Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4758-1265-7 • Hardback • March 2015 • $70.00 • (£54.00)
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Dr. Anthony P. Barber is the Director of Teaching and Learning in the Springfield School District. He is also an adjunct professor at various universities instructing in graduate and undergraduate education and leadership courses. Dr. Barber has written various educational texts with Roman and Littlefield including The Hidden Principalship, The Hidden Teacher and Culture Clichés and Conversations. He is also coauthor of Common Threads: Investigating and Solving School Discipline, a Rowman and Littlefield publication dealing with assisting administrators in handling school discipline issues.
Dr. James P. Capolupo is currently the Superintendent of the Springfield School District in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He has been awarded the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of School Superintendents. Dr. Capolupo is also on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators where he serves as the Membership Chair. He also is on the Professional Development Committee and the Resolutions Committee.
Contents
Disclaimer
Forward
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: BEFORE WE BEGIN
Chapter 1: “The Legs Feed the Wolf”
PART II: PLANNING THE MOVE
Chapter 2: Say When
Chapter 3: Matching Ties…The Interview Process
Chapter 4: The Dime of the Deal…The Contract
PART III: FINDING THE STRIDE
Chapter 5: Three Months Prime
Chapter 6: Magellan’s Magical Mission
Chapter 7: Active Ears
PART IV: ASSISTING THE BOARD
Chapter 8: Your Route; Their Car
Chapter 9: Which Stone to Turn?
Chapter 10: Planning the Wedding
PART V: BUILDING THE TEAM
Chapter 11: Our Primary Function – Hiring Great Leaders
Chapter 12: Culture, Clichés, and Conversations
Chapter 13: Play to Their Strengths
PART VI: LIVING THE LIFE
Chapter 14: Dinner for One
Chapter 15: Where’s Mom?
Chapter 16: Balanced by Courage
PART VII: AVOIDING THE TRAPS
Chapter 17: “Et tu, Brute?”
Chapter 18: Bean Stalk Talk – Other Superintendents
Chapter 19: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
PART VIII: LEAVING THE LEGACY
Chapter 20: An Elephant’s Dispatch
Chapter 21: Go Wide, My Friend
PART IX: PRACTICAL APPROACHES
Chapter 22: Try It
- Be Honest
- The Short Executive Summary
- The Early Warning
- Change the Furniture
- Go Last
- Praise Often
- Regularity
- The Personal You
- Trust the Team
Chapter 23: Don’t Try It- The Careless Correspondence
- Between Us Girls
- Lessons from Paul Revere
- Overselling
- Getting Too Close
- Hire for Time’s Sake
- Hammering the Screw
- Shadowing the Sun
- Neglecting Your Health
Chapter 24: Case Studies
PART: X: DAY TO DAY
Chapter 25: Questions from the Field
PART: XI: SUMMATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY