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9780133526356

Educational Administration A Collection of Case Studies

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    9780133526356

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    0133526356

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-11-01
  • Publisher: Pearson

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Designed to help users analyze the processes by which decisions are made, focus on legal, ethical and career-altering issues, and sharpen their own decision-making skills, this casebook explores the problems confronting school administrators at all levels and in a variety of settings. The cases and a variety of pre- and post-case questions and activities encourage readers to examine their own assumptions, beliefs, values, and administrative style.The cases are based onsituations which have confronted administrators in real settingsand examineissues from several levels of administration elementary school, middle school, high school, and the central office. Cases covera wide, current, and varied array of problems with an emphasis on case studies ofnon-dramatic, typical, and daily concerns and problems,as well assome more complex and high-profile scenarios.For educational administrators.

Table of Contents

I. THE DAILY PROBLEMS OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

1. The Ridiculed Child: The Social Problems of Parent and Child.
2. Distribution of Supplies: Intra-staff Friction.
3. Scheduling: Integrating New Personnel into a School.
4. Establishing a Discipline Policy: Determining a Process for Making Significant Decisions.
5. Head Lice: Eliminating Infection while Minimizing Disruption.
6. Billy: Dealing with a Bully.
7. The Proposed Expansion: Determining the Best Possible Educational Outcome while Considering Costs.
8. Samantha: A Conflict of Values.
9. The Teacher's Room Rumor Mill: Dealing with Damaged Reputations.
10. Prioritizing: How to Manage a Full Day's Problems in a Half Hour.
11. The Breakfast Program: State vs. School Board.
12. Parents Make a Choice: Selecting a Curriculum.
13. The Faculty Comes to You For Advice: Seeing Problems through the Eyes of a Teacher Again.

II. THE DAILY PROBLEMS OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

14. The Essay Contest: What Is Ethnically Neutral?
15. The New Position: Determining Approach and Solutions.
16. The Girls' Basketball Coach: Meeting Everyone's Needs.
17. The Intrusive Teacher: Adjusting Relationships.
18. The Church of the Eternal Light: Separation of Church and State.
19. The Paraplegic Student: Accommodating Special Needs Students.
20. The Question of Attempted Rape: Determining Parameters of Responsibility.
21. The Alternative School Program: Evaluating Ideas and Determining Future Actions.
22. The Crack Pipe: Dealing with Substance Abuse.
23. Malcolm X: The Unauthorized Curriculum.
24. Jason: The Drastic change.
25. The Flashers: A Question of Proper Supervision.
26. The Bank Robber: Dealing with Reaction.

III. THE DAILY PROBLEMS OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

27. The Industrial Arts Department Head: A Case of Insubordination.
28. The Bomb Scare: Crime and Punishment.
29. The Alcoholic Teacher: Becoming Involved in the Personal Lives of Faculty.
30. The Staged Fight: Applying of the Rules.
31. The Lesbian Couple: Defusing Situations.
32. Jamie's Suicide: Dealing with Grief and Anger.
33. Cheerleaders: Equal Opportunity.
34. The Golfer: Forcing a Career Choice.
35. The Dying Departments: A Case of Revision or Possible Elimination.
36. The Chemical Storage Room: Meeting Safety Standards.
37. Helping Your Teachers Solve Problems: Developing Their Decision Making Skills.
38. The Yearbook: Trying to Provide More for Students.
39. The State Athletic Association Standards: Might v Right.
40. Integrating the Tenth Grade Curriculum: Working Cooperatively to Promote Change.

IV. DAILY PROBLEMS OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

41. The Snowstorm: A Crisis Situation.
42. The Business Manager: Dealing with a Sudden Reverse.
43. The Forger: A Felon on the Faculty.
44. The Divided School Board: The Political Nature of Education.
45. The Abused Children: The Law and the School.
46. Ten Short Issues: Keeping Small Problems Small.
47. The Renovation: Accomplishing Goals.
48. The Red Devils: Tradition v Religion.
49. The Male Chauvinist: Dealing with Sexism.
50. Standardized Test Scores: A Potential Scandal.
Index.

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