What matters most for school leaders : 25 reminders of what is really important /: 25 reminders of what is really important. ([2005])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- What matters most for school leaders : 25 reminders of what is really important /: 25 reminders of what is really important. ([2005])
- Main Title:
- What matters most for school leaders : 25 reminders of what is really important
- Further Information:
- Note: Robert D. Ramsey.
- Authors:
- Ramsey, Robert D
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Why This Book? Why Now?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Some Things Never Change""; ""Chapter 1 -- What You Do is Special""; ""Chapter 2 -- Primero Los Ninos: Children First""; ""Chapter 3 -- There are No Throwaway Kids""; ""Chapter 4 -- Strong Schools Make a Strong Nation""; ""Chapter 5 -- Schools are Sacred Places of Hope""; ""Chapter 6 -- Teaching is the Greatest Profession""; ""Chapter 7 -- Passion is the Engine That Drives School Leadership""; ""Chapter 8 -- What Matters Most Costs the Least"" ""Chapter 9 -- Schools are Only as Strong as the Community Allows""""Chapter 10 -- When itâ€?s Your Own Kid, it's Different""; ""Chapter 11 -- That Pesky Golden Rule Still Works""; ""Chapter 12 -- Someone Has to be the Grown-up""; ""Chapter 13 -- Good Leaders Learn to “K.I.S.S.â€? and Enjoy the Happiness of Subtraction""; ""Chapter 14 -- You canâ€?t have too Much Integrity""; ""Chapter 15 -- Common Sense is Better than a College Degree: The Grandma Test""; ""Chapter 16 -- Sometimes Kids Need Candy More Than Milk""; ""Chapter 17 -- A Chicken Doesnâ€?t Stop Scratching Just Because Worms are Scarce"" ""Chapter 18 -- The Reverse Side has a Reverse Side""""Chapter 19 -- The Best Leader is a “Servant Leaderâ€?""; ""Chapter 20 -- Your Mother Didnâ€?t Raise You to be a Bureaucrat""; ""Chapter 21 -- Politicians and Armchair Quarterbacks Donâ€?t Get itâ€?So You Have to""; ""Chapter 22 -- If Youâ€?re Not Having Fun,""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface: Why This Book? Why Now?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Some Things Never Change""; ""Chapter 1 -- What You Do is Special""; ""Chapter 2 -- Primero Los Ninos: Children First""; ""Chapter 3 -- There are No Throwaway Kids""; ""Chapter 4 -- Strong Schools Make a Strong Nation""; ""Chapter 5 -- Schools are Sacred Places of Hope""; ""Chapter 6 -- Teaching is the Greatest Profession""; ""Chapter 7 -- Passion is the Engine That Drives School Leadership""; ""Chapter 8 -- What Matters Most Costs the Least"" ""Chapter 9 -- Schools are Only as Strong as the Community Allows""""Chapter 10 -- When itâ€?s Your Own Kid, it's Different""; ""Chapter 11 -- That Pesky Golden Rule Still Works""; ""Chapter 12 -- Someone Has to be the Grown-up""; ""Chapter 13 -- Good Leaders Learn to “K.I.S.S.â€? and Enjoy the Happiness of Subtraction""; ""Chapter 14 -- You canâ€?t have too Much Integrity""; ""Chapter 15 -- Common Sense is Better than a College Degree: The Grandma Test""; ""Chapter 16 -- Sometimes Kids Need Candy More Than Milk""; ""Chapter 17 -- A Chicken Doesnâ€?t Stop Scratching Just Because Worms are Scarce"" ""Chapter 18 -- The Reverse Side has a Reverse Side""""Chapter 19 -- The Best Leader is a “Servant Leaderâ€?""; ""Chapter 20 -- Your Mother Didnâ€?t Raise You to be a Bureaucrat""; ""Chapter 21 -- Politicians and Armchair Quarterbacks Donâ€?t Get itâ€?So You Have to""; ""Chapter 22 -- If Youâ€?re Not Having Fun, Youâ€?re Doing it Wrong""; ""Chapter 23 -- Things are Never as Bad as You Think They are; and Youâ€?re Braver, Stronger, and Smarter than You Imagine""; ""Chapter 24 -- You Work to Live, Not Live to Work""; ""Chapter 25 -- Itâ€?s Worth it!""; ""A Final Word: The Ouija Board Effect"" ""Resource A: What Others Say about What Matters Most (in School and in Life)""""Resource B: Other Books about What Matters Most""; ""Resource C: Other Lasting Truths That Couldnâ€?t be Squeezed Into This Little Book""; ""Index"" … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Copyright Date:
- 2005
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 371.2/011
School management and organization -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
School administrators -- United States
EDUCATION / Administration / General
EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions
School administrators
School management and organization
School administrators - United States
United States
Electronic books
Handbooks and manuals - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781483363332
1483363333
9781483361161
1483361160 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781412904520
9781412904513 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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