The Inner Principal

by Loader,David

• ISBN13: 9780750706803
• ISBN10: 0750706805
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A stunning account of how a principal combines the rational and emotional components of leadership to lead the transformation of a school. Most attempts at reform have come from the outside, with people wishing to impose curriculum and benchmarks. This book assumes that schools can transform themselves, but only when those involved in schools, particularly the principal, develop self-respect and achieve self-actualization. The author believes, and has shown in his own colleges, that a sensitive, thoughtful, proactive leadership might yet deliver the quality outcomes that the community desires from schooling.

Table of Contents

Prologue :The External Principal	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction The Transparent Principal	p. 1
The Alchemist Principal	p. 7
The Paranoid Principal	p. 22
The Cinderella Principal	p. 38
The Empty Principal	p. 51
The Learning Principal	p. 61
The Transformed Principal	p. 72
The Stumble Principal	p. 82
The Reculturing Principal	p. 97
The Dreaming Principal	p. 114
The Big Top Principal	p. 128
The Journeying Principal	p. 144
The Frog Prince'pal	p. 152
References	p. 169
Index	p. 173
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