Brave heads : how to lead a school without selling your soul /: how to lead a school without selling your soul. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dave Harris ; edited by Ian Gilbert.
• Other Names: Harris, David, 1947-; Gilbert, Ian, 1965-
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 BRAVERY IS LOOKING THE INSPECTORS IN THE EYE; 2 BRAVERY IS KEEPING YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU ARE LOSING THEIRS; BRAVE POLITICS; 3 BRAVERY IS POINTING OUT HOW PREDICTABLE POLITICS CAN BE; 4 BRAVERY IS REMEMBERING HOW STUPID THE SYSTEM CAN BE; 5 BRAVERY IS ACCEPTING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN PERFECTION; 6 BRAVERY IS HAVING THE STRENGTH TO SEE KPI S FOR WHAT THEY ARE; 7 BRAVERY IS NOT ALWAYS DANCING TO THE POLITICAL TUNE; 8 BRAVERY IS HAVING THE STRENGTH TO DO THINGS YOUR WAY BECAUSE DEEP DOWN YOU KNOW YOUR WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY. Brave curriculum9 bravery is giving teachers the space to encourage genius; 10 bravery is having the courage to have fun -- and expecting your staff to do the same; 11 bravery is encouraging your staff to let go of the belief that their subject is the most important thing in a child's life; brave choices; 12 bravery is keeping your eye on the marathon whilst you are performing the sprint; 13 bravery is not always being serious at times of great importance; 14 bravery is not changing things, at least some of the time. 15 bravery is not making transition to the new school all about the new school16 bravery is having jobs, rooms and people that no one else does; 17 bravery is believing that creating opportunities for success outside the classroom will lead to increased success within it; 18 bravery is dancing when others expect you to lecture; 19 bravery is knowing you have to feed their bodies as well as their minds and not cut costs in the process. 20 bravery is never using those commercially produced 'success' posters, trusting your students to come up with something ten times better and turning that into artwork around the school when they dobrave leadership; 21 bravery is knowing that school leadership is not all about you; 22 bravery is knowing what sort of leader you are; 23 bravery can be breaking the rules, but sometimes it is sticking to them; 24 bravery is focusing on your community's success and not your own; 25 bravery is recognizing your faults; 26 bravery is creating the space for your plants to grow. 27 bravery is knowing yourself -- and being honest enough to act accordingly28 bravery is serving the community around you; brave research; 29 bravery is not being scared to look the research in the eye; 30 bravery is a number of factors; 31 bravery is knowing whether you're leading from the front or the centre of the school; 32 bravery is not feeling you have to play the big, brave hero; 33 bravery is having a moral purpose; 34 bravery is not being scared to show your passion; 35 bravery is not accepting the status quo; 36 bravery is portraying yourself as the lead learner.
• Publisher Details: Carmarthen, Wales : Independent Thinking
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.2011; Educational leadership; School administrators -- Vocational guidance; Education, Secondary -- Great Britain; Education, Secondary; Educational leadership; School administrators -- Vocational guidance; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1781350582; 9781781350584
• Related ISBNs: 9781781350485; 1781350485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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