Bigger Isn't Always Better: A Leadership Guide for Small School Administrators

By George Murdock

Book Overview

Bigger Isn't Always Better is designed to provide a practitioner's viewpoint of the challenges and issues facing school administrators - particularly those who work in small districts. Based upon a combination of education theory and practical applications, the book contains many real life exampleswith tips for landing a job as administrator and then making a positive and successful first impression through a deliberate entry plan. Bigger Isn't Always Better addresses both the technical aspects of an administrator's assignment, as well as the administrator's leading, mediating role while working with the school board, with school staff, or the school's community. Readers will learn about a variety of potential pitfalls and situations that most new administrators face, with the benefit of learning how to over come and avoid such problems based on the author's four decades in the profession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610487214
• ISBN13: 9781610487214
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher