The New School Management by Wandering Around

Updates A Well-known Work That Is Organic And Reflective, Taking A Whole-cloth, Interactive Approach To Leadership For The Purpose Of Improving School Culture. The New School Management By Wandering Around-front Cover -- The New School Management By Wandering Around -- Contents -- List Of Tables And Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About The Authors -- Chapter 1: Defining The Mbwa Leader -- Personal Attributes And Beliefs Of Mbwa Leaders -- Examples Of Mbwa From History -- Examples Of Mbwa From Industrial And Educational Leaders -- The Research Base -- Chapter 2: School Leadership: What Matters Most -- Great Man Theory Of Leadership -- The Trait Theory -- Modern Leadership Theories -- Assessing Your Leadership Style -- Leadership Element Number 1: Theory X Versus Theory Y -- Leadership Element Number 2: Concern For The Faculty And Accomplishing The School's Mission -- Leadership Element Number 3: Trust -- Leadership Element Number 4: Personal Qualities Of Great School Leaders -- Chapter 3: Why Teachers Teach And Why They Leave -- Why Teachers Teach -- Why Teachers Leave -- Teacher Demoralization -- Lack Of Focus On Student Learning -- Chapter 4: Why Teachers Stay -- Supportive Leadership Of The Mbwa Principal -- The Improvement Ethic -- Fostering The Improvement Ethic And Sense Of Efficacy In Teachers -- Chapter 5: Promoting Quality Curriculum Through Mbwa -- Quality Of Curriculum Content -- Teaching To The Test: Ethical Or Unethical? -- Designing An Aligned Curriculum -- Ensuring High-quality Instruction -- High-impact Factor 1-instructional Strategies -- High-impact Factor 2-classroom Management -- High-impact Factor 3-classroom Curriculum Design -- Monitoring The Curriculum -- Caveats On Research -- Chapter 6: Getting Into Classrooms -- Research Supporting Frequent Principal Classroom Observations -- Conducting Informal Classroom Observations -- Purposes For Conducting Informal Observations -- Information Gathered -- Using The Information Gathered. Observation Rules Of Etiquette -- Informal Classroom Observation Protocols -- The Downey Walk-through With Reflective Inquiry -- The Walk'bout -- Chapter 7: Finding Time For Mbwa -- The Research On How Principals Spend Their Time -- How Mbwa Administrators Find The Time -- Analyzing The Big Picture -- Time Management Myths -- Myth 1: More Time Spent Is Better -- Myth 2: An Open Door Policy Is Always Good -- Myth 3: You Must Do It All Yourself -- Myth 4: There Is Not Enough Time To Do It All -- Myth 5: You Should Read It All -- Myth 6: Ignore Problems, And They Will Go Away -- Finding Time At Work For Mbwa -- Time Wasters -- Planning For More Effective Use Of Time -- Strategies For Dealing With Time Wasters -- Meetings: Wasting Time Versus Making Progress -- Meeting Types -- Planning A Productive Meeting -- Before The Meeting -- Beginning The Meeting -- During The Meeting -- At The End Of The Meeting -- Chapter 8: Promoting Good Student Discipline And A Safe Campus -- Plan A Team Approach To Schoolwide Student Discipline -- Know The Board's Policies And Regulations -- Create A Student Discipline Plan -- Make The Campus Safe -- Supervise Adequately -- Avoid Negligence -- Establish Lines Of Communication With The Police -- Chapter 9: Dealing With Unmet Expectations: Marginal And Incompetent Teachers -- The Day Of Reckoning -- Analyzing Teacher Performance -- Dealing With Unsatisfactory Teachers: A Four-phase Process -- Phase 1: Initial Diagnosis -- Phase 2: The First Formal Plan For Improvement -- Phase 3: Official Corrective Action -- Phase 4: The Termination Process -- Points To Keep In Mind When Dealing With Unsatisfactory Teachers -- Avoiding Or Dealing Effectively With Grievances -- Chapter 10: Ensuring Due Process And Building The File -- Why Tenure? -- Due Process -- Guidelines For Ensuring Substantive Due Process. Guidelines For Ensuring Procedural Or Statutory Due Process -- Documentation And File Building -- Criterion 1: Clear, Direct, And To The Point Versus Veiled And Sugarcoated -- Criterion 3: Detailed And Specific Content -- The Formal Disciplinary Memo -- The Phase-3 Decision -- Determining Access To Personnel Files -- Alternatives To The Dismissal Process -- Reassignment -- A Settlement Or Buy-out -- Epilogue -- Resource A: Elementary School Parent Survey -- Resource B: Secondary School Parent Survey -- Resource C: Summative Teacher Performance Evaluation -- Resource D: Teacher Self-assessment Inventory Of Skills And Interests -- References -- Index.