedly
3 Where Have You Been?
4 We Can't Find the Error
4 Equity and Cultural Responsiveness
1 Your Son Has Great Potential
2 I Never Said Any of Those Things
3 I Don't Want To - You Can't Make Me
4 My Wedding Plans
5 Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
1 I Never Thought I Was Cheating
2 Silent Night
3 How Did They Override the System?
6 Community of Care and Support for Students
1 Not Mine, Smoking Stinks!
2 This Girl Hit My Daughter
3 Please Don't Kick Him out of School
4 You Must Show Me That Tape
7 Professional Capacity of School Personnel
1 But I'm a Good Teacher
2 Measure Twice, Cut Once
3 She's So Disorganized
4 Do Summative Reviews Ever Make a Diffference?
8 Professional Community for Teachers and Staff
1 Just Joking Around
2 My Course Requirements Apply to Everyone
3 I Can Show You My Uber Receipts
4 All Boys Talk That Way
9 Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community
1 I Love My Kids
2 Don't Make Me Get on the Bus
3 Our Son Must Have Mr. Thorwall
4 Mom Wants the Checkbook
10 Operations and Management
1 We Are Not Welcome
2 Standards Uphold the Status Quo
3 Mathematically Speaking, It Was Beautiful
11 School Improvement
1 Is This a Credible Threat?
2 It's Always about the Money
12 Final Reflections
1 Ethical School Leadership
Index
