Description: PART I: MAJOR CONCEPTS IN ADMINISTRATION AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP Introduction ISLLC Standard Chapter 1: Leadership Chapter 2: Decision Making Chapter 3: Authority, Power, and Influence Chapter 4: Communication Chapter 5: Conflict Management Chapter 6: Organizational Culture Chapter 7: School Improvement PART II: CASE STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS Chapter 8: Introduction to Clinical Materials and Learning Experiences Chapter 9: Beginning Challenges 1. Preparing for the Job Search 2. From Teacher to Administrator 3. The New Principal (In-Basket Activities) 4. The New Assistant Principal (In-Basket Activities) 5. Resentment over Appointment 6. Why Does a Woman Need to Act Like a Man? 7. Gimme That Old-Time Discipline 8. Is Being Busy Necessarily Productive? Chapter 10: Student Problems 9. School Yard Dangers 10. The Underachiever 11. What Should Be the Role of the Student Newspaper? 12. A Complex Discipline Problem 13. The Drop-Out Problem (Simulation Exercise) 14. Students Cant Take Pressure Any Longer 15. An Issue of Morals and Priorities 16. "Zero Tolerance" for Weapons in Schools 17. Student Drug Problem at Washington School 18. Do Extreme Times Call for Radical Action? (A Leaderless Group Activity) 19. A Different Kind of "Drug" Problem Chapter 11: Administrator-Staff Relationships 20. Teacher Selection 21. Problems of a Beginning Teacher 22. Faculty Teamwork 23. Who Needs Lesson Plans? 24. Conflict Over Teacher Citizenship Rights 25. Faculty Dissatisfaction and Low Morale 26. Teacher Files a Grievance 27. Teacher Reacts Negatively to Personnel Evaluation 28. Faculty Slowdown 29. Do Women Have Power? 30. Collaboration Woes Chapter 12: School-Community Relations 31. Curriculum Unit Upsets Parents 32. Communication and Constructed Reality 33. Parental Apathy 34. Wanted: A Plan for Improving Parental and Community Involvement 35. The School-Community Web 36. Developing Student Talent 37. A New Role for the Parents Organization 38. How Much Should Parents Be Told? 39. Administrator-Press Relations 40. Public Relations: Whats Really Important? 41. Censorship? Or Parents Rights? 42. Financial Crisis! Chapter 13: Role and Organizational Problems 43. Principals Mid-Year Problems and Priorities (In-Basket Activities) 44. Principals End-of-the Year Problems and Priorities (In-Basket Activities) 45. Principals Dilemma 46. Principals Personal Conduct Results in Possible Suspension 47. Intra-Organizational Role Conflict 48. Supervisor-Principal Relationship 49. The Superintendent and the New School Board Members 50. Administrator Evaluation Chapter 14: Social Justice Issues 51. Can Total School Integration Be Achieved? 52. Minority Parents Are Dissatisfied with Integration 53. We Want Neighborhood Schools, Too! 54. Metropolitan Integration 55. Parents Detect Racial Disparity 56. Teacher Difficulty in a Multicultural Climate 57. Matter of What? 58. Do (Should?) We Treat Them All Alike? 59. Ideas on IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act) 60. Student Formed Gay-Straight Alliance 61. Inclusion of Special Needs Students Chapter 15: Problems of Change 62. Teacher Tries to Individualize Instruction 63. Effective Schools: How Do We Get There From Here? (A Group Activity) 64. Planning for Improvement 65. School-Based Management 66. Restructuring Staff Evaluation and Supervision 67. Changing the Role of the Building Principal 68. In-Service or Disservice Education? Part I 69. In-Service or Disservice Education? Part II 70. School Choice 71. School District Chips Away at Computer Education Problems 72. When NCLB Meets You at Your School Door Index

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