Living on a Tightrope

by William A. Sommers Ph.D., Ruby K. Payne Ph.D.

Overview

While instructional leadership has been the principal's primary role as identified in educational literature, the reality is that the principal's role has become one of crisis management and an almost judicial approach to legal issues. This unique book provides a variety of activities to be used in the balancing act of at least three "tightropes" of educational management, including power, identity, and relationships.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013393554
Publisher:	aha Process Inc
Publication date:	08/20/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	181
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., career educator, speaker, business owner and creator of Crossing the Tracks trademark, is an expert on the mindsets of economic classes and on crossing socioeconomic lines at school, in business and for social change. She has written or co-authored more than a dozen books and, as founder and CEO of aha! Process, Inc. has published more than 150 books, DVDs and other materials. William A. Sommers, Ph.D. is the Principal of Chaska High School in Chaska, Minnesota. He is also a Senior Fellow for the Urban Leadership Academy at the University of Minnesota and an adjunct professor of Educational Leadership at Hamline University. Bill is co-author of Living on a Tightrope: A Survival Handbook for Principals, with Ruby Payne, and has written many articles about coaching, assessment, and reflective thinking. In addition, Bill offers training in poverty, leadership, organizational development, conflict management, and classroom management.