Russ Thompson

Steady and Strong

People Skills for Principals

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Produktbeschreibung

In Steady and Strong: People Skills for Principals, Russ Thompson describes his experiences as the successful principal of three urban high schools. The challenges he faced ranged from gang activity and racial conflicts, to low expectations and ineffective teaching. Thompson takes you behind the scenes to examine the strategies he used to solve problems and make improvements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781607099758
• ISBN-10: 1607099756
• Artikelnr.: 31690066

Autorenporträt

Russ Thompson, Ed.D. is a retired educator who served as a reading teacher, high-school principal, and district administrator in Los Angeles. Much of his time was spent working with at-risk students. He holds a teaching credential as a reading specialist, as well as a doctorate in education from UCLA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part One: Discipline
Chapter 4 Are You Going to Quit Too? Chapter 5 Class Time Was Like Lunch
Time Chapter 6 It Was the Best He Had Seen Chapter 7 Saturday School
Chapter 8 The First Award of His Entire Life Chapter 9 After School Chapter
10 It Was Almost a Real Emergency Chapter 11 Riot Part 12 Part Two:
Leadership Chapter 13 Always Watching You Chapter 14 Priorities Chapter 15
Also Listen to the Quiet Voices Chapter 16 We Are Not as Bad As... Chapter
17 Making People Happy Is Not Your Job Chapter 18 I Went Over to My Shelf
Chapter 19 Pick Up the Phone Chapter 20 A Leader Who Got Things Done
Chapter 21 The Learning in Classrooms Chapter 22 The Real Problem Chapter
23 I Had Firmly Believed Chapter 24 It Is People Who Solve Problems Chapter
25 The Right Kind of Faculty Meeting Chapter 26 Focus on the Solutions
Chapter 27 Now We Are a Good School Part 28 Part Three: Management Chapter
29 So Wrong Chapter 30 The Foundation of Your Entire School Chapter 31 You
Have to Go Out and Look for Problems Chapter 32 Tragedy Chapter 33 Another
Tragedy Chapter 34 Exhaustion Chapter 35 The Best Way to Spend Your Time
Chapter 36 It Is Not a Perfect World Chapter 37 Almost a Disaster Chapter
38 Delegation Chapter 39 Delegation Gone Bad Chapter 40 Deadlines Chapter
41 Ask Questions Chapter 42 It Was His First Day Chapter 43 The Real Answer
Chapter 44 What to Fix First Chapter 45 Will It Help Students Learn Better?
Chapter 46 What Do I Do Now? Chapter 47 Phone Calls Chapter 48 The Entire
Contract Chapter 49 A Sacrifice You Must Make Part 50 Part Four: People
Chapter 51 In the Middle of Kids Chapter 52 A Positive Learning Environment
Chapter 53 It Was Distorted and Very Negative Chapter 54 A Mistake I Could
Not Fix Chapter 55 You Must Also Be Persuasive Chapter 56 Take Time with
People Chapter 57 Saved by a Tape Recorder Chapter 58 It's Who Listens that
Counts Chapter 59 It Happened Behind My Back Chapter 60 He Lied to Me and I
Believed Him Chapter 61 I Was Highly Upset Chapter 62 Gossip Chapter 63
Don't Say It Chapter 64 Delay Makes It Worse Chapter 65 Talk to the Person
in Person Chapter 66 Target Practice Chapter 67 Ask for Advice Chapter 68 A
Very Big Difference Chapter 69 Remember the Positives Chapter 70 Steady and
Strong Part 71 Index Part 72 About the Author