Remembering What’s Important

In Remembering What's Important: Priorities of School Leadership, Charles A. Bonnici addresses several issues facing school leaders through strategies supported by real-life examples and anecdotes.

In Remembering What's Important: Priorities of School Leadership, Charles A. Bonnici addresses several issues facing school leaders through strategies supported by real-life examples and anecdotes. The issues addressed include questions such as: What is the most urgent issue faced by a new school leader? How can this leader address the chaos of being both a teacher trainer and evaluator? What are the school leader's personal responsibilities for hiring, training, and retaining staff? How does the school leader create a positive learning ambience in a school? How can this leader address the issues created by the physical plant of the building itself? How can a principal treat the difficult waters of the social and political context of the outside world that impacts on the school? How can a school leader insure that the management systems created within a school and the gains in student achievement accomplished are maintained and improved upon after he or she leaves the school?

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Table of Contents
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Chapter 1: Surviving
Chapter 6 Chapter 2: Improving Instruction: Guidelines for the Observation Process
Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Improving Instruction: Alternative Observations and Other Practices
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Hiring New Staff
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Training and Retaining New Teachers: The Critical First Week
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Training and Retaining New Teachers: The Fall Semester
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Training and Retaining New Teachers: The Spring Semester
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Creating a Positive School Ambience: Respect, Instruction, Welcome
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Creating a Positive School Ambience: Support Services, Parental Involvement, Staff Development, Punitive Measures
Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Establishing Formal and Informal Systems for Creating a Positive School Ambience
Chapter 15 Chapter 11: Working with the Custodian and Physical Plant
Chapter 16 Chapter 12: Dealing with the Larger Context: The School District, Media, Advisory Boards and Celebrities
Chapter 17 Chapter 13 Dealing with the Larger Context: Politics, Parents and Panaceas
Chapter 18 Chapter 14: Passing the Baton
Chapter 19 Appendices
Chapter 20 Appendix A: Standard Answer Sheet
Chapter 21 Appendix B: Proctoring Standardized Examinations
Chapter 22 Appendix F: Auditorium Murals
Chapter 23 Acknowledgments