R&L Education
Pages: 232
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-57886-184-2 • Paperback • January 2005 • $67.00 • (£52.00)
Autumn Tooms is professor of educational administration at Kent State University. She has been a school administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Reader's Note
Chapter 3 1 Welcome to the Big Leagues
Chapter 4 2 Communication and the Team
Chapter 5 3 The Xs and Os of Teaching
Chapter 6 4 Vital Stats and the Players' Program Guide
Chapter 7 5 When Things Get Ugly
Chapter 8 6 Training for a Crisis
Chapter 9 7 Bringing the Community to Center Court
Chapter 10 8 The Change Game
Chapter 11 9 Finding Balance
Chapter 12 10 The Letter Arsenal
Chapter 13 11 Secrets of Champions
Part 14 Bibliography
Part 15 Index
Part 16 About the Author
Tooms offers practical advice for those new to school principalship and those who support them. She uses a variety of sports metaphors to provide insight into such issues as office politics, time management, and community involvement.
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