Remembering what's important
Subtitle: priorities of school leadership
By: Charles A. Bonnici
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781610480833; 9781610480840; 9781610480857
Subjects: Educational leadership; School principals; Strategic planning
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Surviving; title: Improving instruction : guidelines for the observation process; title: Improving instruction : alternative observations and other practices; title: Hiring new staff; title: Training and retaining new teachers : the critical first week; title: Training and retaining new teachers : the fall semester; title: Training and retaining new teachers : the spring semester; title: Creating a positive school ambience : respect, instruction, welcome; title: Creating a positive school ambience : support services, parental involvement, staff development, punitive measures; title: Establishing formal and informal systems for creating a positive school ambience; title: Working with the custodian and physical plant; title: Dealing with the larger context : the school district, media, advisory boards and celebrities; title: Dealing with the larger context : politics, parents and panaceas; title: Passing the baton.