Staying on track : an educational leader's guide to preventing derailment and ensuring personal and organizational success / Dale L. Brubaker, Larry D. Coble
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Prologue: A Cautionary Tale -- Chapter 1 -- Accountability and High-Stakes Testing -- The National Level -- The State Level -- The School-System Level -- The School Level -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Self-Assessment Checklists -- Checklist A -- Checklist B -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- What Causes Educational Leaders to Derail? -- Causes of Assistant Principal and Principal Derailment -- Causes of Superintendent Derailment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Antiderailment Strategies
The RecommendationsConclusion -- Chapter 5 -- Professional and Personal Plans for Development -- What Works and Doesn't Work in Professional Development -- Professional Development Recommendations for a School or School System -- A Personal Development Plan for Improvement -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Preparing Teacher Leaders for Tomorrow's Leadership Positions -- A Grounding for Teacher Leader Development -- The Realities of the Context in Which Teachers Lead -- The Teacher Leader and the Presentation of Self -- The Teacher Leader and Meetings
The Teacher Leader as NetworkerConclusion -- Chapter 7 -- The Seasons of an Educational Leader's Career -- Preparing the Way to Become an Educational Administrator -- Entering Educational Administration -- Settling in�The Middle Years -- The Later Years as an Educational Administrator -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Resources -- References -- Index
Summary
<Font size=""2""> This updated guide helps you assess your chances for derailment and offers practical strategies for promotion or retention. </font>
