Staying on Track: An Educational Leader's Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ens

Description: Staying on Track: An Educational Leader's Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ensuring Personal and Organizational Success by Dale L. Brubaker, Larry D. Coble "This second edition is moving, realistic, and candid. New chapters on how to negotiate accountability pressures and the seasons of an educational leader??'s life are excellent. Every would-be and present administrator would benefit from reading this book."-Seymour B. Sarason, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Yale UniversityIdentify and prevent potential career derailment!School leaders deal with pressures, pitfalls, and opportunities every day. The authors maintain that creative leaders can keep schools moving in the right direction by reflecting on their natural talents and maximizing the strengths of their staff.This completely updated guide helps you assess your role as an administrator, shows how you might sabotage your prospects for promotion or retention, and provides strategies to remedy the situation. Two new chapters address the political realities of the No Child Left Behind Act and answer these queries: What causes an educational leader to derail?What are potential accountability and high-stakes testing derailment factors?What skills are most important for improving data-driven decision making, student achievement, and test results?This new edition will help you start, or keep, your forward momentum and get you closer to your ideal job. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This updated guide helps youassess your chances for derailment and offers practical strategies for promotion or retention. Author Biography Dale L. Brubaker is Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has also served on the faculties of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He received his doctorate in foundations of education from Michigan State University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on education and educational leadership, including CREATIVE CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP (Corwin), STAYING ON TRACK, (Corwin), and CREATIVE SURVIVAL IN EDUCATIONAL BUREAUCRACIES. Larry D. Coble is Managing Associate with School Leadership Services, A Division of The Coble Professional Group, a leadership and management consulting organization, and Director of the Collegium for the Advancement of Schools at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He provides speeches and seminars on leadership nationwide. He was a Senior Program Associate at the Center for Creative Leadership and served as assistant principal, principal, and superintendent in school systems in North Carolina. His most recent superintendency was in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received his doctorate in educational administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is coauthor of STAYING ON TRACK (Corwin). Table of Contents ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPrologue: A Cautionary Tale1. Accountability and High-Stakes Testing The National Level The State Level The School-System Level The School Level Conclusion2. Self-Assessment Checklists Checklist A Checklist B Conclusion3. What Causes Educational Leaders to Derail? Causes of Assistant Principal and Principal Derailment Causes of Superintendent Derailment Conclusion4. Antiderailment Strategies The Recommendations Conclusion5. Professional and Personal Plans for Development What Works and Doesnt Work in Professional Development Professional Development Recommendations for a School or School System A Personal Development Plan for Improvement Conclusion6. Preparing Teacher Leaders for Tomorrows Leadership Positions A Grounding for Teacher Leader Development The Realities of Context in Which Teachers Lead The Teacher Leader and the Presentation of Self The Teacher Leader and Meetings The Teacher Leader as Networker Conclusion7. The Seasons of An Educational Leaders Career Preparing the Way to Become an Educational Administrator Entering Educational Administration Settling In-The Middle Years The Later Years as an Educational Administrator ConclusionAfterwordResourcesReferencesIndex Review "Offers advice in plain terms, checklists of key points to remember and implement, and a season-by-season overview of what to expect in the career of an educational administrator. A helpful and practical-minded guide to being the best administrator one can be." -- Library Bookwatch, November 2006 "If all aspiring and practicing school leaders heeded the suggestions in Staying on Track, a tremendous loss of administrative talent to attrition could be avoided. Administrators can discover how to grow their own capacities to sustain their careers rather than to attempt to escape the realities of their jobs by running from one position to the next or resigning in disillusionment. This new edition offers two additional chapters aimed at helping leaders understand the four stages of an administrative career and how to avoid derailment by the high-stakes testing movement." -- Sue F. Burgess, Superintendent of Schools "This second edition is moving, realistic, and candid. New chapters on how to negotiate accountability pressures and the seasons of an educational leaders life are excellent. Every would-be and present administrator would benefit from reading this book." -- Seymour B. Sarason, Professor Emeritus of Psychology "Filled with practical, useful ideas to help you get (and keep!) your career going in the right direction. All school administrators should make this book a part of their personal learning plan. We are using it as a part of our intensive leadership training program." -- Richard E. Maxwell, Executive Director (Retired) "An exciting guide to help aspiring educational leaders develop." -- Terrence E. Deal, Professor of Education Review Quote "This second edition is moving, realistic, and candid. New chapters on how to negotiate accountability pressures and the seasons of an educational leaders life are excellent. Every would-be and present administrator would benefit from reading this book." Details ISBN1412939364 Author Larry D. Coble Short Title STAYING ON TRACK 2/E Pages 200 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1412939364 ISBN-13 9781412939362 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 371.201 Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-07-31 Subtitle An Educational Leaders Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ensuring Personal and Organizational Success Residence Greensboro, NC, US Affiliation University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina Publisher Corwin Publishers Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780803965386 Imprint SAGE Publications Inc DOI 10.1604/9781412939362 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2006-09-06 NZ Release Date 2006-09-06 US Release Date 2006-09-06 AU Release Date 2006-09-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160678359;

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