Description
Book SynopsisThe Hidden Principalship is a straightforward, practical handbook for principals in the job or for professors to use as a guide for principal instructional programming. Becoming a principal is similar to purchasing a house. It is an investment. A HUGE investment! Consider this book as your inspection of the principalship. As others are admiring the paint colors, this text examines the foundation. This book reviews issues of power, change and culture, but unlike the traditional ways that these and other topics may have been previously presented to you. This text will expose the cracks in the foundation so you can see them and decide how you will handle them. (And at a lower price than any home inspection ever cost).This text looks to discover thinking patterns that underlay the work and then provide a clear, practical approach for not only the issue at hand, but the great thinker behind the issue. In addition, the text also lends itself to college classrooms, as it has case studies
Trade ReviewFinally, practical and useful advice for the everyday, moment-to-moment scenarios that drain us physically and emotionally. Dr. Barber’s book is like the Maps App for principals to help navigate the ever winding road to success, accomplishment and sanity. -- Joseph A. Hepp, principal, Springfield High School
Table of ContentsDisclaimer Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - Martial Arts Mentality Chapter 2 - Try It: Making Change More Effective Chapter 3: The Meeting Before the Meeting Chapter 4: How Many is Many? Chapter 5: That’s Why You Make the Big Bucks! Chapter 6: The “How Does That Work” Meeting? Chapter 7: Embrace the Antithesis Chapter 8: Common Threads: A Methodology for Investigations in Schools Chapter 9: What’s the Win? Chapter 10: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know Chapter 11: The New Competition Chapter 12: The 5’s test Chapter 13: On Saving Face Chapter 14: Don’t Bite the Boss Chapter 15: The “Buy In” Is Out! Chapter 16: Rock and Roll Chapter 17: My Miracle Chapter 18: They Have Forgotten Where They Are From Chapter 19: The Union with the Union Chapter 20: Too Much Good Can Be a Bad Thing Chapter 21: The Number Line of Change Chapter 22: Try It. Chapter 23: Don’t Try It Chapter 24: Case Studies Chapter 25: Situations Summation Bibliography
