Description
Book SynopsisEmbrace risk! Seek excitement! Search and explore! This book proves that great things can happen when school leaders refuse to settle for business-as-usual. You can achieve success for your schools and students if you steer clear of the familiar and the comfortable. With over 34 years of experience in educational leadership, Nelson Beaudoin was Maine's 2000 NASSP Principal of The Year. His book demonstrates how to
- generate school-wide enthusiasm for replacing timeworn routines and procedures
- give students a voice and personalize the learning process
- initiate innovative programs and practices
- implement comprehensive school reform
- nurture and inspire your faculty
- have fun at work and let your humanity show
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Making a Difference; Beacons of Hope; A Haircut and an Oil Change; I Love This Job; Missing My Exit; A Voice From the Past; Championship Moments; Having Fun at Work; Leaving a Legacy; Chapter 2 Images of Leadership; Stand for Something; Teacher Leaders; A Weird Idea That Worked; Inspirational Models; Success Is in the Details; Timing Is Almost Everything; A Tipping Point; Sometimes Wrong Is Right; Lost in Translation; Chapter 3 Giving Students a Voice; Giving Students a Voice… Brilliant; Magical Microwaves; Elevating Student Voice; The Principal with Two Heads; Tripping Over a Gem; As Good As It Gets; VP and the Suspensions; Government by the Students; Thanks, But No Thanks! No WaitI Thank You!; Chapter 4 Educational Change; Start at NO-and Go from There; When Given Lemons…; Leverage Points; Seeds of Mutiny; The Paper Debate; Incentives and Resources; A Hard Change; There Is Something Fishy Here; Making Time for Change; The Comfort Zone Revisited;
