Principled Headship : A Headteacher's Guide to the Galaxy

by Mahony, Terry

• ISBN13: 9781899836406
• ISBN10: 1899836403
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd

Author Biography

Terry Mahony leads and manages the Education Training Agency of Hampshire County Council

Table of Contents

List of Diagrams	p. iii
Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
"Beam me up, Scotty"	p. xi
Journey into space	p. xiv
The extent of the known Universe	p. 1
Planet Headship	p. 3
Getting your pilot's licence	p. 4
Mindscapes and moonscapes	p. 6
It goes with the territory	p. 7
What planet are you on today?	p. 8
Science fictions	p. 9
Principled Headship	p. 10
How does a good head walk?	p. 12
Acting from the centre of your principles	p. 14
The acting head	p. 14
The centred head	p. 15
The principled head	p. 17
The two-sided head	p. 19
The inside-out head	p. 20
The fast-food eatery at the end of the Universe	p. 25
The McDonaldisation of education	p. 25
Which way is 'up' in space?	p. 26
Life, the Universe and Everything	p. 29
The universal principles	p. 31
Values on the line	p. 33
Awareness skills	p. 37
Sense and non-sense!	p. 37
Much of our life is spent on automatic	p. 41
Lose your mind and come to your senses	p. 43
Filters of the mind	p. 44
Some common mental filters	p. 46
Emotional skills	p. 49
Emotions colour all our thinking and behaving	p. 52
Emotions are facts	p. 53
Emotional intelligence is more important for a head than academic intelligence	p. 54
Analytical skills	p. 57
Mental mapping	p. 57
The map you have in your head is the result of your life experiences	p. 59
Strategic thinking	p. 62
Systemic thinking--the circles of the mind	p. 63
Language limitations on thinking	p. 66
The universal S.A.T	p. 68
Linguistic skills	p. 71
Communication	p. 71
Have I reached the person to whom I'm speaking?	p. 73
Misterious missages	p. 73
Beyond the sound barrier--the Meta-model of language	p. 75
Speaking with Martians	p. 79
Behavioural skills	p. 83
Behaviour	p. 83
Management	p. 85
You can make a difference!	p. 85
Leadership	p. 90
Redrawing the map	p. 90
Alien views	p. 94
What is headship?	p. 97
Take me to your leader!	p. 99
The head as learning leader	p. 100
The head as leading learner	p. 102
The dancing school	p. 103
Learning with a purpo(i)se	p. 103
What's the difference that makes all the difference to a school?	p. 105
The Final Frontier	p. 107
To boldly go	p. 107
Walking in space	p. 108
Six steps to the heavens	p. 110
Words into action	p. 114
The four pillars of wisdom	p. 114
Recommended reading for the journey	p. 115
The Known Universe	p. 115
The Expanding Frontier	p. 117
Cyber-space-stations	p. 118
Index	p. 119
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