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The School Leadership Survival Guide

What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst

Jeffrey S Brooks editor Amanda Heffernan editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Information Age Publishing

Published:20th Nov '20

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The School Leadership Survival Guide: What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst is intended as an uncommon guide for school leaders and a resource they can turn to when confronted with issues they might not normally face in typical practice. The book serves as a bridge between research and day-to-day school leadership, and is intended to help leaders and school communities improve in areas they routinely avoid. In this sense, the book is meant as a “go to” resource for principals, those who train and teach them, and scholars. Although authors recognize the complexity of issues raised in the book, each chapter has a “How to” “What to do” or “Why You Should” ethos in order to give the book a unifying structure and help provide a practical translation of research and theory into practice.

Some of the issues addressed include:

  • How to elevate student voice;
  • How to navigate religious conflict in the school and community;
  • How to improve support for LGBTIQ students;
  • Why You Should develop a natural disaster plan;
  • How to work against racism in the school and community;
  • How to practice inclusion in the school;
  • How to make a vision and mission come to life;
  • How to manage relationships with difficult people;
  • What to do when there is racial tension in the community;
  • How to learn the history of your school and community—and why that matters;
  • How to guide and support a leadership team, and;
  • What to do in a school with low trust

ISBN: 9781648022197

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

559 pages